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
GenreComedy-drama
Created byPaco León
Anna R. Costa
Written byPaco León
Anna R. Costa
Fernando Pérez
Directed byPaco León
StarringDebi Mazar
Paco León
Inma Cuesta
Anna Castillo
Country of origin Spain
Original language(s)Spanish
(some dialogue in English)
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producer(s)Movistar+
Running time30 minutes (approx.)
Release
Original release8 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

Episodes
No.TitleDirected by
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
gollark: Not you, the person with the weird Unicodey name.
gollark: Please just explain your problem with sensible grammar and capitalization and whatnot.
gollark: So, how about those electrons?
gollark: (this is canonically the name for those from 2000-2017 according to xkcd 1962)
gollark: okay generation 💅

References
  1. 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.
  2. "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.
  3. "Arde Madrid tendrá una segunda temporada en Movistar+". EFE (in Spanish). El Mundo. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. "'Arde Madrid' cancela su segunda temporada por decisión de sus creadores". El País (in Spanish). El País. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.


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