SAN SEBASTIAN — Amid large expectation, HBO Europe has revealed first footage giving a first sense of tone and pace of its Spanish original series “Patria.” A packed-to-overflowing press conf…
A packed-to-overflowing press conference on Saturday morning at the San Sebastian Festival can be read as one sign of the potential popularity of the eight-part series.
“Patria” focuses on a 60something woman, Bittori, who has cancer, who returns to her native village in the Basque Country Gipuzkoa and seeks reconciliation with her best friend, after they were torn part by the Basque conflict. “It turns on the suffering on the street, how everybody was worried about what was going out, and didn’t talk, couldn’t really comment, or feel, without running the risk of being said to be on this side of the fence, and being used.”
He added: “We wanted to show themes from two points of view. What interested me about the story is that it’s about two families both with whom we could identify.” Another show reel showed the characters at the two major time periods in the series. The contrast is telling, sometimes shocking. Bittori appears in present wizened by cancer, Joxe Mari, Miren’s son, appears in the present a seemingly broken pot-bellied middle-aged man. An arrogant, confident, challenging young woman, Aeantxa is seen after a stroke reduced to a wheel chair, half her face paralyzed, mouth drooping.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
HBO Fails To Get $100M ‘Leaving Neverland’ Suit From Michael Jackson Estate Tossed, For NowThe multi-million-dollar attack on the controversial Leaving Neverland documentary and HBO but Michael Jackson’s estate will dance on, at least for the time being. In a tentative ruling in federal …
Read more »
Haley Lu Richardson & Barbie Ferreira To Star In HBO Max Film ‘UNpregnant’Deadline first told you about Warner Bros’ streaming service plans to produce an adaptation of Jenni Hendriks’ novel UNPregnant back in June. On Thursday, HBO Max made it official, sayi…
Read more »
'Leaving Neverland' Judge Sides With Michael Jackson Estate, Compelling HBO to ArbitrationA federal judge in Los Angeles ruled on Friday that HBO must participate in arbitration with the Estate of Michael Jackson over the Emmy-winning Leaving Neverland documentary.
Read more »
ATP roundup: Federer, Team Europe grab Laver Cup leadWith the help of Roger Federer in doubles action, Team Europe took a 3-1 lead Fr...
Read more »
Google plans to invest 3 billion euros in EuropeCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Google's top boss said Friday the tech giant is planning to invest 3 billion euros to expand its data centers across Europe in the next two years. Chief executive...
Read more »
This Dangerous Addiction To Cheap Money Will Depress Economies In Europe And The U.S.Addiction to cheap money becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy: a weak economy needs cheap money, which keeps the economy depressed. It is now more urgent than ever that the developed economies acknowledge that cheap money is the problem, not the solution.
Read more »