''Dorien'' is a Spanish

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and horror

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created by Kiko and Javier Prada starring

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, Daniel Muriel,

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and

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. It was released from 2017 to 2018 on

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Premise

Consisting of a loose translation to the current day and age of

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's ''

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'', the fiction is set in

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. Dorien (

) is a popular photographer obsessed with not aging who is hired by influencers. A disgruntled journalist, Marcos (Daniel Muriel), is commissioned to write a report about Dorien, unaware that the latter's camera takes away the essence and youth of the people. Dorien has even kept her secret away from her girlfriend Miriam (

). Meanwhile, Marcos' relationship with her long-time girlfriend Marta (

) is not going well.

Cast

;Starring *

as Dorien. * as Marcos. *

as Marta. *

as Miriam (special collaboration). ;Other *

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* * Ana Rujas * Jimmy Shaw * Nacho Braun

Production and release

Produced by The Other Side Films together with

, filming started by July 2017 in

. The series consisted of five 20-minute episodes. The pilot became available online on 30 October 2017, on the occasion of the launch of the

platform. The two first episodes were released on playz on 16 January 2018. The series was created and directed by the (twin) brothers Kiko and Javi Prada, who also co-wrote the screenplay together with Alberto López and Helena Morales. Macarena Gómez's performance was awarded a recognition in the category 'Best Actress' at the fifth edition of the Festival Carballo Interplay in 2018.

References

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