Megan Montaner (Huesca, 1987) achieved great popularity in 2011 thanks to the role of the young and feisty midwife Pepa Aguirre in the daily series El secreto de Puente Viejo on Antena 3. Later she has starred in series such as Gran Hotel, Sin identity and La Hunt. Now the series Entre Tierras has just premiered on Atresplayer (later it will be broadcast on Antena 3), an emotional drama set in rural Spain in the sixties that tells the story of María Rodríguez, a humble young Andalusian woman who is forced to Marrying a landowner from La Mancha in exchange for him ensuring the economic well-being of her family. Between Lands, in which Unax Ugalde, Juanjo Puigcorbé and Carlos Serrano also participate, is a free adaptation of the Italian miniseries The Wife.
Who is María Rodríguez?
María is a strong, brave, charismatic, family-oriented and protective woman. She would give anything for her family, so much so that she will sacrifice herself for them so they can have a future and she accepts that marriage with a landowner she doesn't even know and then she finds out that she is with someone else. . She will try to find her place in a hostile place where she is not welcome and they don't make things easy for her. But she is persevering with her goals and little by little she will achieve it.
What is the underlying theme in Between Lands?
The sacrifice, the roots, the search for identity, the weight of the past, the empowerment of women...
With this series we go to the sixties. What x-ray does the series offer of the Spain of those years?
We see a Spain trying to emerge from a dark and impoverished era under the end of a dictatorship, in search of new opportunities and both industrial and social development.
Has the role of women in society changed much or are we still stuck in some aspects in the past?
Luckily, we have been taking steps forward looking for the place that belongs to us. We are no longer just the woman who is born to get married, have children and take care of the house. We have our rights, our freedoms and our thoughts. We are working, independent and opinionated women. But we still have a long way to go to achieve equality between men and women.
Sometimes fiction allows us to awaken some consciences. Could this be the case of Entre tierras and what consciences can it awaken?
The fight for each person's dreams, trying to achieve our goals and personal growth. Don't forget our past and where we come from.
María sacrifices everything for her family and leaves behind her own dreams and aspirations. Do you understand why she does it at that moment?
The only thing that moves him is his heart and the most important thing is that his family is well. She feels responsible for them and the only solution she sees to avoid ending up with nothing to eat and sleeping on the streets is to marry a landowner to be able to cover the expenses.
To what extent and why would Megan Montaner sacrifice herself?
For my family I would do anything.
