– Hugo Silva, Ana Isabelle and Khalid El Paisano star in the new series from the creators of ‘La Unidad’ for Movistar Plus+
Next Thursday, May 2, Movistar Plus+ arrives ‘Marbella‘, the new series of Dani de la Torre and Alberto Marini, the duo responsible for the acclaimed ‘La Unidad’. Based on real research conducted by journalists Nacho Carretero and Arturo Lezcano, The fiction explores the ins and outs of the mafia that operates on the Costa del Sol, a very current reality in which prosecutors and police feel “like David against Goliath” due to the lack of means in their fight against organized crime.
“We were looking for a social, topical, untold topic and when we read Nacho and Arturo’s report it was quite clear to us,” explains Marini in an interview with Europa Press. “It is very current, in fact, news is happening daily,” observes De la Torre, alluding to the escape of the leader of the Dutch ‘Mocro Maffia’, arrested in January precisely in the town of Malaga.
In this sense, The filmmaker considers that “the series is going to remain valid for a long time, unfortunately, because it is a very difficult problem to tackle.” “I believe that the issue of the gangs in Marbella and what happens and the drug traffickers, In the end it does not penalize politically because there is no social repercussion, It is not the same as a jihadist,” says De la Torre.
The director thus compares the limited media impact of the criminal activities of the mafias, which generally act “behind the scenes”, in a hidden manner, with that of other criminal acts that “annoy society more” and make “more noise” such as murders or shootings.
“THE BAD GUYS ARE STRONGER AND STRONGER”
According to Marini, precisely because there is no “social alarm”, ending said crime “is not a priority”. On the other hand, the creators point out the unequal fight that police and prosecutors face: “They all highlight a lack of means and support and feel like David against Goliath. The bad guys are getting stronger and stronger.”
A reality, that criminals are in many cases more and better equipped and with more resources than law enforcement officers, was also evident a few months ago when two civil guards were killed when they were run over by a drug boat in Barbate (Cádiz). ).
To document themselves and see with their own eyes what they wanted to portray, De la Torre and Marini visited Marbella, where they were surprised by the amount of cash that was moved: “I have never seen so much physical money in my life.“. “There were things that we couldn’t put because we were dying of embarrassment,” they confess
“I find it electrifying, it seems incredible to me how two worlds can live in parallel… The glamour, the wonderful thing about the city, because it is beautiful, at the same time as this whole crime and mafia scene… And that everything lives there, happening at the same time”observes Ana Isabelle, who plays one of the main characters in the fiction.
For the actress, in this environment of luxury and crime the series It does not aim to present clear heroes and villains but rather “human beings in all their colors.” “You can be empathetic even with the point of view you least understand,” he explains. As his co-star, Khalid El Paisano, points out, “everyone has their own story.” “You have to teach the inside and the outside, so that people understand the reason“adds the actor.
HUGO SILVA, ON ABUSE IN THE INDUSTRY
“I think it is necessary and, in fairness, that if any person, any woman, has felt attacked, abused, coerced by abuse of power or sexual or whatever, they should say so, report it or point it out.“says Hugo Silva, protagonist of the fiction, when asked about abuses in the cultural sector, in light of the latest complaints against the playwright Ramón Paso.
“What scares me a little is that this will become frivolous. and that it seems that it only happens in one sector, because I think this happens everywhere,” explains the Goya nominee. On the other hand, the actor reasons that perhaps the exposure of the cultural sector will help other sectors, “abusers think about it“.
‘Marbella’ It is made up of 6 episodes and the first of them will arrive on Movistar Plus+ next Thursday, May 2. Along with Silva, Ana Isabelle and Khalid El Paisano, the cast of the fiction is completed by Aurora Moroni, Elvira Mínguez, Manuela Calle, Mohamed Said, Daniele Fileti and Fernando Cayo, among others.