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Spain’s RTVE, Mediacrest Reveal Buzzy Police Procedural ‘Internal Affairs’ at Berlin’s Series Market Select
The high-octane police procedural delves into misogyny, the drug epidemic and a tide change in Spain.
Their dutiful housekeeper Berta (Marta Poveda, “El comisario”) is also a case study in gentle power, a tempered and watchful employee, she’s wife to a taxi driver who dabbles in gambling to make ends meet for the pair. It reflects a real historical moment in Spain, as well as in many other countries, when women were stepping into traditionally male-dominated spaces like law enforcement,” Cristian Liarte, managing director of business, co-production and acquisitions at Mediacrest, told Variety. Togores pointed to renowned Spanish photographer Alberto García-Alix, who captured raw and unapologetic portraits of the country’s counterculture, as a source of inspiration – his work providing a visceral context for the underworld they wanted to model.
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