TV series

The Penny Lady

2013 · 1 season

A warm, lively soap about a devoted mother and her class-climbing kids, mixing broad laughs with sincere family drama.

Overview: The open market worker Carlota Losano is an uneducated, kind and explosive woman, known by everyone as the Penny Lady. Good-hearted and a woman of unparalleled optimism, she got her nickname for giving out what is left from her stand to the poor. Uneducated and abandoned by her husband, Esmeraldino, the Penny Lady plays the role of mother and father, working double to guarantee a dignified future for her children, Édison and Rosália.
How it feels: Warm, uplifting, light and satirical. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Family, class, parenthood, ambition
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
class
parenthood
ambition
identity
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild