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2024 Spanish TV series or program From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Celeste is a Spanish comedy thriller television series created by Diego San José and directed by Elena Trapé starring Carmen Machi and Andrea Bayardo.
| Celeste | |
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| Genre | Comedy thriller |
| Created by | Diego San José |
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| Directed by | Elena Trapé |
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| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Production company | 100 Balas |
| Original release | |
| Network | Movistar Plus+ |
| Release | 14 November – 28 November 2024 |
Sara Santano, a legendary tax inspector about to retire, is due for one last work investigating a purported case of tax evasion involving Latin music star Celeste. Santano is tasked with demonstrating that the latter spent more than 184 days in Spain in the last year, thus making Spain Celeste's tax residence.[1][2][3]
Created by Diego San José, Celeste is a 100 Balas (The Mediapro Studio) production.[2] San José set himself the challenge of creating a gripping thriller set in "one of the greyest environments in our culture",[4] billing the series as "Zodiac, but with the IRPF".[3] A building in San Sebastián de los Reyes stood in for the Agencia Tributaria headquarters in Guzmán el Bueno.[4] The six-episode series was directed by Elena Trapé.[1]
The series received a pre-screening at the Anoeta Velodrome during the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival on 22 September 2024.[5][6] It debuted on Movistar Plus+ on 14 November 2024.[7]
Beatriz Martínez of Infobae deemed Celeste to be one of "the winning series of the season", "which is ready to surprise and charm viewers with all its small and large occurrences, with its transparency, its sincerity and its daily approach to our lives' miseries".[8]
Álvaro Onieva of Fotogramas rated the series 9 out of 10 points, writing that "Diego San José proves to be one of the most intelligent and sharpest screenwriters [in Spain] and leaves us with one of the most remarkable series so far this year".[9]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2024 | 30th Forqué Awards | Best Actress in a Series | Carmen Machi | Nominated |
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