Alberto San Juan will be Balenciaga in the new Disney+ production

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The series about the life of the fashion icon

already has a protagonist, the actor

, who will put himself in the shoes of the designer.

His life will portray this

project that will be signed by Jose Mari Goenaga, Jon Garaño and Aitor Arregi ("The infinite trench").

"Participating in this project is

: for the character, for the scripts, for the directors and for the team in general. It is a challenge for everyone. It is almost like shooting

in four months, in several languages ​​and with one step of time of several decades between the beginning and the end", pointed out the actor who has won

San Juan joins in

(provisional title) a team led by the creators of 'Loreak', 'Handia' and 'La trinchera infinite' (winners of

), Jose Mari Goenaga, Jon Garaño and Aitor Arregi , writers along with Lourdes Iglesias, and directors of this series that portrays an

with extraordinary talent who defied the social conventions of the time and revolutionized the

"As soon as

arrived at the test we felt that we had found our Cristóbal Balenciaga. We are very proud to be able to count on him. His dedication and

in the project is total. He is the absolute protagonist, present in almost all the scenes of the series and playing a

, which involves learning to sew or manipulate fabric", explained Goenaga, Garaño and Arregi.

"Ambitious production"

The series is "an ambitious production" of

behind which there is "a meticulous investigation and recreation work", the platform has assured.

Costume designer

, nominated for an Oscar for the live-action film "Mulan" from Walt Disney Studios, and

Pepo Ruiz Dorado, lead a 30-person department that is recreating the

Getaria master's

They are part of a team of

who, during the eighteen weeks of filming, will play a hundred characters.

The series takes place from the

to the early 1970s and will be filmed on more than 90 sets in

(Basque Country, Navarra and Madrid) and France (Paris, Bordeaux and Toulouse).

"'Balenciaga' tells the story of a man who, through his

, perseverance and business acumen, dared to challenge his social status as the

and a fisherman, becoming one of the most relevant of all time", they added from Disney +.

Thus, it is a portrait of the

in the face of adversity and the challenge of social conventions over the years.

Obsessed with finding

among the voices that judged his work and with the loneliness that comes with being an artist, the public will witness the constant

of the great losses of this master: his life partner, his mother and his country.

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