Mary Magdalene was not a sinful prostitute, but one of the apostles and a companion of Jesus Christ. She stood at the foot of the cross and delivered the good news of the resurrected Christ. Furthermore, she is the central figure in a theatrical production that reclaims the true role of women in history in a show where the captivating audiovisual component largely compensates for the shortcomings of the text and the dramaturgy.

"The story we've been told about Mary Magdalene is a kind of Pretty woman from the first century. What we all think is that she was a sinful and repentant prostitute whom Jesus forgave. But this is a myth,” says Carme Portaceli, director of the National Theatre of Catalonia (TNC), who adds that “none of the canonical gospels say that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute.” Where does the archetype come from? What impact has it had on women throughout more than two thousand years of history? Why has it been constructed? Mary MagdaleneThe TNC's big bet for this season.

After a period of time focused on theatre, Ariadna Gil (Barcelona, 1969) returns to cinema with the drama of the debutant Guillermo Ríos, Solo una vez. She plays the role of a therapist specialised in male violence providing treatment to a writer (Álex García) accused of having assaulted his partner (Sílvia Alonso). Just another case, or maybe not.