- Source: Matar al padre
Matar al padre (transl. 'To Kill the Father') is a four-part Spanish family drama television miniseries with comedy elements directed by Mar Coll. It stars Gonzalo de Castro, Paulina García, Marcel Borràs, Greta Fernández, Pol López and Nuria González. It was released by Movistar+ in May 2018.
Premises
The fiction spans along 16 years, with each episode respectively set in 1996, 2004, 2008 and 2012. Starting in 1996 post-Olympic Barcelona, the plot focuses on Jacobo Vidal—an authoritarian, obsessive and dysfunctional pater familias—and his developing relationship with his children, Tomás and Valeria. While the depicted family members in the series are largely Spanish-speaking, they sometimes interact with other characters in Catalan too.
Cast
Gonzalo de Castro as Jacobo Vidal.
Paulina García as Isabel.
Marcel Borràs as Tomás.
Greta Fernández as Valeria.
Pol López as Iván.
Nuria González as Mireia.
Production and release
Directed by Mar Coll, she wrote the screenplay together with Valentina Viso and Diego Vega. Entirely shot in Catalonia, production crew worked in the surroundings of Barcelona, namely in Font Vella de Can Catà. Matar al padre was pre-screened on 18 April 2018 at the 21st Málaga Spanish Film Festival. Consisting of 4 episodes with a running time of around 50 minutes, the miniseries was fully released by Movistar+ on 25 May 2018.