Nasdrovia is a Spanish comedy thriller television series created by Miguel Esteban, Luismi Pérez and Sergio Sarria, which stars Leonor Watling and Hugo Silva. Its first season aired on Movistar+ in 2020.
Premise
The story follows two lawyers, Edurne (Leonor Watling) and Julián (Hugo Silva) - business partners and former spouses both suffering from a midlife crisis - who decide to make a change in their lives and open a restaurant, operated by Franky (Luis Bermejo). It soon becomes the favourite of Boris (Anton Yakovlev), and thus the characters become embroiled in a relationship with the Russian mafia in Madrid.[1][2][3]
Nasdrovia is based on the 2016 novel El hombre que odiaba a Paulo Coelho (transl. "The Man Who Hated Paulo Coelho"), by Sergio Sarria.[5][6] The series is produced by Movistar+ in collaboration with Globomedia (The Mediapro Studio).[7]
Created by Miguel Esteban, Luismi Pérez and Sergio Sarria, and directed by Marc Vigil,[1] the first season consisted of 6 episodes with a running time of around 30 minutes.[7] Filming took place in Madrid, Spain in the summer of 2019.[8] The series premiered on Movistar+ on 6 November 2020,[4] with two episodes airing per week. In December 2020, Movistar+ announced the show would be renewed for a second season.[5] Filming started in March 2021 in Bulgaria (which was used to portray the setting in Russia) and wrapped in April 2021.[9][10] Shooting locations in Spain included Madrid and Avilés (Asturias).[10]
