Clara Roquet finishes shooting Las largas sombras
- The thriller inspired by the novel of the same name by Elia Barceló, starring Elena Anaya, Marta Etura, Belén Cuesta and Irene Escolar, will be available as a series on the Disney+ platform
Disney+ has announced that filming has finished on the series Las largas sombras, directed by Clara Roquet, a prestigious screenwriter (behind titles such as Petra [+see also:
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interview: Elena Martín Gimeno
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It tells the story - inspired by the novel of the same name, published in 2018 by the Alicante writer Elia Barceló - of a group of women whose stable, successful lives are suddenly shattered as the human remains are found of one of their high school classmates, who disappeared during their end-of-year trip to Mallorca twenty years ago.
The series is a dramatic thriller written by its director along with Miguel Sáez Carral, Adrià P. Xancó, Lucía Carballal and Estíbaliz Burgaleta. Playing the main characters, Roquet has used a competent and famous cast made up of Elena Anaya (this year in the series Fleeting Lies [+see also:
interview: Esther García
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Also, other prestigious professionals have taken part in other areas: Clara Nieto (Producer on the Move 2021 – read interview) and Sylvia Cabannas were in charge of production; Neus Ollé as director of photography; Júlia de Paz directed the second unit; Gloria Vázquez was the art director; Patricia Monné, head of wardrobe; Alicia Guerrero, head of make-up; and Ana María Honrubia was in charge of hair.
The filming of its six episodes finished a few days ago after 13 weeks on location in Elda, Benidorm, La Falla de Moraig, Denia, Altea and Madrid. And for Sofía Fábregas, Vice President of Original Production at Disney+ Spain, "this is a commitment to the undisputed talent of a creator like Clara Roquet, and to a team and a first-class production company like DLO. It is our first original thriller, backed mostly by female talent, in front of and behind the camera, and is a major step forward in our slate of projects."
Las largas sombras is a Disney+ production from DLO Producciones (José Manuel Lorenzo).
(Translated from Spanish by Vicky York)
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