Netflix Announces the Premiere of Santo, its Original Series Produced Between Brazil and Spain

Produced by Nostromo Pictures and filmed between Brazil and Spain, the crime fiction will premiere on the platform on September 16.

This Wednesday, August 3, Netflix announced the premiere date of Santo, the first Spanish fiction series shot between Spain and Brazil.

Created by Spain’s Carlos López (Hache) and directed by Brazil’s Vicente Amorim (Divisão A), the series will hit the platform on September 16.

Santo tells the story of the most wanted drug dealer in the world, whose face is unknown. The two policemen who are looking for him, Cardona (Bruno Gagliasso) and Millán (Raúl Arévalo), are initially opposed, but they begin to collaborate and understand each other to solve the case and stay alive.

In addition to Bruno Gagliasso and Raúl Arévalo, the cast also includes the actors Victoria Guerra, Greta Fernández, Luiz Felipe Lucas and María Vázquez.

Filming began in Madrid, Spain between April and October 2021, and then moved to Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil.

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