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Alex de la Iglesia-Produced Dystopian Podcast Adaptation ‘Sanctuary’ Heads to Berlinale Series Market Selects
From Atresmedia TV and Banijay-owned Pokeepsie Films, ‘Sanctuary’ stars Lucía Guerrero and Aura Garrido, working together to thwart a dubious scheme disguised as an idyllic retreat.
“Sanctuary” (“Santuario”), the first co-production between Spain’s internationally ambitious Atresmedia TV(“Money Heist,” “Velvet”) and Carolina Bang and Alex de la Iglesia at Madrid’s Banijay-backed Pokeepsie Films (“30 Coins”), merges a not-so-implausible, ominous backdrop with strong female leads to showcase the breadth of feminine resolve in the face of clear and present danger, all with a gripping tension. “Bringing together two characters with such opposite backgrounds gave us a lot to work with, while also exemplifying the deeply divided universe we were imagining for ‘Sanctuary.’ Valle and Pilar are two very strong but also very vulnerable women, and part of their strength doesn’t surface until they begin to trust each other. Alba Ribas, Songa Park, Anna Canepa, Jaime Ordoñez, Melida Molina, Joan Sentís, Borja Luna, Manu Fullola, Juan Viadas, Blanca Velletbó, Melina Matthews and Godeliv Van Den Brandt round out the ensemble.
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