There is already a release date: «Doctor Portuondo«, The first series produced by an independent platform in Europe, will premiere on Filmin next Friday, October 29. The creator and director Carlo Padial, accompanied by his inseparable screenwriter Carlos de Diego, brings to the screen his acclaimed novel of the same name edited by Blackie Books in 2017. The result is 6 episodes of 25 minutes with autobiographical overtones about the therapy that Padial followed along with his peculiar and charismatic Cuban psychoanalyst , Dr. Portuondo (Jorge Perugorría), and that radically changed his life.
The festival Iberseries Platinum Industry will host the World Premiere of “Doctor Portuondo” on September 30 at 5:00 p.m. at the Callao Cinemas in Madrid. This meeting will be attended by Carlo Padial, Carlos de Diego, Jorge Perugorría, Nacho Sánchez, Olivia Delcán, Elisabet Casanovas, Arturo Valls and David Pareja. Also, on Thursday, October 21 at 6:30 p.m., Serialized Fest (Barcelona) will offer a marathon in which all the episodes of the series will be screened exclusively for the first time.
Cuban actor Jorge Perugorría (“Strawberry and chocolate”, “Winds of Havana”) and Nacho sanchez (“The art of coming back”, “Seventeen”), who prodigiously plays Carlo Padial himself, star in this therapeutic comedy whose cast is completed Olivia Delcan (“Vis a Vis”), Berto Romero (“Look what you have done”), Arturo Valls (“Camera Café”), David Pareja (“Friend and Elisabet casanovas (“Merlí”).