''El don de Alba'' () is a Spanish supernatural television series consisting of a remake of the American series ''

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and Antonio Hortelano. Produced by

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, it aired in 2013.

Premise

The fiction follows Alba Rivas (Patricia Montero), a young woman tasked with the mission of helping the dead ones to cross to "the other side" after the death of her grandmother. Just arrived to the village of "Bellavista", Alba counts with help from Gabriel Vega (Antonio Hortelano), an employee at the municipal archives with a great deal of interest in the supernatural. Meanwhile, she establishes a relationship with Pablo Escudero (

), a sceptical physician who has just graduated.

Cast

* as Alba Rivas. *

as Pablo Escudero. * as Gabriel Vega. *

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as Andrea Santos. * Carmela Poch as Nuria Guerrero. * as Alicia Ramos. * as Ramón Ramon. * as the "Faceless Man".

Production and release

Consisting of an adaptation of the American series ''

'', ''El don de Alba'' was produced by

for

. Filming began in 2012. The series premiered on 9 April 2013 in

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. Interest in the series progressively waned, ending its intermittent broadcasting run on 16 July 2013, averaging 1,641,923 viewers and a 9.2% audience share across its 13 episodes.

References

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