Marimar (2023 BBC Series)



Marimar is a 2023 British Crime Drama Romance series developed by Guillermo del Toro and distributed by the BBC. It is a remake of the 1994 Mexican Telenovela of the same name. The series stars Daniella Bobadilla and Jack Bannon as the Protagonists, with Emma Corrin, Gael Garcia Bernal, Kevin McNally, Sean Pertwee and Eddie Marsan as the main antagonist. Other Major actors include Toks Olagundoye, Ana Brenda Contreras, Jared Harris, Diego Luna, Sonia Manzano, Danny Trejo, David Tennant, Stephanie Beatriz, Olivia Hallinan, Corinna Harfouch and Robert Carlyle. It is the 1st Series to focus on the Latin American community of the United Kingdom.

Summary: A young engine polisher named Marimar falls in love with a Cambridge law student named Sergio and they get married after they discover she's pregnant. But their fairytale romance is tarnished when Marimar's grandparents are murdered by a mysterious arsonist and they are arrested. Once they are freed and reunited in Bristol, the couple takes on new identities and conspire to avenge themselves on those who ruined their lives, including Sergio's fugitive father and sister. Along with a series of violent crimes and several enemies, they discover a secret past that not only brings them closer, but introduces them to an enemy that will force them to do something they never imagined they would do: Be the saviors of England.