''What the Future Holds'' ( es, El día de mañana, links=no) is a Spanish

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miniseries created by

Mariano Barroso Mariano Barroso (born 26 December 1959) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 20 films since 1982. His 1996 film '' Éxtasis'' was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. Since 9 June 2018, he ...

for

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. The series is based on Ignacio Martínez de Pisón's novel of the same name and premiered on 22 June 2018. The screenplay was co-penned by Barroso and Alejandro Hernández.

Premise

Justo Gil, a restless and ambitious young man, arrives at the prosperous and promising city of 1960s Barcelona like another migrant worker, break even and with the aim of becoming a man of success. The city, which is turning into modernity, seems like the place to make it big: an oasis of freedom in the middle of the paramo of

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from 1966 to 1977.

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''El día de mañana (Miniserie de TV)'' on ''Filmaffinity''
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