''Néboa'' is a Spanish mystery-thriller television series starring

Emma Suárez Emma Suárez Bodelón (born 25 June 1964) is a Spanish actress. She has won twice the Goya Award for Best Actress, namely for her performances in ''The Dog in the Manger'' (1996) and '' Julieta'' (2016). Biography Emma Suárez Bodelón was born ...

and Isabel Naveira. Created by Xosé Morais, Víctor Sierra and Alberto Guntín, produced by

RTVE The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. (; ), known as Radiotelevisión Española or RTVE, is the state-owned public corporation that assumed in 2007 the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service know ...

and Voz Audiovisual and set in Galicia, the plot concerns the investigation on a series of serial murders taking place in a small island community during the carnival. It aired on La 1 in 2020.

Premise

The story is set in Néboa, a fictional island off the coast of Galicia. The corpse of a teenager appears during the first night of the ''entroido'' carnival in Néboa. The murder mimics the pattern of past killings that occurred in 1919 and 1989, both of which sparked a serial killing row with multiple deaths. Locals believe the killer is the Urco, a wolf headed man from the folk stories. Three Guardia Civil agents, Mónica Ortiz, Carmela Souto and Lieutenant Ferro try to solve the mystery and avoid another serial killing rampage.

Cast

as Mónica Ortiz, a UCO agent arriving from Madrid. * as Carmela Souto, a local Guardia Civil sergeant in Néboa who teams up with Mónica. * as Sargento Viqueira. * as Vega, Mónica's daughter. * as Cascudo, a surfer earning a life as drug dealer. * Denisse Peña as Ana, a girl, first victim of the Urco. *

Nancho Novo Venancio Manuel Jesús Novo Cid-Fuentes (born 17 September 1958), known as Nancho Novo, is a Spanish actor. He studied medicine at Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, but stopped halfway to move to Madrid, where he studied acting at the '' ...

as Lieutenant Ferro. * Nacho Nugo as Gael, Ana's friend. * Carmela Martíns as Comba, Ana's friend. * Jorge Varandela as Roi, Ana's friend. * Santi Cuquejo as Turco, Ana's friend. * as Alejandro, the head of the powerful Ulloa family, kingpins of the local canning industry. * as Mara, Alejandro's wife. * as Antón, Ana's father, working for the Ulloa family. *

María Vázquez María Vázquez (born 19 March 1979) is a Spanish actress from Galicia. Biography Born in Vigo on 19 March 1979, she was raised however in between the provinces of Ourense and Lugo. She appeared as a child in '' Sempre Xonxa''. Upon completi ...

as Rosa, Ana's mother, childhood friend of Carmela. * as Roque, Carmela's husband and Antón's best friend. * as Gonzalo. * as Olaia, Cascudo's girlfriend. * Gonzalo Ramos as Emilio.

Production and release

The series was produced by RTVE and the Galician production company Voz Audiovisual. It was created by Xosé Morais, Víctor Sierra and Alberto Guntín. The episodes were directed by

Gonzalo López-Gallego Gonzalo López-Gallego (born 27 June 1973) is a Spanish film director who is best known for his movie '' Apollo 18'', a 2011 sci-fi thriller and horror film starring Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen, and Ryan Robbins. Filmography *'' The King o ...

, Jorge Saavedra and Manu Gómez. It was primarily filmed from May to September 2019 in

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, in the north of the province of A Coruña. Other locations included Estaca de Bares, O Barqueiro, Ortigueira and Cariño. Most cast members were Galician (a notable exception being Emma Suárez). The first episode premiered in

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on La 1 on 15 January 2020. The weekly broadcasting run of the 8-episode series ended on 4 March 2020.

Awards and nominations

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Mestre Mateo Awards The Mestre Mateo Awards, known in Galician as ''Premios Mestre Mateo'', are the main film awards in Galicia, celebrated annually. The awards were established in 2002 by the Galician Academy of Audiovisual as a continuation and expansion of the C ...

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References

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