Atresmedia set at Malaga with legal drama ‘Perdiendo el juicio’
Making the debut on the Sidebar of the Malaga Film Festival, the latest series of Atresmedia, the light-hearted legal drama “Perdiendo El Juicio”, follows a respected lawyer whose career is turned upside down after a serious OCD outburst during a process.
Produced by Athresmedia and Boomerang TV, the series, which is much of the creative talent behind the hit show “Alba” again, Sterren Award-winning actress Elena Rivera. Montse García, director of fiction at Atresmedia, and Luis Santamaría van Boomerang TV return as executive producers together with Susana López Rubio and Javier Holgado, the makers and scenarists of the show.
It was in fact the success of “Alba” that led to “Perdiendo El Juicio”, which translates and both “losing my thoughts” – a potential international title – and “losing judgment” in a legal sense.
“Of course, after the enormous success of ‘Alba’, both in Spain and all over the world, we wanted to work with the makers again,” García explained.
“We worked very well with them and we also have other projects that have worked beautifully, such as ‘Entre Tierras’, so we are looking for proposals.
“With ‘Perdiendo El Juicio’, we have a series that you meant, that fits perfectly in his genre, with episodic suddenly, but others who are transversal throughout the season.
Rivera praised, who takes on a very different role than that of ‘Alba’, García said it was’ a luxury to have her on board.
“From the start we were clear that Elena Rivera was the ideal lead.
When making a show that deals with obsessive-compulsive disorders, the makers managed to maintain a balanced approach while confronted for certain challenges.
“Series – and also films – come to life when they arrive on the set,” Garcíe noted. “That is where the script goes together with the vision of the director and the assets of the actor to interpret.
The series, whose directors include co-maker Jaime Olías, María Togores and Pablo Guerrero, will premiere on March 23 on the Spanish SVOD platformsplayer prior to the Primetime launch on Antena 3.
García emphasized that the story, themes and cast of “Perdiendo El Juicio” make it an ideal show “that can fascinate a wide audience”, while also reflecting a return to procedural drama.
“For us it is also important that it offers variation, both in the industry in general, which recently premiered.
In that spirit, “Perdiendo El Juicio” also offers a universal attraction that could attract an international audience.
“Just like with ‘Alba’, it is easy for everyone on the planet to identify with Amanada Torres, the protagonist of ‘Perdiendo El Juicio’. Because in this society we all know which stress and fear can cause us and how difficult it can be to get a second chance.
In addition to ‘Perdiendo El Juicio’, who is Los in Malaga on Friday, March 21, atresmedia presents his new musical series ‘Mariliendre’ at the Fest. In April the show will premiere at areplayer and follow a group of gay friends in Madrid who reconnect and recall memories of the past and the musical hits that marked their youth.
