Punta Escarlata
Punta Escarlata is a Spanish mystery television series. It originally aired on Telecinco in 2011.
| Punta Escarlata | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Mystery |
| Starring | Carles Francino Antonio Hortelano Nadia de Santiago Kira Miró Elena Ballesteros |
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Pablo Barrera Manuel Valdivia |
| Production companies | Cuatro Globomedia |
| Release | |
| Original network | Telecinco |
| Original release | 20 July – 5 September 2011 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Premise
Two girls dissappeared after attending an open-air dance in the sea-side village of Punta Escarlata. 8 years later a girl from Madrid experiences a vision about the murder of the girls that leads her to the location of the corpses. Two police officers from Madrid arrive to Punta Escarlata to solve the mystery.
Cast
- Carles Francino as Bosco Ruiz.[1]
- Antonio Hortelano as Max Vila.[1]
- Nadia de Santiago as Lucía.[1]
- Elena Ballesteros as Eva.[1]
- Kira Miró as Carla.[1]
- Fernando Cayo as Reyes.[2]
- Álvaro Cervantes as Marcos.[2]
- Macarena García as Raquel.[2]
- Javier Coll as Doctor Rozas.[2]
- José Sánchez Orosa as the priest.[2]
- Chema Ruiz as Lucía's father.[2]
- Juan Díaz as Rudy.[2]
- Daniel Holguín as Jero.[2]
- Carla Díaz as Patricia Rozas.[2]
- Ana Rujas as Vir.[3]
- Víctor Elías as Ximo.[3]
- Andrea Guasch as Itzíar.[2]
- Carlotta Cosials as Anabel.[2]
Production and release
The executive producers were Pablo Barrera and Manuel Valdivia.[4] The series were produced by Cuatro and Globomedia,[5] and it was intended to air on the former TV channel. The series was filmed in 2009 in Altafulla, province of Tarragona.[2][5] However, after the merging of the Cuatro and Telecinco's operators, the series were shelved for a while.[6] The first episode eventually aired on Telecinco on 20 July 2011,[2] at 23:26, attracting an audience of 2,054,000 viewers (18.6%), becoming the best fiction release on the channel since Sin tetas no hay paraíso in 2008.[3]
It premiered in the US market on 20 September 2012, aired on VME.[7]
References
- "'Punta Escarlata', despunta este verano en Telecinco pero... ¿Sabés quién es quién en esta serie?". ¡Hola!. 4 August 2011.
- Corrales, Guillermo A. (5 September 2011). "Se acerca el final de 'Punta Escarlata', ¿quién mató a las chicas del camping?". Bekia.
- Álvarez-Duque, Guillermo (21 July 2001). "'Punta Escarlata' triunfa y se convierte en el mejor estreno de ficción de Telecinco desde 2008". Bekia.
- Blanco, Elisa (29 September 2009). "Comienza la grabación de Punta Escarlata". Telelocura.
- "Cuatro completa el reparto de su serie de intriga 'Punta Escarlata'". Vertele. eldiario.es. 18 October 2009.
- J., P. Roberto (8 September 2011). "'Punta Escarlata': Cuando el enemigo está en tu propia casa". Espinof.
- ""Punta Escarlata" (Telecinco) entra en el mercado hispano de Estados Unidos". El Periódico de Aquí. 25 September 2012.