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Veneno focuses on the life and death of one of the most important and beloved LGBT icons in Spain, known as La Veneno (Cristina Ortiz). Despite being known for her charisma, and a fun personality, La Veneno’s life and death remains an enigma. This story tells the experiences of a struggling transsexual woman, who achieved fame with television appearances in the 90s and conquered the audience with a unique vision of the world. Throughout her life, the LGBT story in Spain is narrated from the 1960s to the present day.
The series follows the story of Valeria Vegas, a journalism student who never understood why people called her by a name that was not her own, the same thing that happened to Cristina, by then misnamed “Joselito” and the same one she had they have to survive a cruel and violent childhood under the Spain of the 60s. Two women who were born in very different times but who end up united forever when Valeria decides to write a book about the life of the iconic Cristina, La Veneno. The series also talks about the importance and relevance of the mass media, how they can popularize or marginalize in just one second.
Network: HBO
Release date: November 19, 2020
Cast: Jedet, Daniela Santiago, Isabel Torres, Lola Rodriguez, Paca la Pirana
Veneno (Miniseries) HBO, trailer, release date.
Veneno HBO
Veneno (previously Veneno: Vida y Muerte de un Icono) is a 2020 Spanish biographical television limited series, created by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo that aired on Atresplayer Premium in Spain from March 29, 2020 to October 25 of that same year. The series, which tells the life and death of Spanish transgender singer and television personality Cristina Ortiz Rodríguez, better known by the nickname “La Veneno”, is based on the biography ¡Digo! Ni puta ni santa. Las memorias de La Veneno by Valeria Vegas.
The full season was scheduled to be released on March 29, 2020 on subscription streaming platform Atresplayer Premium but, due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic, production and post-production could not be completed. Thus, only the first of eight episodes aired on that date. The second episode aired on June 28, 2020. The third episode aired on September 20, 2020, and the rest of episodes were released on a weekly basis. The series’ soundtrack including cover versions by Amaia, Álex de Lucas and Jedet as well as the original song “Nunca Debiste Cruzar el Mississippi” by Leiva, was released on digital platforms on October 29.
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