The Time in Between (TV Series)

Set in Madrid and in the spanish -at that time- city of Tanger, in Morocco from 1935 into 1941, the story centers on young dressmaker Sira Quiroga (Adriana Ugarte), daughter of a single mother who works as a seamstress in Madrid. She learns the trade as well, which is fortunate when she finds herself without resources in Morocco just as the civil war in Spain breaks out. How she manages to overcome legal obstacles and flourish amid political intrigue involving Spaniards, Germans, and the British is the heart of the story.