The US platform Netflix continues to support local productions (read more), and filming has just begun on location in the Valencian Community for Hermana muerte, a horror film produced by El Estudio and directed by a regular of the genre, Paco Plaza, who just released on Wednesday 6 April in France his previous work The Grandmother [+leggi anche:
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The young protagonist of the nightmare, Almudena Amor (also in The Good Boss [+leggi anche:
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The plot, written by Jorge Guerricaechevarría (who collaborates again with Plaza after working on Eye for an Eye), touches upon the ghostly world of Verónica [+leggi anche:
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For Enrique López Lavigne, Pablo Cruz and Diego Suarez Chialvo, producers of El Estudio, "Hermana muerte is a date with quality horror, Paco Plaza's trademark, but it is also a teenage mystery of the inexplicable and fascinating phenomena surrounding Marian apparitions. Ultimately, this film gives us the chance to tell the story of the origins of one of the most terrifying characters in Plaza’s classic Veronica".

El Estudio is a production company focused on Spanish-speaking audiences, founded by Enrique López Lavigne, Pablo Cruz and Diego Suárez Chialvo. Most recent productions include the three-time Mexican Academy Award winner El Baile de los 41 (Cinépolis & Netflix), the documentary series Las crónicas del taco (Netflix), the docu-reality Siendo Pampita (Paramount+), the documentary Mi adorado Monster [+leggi anche:
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