Summit of prominent personalities: Carmen Maura and Eva Longoria will be the protagonists of land of womena series based on the novel “The land of women”by the Spanish journalist Sandra Barnedathat Apple commissioned for its streaming platform.

Spanish production company Bambú Studios will shoot all six episodes of the series, which will have an English version and another in Spanish, Apple TV + reported in a statement this Tuesday afternoon.

The plot of this story follows in the footsteps of Gala (Longoria), a New Yorker struck by her husband’s financial irregularities and, to avoid reprisals from debtors, he must flee with his daughter and mother (Maura) to his family’s hometownin the north of Spain.

There they will try to keep a low profile, but the residents of the city, which their mother abandoned more than 50 years ago, will begin to discover the secrets of the three women.

Imaginary mother and daughter

With a long journey in cinema and theater, the 76-year-old Spanish Carmen Maura has already tried her hand at the series format for various platforms. Two years ago, for example, she looked bad someone has to die a three-episode miniseries premiered on Netflix.

Considered in your country as the first “Almodóvar Girl”it was directed by the director in titles such as What Did I Do to Deserve This ?, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Return, The Law of Desire Y Bullfighteramong others.

With an intense television career, Longoria, 47, she managed to avoid being pigeonholed into the role that consecrated her popularly: it was Gabrielle Solís, one of the Desperate Housewivesa character that earned him a Golden Globe nomination and opened the door to a string of successful productions.

The word of the author

The novel on which the plot is based is the second book published by Sandra Barnedajournalist whose career is linked to the Mediaset group, and in her role as writer she managed to be a finalist of the Planeta 2020 Award with An ocean to reach you.

“It’s a dream to have inspired Apple TV and Bamboo for this amazing project. Anyway more excited for Eva Longoria in the role of Gala and Carmen Maura as Julia“, tweeted the journalist and writer.

The audiovisual adaptation will feature a renowned Spanish team, including Carlos Sedes (flour) as the director of this series, on whose screenplay Ramón Campos and Gema R. Neira have worked, an unbeatable duo when it comes to making fiction.

In his resume of successful productions are Velvet, Grand Hotel and the new one out occasionally.

According to Apple TV +, the pre-production phase has already started in Spain and still is there is no estimated release date.

The platform bets on bilingual and Spanish productions. Last year he launched acapulcostarring the Mexican Eugenio Derbez, and a few months ago launched occasionallywhere they work Maribel VerduMarina de Tavira and Rosie Pérez.

The company has also signed an agreement with the famous Mexican director, screenwriter and producer Alfonso Cuaron develop different contents in its commitment to the Latin market.

EFE