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Alice Kellen's El mapa de los anhelos coming to the screen
Netflix announced today that it will bring to the screen El mapa de los anhelos, the acclaimed novel by Spanish writer Alice Kellen, published by Editorial Planeta. Isa Sánchez (The Gardener, Raising Voices) will be in charge of writing this limited series, which will be produced by Brutal Media (Bank Under Siege, Welcome to Edén).
Alice Kellen, author of El mapa de los anhelos, commented, "El mapa de los anhelos will come to life on screen, and I am very happy to embark on this exciting journey that began, step by step, with the love of the readers. I hope it brings them as much joy as it brings me."
The limited series El mapa de los anhelos, tells the moving story of Greta, who claims she was born with the purpose of saving her sister Lucy, who suffers from leukemia, through her stem cells. However, events take an unexpected turn and Lucy passes away, leaving Greta with a deep existential void. Before departing, Lucy creates "El mapa de los anhelos," a game that challenges Greta to face her grief and discover her own path. On this journey, Greta will meet Will, an enigmatic young man with a haunting past. Can we love someone without loving ourselves?
About Brutal Media
Brutal Media is an innovative and creative producer of television and film content, specializing in fiction, documentaries, original formats, factual programs and entertainment. We are the production company in Spain of the international group BBC Studios.
The Netflix original miniseries Bank Under Siege, directed by Daniel Calparsoro and starring Miguel Herrán, María Pedraza and Hovik Keuchkerian, and La Academia (Sony Pictures Television, Amazon Prime, 3Cat) are some of our recent productions. Among them, we also highlight El Club de los Lectores Criminales (Netflix's first original Spanish slasher) and the series Welcome to Edén (top1 worldwide in 48 countries and top10 in 83 countries on Netflix) and Las del field hockey (3Cat). We have also produced feature documentaries such as Las Cintas de Rosa Peral (Netflix), The End of the Storm (Sky TV, Liverpool FC, Discovery, Rakuten) and El Caso Wanninkhof-Carabantes (Netflix), as well as the documentary series This is Football (Amazon Prime, for Starbucks).
In theaters we have released the feature films La Vampira de Barcelona (winner of 5 Gaudí Awards, including Best Film, and Audience Award at Grimmfest and at the Festival de Cine Fantástico de Catalunya-Sitges) and the romantic comedy Te quiero, imbécil (TVE, Netflix, TV3) with Quim Gutiérrez, Natalia Tena and Ernesto Alterio.
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