Breathethe new hospital drama Carlos Montero (creator of Elite), will premiere on Netflix next August 30th, becoming one of the platform’s original big bets for the second half of the year. His arrival coincides with the end of the series that cemented its success: the adolescent fiction located in Las Encinas premieres its last season on July 26, giving space for a goodbye and a new welcome.
The premise of Breathe is to offer a current and deep insight into the experiences of medical staff, highlighting both their achievements and challenges. Through a narrative that moves away from the usual melodramatic conventions of the genre, the series seeks to reflect the contemporary realities that these professionals face. Carlos Montero highlights the focus on showing the dedication and difficulties faced by healthcare personnel.
The main cast of Breathe It is composed of Najwa Nimri (The paper house, Sagrada Familia), Aitana Sánchez Gijón (Parallel mothers, The Boss), Blanca Suarez (Cable Girls, Jaguar), Manu Rios (Elite, Silence), Borja Luna (Christ and King, Without traces), Ana Rayo (Central Market, Madres. Love and life) and Alfonso Bassave (I’m alive, Riot Police). They complete the cast Rueda Macarena (Matrix), Blanca Martínez (All the times we fell in love), April Zamora (The mess you leave) Xoán Fórneas (Wounds), Marwa Bakhat and Victor Sainz.
“When you see Manu, Blanca, Aitana, Ana, Xoan, Borja, Abril… acting as doctors at the Joaquín Sorolla, I think that you will want to come to this hospital even if it is only to be treated for a cold. Or to walk through the immense corridors and see the rooms, the operating rooms and all the spaces that we have recreated in an ambitious and realistic way so that the Sorolla becomes one of the reference hospitals in current fiction. We are looking forward to sharing it with you”, explained the creator of the series in a statement shared by Netflix.
He Joaquín Sorolla Hospital It is much more than a public medical center. Doctors and residents work tirelessly in the emergency room, where tensions, emotions and even desire accelerate the pulse of a staff who lives on the edge. The arrival of a prestigious patient highlights the complicated situation of public health.
Biel, one of the residents, has been working there for several months. Hundreds of guards and thousands of overtime hours that barely leave him time for his personal and leisure life. Since it is a vocational profession, he is willing to do whatever it takes to become the best doctor. What he doesn’t imagine is that A total strike is going to break out in the hospital that will leave them without minimum services. Health workers are forced to carry it out to try to raise awareness among the population about their essential work and to protest all the intolerable cuts.
Biel and the other residents do not know if supporting this strike could have fatal consequences for patients. From this conflict we will get to know each other in their daily lives. Who are those young kids who go out of their way in the hospital, assuming excessive responsibility, and who are those adults willing to lose everything to fight for what they believe in?
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