La hija del Fénix

Madrid, August 1635. In the narrow street leading to the Trinitarian convent, a crowd awaits the passing of a funeral procession. The route has been altered so that a cloistered nun can emerge onto the portico to bid farewell. The deceased is none other than Lope de Vega Carpio, the Phoenix of Wits. The woman who appears behind the convent's grilles is Sister Marcela de San Félix, his daughter. Born from the passion between Lope and the actress Micaela de Luján, Marcela grew up with her mother and her brother Lopito amidst theatrical performances and absences. She memorized her father's verses, recited by Micaela, even before she could read, and from a young age sought the education denied to women to continue a literary legacy forbidden to any illegitimate daughter.