Arde Madrid

Anna R. Costa and Paco León are the architects of the project that comes to our screens as the great bet of Movistar for this winter.


1961. One night either. Ava Gardner rides one of his well-known parties. This in particular, has just unleashed a terrible confrontation with General Perón and his brand new wife Isabel who have just arrived in our country at the end of exile.
Arde Madrid takes as its starting point this event, about which so much has been spoken and written, to make a portrait of Spain at the moment through the servants of the Hollywood superstar: protagonists with a lot of substance.


We will attend the lavish parties of the actress. But we will also enjoy the picaresque of characters like Manolo: a rascal capable of everything to give the bell and get out of misery.


The book, large format, contains 70 images that alternate the Spain of the moment with images of the series and its protagonists. Of course, in black and white, as the series has been shot. A black and white necessary to address the era. To evoke the Berlanga de Plácido and imitate the Italians of La Dolce Vita de Fellini. Voluptuousness and elegance before a very serious contrast between rich and poor.