I'm alive soon returns to TVE's 1 with a cataclysm that, once again - and it's been three seasons now - will turn this police thriller of paranormal dyes upside down. Aitana Sánchez-Gijón arrives to put a little order as the new curator of the Vallecas district: a straight tanned woman in the troubled surroundings of Rentería. "He is strong: he has character, ability to command and decide," describes the actress. «Márquez is a very unorthodox police officer who, in addition, incredible things happen to him. She has to face situations that are out of the ordinary and do so with authority because that police station is like an amusement park, ”he adds in conversation with this newspaper.

Although Sánchez-Gijón had not seen the series until now, he praises the explosive recipe of its creator, Daniel Écija : «It has a very difficult balance because it plays with many elements at once. It is a police series with a fantastic element, an emotional factor and even manners among the characters and also has its comedy part ». And he acknowledges that, after having played cops in Deadly Letter or My Sweet , "finding the tone and being credible, finding that point between the everyday and the paranormal, is the most difficult and the greatest achievement of the series."

The initial approach of this Globomedia and Good Mood production : Andrés Vargas is an inspector who dies chasing the Midnight Butcher , a psycho who has killed five women. But the policeman comes back to life to find the culprit five years later in the body of Manuel Márquez ( Javier Gutiérrez ). From the beyond he will have the help of El Enlace ( Alejo Sauras ) and his daughter, the police Susana Vargas ( Anna Castillo ).

"In the series, taking risks is always desirable to try to raise something provocative and have your own identity," says Écija. «This part a little magical or science fiction, to make dreams possible, I have always liked. Fiction allows us this: to make the impossible possible, ”adds the architect of television milestones such as Family Doctor , Journalists , Los Serrano , The boarding school or Red Eagle .

In these times of fleeing spectators, Écija continues to believe in this television model. «I love to say that I am alive pretends to be very popular We have all enjoyed Game of Thrones or Stranger Things , which are popular series. I do not think it is a problem of target, but of the ability to transmit and tell things really universal and transcendent. Love, death, magic or dreams are engines for both young people and adults, ”he adds.

I'm alive fired his second season in La 1 on December 17 with a 12.2% share and 1,892,000 viewers . Internationally, I'm alive has also generated interest: France, Italy and the US are developing their adaptations. "Spanish fiction is extraordinary and now the work of many years is consolidating," says Écija. «What we need is the communication machine. As we don't have much money, we spend it more on producing than on marketing, ”concludes the producer.

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