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El Refugio

2022 · 1 season

A slow, claustrophobic pressure-cooker where screens mediate an unseen threat and family bonds fray under quiet dread.

Created by: Pablo Fendrick
Genres: Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Alberto Guerra, Ana Claudia Talancón, Zuria Vega

Overview: A family experiences strange circumstances while being faced with an apparent alien invasion. With their screens as their only source of information, ex-spouses must protect their children from an invisible enemy they don't even know exists.

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Created by: Pablo Fendrick
Genres: Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Alberto Guerra, Ana Claudia Talancón, Zuria Vega

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
isolation
survival
parenthood
fate
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	4
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: sci-fi & fantasy
Created by: Pablo Fendrick
Written by: Enrique Videla, Francisco Ortega, Francisco Ortega, Julio Rojas
Starring: Alberto Guerra, Ana Claudia Talancón, Zuria Vega, Alfredo Castro, Paloma Woolrich, Camila Valero, Diego Escalona Zaragoza, Jorge Antonio Guerrero
Cinematography: Pablo Bernst
Length: 1 seasons, 6 episodes, 40 min each
Network: Starzplay
Country: Chile, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages: Spanish

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