Arde Madrid
Arde Madrid is a Spanish period comedy-drama limited television series created by Paco León and Anna R. Costa, which premiered on November 8, 2018 on Movistar+. León also directed every episode of the series and stars in it, alongside Debi Mazar, Inma Cuesta and Anna Castillo. The series tells the story of the period which American actress Ava Gardner spent in Francoist Spain.[1][2] On 14 November 2018, Movistar+ renewed the series for a second season, but on 3 May 2019, the creators announced their decision to not continue the series.[3][4] The series premiered May 5, 2020 in the US and Canada on MHz Choice, a subsidiary of MHz Networks.
Arde Madrid | |
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Genre | Comedy-drama |
Created by | Paco León Anna R. Costa |
Written by | Paco León Anna R. Costa Fernando Pérez |
Directed by | Paco León |
Starring | Debi Mazar Paco León Inma Cuesta Anna Castillo |
Country of origin | |
Original language(s) | Spanish (some dialogue in English) |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Movistar+ |
Running time | 30 minutes (approx.) |
Release | |
Original release | 8 November 2018 |
External links | |
Website |
Premise
Ava Gardner's life in Madrid in the 1960s is told from the point of view of her maid and chauffeur, both spies in Franco's secret service, who report on her hedonistic lifestyle, filled with an elite group of artists, aristocrats and expats.
Cast
Main
- Inma Cuesta as Ana Mari
- Paco León as Manolo, Ava Gardner's chauffeur
- Debi Mazar as Ava Gardner
- Anna Castillo as Pilar
- Julián Villagrán as Floren
- Ken Appledorn as Bill Gallagher, Ava Gardner's secretary
- Osmar Nuñez as Juan Perón
- Fabiana García Lago as Isabel Martínez de Perón
Episodes
No. | Title | Directed by |
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1 | "Poco católica" | Paco León |
2 | "I love mojama" | Paco León |
3 | "Puta paya" | Paco León |
4 | "Directo fiesta" | Paco León |
5 | "Muy americana" | Paco León |
6 | "Más flores que a la virgen" | Paco León |
7 | "Dios es Dios y yo soy yo" | Paco León |
8 | "What's autorización?" | Paco León |
References
- Medina, Marta (29 November 2017). "Madrid 1961: cuando Ava Gardner se lo bebió y se lo metió todo". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- "Arde Madrid se estrenará el 8 de noviembre en España y Latinoamérica de forma simultánea" (in Spanish). Europa Press. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- "Arde Madrid tendrá una segunda temporada en Movistar+". EFE (in Spanish). El Mundo. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- "'Arde Madrid' cancela su segunda temporada por decisión de sus creadores". El País (in Spanish). El País. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.