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The Mess You Leave Behind
2020
· TV Show
· 56 min episodes
· 1 season
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MEANRANK
69/100
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Based on the novel of the same name winner of the Primavera award 2016. Raquel, a young literature teacher, gives her marriage a second chance and moves to her husband's birth town, which hides a dark secret she will try to unravel.
Details
- Created by
- Carlos Montero
- Based on
- a work by Carlos Montero
- Studio
- Vaca Films
- Released
- 11 December 2020
- Country
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- Episode length
- 56 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 8 across 1 season
- Awards
- 0 wins, 8 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| 19th Mestre Mateo Awards 2021 | Best Television Series | Nominee | |
| 19th Mestre Mateo Awards 2021 | Best Screenplay | Carlos Montero, Javier Holgado, Andrés Seara | Nominee |
| 19th Mestre Mateo Awards 2021 | Best Editing | Juan Galiñanes, Lu Rodríguez, Mario Maroto | Nominee |
| 19th Mestre Mateo Awards 2021 | Best Sound | Nominee | |
| 19th Mestre Mateo Awards 2021 | Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Susana Veira, Beatriz Antelo | Nominee |
| 19th Mestre Mateo Awards 2021 | Best Lead Actress | Inma Cuesta | Nominee |
| 19th Mestre Mateo Awards 2021 | Best Supporting Actor | Tamar Novas | Nominee |
| 19th Mestre Mateo Awards 2021 | Best Supporting Actress | Isabel Garrido | Nominee |
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19th Mestre Mateo Awards
8 nominations
| Best Editing | Juan Galiñanes, Lu Rodríguez, Mario Maroto | Nominee |
| Best Lead Actress | Inma Cuesta | Nominee |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Susana Veira, Beatriz Antelo | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Carlos Montero, Javier Holgado, Andrés Seara | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tamar Novas | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Isabel Garrido | Nominee |
| Best Television Series | Nominee |