El pueblo (TV series)

The plot concerns the arrival of a group of "urbanites" to a tiny Sorian village presumed to be abandoned (Peñafría) drawn by an offer of affordable housing.^[1][2][3] The village happens to preserve a small number of native inhabitants with whom the urban immigrants interact.^[3]

• Carlos Areces as Juanjo Soler.^[4]
• Ruth Díaz as Laura.^[5]
• Santi Millán as Moncho.^[5]
• Ingrid Rubio as Ruth.^[5]
• Elisa Drabben [es] as Macarena.^[5]
• María Hervás as Amaya.^[5]
• Raúl Fernández [es] as Pablo Armida.^[6]
• Blanca Rodríguez [es] as Elisa Jiménez.^[7]
• Ángel Jodrá [es] as Cándido Quintanilla, the Mayor.^[8]
• Vicente Gil as Arsacio.^[9]
• Empar Ferrer [es] as María.^[10]
• Javier Losán [es] as El Ovejas.^[10]
• Daniel Pérez Prada [es] as Nacho.^[10]
• Norma Ruiz as Isa.^[10]
• Jairo Sánchez [es] as Gustavo.^[10]
• Felipe Vélez [es] as Echegui.^[10]
• Jordi Vilches as Chicho.^[10]

Created by Alberto Caballero, Julián Sastre and Fernando Abad,^[11] El pueblo was produced by Mediaset España in collaboration with Conturbernio Films.^[1] Alberto Caballero (on behalf of Contubernio films) and Arantxa Écija (on behalf of Mediaset España) were credited as executive producers.^[11] Alberto Caballero, Laura Caballero and Roberto Monge directed the episodes, whereas Daniel Deorador and Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor joined Alberto Caballero, Julián Sastre and Fernando Abad in the writing team.^[11] The first season consisted of 8 episodes featuring a running time of around 70 minutes.^[11] The first season was entirely shot in the province of Soria.^[10] While Valdelavilla was primarily used to portray the fictional village of Peñafría, other shooting locations included San Pedro Manrique, Valdeavellano de Tera, Los Rábanos and Soria.^[10]

Just like with other series, the Mediaset España's distributor Mediterráneo Mediaset España Group reached an agreement to cede the exclusive rights to Amazon Prime Video for a time before its free-to-air broadcasting run.^[12] The first season was thus originally released on Prime Video on 14 May 2019.^[13]

Filming of the second season was wrapped in October 2019.^[13] The second season consisted of another 8 episodes (featuring a 50-minute-long runtime on Amazon and a 70-min run for a later free-to-air airing).^[14] It was released on Prime Video on 14 February 2020.^[15]