‘Operacion Marea Negra’ Producer Ukbar Filmes Pitching Series on Portuguese Feminist Heroine at Iberseries (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAnna Marie de la Fuente Lisbon-based Ukbar Filmes, run by Pandora da Cunha Telles and Pablo Iraola, is prepping the period series “The Marquise of Alorna” (“A Marquesa de Alorna”), based on the eponymous bestseller by Portuguese author Maria João Lopo de Carvalho.
Participating in the 2nd Iberseries & Platino Industria’s Co-Production and Financing Forum, the 6 x 50’ episode series will be directed by award-winning helmer Tiago Alvarez Marques, known for “Madre Paula” and “A Impostora.” Written by Mário Cunha, Cláudia Clemente and Rafael Afonso, the series turns on Leonor de Almeida Portugal, best known as the Marquise of Alorna, who as a poet, translator and teacher, was deemed among the first and most prominent feminists of Portugal.
She is described to have “survived the great earthquake of 1755, political purges and the French Revolution to become the greatest pioneer in education for women.” “Telling her story is important as it prompts reflection on women’s place in our society, not only in the past but also in the present.
Despite the substantial changes in our world, women still face the ongoing struggle to claim their rightful position in a patriarchal society,” said Iraola, who is also the series’ showrunner alongside Da Cunha Telles.
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