Nissaga de poder

Nissaga de poder
Genre	Soap Opera
Created by	Josep Maria Benet i Jornet Jordi Arcarazo
Developed by	Televisió de Catalunya
Starring	Emma Vilarasau Jordi Dauder Eduard Farelo Montserrat Salvador Jordi Bosch
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Catalan
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	476
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes approx.
Original release
Network	TV3
Release	January 28, 1996 – May 3, 1998

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.

Plot

Eulália and Mateu Montsolís are two brothers who are owners of two diggings located in the region of Penedès, the Montsolís Diggings. They are members of one of the richest families in the region.

The plot revolves around incest between Eulalia and Mateu, which gave birth to a son, Eduard. But the Montsolís cannot allow this to become public - the scandal would cause irreversible damage. They believe that Eduard is a bastard child of a sporadic relationship between Mateu Montsolís and one of his many lovers, Estivill Angels. Eduard was raised by family workers, Tomas and Assumpció.

The deceptions, murdesr, gambling, envy and murky relationships between members of a powerful family in the midst of a stifling atmosphere are the plot of the series.

Cast

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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.