Mubi has acquired distribution rights to “La Mesías,” a six-part Spanish television series created by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, for release across several English-language and European markets. The streamer will make the series available in the U.K., Canada, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Turkey, France, and Australia, with streaming beginning Sept. 3. The deal was finalized between Mubi and Movistar Plus International, the original Spanish broadcaster of the show, which was produced in collaboration with Ambrossi and Calvo’s production company Suma Content. Mubi plans to launch with a two-episode premiere.
“La Mesías” centers on a man named Enric who encounters a viral video of a Christian pop band and realizes the singers are his younger sisters. The narrative explores his childhood trauma stemming from his parents’ religious extremism, particularly his mother’s declaration that she is the daughter of God and that her daughters’ music is divinely dictated. Enric’s mission becomes rescuing his sisters from this influence. The story uses a non-linear structure, moving between the present day in 2013, the 1980s when the siblings were children, and around 1997 when they were teenagers.
The production involved extensive location shooting across 30 rural sites outside Barcelona over 25 weeks, with 170 characters and 3,800 extras. Some 1980s flashback sequences were filmed in 16 mm to evoke the impressionistic quality of memory. The series employs genre-shifting storytelling, blending psychodrama with science fiction, procedural elements, and musical sequences. The cast includes Roger Casamayor as Enric and Macarena García as his sister Irene, with multiple actresses portraying the matriarch Montse at different life stages, including Lola Dueñas.
“La Mesías” premiered at the San Sebastián Festival in 2023 and subsequently became the first Spanish series selected for the Sundance Festival. It received accolades at Series Mania and was praised by French media outlets. Ambrossi and Calvo previously gained recognition for their film “La bola negra,” which won the best director prize at Cannes and has been acquired by Netflix for distribution.
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