Bitter Daisies

Bitter Daisies (original title in Galician: O sabor das margaridas) is a television dramatic series produced by CTV in Spain, and written in the Galician language. It was directed by Miguel Conde and premiered on Televisión de Galicia on October 3, 2018 and on Netflix on March 31, 2019.[1][2][3][4] It was the first Galician-language series distributed by the platform.[2]

Bitter Daisies
Genre
Written by
  • Ghaleb Jaber Martínez
  • Eligio Montero
  • Raquel Arias.
Directed by
  • Miguel Conde
Starring
  • Maria Mera
  • Nerea Barros
  • Miguel Insua
  • Ricardo de Barreiro
  • Toni Salgado
Country of originSpain
Original languagesGalician, Spanish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Production locationGalicia
Running time70 minutes
DistributorNetflix
Release
Original networkTelevisión de Galicia
Original release1 October 2018 (2018-10-01) –
present

The series stars María Mera, Miguel Insua, Ricardo de Barreiro, Nerea Barros and Toni Salgado. Screenplays were written by Ghaleb Jaber Martínez, Eligio Montero and Raquel Arias.

The show consists one season of six episodes of approximately 70 minutes each.

The show was nominated in eight categories in the XVII Mestre Mateo Awards of 2018, hosted by the Academia Galega do Audiovisual (AGA), winning for best television series.[5][6][7]

A month after its international release in Netflix it scored 7th in the Top ten most-watched non-English language shows in the UK

Plot

Rosa Vargas is a rookie police officer of the Spanish Civil Guard who arrives at the small interior Galicia town of Murias to face her first case, in which she must investigate the disappearance of a young girl named Marta Labrada, lost under strange circumstances. Although everything points to Marta leaving the town on her own, Rosa goes further and discovers a dark secret that surrounds the small town of Murias and the investigation discovers a series of crimes that had remained hidden in the village "where nothing ever happens".

Production

Shooting

Filming began in May 2018, and ended on June 22, with external locations in Abegondo, A Estrada, Vedra and Santiago de Compostela, and in CTV studios in Teo.[8]

Debut

The series premiered on October 1, 2018 at the Abanca auditorium of Santiago de Compostela.[9] International premier was March 31, 2019 in Netflix.

References
  1. "Chega á TVG 'O sabor das margaridas', novo thriller policial onde o secuestro dunha moza dá lugar a unha historia de vinganza". TVG (in Galician). October 3, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  2. "Netflix estrea 'O sabor das margaridas', a primeira serie en galego da plataforma". El Progreso. March 29, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  3. El sabor de las margaritas estrena en Netflix Prensario Internacional. 3 de abril de 2019.
  4. Netflix se estrena con el gallego para saber a qué saben las margaritas Faro de Vigo. 29 de marzo de 2019. Consultado el 4 de abril de 2019.
  5. "'A sombra da lei' triunfa nos Mestre Mateo con 10 premios". Praza.gal. March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  6. "'A sombra da lei' e 'Trote', con 15 candidaturas, favoritas nos Premios Mestre Mateo". Praza.gal. February 7, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  7. El sabor de las margaritas: La premiada serie policial gallega que cautiva en Netflix La Tercera. 29 de marzo de 2019. Consultado el 4 de abril de 2019.
  8. "O sabor das margaridas, o novo 'thriller' que chegará á TVG a finais de 2018". TVG. May 27, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  9. "Preestrea de 'O sabor das margaridas', o novo thriller policial da TVG". TVG. October 1, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
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