Atresplayer begins filming '33 days'

The platform Atresplayer The filming of '33 days', a series produced together with Luminol Media, begins in Tarragona. Go away y Lastor Media created by the investigative journalist Carles Porta and inspired by the true story of the escape of two prisoners from the Ponent prison in Lleida.

The actors José Manuel Poga and Julián Villagrán will play Prieto and Calatrava, two prisoners who will keep the Mossos in suspense during a hectic escape that will last 33 days. The series has Montse García, Pablo F. Masó, Tono Folguera and Guille Cascante as executive producers. Javier Olivares and Jordi Calafí are the scriptwriters of the series, which will be directed by Anaïs Pareto Onghena.

Nausica Bonnin and Pau Durà play agents Clara Moyano and Pau García, leading the investigation. The cast is completed by Blanca Parés, Marc Rius, Xavi Saez, Alba Pujol and Joan Solé, among others.

In 33 days, Juan José Prieto (José Manuel Poga) and Mateo Calatrava (Julián Villagrán) are the protagonists of a thrilling escape that kept the entire Autonomous Police of Catalonia in suspense during the 33 days they resisted, cornered in the mountains until their arrest. Two fugitive prisoners who, in October 2001, escape from the Lleida prison with a plan designed for months manage to activate all the state's security forces and keep the population alert.

The series recreates this escape, inspired by the real one, focusing on the Mossos investigation team and the escapees themselves who find their plan complicated and must improvise. The Mossos, a newly created police force, is questioned by the rest of the institutions that question its inception. The criticism intensifies when the escape becomes complicated, and wear and tear and frustration begin to undermine those involved. In their exhaustive investigation, the Mossos discover the unusual relationship that is created between Prieto, an unscrupulous criminal, and Calatrava, an addicted, sensitive and educated criminal, whom he ends up protecting in prison from others and even from himself. An escape in which we delve into the game of admiration and dependencies that has been hatched between them, a relationship so intense and passionate that it causes an unexpected outcome.