| Promesas de arena | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure Romance |
| Based on | Promesas de arena by Laura Garzón |
| Written by | Ignasi Rubio Guadalupe Rilova |
| Directed by | Joaquín Llamas Manuel Estudillo |
| Starring | Andrea Duro Daniel Grao Blanca Portillo Francesco Arca [it] |
| Composer | Pablo Cervantes [es] |
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Production companies | RTVE Atlantia Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | La 1 |
| Release | 11 November (2019-11-11) – 16 December 2019 (2019-12-16) |
Promesas de arena (lit. 'Sand Promises') is a Spanish limited television series starringAndrea Duro,Daniel Grao,Blanca Portillo and Francesco Arca. Produced byRTVE in collaboration with Atlantia Media, the adventure and romance television series is based on the namesake novel by Laura Garzón. It originally aired in 2019 onLa 1.
Featuring the world ofinternational aid as backdrop, the plot of the series begins with Lucía travelling to a hospital managed by the fictionalNGO 'Acción Global' located in the Libyan desert which is led by Andy (Daniel Grao) and Julia (Blanca Portillo).[1][2] A love story develops between Lucía and Hayzam (Francesco Arca), the man responsible for providing the supplies to the hospital yet also living a double life asweapon trafficker.[1]
The series is set in the fictional Libyan city of Fursa.[3]
Based on the namesake novel by Laura Garzón,[4]Promesas de arena was produced byRTVE in collaboration with Atlantia Media.[5] The 3-month-long filming took place inTunisia and Spain; scenes were shot in theSfax harbour and theTozeur oasis,[3] whereas the rest of the filming took place inMadrid.[5] It consisted of six episodes.[6]
The script is authored by Ignasi Rubio and Guadalupe Rilova, based on the plot by Laura Garzón and Ignasi Rubio.[7] Joaquín Llamas and Manuel Estudillo directed the series.[7]
The original musical score is a work by Pablo Cervantes.[7]
The first episode began airing on 11 November 2019 inprime time onLa 1,TVE's flagship channel, attracting 1,585,000 viewers (10.5% share).[8] The viewership remained stable albeit unimpressive throughout the broadcasting run.[6]
| No. in season | Title | Viewers | Original release date | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "El código de las dunas" | 1,585,000 | 11 November 2019 (2019-11-11) | 10.5 |
| 2 | "La ruta del halcón" | 1,471,000 | 18 November 2019 (2019-11-18) | 9.5 |
| 3 | "Oasis de vida y muerte" | 1,438,000 | 25 November 2019 (2019-11-25) | 9.9 |
| 4 | "La soledad del viento" | 1,402,000 | 2 December 2019 (2019-12-02) | 9.5 |
| 5 | "Amar sin haber amado" | 1,474,000 | 9 December 2019 (2019-12-09) | 10.1 |
| 6 | "La última piedra del desierto" | 1,416,000 | 16 December 2019 (2019-12-16) | 9.4 |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22ndIris Awards | Best Fiction | Nominated | [10] | |
| Best Actress | Blanca Portillo | Nominated | |||