Traitors, HBO's 'mind destroyer': "We are a country of the faithful ruled by traitors"

A room, a dinner, several guests, a butler, a crime and a murderer.

Six ingredients that belong to one of the most famous board games,

.

What if they turned it into a

?

They have turned it.

's production company

, Gestmusic (Banijay Iberia), has been commissioned to adapt the first

,

The

.

From today anyone who wants to immerse themselves in a

can do so.

18 celebrities, with practically nothing in common, a master of ceremonies,

, a castle with a ghost included, a week locked up, three traitors and a crime every night.

This is how you could sum up

, a ruthless psychological game in which the participants must decide who they can trust -spoiler, nobody-, originally developed by IDTV and All3Media for RTL4 in the Netherlands, and

.

"We have raised the adaptation of

for

and the Spanish public from a very cinematographic point of view. We have spared no means to make the public feel part of and complicit in

", explains

.

I know that because I have been a politician, I am the one with the most ballots to be suspected, but I do not know how to betray, I know that they betray you

Cristina Cifuentes

They all want to be traitors and not for a matter of survival, as explained by Peris-Mencheta, who lived every hour of the intense eight days of filming with them: "I think

. I think we are a country of the faithful, ruled by traitors. We are too good and being given the opportunity to be bad attracts."

Cristina Cifuentes

, one of the participants, is the one who best dodges the difficulties of having to betray and interpret that you are still the good guy: "I know that because I have been a politician, I am the one with the most ballots to be suspected, but I don't know how to betray What I do know is that they will betray you".

Traitors is not just a game of betrayal or victory, it is manipulation in every way possible.

Only the three traitors, chosen by Sergio Peris-Mencheta in a conclave reminiscent of the novels of the queen of mystery, Agatha Christie, know the truth: who are the faithful, the 15 remaining contestants, who will be killed, they kill him , and who is really manipulating the minds of others to become the real traitor.

The game, like

, is attractive on its own.

But it is also that

has chosen one of the best castings that are remembered in a

.

Actors, such as

,

,

or

, among others;

politicians (and ex), like

, noted from the beginning and, according to her words, a good connoisseur of betrayals "because I have lived through many";

athletes, such as

,

or

;

scriptwriters, such as Abril Zamora;

journalists, like

;

and, of course, black novel writers, such as

.

A hodgepodge of characters who are experts in double faces and imagination who begin their journey on a kind of Orient Express and who

.

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"It's been a lot of fun," says Peris-Mencheta, chosen as a guide not for being an actor but for being a "gamer."

"In the end it's a game, but a role-playing game and some of them took it more personally because they know there can only be one left.

," he confesses.

The game begins as soon as you get on that train.

Three groups, divided into three wagons where the first alliances are created.

.

Everyone, including the traitors, has to get the highest number of silver bars in each test.

Because, although they know that three traitors are hiding among them, the game must continue and they will have to team up despite their suspicions.

During the first night,

, only the three of them know that they are traitors and they know that the rest are the faithful, their victims.

Every night, the three traitors will meet and decide who is going to die.

But, be careful,

.

One of them will seek from the beginning to confuse the faithful, but also his cronies, which will bring with it an extreme psychological game from which everyone will be touched.

An exciting competition between good and evil in which no one knows who to trust.

Traitors

discovers you and teaches you a lot about the human soul"

Sergio Peris-Mencheta

Traitors

pushes the contestants and the spectators to the limit who will see how the human being can transform into authentic Fausts making a pact with the devil to save his soul.

The

drags them to that extreme.

There are no risky, shocking, or physical strength tests, they are all

.

To such an extent that

even celebrate the funerals of their victims.

They invite relatives, place the graves in the middle of the cemetery, even with wreaths and the image of the murdered.

And no, it is not to say goodbye to the deceased, but so that right there, in the middle of the burial, they continue playing.

The reaction of all of them shocks.

Few, if any, are affected by that cruel moment, everyone continues to play.

"When I got to the first funeral, I was very impressed. Seeing the coffin, the flowers, the photo of the dead man, but it is true that you are so absorbed by the game and by the recording of that moment that it was in real time that you do not get carried away.

, "says the actor.

Only the best players, the coldest, the most 'destroyer' will be able to withstand such pressure.

Because in the midst of all this, ties will be created that will have to be broken and that will cause terrible confrontations that can lead to death.

"

reveals you and teaches you a lot about the human soul", concludes Sergio Perismencheta, convinced that he would play without hesitation, but "would be faithful".

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