Paula Hernández, of ‘The Sleepwalkers,’ Attached to Direct Eva Perón Series Project from Argentine Powerhouse Kapow (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comEmiliano De Pablos Argentine auteur Paula Hernández, helmer of “The Sleepwalkers” and “Las siamesas,” is attached to direct and co-write project series “Duarte.
Evita behind the Icon,” produced by Buenos Aires-based powerhouse Kapow, the associate producer on Fabula-Fremantle hit drama “La Jauría.” In development, and scheduled for a 2025 second-half shoot, “Duarte” is structured as a 5 episode, 60 minute series, based on the early youth of legendary Eva Duarte – better known as Evita – the second wife of Argentine president Juan Domingo Perón. “Duarte” is one of the projects participating at the 2024 Co-Production and Financing Forum, taking place Oct.
1-2 in Madrid, as part of the fourth edition of Iberseries & Platino Industria event. Produced by Kapow co-founders Agustín Sacanell, Lucas Rainelli and Diego Ventura, the company’s head of scripted development, the series aims to be a journey through Duarte’s personal story and, at the same time, through Argentina during those years which, just like Eva, undergoes a full transformation.
The script is written by Hernández alongside Leonel D’Agostino, a scribe on “La Jauría,” and Pablo Giorgelli, the director and co-writer of “Las Acacias,” a Cannes Camera d’Or best first feature winner.
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