Synopsis
`Crematorio' is based on the novel by Rafael Chirbes, Spanish National Award of the Critics in 2008. It focuses on urban corruption, so common in the Mediterranean coast, 'crematorio' is a radiograph of the Spain of the last fifteen years, the economic miracle and -get rich quick-, now sinking to the crisis
The series chronicles the disintegration of Bertomeu family, whose patriarch is Ruben (played by Pepe Sancho). The Bertomeu form a clan linked to the brick, which has prospered in the housing boom and now see their empire crumble
Production Companies
MOD producciones
Canal + Spain
Cast
Sonia Almarcha ... Lola
Joaquín Perles ... Sergeant
Juana Acosta
Chusa Barbero
Alfonso Bassave
Alicia Borrachero
Pep Guinyol
Juli Mira ... Llorens
Francisco Olmo
Susi Sánchez
José Sancho ... Rubén Bertomeu
Jorge Suquet
Pep Tosar
Crew
Fernando Bovaira .... producer
Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo .... director
Rafaél Chirbes .... screenplay
Daniel Sosa Segura .... director of photography
Carlos Agulló y Carolina Martínez Urbina .... editors
Atonio Mejías .... sound recording
Adrian Hernandez .... red one digital technician