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Time of India
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Two Graves OTT Release Date: When and where to watch Kiti Mánver and Álvaro Morte's new Spanish mini-series
Two Graves OTT Release Date: What happens when justice gives up, but you don't? When the police shut the file on a missing teenager, one grandmother refuses to accept the silence. Instead, she arms herself with pain, determination, and a terrifying will to dig out the truth. Netflix's Two Graves is a tightly packed emotional grenade, ready to explode with grief, rage, and revelation. The three-episode limited series drops on August 29, 2025, only on Netflix. What is Two Graves all about? Set two years after the mysterious disappearance of two teenage girls, Verónica and Marta, the story opens with a cold, bureaucratic closure: the police have exhausted all leads and officially shelve the case. But for Isabel, grandmother to one of the missing girls, the pain hasn't dulled. With no more patience for the system's dead ends, she decides to take matters into her own hands. Played by Kiti Mánver, Isabel is not your stereotypical elderly woman. She's driven by loss and rage, and she's got absolutely nothing to lose. Her solo investigation starts as a desperate search for answers but quickly spirals into something darker. As she pulls back the layers of silence and secrets, her pursuit shifts from truth to retribution. As the official synopsis hints, 'what begins as the search for a culprit soon becomes a story of revenge.' Meet the cast and crew of Two Graves At the heart of Two Graves is Kiti Mánver, a veteran of Spanish cinema, best known for her memorable roles in Pedro Almodóvar's Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and What Have I Done to Deserve This?. Joining her is Álvaro Morte, aka 'The Professor' from Money Heist, in the role of Rafael. Also part of the central trio is Hovik Keuchkerian (Antoine), known for his layered performances and screen presence. The supporting cast is equally solid and includes Nadia Vilaplana (Verónica), Zoe Arnao (Marta), Joan Solé, Nonna Cardoner, Carlos Scholz, Salva Reina and Camino Fernández among others. Two Graves is created by Agustín Martínez, the acclaimed writer behind La Caza. Monteperdido and co-creator of the Carmen Mola writing collective. The scripts are penned by Jorge Díaz and Antonio Mercero, Martínez's collaborators in Carmen Mola. Kike Maíllo, a Goya Award-winning filmmaker (Eva), directs all three episodes. The show is produced by Sábado Películas, with Toni Carrizosa and Verónica Vila-San-Juan serving as executive producers alongside Maíllo.
The Guardian
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Pedro Almodóvar's image crisis, 1994
Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar established his international reputation with 'raucous farces' such as What Have I Done to Deserve This? And Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, writes Robert Chalmers in the Observer Magazine on 5 June 1994. His new film, Kika, features a porn star, a lesbian maid, a serial killer and a rape scene played as 'knockabout comedy', begging the question: has the clown prince of Europe lost his sense of humour, both in his life and in his art? Holding court in his Madrid headquarters, the 42-year-old is 'listless, withdrawn and miserable'. Reviews for Kika in Spain and France are poor. He has a bad toothache. The state of his nation is also causing him pain. 'The economic position is bad,' offers Almodóvar. 'The social situation is bad. People are more afraid. I think the 90s have taken us all by surprise.' The early 80s were different. Back then, 'Spain was the most liberated country in the world.' The director's 'vulgar frivolity', says Chalmers, had free rein. Now, says Almódovar, censorship abounds, with 'Anglo-Saxons' key offenders. Former associates from La Movida, the post-Franco countercultural movement, say fame is the auteur's undoing. Painter Guillermo Pérez Villalta blames the 1980s: they 'screwed up a lot of things. It was one of the most horrendous periods. 'Almodóvar, who was a wonderful person, has become almost unbearable. Fame devours you.' For Almodóvar, self-doubt does not ail him. This evidently makes Chalmers uneasy. Calling on the director's knowledge of fin de siècle figures such as Oscar Wilde and Audrey Beardsley, he asks the Spanish enfant terrible if he might yet 'undergo an 11th-hour conversion and leave his friends a testament that ended with the instruction: Destroy all the bad pictures?' The answer is: no. 'I reaffirm everything I have done… If I had my life again, I would live it in the same way.' The director pauses 'for one final provocation', says Chalmers, before adding: 'The same, but more.'
