In recent years we enjoyed Spanish historical series
Plague,
Hernan and
Cathedral of the Sea, and next year we can expect
Amazon's lavish epic series
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The series was based on the book by Isabel Allende
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El Cid, but earlier this summer Amazon already aired eight episode historical saga
INES OF MY SOUL (Ines del alma mia), a small screen adaptation of the famous novel by
Isabel Allende
(translated into more than 30 languages around the world), but sadly only in Spain where it also aired on their RTVE, Spanish national
broadcaster! Sadly, no news so far when it will be available
on
Amazon Prime Video for the rest of the world. The series stars
Elena Rivera (as Ines, a daring 16th century young woman who travels to the NewWorld in search of her husband and becomes a governor of the current Santiago de Chile),
Eduardo Noriega, Enrique Arce, Carlos Bardem and
Benjamín
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Eduardo Noriega plays the male lead in the series
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Vicuña in the cast. The shooting which went on last year, used natural settings of Chile, Peru and Spain,especially Extremadura
and Andalusia. Down in Latin America, the production also covered
locations such as the Atacama Desert, Santiago de Chile, Valdivia and
Araucanía.
Inés Del Alma Mía
tells the story of Inés Suárez (
Elena
Rivera), a young and bold Extremaduran who embarks towards the new world
in search of her husband,
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It is expected that the new epic saga will have eight episodes |
lost on the other side of the Atlantic, and
towards her dreams of having a life of adventures, something unthinkable
for a woman of her time. In the Indies
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The series is expected on the small screens in Spain this Fall |
she will discover the true love
of her life, the famous Spanish conqueror Pedro de Valdivia (
Eduardo
Noriega). Together they will start an unforgettable
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Elena Rivera turns into a fierce warrior at some point
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romance as they
embark on an adventure that will make them the main architects of the
birth of a nation. The adventures she will go through with her
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The series consists of eight hourlong episodes
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beloved
Pedro de Valdivia will take her to the distant and unknown Chile. There
she will face the wild Mapuche Indians in unequal battles, but also the
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The shooting took place on numerous locations around the world
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greed of the conquerors and their insatiable thirst for gold and wealth. Check out the spectacular Spanish trailer below and tell us what you think, is it something you will watch if it arrives to Amazon Prime:
I do hope this one hits Amazon Prime soon. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping it will, or they might sell it to networks around the world.
DeleteI imagine the visuals will be splendid with it filmed in Chile, Peru and Spain.
ReplyDeleteAnd I imagine they will justify what they did to poor natives.
DeleteOf course they will. Don't they usually?
DeleteAlways!
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