Sky Rojo

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Sky Rojo
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Genre
  • Action thriller[1]
  • Crime drama[2]
Created by
Directed by
Starring
Composers
  • Manel Santisteban
  • Iván M. Lacámara
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producers
  • Álex Pina
  • Esther Martínez Lobato
  • Jesús Colmenar
ProducerCristina López Ferraz
Cinematography
  • David Azcano
  • Migue Amoedo
  • David Acereto
Running time22–31 minutes
Production companyVancouver Media
Release
Original networkNetflix
Picture formatWidescreen (4K UHD)
Audio formatStereo
Original release19 March 2021 (2021-03-19) –
present
External links
Website

Sky Rojo (transl. Red Leatherette)[3] is a Spanish action crime drama television series, created by Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato. The series traces three prostitutes who flee from their pimp. According to the creators, the series shows "the impunity, ambiguity and brutal reality of prostitution, and the psychological portraits of those on both sides of the scale".[1] Pina and Martínez Lobato have described the series as "Latin pulp".

Produced by Vancouver Media and distributed by Netflix, the series premiered on 19 March 2021. Two seasons of eight 25-minute episodes each were announced.[1][2] The series' second season premiered on 23 July.[4][5] The show's third and final season was announced on 12 August 2021.[6]

Premise[]

Coral, Wendy, and Gina, three prostitutes, go on the run in search of freedom while being chased by Romeo, their pimp from Las Novias Club in Tenerife,[7] and his henchmen, Moisés and Christian.[8] Together, the women embark on a frantic, chaotic journey during which they must face dangers of all kinds and live every second as if it were their last, while strengthening their friendship and discovering the most important thing: that together they are stronger and have more options to recover their lives.[2]

Cast and characters[]

Main[]

  • Verónica Sánchez as Coral, a former biologist who works at Las Novias Club and sees her work as a means to escape from her dark past
  • Miguel Ángel Silvestre as Moisés, one of Romeo's henchmen and Christian's older brother. He recruits women for Romeo and brings them to the club.
  • Asier Etxeandia as Romeo, pimp and owner of Las Novias Club
  • Lali Espósito as Wendy, a lesbian woman from Buenos Aires. She flees Villa 31 and becomes a sex worker in the brothel to make money so she can provide a better life for herself and her girlfriend.[9]
  • Yany Prado as Gina, a Cuban woman who was sex-trafficked to the club under the guise of accepting a waitressing job to provide for her young child and ailing mother
  • Enric Auquer as Christian (seasons 1–2), one of Romeo's henchmen and Moisés's younger brother[10][11]

Recurring[]

  • Carmen Santamaría as Charlotte, the club's madam
  • Cecilia Gómez as Gata, a sex worker at the club
  • Godeliv Van den Brandt as Rubí, a sex worker at the club
  • Penélope Guerrero as Tsunami, a sex worker at the club
  •  [es] as Lupe, a sex worker at the club
  • Niko Verona as Cachopo, Romeo's assistant
  •  [es] as Fernando, owner of a motel and client of the club. He has a relationship with Gina.
  • Paco Inestrosa as Arcadio
  • Iván Yao as Xuan
  • Antonio Fdez as Tony, barman at Club Las Novias
  • Daniel Prim as Walter, barman

Guest[]

  • Luis Zahera as Alfredo, veterinarian and client of the club
  • Daria Krauzo as Bambi, a sex worker at the club
  •  [es] as Dolores Expósito, mother of Moisés and Christian
  • Yanet Sierra as Gina's mother[1][12]
  •  [es] as Fermín, a client of the club

Production[]

Filmed on location in Madrid and Tenerife, Sky Rojo was produced by Vancouver Media for Netflix. Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato are the creators and executive producers of Sky Rojo alongside Jesús Colmenar, with support from co-executive producers David Barrocal, Migue Amoedo and David Victori. The original series is directed by Jesús Colmenar, Óscar Pedraza, David Victori, Albert Pintó, Javier Quintas and Eduardo Chapero-Jackson. The scriptwriting team is made up of Álex Pina, Esther Martínez Lobato, David Barrocal, David Oliva, Javier Gómez Santander, Juan Salvador López and Mercedes Rodrigo. Migue Amoedo has taken the lead as cinematographer alongside David Azcano and David Acereto, while Juan López Olivar and Cristina López Ferraz are heading up production management.

Filming began in Madrid on 18 November 2019,[1] and later moved to Arico, Tenerife.[13] Filming was set to move to Castilla–La Mancha in early 2020 and take place there for approximately four months.[14] However, the project was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and filming continued in October 2020 in Madrid.[15] While set in the south of Tenerife, the shooting location of Las Novias club was an estate near Huerta de Valdecarábanos, province of Toledo.[7]

The series is set to last two seasons of eight 25-minutes episodes each. In a joint statement, the creators said: "We wanted Sky Rojo to have the same frenetic action as always, but to use that 25-minute runtime to underline the dynamic nature of the plot: the getaway, the race for survival. The third act of a movie or an episode is where all the energy converges to produce the most vibrant explosion of all the conflicts that are being narrated. What we set out to do was to make a constant third act, to funnel our entire story through that frenzied energy".[2]

On 19 January 2021, it was announced via a teaser trailer that the series' first season would premiere exactly two months later, on 19 March. The series' official trailer was released on 2 March 2021.[16]

Episodes[]

SeriesEpisodesOriginally released
1819 March 2021 (2021-03-19)
2823 July 2021 (2021-07-23)

Season 1 (2021)[]

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
11"Red Leatherette Sofa"
(Spanish: "Sofá de escay rojo")		Jesús Colmenar, David Victori, Óscar Pedraza & Eduardo Chapero-JacksonMercedes Rodrigo, Javier Gomez Santander, Esther Martínez Lobato & Álex Pina19 March 2021 (2021-03-19)
Coral, Wendy and Gina work at the Brides Club, a strip club and brothel in Tenerife owned by ruthless pimp Romeo. On the day that Romeo attends the funeral of his wife, he calls all the strippers and prostitutes who work at the club into work from a scheduled day of bereavement. He meets with Gina, who pays him over 5,000 Euros that she owes him for securing passage into Tenerife. However, rather than return her passport, Romeo makes up new charges that Gina owes him and makes clear she isn't leaving his employ. Enraged, Gina attacks Romeo and she is stabbed with a pen in the ensuing scuffle. Coral and Wendy become involved with the fight too, during which Coral strikes Romeo over the head and seemingly kills him. The girls flee the club but Coral persuades them to return and say that Romeo attacked Gina. After returning, they are attacked by brothel madam Charlotte, ultimately resulting in Charlotte being accidentally struck and killed by a lorry. Fleeing for a second time, the girls then visit Alfredo, a veterinarian and client of Coral in order to attend to Gina's wounds from the fight with Romeo. Alfredo says that Gina needs surgery and agrees to carry it out, during which Gina reveals to Alfredo that she is pregnant. Meanwhile, Christian and Moisés, Romeo's henchmen, oversee Romeo's departure in an ambulance.
22"Alternate Reality"
(Spanish: "La realidad paralela")		Jesús Colmenar, David Victori, Óscar Pedraza & Eduardo Chapero-JacksonMercedes Rodrigo, David Barrocal, Javier Gomez Santander, Esther Martínez Lobato & Álex Pina19 March 2021 (2021-03-19)
Coral, Wendy and Gina leave Alfredo's clinic after he fixes Gina's wounds and they take refuge overnight in a furniture store. Coral receives a phone call from Romeo, who survived their assault with wounds that have paralysed the left-hand side of his body. Romeo tells Coral that he will find them and mutilate them as revenge for what happened to him. Christian and Moisés threaten the remaining prostitutes at the Brides Club and accidentally kill Bambi, a dancer misidentified as having information on where Coral, Wendy and Gina might be. Romeo reveals their GPS location to Christian and Moisés whilst the three girls are forced to fight an armed security guard who discovers them in the store. They incapacitate the guard and escape on a bus but unbeknownst to them are being followed by Christian and Moisés.
33"A Whore's Love"
(Spanish: "El amor de las putas")		Javier Quintas & Eduardo Chapero-JacksonMercedes Rodrigo, David Barrocal, Javier Gomez Santander, Esther Martínez Lobato & Álex Pina19 March 2021 (2021-03-19)
44"Sex and Blood"
(Spanish: "Polvo y sangre")		Javier Quintas, Albert Pintó & Jesús ColmenarMercedes Rodrigo, Javier Gomez Santander, David Barrocal, Esther Martínez Lobato & Álex Pina19 March 2021 (2021-03-19)
55"The Escape"
(Spanish: "La evasión")		Óscar PedrazaJuan Salvador López, Javier Gómez Santander, David Barrocal & Álex Pina19 March 2021 (2021-03-19)
66"Foxy and Hare"
(Spanish: "Liebres o zorra")		Óscar PedrazaDavid Oliva, David Barrocal, Esther Martínez Lobato & Álex Pina19 March 2021 (2021-03-19)
77"Thinking with your D**k"
(Spanish: "Pensar con la polla")		David Victori, Javier Quintas & Alex PintóJuan Salvador López, David Oliva, Javier Gómez Santander, David Barrocal, Esther Martínez Lobato & Álex Pina19 March 2021 (2021-03-19)
88"Bear Trap"
(Spanish: "Trampa de osos")		Óscar Pedraza & David VictoriJuan Salvador López, David Oliva, David Barrocal, Esther Martínez Lobato & Álex Pina19 March 2021 (2021-03-19)

Season 2 (2021)[]

The second season of Sky Rojo was filmed before the firs season even premiered. As with the former, the second season also consisted of eight episodes of around 25-five minutes each.[2] On 29 March 2021, it was announced that the second season would premiere on 23 July 2021.[5]

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date [17]
91"Hookers Didn't Kiss on the Lips"
(Spanish: Las putas no besaban en la boca)		David VictoriJuan Salvador López, David Oliva, David Barrocal, Esther Martínez Lobato & Álex Pina23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)
102"The Talent of Wretches"
(Spanish: El talento de los miserables)		David VictoriDavid Oliva, David Barrocal, Esther Martínez Lobato & Álex Pina23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)
113"Fear Weighs 10,000 Tons"
(Spanish: El miedo pesa diez mil toneladas)		Albert PintóMarina Velázquez, David Oliva, David Barrocal, Esther Martínez Lobato & Álex Pina23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)
124"The Night We Were Dead"
(Spanish: La noche que estuvimos muertas)		Oscar PedrazaDavid Oliva, David Barrocal, Esther Martínez Lobato & Álex Pina23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)
135"Hookers' Black Boxes"
(Spanish: La caja negra de las puta)		David VictoriDavid Oliva, David Barrocal, Esther Martínez Lobato & Álex Pina23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)
146"Lobster for Death Row Inmates"
(Spanish: Langosta para los condenados)		Albert PintóDavid Oliva, David Barrocal, Esther Martínez Lobato & Álex Pina23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)
157"Rotten and Radiant"
(Spanish: Podridas y radiantes)		Oscar PedrazaDavid Oliva, David Barrocal, Esther Martínez Lobato & Álex Pina23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)
168"Toxic People"
(Spanish: Personas tóxicas)		David VictoriDavid Oliva, David Barrocal, Esther Martínez Lobato & Álex Pina23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)

Season 3 (TBA)[]

On 12 August 2021, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a third and final season.[6] Asier Etxeandia, who plays Romeo, confirmed that the season is scheduled to begin filming in November 2021.[18]

Reception[]

Public response[]

During its premiere weekend, Sky Rojo was the fourth most watched show on Netflix globally, and the most watched non-English language show in the world.[19] It also was the most watched show in Argentina, Spain, Brazil, Colombia, Cyprus, the Dominican Republic, Greece, Israel, Jamaica, Paraguay, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay, and Venezuela, while reaching the top ten in sixty-one countries.[20]

American business magazine Forbes reported that Sky Rojo was the most watched show in Spain the day after its release, outperforming Disney+'s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (the platform's most-watched series premiere ever during its opening weekend) in that territory. According to TV Time, early performance data for Sky Rojo during its release weekend, from 9 March to 21 March, showed that the series entered the Top 5 for most-watched subscription video on demand originals across key European, Middle Eastern, African and Latin American markets. Sheena Scott of Forbes wrote that "with Argentine superstar Lali Espósito starring in the series, it is no surprise that Sky Rojo also topped Netflix's chart as the number one TV show in Argentina during its launching weekend". In the United States and the United Kingdom, however, Sky Rojo never entered the Top 10 TV shows chart on Netflix during its release weekend, despite receiving some favorable reviews from critics.[21]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Rotten Tomatoes93%[22]
Review scores
SourceRating
Common Sense Media4/5 stars[23]
The Guardian4/5 stars[3]
3.5/5 stars[24]
NME3/5 stars[25]
Radio Times4/5 stars[26]
What To Watch4.5/5 stars[27]

Sky Rojo was met with a very positive response from critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave Sky Rojo an approval rating of 93% based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 7.36/10.[22] Multiple critics compared the series' cinematography with the films of Quentin Tarantino.[28][25][29][26] Elizabeth Vincentelli of The New York Times described the series as "sheer excess" for its "simultaneously minimal and over the top" plot.[28] Ellen E. Jones of The Guardian gave the series' first season four stars out of five and wrote: "Sky Rojo's punchy 25-minute runtime is never long enough to truly try the patience. Those wild cliffhanger endings should have you slamming "next episode" faster than Coral slams the accelerator at a busy intersection".[3] NME's James McMahon gave the show three stars out of five and dubbed the show as "cool" and "exciting" one, highlighting its "great music and solid performances".[25] Juan Sanguno from El País wrote that "Sky Rojo turns every punch, every humiliation, and every threat into a triumph".[30]

Sharing creators with Money Heist, it was only natural that Sky Rojo got compared to it. In her review, Keyla Cobb of Decider wrote that those who loved Money Heist will love Sky Rojo since "both dramas look gorgeously slick, perfectly crumpling their on-the-run characters enough to look worn but still sexy" while also singling out both shows' convergence in their "dedication to humanity". Cobb concluded that "Sky Rojo feels like a successor to Money Heist". The reviewer also compared the series to other TV shows like Good Girls, Big Sky and Fargo since they all revolve around "panicked people who did something wrong and are now being chased by a nefarious force far more powerful than them".[31]

Valerie Ettenhofer of Film School Rejects highlighted Sky Rojo's "unique blend of dark humor, serious violence, and heightened drama". However, she wrote that the show is "neither as deep nor as clever as it thinks it is, but the thriller seems more concerned with being addictive than being perfect, and on that front, it succeeds". She criticized Moisés and Christian's "obnoxious amount of screen time" since "their frequent scenes are repetitive, unfocused, and not nearly as engaging as anything involving the women they're after", and that their scenes seem like mere "attempts to humanize the villains". Ultimately, Ettenhofer said that "Sky Rojo's greatest strengths are its lead [actresses and actors]".[29] David Craig of Radio Times highlighted Verónica Sánchez's "strong" performance and gave the show four out of five stars. Craig wrote: "on paper, Sky Rojo sounds as if it should be a rather bleak affair but, for the most part, the series avoids becoming too heavy by balancing its serious themes with a pulpy sense of humour".[26] Lali Espósito's performance was also singled out by many critics, with Trae Delellis of Miami New Times dubbing it as "mesmerizing and affecting".[11]

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Nominees Result Ref.
2021 SEC Awards Best Action Series Sky Rojo Won [32]
Best Actress in Action Series Lali Espósito Won
Yany Prado Nominated [33]
Best Actor in Action Series Miguel Ángel Silvestre Nominated
BreakTudo Awards TV Series of the Year Sky Rojo Pending [34]

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