Netflix exclusively signs Mexican director Manolo Caro

The creator of the popular series 'The House of Flowers' and box office hits such as 'Perfect Strangers' and 'The Immoral Life of the Ideal Couple' will develop new television projects exclusively for Netflix.

Netflix has closed an exclusive agreement with the Mexican director Manolo Caro, creator of the popular Netflix original series The flower house and box office hits like Perfect strangers y The immoral life of the ideal couple. The agreement provides for Caro to develop new television projects exclusively for Netflix.

Currently, Manolo Caro is working on the second and third seasons of The flower house and the next project to be launched as part of the agreement is someone has to die, a three-episode limited series set in 1950s Spain, created by Manolo Caro, written by Monika Revilla, Fernando Pérez and Manolo Caro and produced by Rafael Ley, María José Córdova, Carlos Taibo and Manolo Caro. The story begins when a young man, after being called by his parents, must return home from Mexico to meet his fiancée, but the town is surprised when he returns accompanied by Lázaro, a mysterious ballet dancer. In order to stay ahead of the oppressive government, the group realizes that someone has to die.

"Manolo Caro's great talent for telling unique, personal and at the same time relevant stories makes him one of the most interesting and fun voices of his generation. His creative vision transforms his works into mosaics full of the cultural and social richness of Mexico that cross borders, as can be seen in the success of La casa de las flores, which has enchanted audiences from Mexico to the Netherlands," he said. Francisco Ramos, vice president of original content for Latin America and Spain at Netflix. “We are very proud that Netflix is ​​now the home of Manolo Caro.”

In this regard, director Manolo Caro comments that "being able to create universal content and do so with the greatest creative freedom are two compelling reasons to embark on this journey with Netflix. Over the next few years I have committed to telling stories in different languages ​​and from different borders, but always speaking honestly about topics that matter to me. I thank the Netflix team for trusting me and Noc Noc Cinema to face this new challenge, which I define as a unique and invaluable opportunity at a key moment of constant change in the entertainment industry."

Manolo Caro is a film and theater director, producer and screenwriter. In 2013 he debuted as a film director with the adaptation of his play I don't know whether to cut my veins or leave them long and this project was followed by feature films: Love of my loves, Elvira, I would give you my life but I am using it y The immoral life of the ideal couple. Caro is the first Mexican director to appear for three consecutive years in the Top Ten at the Mexican box office. In 2018 he made the leap to television making the Netflix original series The flower house.

Together with the producer Rafael Ley he founded the production company Night Cinema Night which has positioned itself as a benchmark in intelligent comedy where the management of aesthetics is essential, the stories are universal, the characters are three-dimensional and the actors who give them life share the same vision.