La 1 premieres in one fell swoop this Sunday the miniseries The Law of the Sea, considered by the Algeciras actor Victor Clavijo one of the “most special and beautiful” shoots of his career. “18 days on the high seas living with artistic, technical and figurative equipment in a boat of just 25 meters for 10 hours a day, in full sun. The result is real and exciting. If you can’t see it today, starting tomorrow it will be on the website of RTVE. I hope you like it,” the interpreter wrote on his social networks.
The actors Blanca Portillo and Luis Tosar star in a film, born as a miniseries, that highlights the tragedy of migrants who lose their lives in the Mediterranean and consider that it is “something we should not forget.”
“There is a reality terrible: We are a Mediterranean country in whose waters people die every day. People looking for a future. They all have names, families, and they all cross that sea looking for an opportunity.” This is highlighted by the performers who star in this series based on the true story of the fishing boat. Francis and Catherinefrom Santa Pola (Alicante), became news in 2006 when it was the first European ship to rescue 51 sub-Saharan immigrants adrift in international waters of the Mediterranean, one hundred miles from Malta.
This RTVE production It has the collaboration of the Valencian network À Punt, which premiered it last Monday. The producer that created it is Studio 60.
to cough considers that it was “a pleasure to enjoy the generosity of the real protagonists of this story, who did something that should be normal, but it is not so simple: an act as simple as rescuing people at sea.”
“We all knew that we were telling a story with a certain responsibility. There is a terrible reality: we are a Mediterranean country in whose waters people die every day. People looking for a future. They all have names, families, and they all cross that sea looking for an opportunity. And that is the essence of The Law of the Sea,” highlights the Galician actor.
For your part Blanca Portillo He sees the project from two perspectives: “Working on this series excited me: these stories need to be told. I had to interpret the world of politics: she is a woman who fights to make reality what they say cannot be done. And she fights it. Emotionally I became very involved because the story he told mattered to me.” The actress points out that “fiction brings problems closer, it makes them reach your heart and they stop being a number and that is what activates something in the viewer and, the next time they see a news story on this topic, they see it another way”.
“The Mediterranean is full of corpses and it is something we cannot forget,” he insists.
For Alberto Ruiz Rojo, director of the series, it has been “a beautiful journey.” “When they gave me the script I was already excited, It has been a gift to tell such a human story. We started filming on the boat and at sea, without artifice, 18 days in a row. It was a special experience. We managed to create a family and also the awareness of telling an important and exciting story,” he assumes. “It’s a responsibility, especially when you meet real people. The important thing was to show reality, to make it emotional, and to tell all the looks and all the points of view. It is not a story of good guys and bad guys,” adds Tatiana Rodríguez, screenwriter.
He Director of Film and Fiction at RTVE, José Pastor, explains that this series “demonstrates, once again, how reality can surpass fiction: the story of some anonymous heroes who in 2006 saved the lives of 51 people and who did not hesitate to comply with the law they know best: the Law of sea”. “On the other hand, it is a sincere tribute to the thousands of men and women who die every year trying to reach Europe to achieve a better life. Furthermore, it is a pride to be able to have two of the actors of the stature of Blanca Portillo and Luis Tosar to embody its protagonists,” details the RTVE director.
Tatiana Rodríguez, together with Víctor Pedreira, leads the script team of this miniseries, directed by Alberto Ruiz Rojo. The main cast is completed by Sonia Almarcha; Víctor Clavijo, Àlex Monner, Lamine Thior, Carlos Serrano, Alfonso Lara, Teresa Hurtado and Pau Durà.