When Rafael dies from a fall from his balcony, the police believe it is a suicide, his mother that he has been killed and the neighbor that he slipped because he was high on ketamine. In the end, it will be the mother and the neighbor who investigate what happened before Rafael was blown up.
Technical information
Director: Emmanuelle Kesch
Screenwriter: Emmanuelle Kesch
Producer: Mauricio Cuffaro y Francisco Carrasco
Film producer: Apnea Films
Original language: Spanish
Gener: Dark comedy and thriller
Format: Premium fiction series
Duration: 7 episodes x 45 minutes
Funds
Filming begins: 1/11/2025 (est.)
Filming end: 30/03/2026 (est.)
Total budget: 6.385.000 €
Budget secured: 45.000 €
Institutional support:
Series Development Fund of the Peruvian Ministry of Culture.
Objectives:
“Madre mía”is a series in an advanced stage of development, with a dossier and pilot script, and with strong potential for co-production with Latin America. We are actively seeking partners for the project; we are looking for TV networks, platforms, or TV distributors interested in investing in “Madre mía,” as well as a co-production partner with a proven track record and experience in international co-productions for TV or streamers.
Emmanuelle Kesch
Director
Creator and screenwriter. She has worked on series such as “Ramírez,” aired in Argentina, Peru, and Miami, and “Luz de Esperanza.” Her projects have won Peru’s Feature Film Production, Series Pilot, and Series Development funds, as well as Ibermedia’s Feature Film Co-Development Fund; have received awards at FICG’s Episodio 0 (Mexico) and been selected for the Showrunners Workshop and the Iberseries pitch space, the CIIF Market (Spain), and the Lima Film Festival (Peru). She co-directed the play “Zoocosis,” which premiered in Lima.
Filmography
Apnea Films
1. Roberta´s Living Room (Judy Suh) – coproducción USA/España – Wolrd Premiere, Shanghai Film Festival
2. Alan (Ursula Romero)
3. Bani (Mauricio Cufaro)
4.Interior, Día (Carolina Hernández)
Mauricio Cuffaro
Producer
Mauricio produced the short films “Alan” and “Bani,” which he also directed, with funding from ICAA and Comunidad de Madrid. His projects have been selected at Seriesmania (2nd prize, Newen Pitch), QueerCineLab (finalist), Script2Film (MFI), Iberseries Showrunners Workshop, and Lau Haizetara (3 industry awards at San Sebastián Festival), as well as two residencies, one with Isabel Coixet and another with Lucrecia Martel. He holds Master‘s in Executive Production by ECAM, Directing by the New York Film Academy, and in Screenwriting by ICM.
