Nissaga de poder

Spanish TV series or program

Secrets de familia
Laberint d'ombres

Nissaga de poder (English: Lineage of power) was a Catalan TV soap opera which was broadcast on TV3 from 1996 to 1998. It became one of TV3's most popular TV series. It was created by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet and adapted to TV by Jordi Arcarazo.^[1]

Plot

Eulàlia and Mateu Montsolís are siblings who own a winery located in the region of Penedès, Cavas Montsolís. They are members of one of the richest families in the region.

The plot revolves around the incestuous love between Eulàlia and Mateu, which gave birth to a son, Eduard. But the Montsolís family cannot allow this to become public as the scandal would cause irreversible damage. Their official story is that Eduard is the illegitimate child of a sporadic relationship between Mateu Montsolís and one of his many lovers, Àngels Estivill. Eduard was raised by family employees Tomas and Assumpció.

The deceptions, murders, betrayals, envy and turbulent relationships between members of a powerful family in the midst of a stifling atmosphere are the plot of the series.

Cast

Emma Vilarasau ... Eulàlia Montsolís
Jordi Dauder ... Mateu Montsolís
Eduard Farelo ... Eduard Montsolís
Montserrat Salvador ... Mercè Aymerich
Jordi Bosch ... Raimon Montsolís
Muntsa Alcañiz ... Sílvia Ribalta
Nina ... Pilar Solano
Mónica López ... Abril Montsolís
Olalla Moreno ... Laia Montsolís
David Selvas ... Fèlix Montsolís
Marta Padován ... Assumpció Romaguera
Jordi Banacolocha ... Tomàs Gómez
David Bagès ... Amadeu Cabanilles
Enric Majó ... Maurici Castro
Mercedes Sampietro ... Montserrat Capdevila
Víctor Pi ... Mossèn David Sollerich
Mercè Comes ... Agustina Molins
Lluís Marco ... Dr. Joan Vidal-Garriga
Àlex Casanovas ... Enric Cabanes
Biel Durán ... Toni Castro
Mercè Lleixà ... Lluïssa Solano
Rosa Novell ... Sofia Palau
Núria Prims ... Mariona Montsolís
Eva Santolaria ... Elisenda Castro
Montse Mostaza ... Laura Vilalta
Pep Anton Muñoz ... Gerard Vilalta
Alfred Lucchetti ... Sebastià Vilalta
Teresa Cunillé ... Glòria Bruguera
Mingo Ràfols ... Roger Cànoves
Cristina Dilla ... Neus Gracia
Boris Ruiz ... Màrius Bertran
Rosa Renom ... Helena Savall
Mònica Lucchetti ... Clara Bellmunt / Isabel Pomes
Lluís Posada ... Josep / Raimón Tarrades
Alícia González ... Inés
Martí Milla ... Xavier
Pep Tosar ... Jordi
Artur Trias ... Artur Ríus
Ignasi Abadal ... Domènec Tubau
Carles Arquimbau ... Josep María Clariana "Xato"
Roser Batalla ... Sargent Mayte Aguirre
Anna Briansó ... Judit Fontseré
Sergio Caballero ... Damià Muntada
Ester Formosa ... Pietat Martorell
Carmen Fortuny ... Antònia Martorell
Josep Linuesa ... Marçal Castro
Mercè Montalà ... Lídia Turó
Mónica Randall ... Aurora Jané
Bea Segura
Ernest Serrahima ... Miquel Capdevila
Miquel Sitjar ... Gabriel Montsolís
Marcel Tomàs
Pep Torrents ... Dr. Isidre Mercader - Foraster
Pere Ventura ... Oriol Llongueras
Arnau Vilardebó ... Quim Balaguer
Eulàlia Ramón ... Angels Estivill
Jordi Martínez ... Cisco Dalmasses

Sequel

On May 12, 1999, TV3 premiered a sequel called Nissaga: L'herència as a weekly series. The plot occurs 16 years after the final of the original series and is based around the following generation of the Montsolís. However, the series received poor reviews and ended on January 19, 2000, with only 26 episodes.^{[citation needed]}