Four episodes of La sagrada familia, the only documentary series to date that centers on the Pujol family and its alleged corruption, have already aired on HBO Max. The piece has been examined with careful analysis from a colleague at El Periòdic de Catalunya, part of the Prensa Ibérica group. The review highlights the intricate narrative and the investigative approach taken to unpack a long-standing political saga.
From a television perspective, it is worth noting the tension around Catalonia’s public broadcaster. TV3, traditionally hesitant to embrace external funding or private platforms, finds itself in a position where it could carve out a role as a private, paid platform by daring to illuminate issues it previously kept in the shadows. For more than two decades TV3 has faced criticism for how it handled in-depth portraits of what many describe as a rotting Catalan oasis. The new initiative for this series came from producer Lavinia in collaboration with journalist Jordi Ferrerons and filmmaker David Trueba. Their work presents a meaningful angle on what observers have called the Pujol viceroyalty in Catalonia, suggesting that the documentary reveals more than a few threads of a broader, distorted web. In the fourth chapter, several participants in the Pujol documentary discuss the persistence of black money and the presence of complex financial channels, including references to territories such as Andorra, the Isle of Man, and other tax havens where wealth and influence have long circulated. The involvement of Lluis Prenafeta and his role as a longtime figure in public life is also explored, illustrating how the so-called Hand of the Governor-General operated with a sense of inevitability, a notion linked to a broader historical pattern of corruption that some compare to ancient practices.
The reception of the confession regarding the legacy of the grandfather Florenci was unexpected for many observers. Rather than a misstep, experts argue that this moment functioned as a strategic pivot. It redirected attention to a pivotal change at the family level and used television as a megaphone to frame the entire wealth narrative around a single origin. If TV3 aims to rehabilitate its own standing in relation to this family’s legacy, the path forward would be to collaborate with HBO and Lavinia to rebroadcast the documentary openly, making the story accessible to a broad Catalan audience and beyond. [Citation: El Periòdic de Catalunya]