‘Detective Touré’ Creators David Pérez Sañudo and Carlos Vila Sexto on the Kind of Hero Spain Has Never Seen: ‘He Has to Deal With Things Colombo Never Had To’
variety.comMarta Balaga David Pérez Sañudo (“Ane is Missing”) and Carlos Vila Sexto (“Motivos Personales”) are ready for a different kind of hero in “Detective Touré.” A six-episode series, backed by Spanish public broadcaster RTVE, Detective Touré AIE, Tornasol Media, DeAPlaneta and Basque state TV EITB, the series is based on stories by Jon Arretxe.
The series first caught attention when selected as a project at Series Mania’s 2022 Co-Pro Pitching Sessions. Sneak-peaked at Content Americas in January, it was one of the highlights at its Spain Content Goldmine.
Set in Bilbao’s neighborhood San Francisco, it sees an immigrant from Guinea – with acute skills of deduction – who becomes immersed in a complex investigation, with the Nigerian mafia on his trail. “We are used to having police officers involved in these kinds of shows, but an illegal immigrant?
That’s something we have never seen before, at least in Spain,” says Vila Sexto. “Producers Elena Bort and Mariela Besuievsky were the ones who found Jon’s books and fell in love with the character.
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