Arte France Boards Movistar Plus+’s ‘Anatomía de un Instante,’ From Alberto Rodríguez
variety.comMovistar Plus+ series from Spain’s Alberto Rodríguez. The partnership marks an extension of the ongoing title-by-title relationship between between Arte France and Spanish pay TV/SVOD operator Movistar Plus+, owned by telco Telefónica.Arte France has co-produced Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The New Years,” which world premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival in august company, alongside new series from Alfonso Cuarón, Thomas Vinterberg and Joe Wright.
Alauda Ruiz de Azua’s “Querer,” hailed at San Sebastian as the Spanish series of last year, has also been licensed by Arte France.
Both series screen at this year’s Series Mania. Written by regular writing partner Rafa Cobos, and Fran Araujo, a co lead writer on Movistar Plus+ hits such as “Hierro” and “Rafa,” “Anatomía de un instante” adapts the non-fiction novel by Javier Cercas about Spain’s 1981 coup d’etat.
Money Heist’s Alvaro Morte plays Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez, Eduard Fernández (”El 47”) takes on the role of Spanish communist party leader Santiago Carrillo and Manolo Solo that of General Gutierrez Mellado who stood up to the rebels attempting to put through the coup.
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