Salvador (lit. “Saviour”), the new Netflix series created by Aitor Gabilondo (Patria [+lire aussi :
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Joining the lead duo are actors of the calibre of Leonor Watling (Talk to Her [+lire aussi :
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The fiction series tells the story of a father who finds out that his daughter belongs to a neo-Nazi group, which he must edge closer to in order to try to rescue her and comprehend what led her to that point. During a violent, pre-planned confrontation between radical football fans from two opposing clubs, ambulance driver Salvador Aguirre (played by Luis Tosar) saves his daughter Milena (Candela Arestegui), who has been injured and is a member of the ultras group, which champions racist, violent and homophobic values that run totally counter to those he has always tried to instil in her.

Aitor Gabilondo is also serving as executive producer of the eight episodes and has penned the screenplay together with Joan Barbero (Wrong Side of the Tracks) and Anna Casado (Muted), with Tommie Ferreras (Bank Under Siege, All the Names of God) on board as DoP and Ricardo Rocca (Bank Under Siege) in charge of stunt coordination.

“We are presenting Salvador in a sociocultural context in which many extremist discourses that we thought we’d moved on from are being revived. Luis Tosar embodies the uncertainty surrounding the motives that lead many young people to feel an attraction towards extreme-right groups when he is faced with his own daughter’s aimlessness, and he wonders what has happened and what he can do about it,” states Gabilondo. “This series broaches hot topics such as immigration, extremism, delinquency and the lack of a future. For me, it also fulfils a long-standing desire to work with Daniel Calparsoro, whom I’ve known since his short film WC (from 1992) and whose gaze, straddling brutality and compassion, suits the story of Salvador to a T. And the icing on the cake of this dream come true is that nothing beats being able to work with Luis Tosar, the most compelling, sorrowful powerhouse of Spanish film,” sums up the series’ creator.