Arde Madrid (2018)★ 7.6/10
- Comedy
- Drama
Directed by: Paco León
Written by: Paco León, Fernando Pérez, Anna R. Costa
A right-wing party loyalist poses as a domestic, sent to spy on Hollywood actress Ava Gardner during her wild stay in Madrid in the early 1960s.
- Original title
- Arde Madrid
- Storyline
- In 1961 Madrid, Ana Mari is a Franco follower and an instructor in the Female Section. On Franco's orders she starts to work as a maid in actress Ava Gardner's home with a mission to spy on her; she must pretend to be married to hustler Manolo, who will become Gardner's chauffeur. Manolo tries to take advantage of his position for his dodgy dealings with gypsy clans, and ends up involving Ana Mari and her schizophrenic brother, Floren; this gradually leads to an intimate relationship between them. With young maid Pilar they will serve at the endless parties Gardner and her circle enjoy in the Dolce Vita reserved for the Madrid elite, parties that create growing tensions with her downstairs neighbors: General y Senora Perón, recently exiled from Argentina.
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 1,922
- Companies
- Andy Joke, Movistar Plus+, ARD Mediathek, One, RTL Passion, RTL+, SRF 1, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), TVNOW, ZDF Mediathek
- Release dates
- ES September 21, 2018
- NL June 1, 2019
- UA July 15, 2019
- PT August 16, 2020
- DE August 17, 2020