Amazon Prime Video
has announced this Monday its next exclusive fiction project, a series - still untitled, based on the biography of
Amancio Ortega
written by
Covadonga O'Shea
,
This is Amancio Ortega The man who created Zara
, which will begin to be produced in Spain soon from the hand of
Ficción Producciones
.
As announced by Amazon Prime Video through a note, the adaptation will remain faithful to the biography that, through conversations with Amancio Ortega himself and members of his closest circle, recounts the journey of the Galician businessman from his most humble origins, until the creation of
Inditex
.
The plot, developed in
eight episodes
, "will value the tireless effort and remarkable simplicity of this character whose vision has revolutionized the fashion industry and who has become a benchmark for Spain and for business schools around the world" , according to Amazon Prime Video in its note.
"Amancio Ortega is undoubtedly the most internationally recognized Spanish businessman and a key figure in the success of Spanish fashion worldwide with an incredible personal story", underlines
Ricardo Cabornero
, Head of Prime Video Content, Spain.
"We want Prime members to discover not only their hard work to achieve their great business success, but also their more human and less known side."
"For six years as producers and Galicians we have pursued to bring to the screen the story of a simple man endowed with what only a few have. As he himself says in Covadonga's book: 'I have not been alone in this and I do not deserve no recognition other than that of work and the fortune of having surrounded myself with the best '", highlights
Mamen Quintas
, executive producer of the series.
"This is what we will tell in this production, his journey from when he was just 12 years old to his 70s with fascinating travel companions who will discover for us the tireless path of success. We will see a post-war Coruña to which Amancio aspires to bring light and joy through fashion, democratize good dress and give women of the time the possibility of dressing well in their desire to join work and social life. This series was a necessity and now more than ever ".
Produced by Ficción Producciones, with the participation of
Radio Televisión de Galicia
, and
FORTA
, and with a script written by Goya winner
Ángeles Gonzalez-Sinde
together with
Marisol Ferrer, Mercedes Cruz
and
Daniela Fejerman
, the project is in the phase of pre-production and plans to begin recording in the coming months in various locations, including A Coruña, Barcelona, New York, Paris and Lisbon.
Norberto López-Amado
(
The time between seams
) will be the director of this production.
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