Pau Freixas premieres 'Cites', a new series by Arca Audiovisual for TV3

After exciting the spectators with Red bracelets, Pau Freixas directs this fiction based on the British series 'Dates'.

This Monday it premieres Cites, the new series produced by Arca Audiovisual (Filmax group) for Televisió de Catalunya. The first episode can be seen from 10:35 p.m. on TV3. Directed by Pau Freixas, it is based on the British series Dates.

The series is made up of 13 45-minute episodes and addresses the world of blind dates around 24 characters who will cross paths and meet again throughout the season. In each chapter two quotes will be shown where the fears, secrets and expectations of protagonists who are looking for love, sex or simply not to be alone will become evident.

After a first meeting through a contact website, the characters will see each other face to face, full of insecurities but also hope. Thus we will learn different stories: that of a primary school teacher who sees how 40 is approaching and her life plans are postponed again; that of a young widower and father of three daughters who wants to find love again; that of a 'scort' who tries to change her way of relating to men; or that of a girl who needs to resolve doubts about her sexuality before getting married.

Some of the best-known faces of our film and television scene participate in the series, such as Eduardo Noriega, Aida Folch, Isak Férriz, Eva Santolaria, Francesc Garrido, Biel Duran, Júlia Molins, Nausicaa Bonnin, Laia Costa, Txell Aixendri, Aida Oset, Ingrid Rubio, Miquel Sitjar, Marta Marco and Jordi Sánchez, among others.

After thrilling viewers with Red bracelets, Pau Freixas directs this fiction that delves into an adult world. Freixas, who is also executive producer, has been the visible head of the team of directors and scriptwriters who have created Cites. A direction that he has shared with Marta Pahissa, Patricia Font and Paco Caballero, the head of development at Arca Audiovisual, Ivan Mercadé, and a group of scriptwriters made up of Miguel Ibáñez Monroy, Daniel González, Eric Navarro, Patricia Font, Eduard Sola, Pol Cortecans and Blanca Bardagil.

The filming of 'Cites' took place in Barcelona for three months, starting on Valentine's Day and ending on Sant Jordi's Day. The result, 26 appointments that you can follow starting next Monday.