Carles Porta returns to Movistar+ with a new series

BarcelonaThe king of the true crime and father of Crimes will premiere a new series on Movistar+, produced by True Crime Factory and Goroka. It will be available to stream starting April 10th and promises to address the search for and pursuit of a man who murdered two Civil Guard officers. The program will have three episodes that will air simultaneously, each lasting approximately one hour, and Porta admitted that they have been "a challenge."

This new production will chronicle the pursuit of Jaime Giménez Arbe, a bank robber and murderer known as El Solitario (The Solitaire), who posed a real challenge to the police. For years, he disguised himself and worked alone on various robberies. The investigation begins when, on June 9, 2004, he killed two Civil Guard officers with a machine gun after a failed robbery in La Rioja. In these episodes, Porta will speak with investigators, lawyers, and the press that covered the case, and will also access the summary.

The presentation note for the series on Movistar+ includes statements by Carles Porta: "It has meant a new challenge, first in terms of investigation because it has taken us more than two years to have the main investigators in front of the camera, especially those closest to the victims, as well as the judge, the prosecutor, the lawyers... and then..." thriller police series with many cinematic components, without losing the force of reality." He also added that "the archive material obtained is very powerful and takes you back to the moment in which the murders and robberies were committed." He has indicated that his objective with this production is to ensure that the audience remains hooked to the screen for the almost three hours that the series lasts, creating constant tension throughout the episodes.

thriller police that keeps you hooked on the story the whole time, and it's almost three hours of tension," Porta explained, but he also warns that they wanted to focus on the police's journey to catch the criminal, showing the fears, frustrations and joys of the investigators. "We wanted to show the core personality of the National Police and the Civil Guard," the journalist explained at the presentation.

"Visually, it was a big challenge because we wanted to dare a little more with fiction and get closer to cinema," he said, highlighting the difficulty of maintaining film quality and at the same time maintaining it. The Hunt for the Solitaire It will premiere at the San Sebastián Crossover Festival on March 27. The first episode of the series will be screened, along with a discussion with Carles Porta.