poison , the autobiographical series by Cristina Rodriguez, known as Veneno, has achieved success both inside and outside Spain. His legacy lives on and this Sunday the sequel arrives on Atresplayer, Wearing blue which is adapted from the book of the same name also written by Valeria Viegas and which shows the lives of the six trans women depicted by Antonio Jiménez Rico in the 1983 documentary. Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrosi, who directed poison devoted themselves to the production on this occasion while the direction was carried out by Ian de la Rosa, Mikel Rueda and Claudia Costafreda.
“The series is a continuation poison , which was very special for us because it changed everything. “Now we will tell not one, but six great stories, with which we will also depict an era and give a voice to people who did not have an era,” Montse Garcia, Director of Fiction at Atremedia, said during the presentation. From the new media series.
The series chronicles the lives of the six transgender women portrayed by Antonio Jimenez Rico in a 1983 documentary.
Garcia specified that the novel will follow the same structure as its predecessor, moving between the past and the present, to see how decisions made a while ago affect today. “We’re going back and forth to the 1980s, and we’re addressing the issue of transgenderism at a time that’s very hostile to this group, and it’s a place that we should be dealing with in the most sincere way,” he added.
The novel takes place two years after Veneno’s death, when Valeria Vargas returns to Valencia. There is a video of Wearing blue the documentary by Jiménez-Rico that recounts the experiences of six transgender people in Spain in the early 1980s and which will serve as inspiration for his new book.
In this new installment part of the team returns. poison . Lola Rodriguez returns as Valeria and Goya Toledo as her mother Lola, while Baca la Piranha and Juan Ruiz continue to play their roles. “For us it is a gift, because it is a series that has a lot of heart and love behind it, and we are not coming from something new like before. They encouraged us, and gave us a chance that the transgender community deserves as well.
Rodriguez also highlighted that the series “does justice to the six women who appeared in the documentary, and were promised a better life after it, but nothing happened.” “It is a beautiful tribute, and for two of its members to see it alive is an honor.”
In addition to the team that repeats poison There are new additions to the cast. “Valeria opens six worlds during her search and has to find six actresses who resemble the heroes of the film Wearing blue ,” revealed Andrea H. Catala, Executive Producer of Suma Content.
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One of those actresses is Penelope Guerrero, who during the show wanted to highlight that “through this series we remember six women who were very different from each other, but at the same time they lived some very difficult experiences for the simple truth.” In showing themselves to the world as they were and were.
When asked if they had watched the 1983 documentary, another signer, Gina Roman, responded: “It came to me when I wanted to transform, but I didn’t quite understand it. Over time, I gave meaning to what they said. And look, now I play one of their heroes . fate”.
The entire team of Wearing blue He expressed his desire for the series to reach many people to raise awareness and highlight the condition of transgender people.
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