Top Cast
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Ludmila Fernández
Dominga
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Rocío Miguel
Octavia
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Cielo María Eberhardt
Josefa
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María Flavia del Rosso
Aurora
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Fausto Iglesias
Overview
In 1910, a young laundress leaves her rural home, fleeing from her father's violence. With her, her two sisters and their baby brother. Along the way they try to break free from the past and rediscover a future.
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