The six-episode series, based on César Pérez Gellida’s first novel, Memento Mori, from the Versos, canciones y trocitos de carne trilogy, will premiere exclusively on Prime Video on October 27.
Yon González, Francisco Ortiz, Juan Echanove, Olivia Baglivi and Manuela Vellés are the protagonists of the first part, which takes place in Valladolid.
Prime Video today reveals the premiere date, trailer and official poster for Memento Mori, a series based on the first novel in the trilogy Versos, canciones y trocitos de carne, by César Pérez Gellida. The six episodes of the series, starring Yon González, Francisco Ortiz and Juan Echanove, will be available exclusively on Prime Video on October 27th in Portugal and Spain, as part of the Prime subscription. Amazon Prime subscribers in Portugal will be able to enjoy this series along with offers, free shipping and entertainment, all in a single subscription for just €4.99 per month or €49.90 per year. Additionally, students over 18 can benefit from a half-price subscription through Prime Student, which includes all Prime benefits and a 90-day free trial.
Produced by Zebra Producciones (Grupo iZen), the series begins when the corpse of a young woman without eyelids appears in Valladolid. Detective Sancho (Francisco Ortiz) predicts a sequence of homicides and, with the support of “Carapocha” (Juan Echanove), one of the greatest experts on serial killers, follows the trail of bodies that Augusto (Yon González), a sociopath from refined taste, leave it for the city. They soon discover that they are facing a killer who commits crimes as if it were a soundtrack, signing the bodies of his victims with poems. What Sancho doesn’t know is that the chase is about to turn into a very personal duel.
The series stars Yon González (The Telephonists, The College of the Black Lagoon), Francisco Ortiz (García!, El Cid), Juan Echanove (Desaparecidos, Alatriste), Olivia Baglivi (Dragonflies, Brigada Costa del Sol) and Manuela Vellés ( Sleep Stories, Citas Barcelona). The cast is completed by Juan Fernández (El Cid, Lucía e o Sexo), Fernando Soto (La Casa de Papel, Cela 211), Carlota Baró (As Telefonistas, Amar es para siempre), Javier Varela (El Secreto de Puente Viejo, The Beasts), Juanma Lara (La Mancha Negra, El Príncipe), Alicia Sánchez (Sky Rojo, Central Hospital), Unax Hayden (20,000 Species of Bees, Irati), Rodrigo Poisón (Parot, Orígenes Secretos), Ana Villa ( Infiesto, El Cid) and Pau Romero (Presos en el Extranjero).
The six 45-minute episodes are produced by Zebra Producciones, with Jose Velasco, Sara Fernández-Velasco, Luis Arranz, Marco A. Castillo and Ibón Celaya in executive production, Marco A. Castillo and Fran Parra in direction, script by Germán Aparicio, Abraham Sastre and Luis Arranz, and original soundtrack by Alfonso González Aguilar. Memento Mori has the support of the Valladolid City Council through the Sociedad Mixta de Turismo and the Valladolid Film Commission. The distribution company Newen Connect, belonging to Newen Studios (TF1), is responsible for the international distribution of the series.
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