Neboa is a Spanish mystery-thriller television series starring Emma Suarez and Isabel Naveira. Created by Xose Morais, Victor Sierra and Alberto Guntin, produced by RTVE and Voz Audiovisual and set in Galicia , the plot concerns the investigation on a series of serial murders taking place in a small island community during the carnival. It aired on La 1 in 2020.

Premise [ edit ]

The story is set in Neboa, a fictional island off the coast of Galicia . ^[1] The corpse of a teenager appears during the first night of the entroido carnival in Neboa. ^[2] The murder mimics the pattern of past killings that occurred in 1919 and 1989, both of which sparked a serial killing row with multiple deaths. ^[2] Locals believe the killer is the Urco, a wolf headed man from the folk stories. ^{[2] [1]} Three Guardia Civil agents, Monica Ortiz, Carmela Souto and Lieutenant Ferro try to solve the mystery and avoid another serial killing rampage. ^{[3] [4]}

Cast [ edit ]

• Emma Suarez as Monica Ortiz, a UCO agent arriving from Madrid. ^[4]
• Isabel Naveira  [ es ] as Carmela Souto, a local Guardia Civil sergeant in Neboa who teams up with Monica. ^{[5] [4]}
• Cesar Cambeiro  [ es ] as Sargento Viqueira. ^[4]
• Alba Galocha  [ es ] as Vega, Monica's daughter. ^[4]
• David Seijo  [ es ] as Cascudo, a surfer earning a life as drug dealer. ^[4]
• Denisse Pena as Ana, a girl, first victim of the Urco. ^{[5] [4]}
• Nancho Novo as Lieutenant Ferro. ^[5]
• Nacho Nugo as Gael, Ana's friend. ^[4]
• Carmela Martins as Comba, Ana's friend. ^[4]
• Jorge Varandela as Roi, Ana's friend. ^[4]
• Santi Cuquejo as Turco, Ana's friend. ^[4]
• Santi Prego  [ es ] as Alejandro, the head of the powerful Ulloa family, kingpins of the local canning industry. ^{[4] [5]}
• Eva Fernandez  [ es ] as Mara, ^[4] Alejandro's wife.
• Antonio Duran, "Morris"  [ es ] as Anton, Ana's father, working for the Ulloa family. ^{[5] [4]}
• Maria Vazquez as Rosa, Ana's mother, childhood friend of Carmela. ^{[5] [4]}
• Denis Gomez  [ es ] as Roque, Carmela's husband and Anton's best friend. ^{[6] [4]}
• Xabier Deive  [ gl ] as Gonzalo. ^[5]
• Sabela Aran  [ es ] as Olaia, Cascudo's girlfriend. ^[5]
• Gonzalo Ramos as Emilio. ^[5]

Production and release [ edit ]

The series was produced by RTVE and the Galician production company Voz Audiovisual. ^[7] It was created by Xose Morais, Victor Sierra and Alberto Guntin. ^[2] The episodes were directed by Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego , Jorge Saavedra and Manu Gomez. ^[8] It was primarily filmed from May to September 2019 in Ortegal , in the north of the province of A Coruna . ^[9] Other locations included Estaca de Bares, O Barqueiro, Ortigueira and Carino. ^[9] Most cast members were Galician (a notable exception being Emma Suarez). ^{[9] [10]} The first episode premiered in prime time on La 1 on 15 January 2020. ^[11] The weekly broadcasting run of the 8-episode series ended on 4 March 2020. ^[11]

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