who saw ‘The Secret of the Marrow Bone’first movie Sergio G. SanchezHe knows how to write screenplays for movies like J. Bayona. ‘Orphanage’ and ‘Impossible’ likes to play ignorantly with the public based on character elements supernatural. It’s a formula he re-applies to. ‘Spirit’, its first series is a ‘thriller’ set in its native Asturias, which hit Netflix on Friday, August 19th, and where the platform has been hiding in a drawer for a year and a half.
produced by Belen Atienza (‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’), Sandra Hermida (‘Madrid is on fire’) and Jesus de la Vega (“Intruders”, “Iron”), fiction bus accident a group of high school students give way to a story of mystery and fantasy. “I’m obsessed with anything on the verge of death,” admits G. Sánchez, who also works here as a director. Kike Maillo (‘EVE’).
“This is a ‘income‘ supernatural but it also has an emotional charge that attracts all kinds of audiences because it talks about universal themes such as death, life, friendship, sickness, mourning…” Mireia Oriol, the young Catalan actress (‘Les de l’hoquei’) who carries the weight of the plot. She plays Alma, one of the students who survived the tragedy, but with her own consequences: She wakes up in the hospital to discover she’s in pain. amnesia.
Gradually, he will be able to connect the dots of his past and what really happened on that fateful day, with the help of his parents and other survivors who were completely strangers to him at the time. Although some strange visions wouldn’t make things easy for her at first, it wasn’t easy for the actress to come to terms with a character as lost as herself. “I was attacked during the first week of filming because I wanted to control everything,” recalls the translator, emphasizing the ‘imaginary’ that Sergio G. Sánchez equipped with ‘Alma’. multi-author series.
This means the series has its own identity, even though it starts with common elements with other Spanish Netflix titles like ‘Fair’ (due to the mystery and supernatural touches). “Sergio built his own universe and it’s like no other”, emphasizes Alex Villazan (‘Caronte’, ‘Skam’), who plays Tom, is played by Alma and her friend Deva (claudia badge‘Skam’) forms a certain love triangle.
young players
Apart from that, the characters played by a handful of young actors become important in the plot of ‘Alma’, for example: Pol Monen (‘Who would you take to a desert island?’), Javier Morgade (‘Loop’), Nil Cardone (‘Les de l’hockey’), Mary Knight (‘Ministry of Time’) and Milena Smith (‘Thou shalt not kill’, ‘Parallel mothers’). It also features senior actors in more supporting roles. Elena Irureta, Marta Belaustegui and Josean Bengoetxea.
Another of the great heroes of history, Asturiaswhich is the main setting for the shot and whose forests and mountains give a mysterious touch to ‘Alma’. “Most of the work was done by Asturias,” says Roset, something Oriol agrees with: “Not only are the views beautiful, almost like a painting, but they create a whole atmosphere, because we’ve always been to very special places.”, repeats.