La peste (TV series)

*La peste*
La peste
	TV series poster
Genre	Historical drama; Crime drama
Created by	Alberto Rodríguez; Rafael Cobos;
Written by	Rafael Cobos
Directed by	Alberto Rodríguez
Starring	Pablo Molinero ; Paco León ; Manolo Solo ; Patricia López; Lupe del Junco
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer	Movistar+
Running time	50 minutes (approx.)
Production company	Atípica Films
Original release
Release	January 12, 2018 –; November 15, 2019

La peste (The Plague) is a Spanish historical drama television series created by Alberto Rodríguez and Rafael Cobos for Movistar+. It tells a crime story set in the 16th century Seville during an outbreak of the bubonic plague.^[1] The series premiered on 12 January 2018 on Movistar+'s VOD service and on #0. Before it first aired, on 30 September 2017, it was announced that it had been renewed for a second season,^[2] which premiered on 15 November 2019.^[3]

Premise

"During an outbreak of the bubonic plague in the magnificent Seville of 1597, Mateo, a former soldier, returns, honouring his word to find and extract a dead friend’s son from the city. Previously, Mateo had been forced to flee the city to save his life, having been sentenced to death by the Inquisition for printing forbidden books. Before he can complete his task, Mateo is arrested by the Inquisitor’s bailiffs, who promise to pardon his life in exchange for solving a series of crimes of diabolic overtones being committed in Seville."^[4]

Cast

Pablo Molinero as the former printer Mateo Núñez ^[5]
Sergio Castellanos [es] as Valerio Huertas, the son of Mateo's late friend Germán Larrea ^[5]
Paco León as Luis de Zúñiga
Manolo Solo as Celso de Guevara
Jesús Carroza as Baeza ^[5]
Tomás del Estal [es] as the physician Nicolás Monardes
Antonio Gil as Morata
Cecilia Gómez as Eugenia,^[6] a prostitute ^[5]
Lupe del Junco as Leandra
Patricia López Arnaiz as Teresa Pinelo, Señora Larrea ^[5]
Nya de la Rubia as Carmen Gálvez, Azuaga's mistress
Paco Tous as Teresa Pinelo's administrator
Manuel Morón [es] as Arquímedes^[6]
Victor Quintero as Quintero
Antonio Dechent as Pedro Lanzas
Miko Jarry as Alejandro Dresdener, the Mint's treasurer
Óscar Corrales
Carlo D'Ursi as Enzo
Ignacio Herráez as an inebriated
Alejandro López Estacio as the assassin Carmona
Alejandro Pantany as Teresa's guard

Introduced in season 2

Claudia Salas as Escalante^[6]
Melina Matthews as Juana^[6]
Luis Callejo as Conrado^[6]
Julián Villagrán as El Flamenco^[6]
Estefanía de los Santos as María de la O^[6]
Federico Aguado [es] as Pontecorvo^[6]

Production

The second season was shot in Cuevas del Almanzora, Almería, from 15 October 2018 to 19 October.^[7]

Episodes

Season 1

#	Title	Directed by
1	"La palabra (The word)"	Alberto Rodríguez
2	"El pacto (The pact)"	Alberto Rodríguez
3	"El impresor (The printer)"	Alberto Rodríguez
4	"El esclavo (The slave)"	Paco R. Baños
5	"El hijo (The son)"	Paco R. Baños
6	"El nuevo mundo (The New World)"	Alberto Rodríguez

Season 2

#	Title	Directed by
7	"El nuevo mundo (The New World)"	Alberto Rodríguez
8	"Escalante"	Alberto Rodríguez
9	"Pontecorvo"	David Ulloa
10	"Eugenia"	David Ulloa
11	"Conrado"	David Ulloa
12	"El viejo mundo (The Old World)"	David Ulloa

References

^ "Histórico: 'La Peste', primera serie en la Sección Oficial del Festival de San Sebastián". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Titania Compañía Editorial, S.L. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
^ Medina, Marta (30 September 2017). "'La peste': asesinatos, prostitución y epidemias en la Sevilla del Siglo de Oro". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Titania Compañía Editorial, S.L. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
^ Arroyo, Mercedes (15 November 2019). "'La Peste': todo sobre la segunda temporada de la serie". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2019.
^ "La peste" (in Spanish). San Sebastián International Film Festival. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Moviestar+ La Peste". elespanol.com. 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "'La Peste', segunda temporada: las fotos y fichajes". Diez Minutos. 21 November 2018.
^ D.M. (12 September 2018). "Casting para la serie 'La peste' que se rodará en Cuevas". Diario de Almería (in Spanish). Joly Digital. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

External links

[1] "Histórico: 'La Peste', primera serie en la Sección Oficial del Festival de San Sebastián". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Titania Compañía Editorial, S.L. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.

[2] Medina, Marta (30 September 2017). "'La peste': asesinatos, prostitución y epidemias en la Sevilla del Siglo de Oro". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Titania Compañía Editorial, S.L. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

[3] Arroyo, Mercedes (15 November 2019). "'La Peste': todo sobre la segunda temporada de la serie". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2019.

[4] "La peste" (in Spanish). San Sebastián International Film Festival. Retrieved 5 September 2017.

[peste-5] "Moviestar+ La Peste". elespanol.com. 2019.

[10min-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "'La Peste', segunda temporada: las fotos y fichajes". Diez Minutos. 21 November 2018.

[7] D.M. (12 September 2018). "Casting para la serie 'La peste' que se rodará en Cuevas". Diario de Almería (in Spanish). Joly Digital. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

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