Beta Film Adds ‘Supernormal,’ ‘Thou Shall Not Lie,’ Taking ‘Spanish Power Women’ to the World (EXCLUSIVE)
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentGermany’s Beta Film has picked up world sales on two tales of Spanish power women: Movistar Plus’ originals “Supernormal” and “Thou Shall Not Lie,” the latter created and directed by “The Red Band Society” helmer Pau Freixas.Written by Olatz Arroyo and Marta Sánchez, head writers on Atresmedia hit “Down There,” “Supernormal” is directed by Emilio Martínez Lazaro, whose credits take in “Spanish Affair,” the highest grossing Spanish film of all time in Spain. A six-part half-hour, it stars Miren Ibarguren as Patricia, a hyper over-achiever who has it all: a top job at an investment bank, a loving husband and three children, a lovely house in a leafy Madrid suburb.