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Sky Rojo
Genre
Created by
Written by
  • Álex Pina
  • Esther Martínez Lobato
  • David Barrocal
  • David Oliva
  • Javier Gómez Santander
  • Juan Salvador López
  • Mercedes Rodrigo
Directed by
Starring
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
  • Álex Pina
  • Esther Martínez Lobato
  • Jesús Colmenar
Producers
  • Juan López Olivar
  • Cristina López Ferraz
Cinematography
  • Migue Amoedo
  • David Azcano
  • David Acereto
Running time22-31 minutes
Production companyVancouver Media Netflix
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseMarch 19, 2021 (2021-03-19) –
present

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 March 19, 2021. Two seasons of eight 25-minute episodes each were announced.[1][2]

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,[4] and his henchmen, Moisés and Christian. 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.
  • Asier Etxeandia as Romeo: pimp and owner of Las Novias Club.
  • 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.
  • 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 create a better life for herself and her girlfriend.[5]
  • Yany Prado as Gina: an 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: one of Romeo's henchmen and Moisés's younger brother.[6][7]

Recurring

  • Carmen Santamaría as Charlotte: the club's madam.
  • Chani Martin as Fernando: owner of a motel and client of the club. He has a relationship with Gina.
  • Luis Zahera as Alfredo: veterinarian and client of the club.
  • Alicia Sánchez as Dolores Expósito: mother of Moisés and Christian.
  • Niko Verona as Cachopo: Romeo's assistant.
  • Cecilia Gómez as Gata: a sex worker of the club.
  • Godeliv Van den Brandt as Rubí: a sex worker of the club.
  • Penélope Guerrero as Tsunami: a sex worker of the club.
  • Luisa Vides as Lupe: a sex worker of the club.
  • Daria Krauzo as Bambi: a sex worker of the club.
  • José Manuel Poga as Fermín: a client of the club.
  • Paco Interstrosa as Arcadio
  • Ivan Xao as Xuan
  • Yanet Sierra as Gina's mother.[1][8]

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 November 18, 2019,[1] and later moved to Arico, Tenerife.[9] Filming was set to move to Castilla–La Mancha in early 2020 and take place there for approximately four months.[10] However, the project, which was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and filming continued in October 2020 Madrid.[11] While set in the south of Tenerife, the shooting location of Las Novias club was an estate near Huerta de Valdecarábanos, province of Toledo.[4]

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 January 19, 2021 it was announced via a teaser trailer that the series' first season would premiere exactly two months later, on March 19. The series official trailer was released on March 2, 2021.[12]

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
18March 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)
28To be announced

Season 1 (2021)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date [13]
1"Red Leatherette Sofa"Jesús Colmenar, David Victori, Óscar Pedraza, Eduardo Chapero-JacksonÁlex Pina, Esther Martínez Lobato, Mercedes Rodrigo, David Barrocal, Javier Gomez SantanderMarch 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)
When Gina gets in a violent brawl with her pimp, Coral and Wendy come to her rescue, sparking an astonishing chain of events.[14]
2"Alternate Reality"Jesús Colmenar, David Victori, Óscar Pedraza, Eduardo Chapero-JacksonÁlex Pina, Esther Martínez Lobato, Mercedes Rodrigo, Javier Gomez SantanderMarch 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)
The trio hides out in a place that seems perfect — until it suddenly isn't. Coral gets shocking news. Romeo's men follow Coral's cellphone signal.[15]
3"A Whore's Love"Javier Quintas, Eduardo Chapero-JacksonÁlex Pina, Esther Martínez Lobato, Mercedes Rodrigo, Javier Gomez SantanderMarch 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)
Coral recalls past events that led to an unexpected affair. Gina confesses to being in a relationship with a man, whom she seeks out.[16]
4"Sex and Blood"Javier Quintas, Albert Pintó, Jesús ColmenarÁlex Pina, Esther Martínez Lobato, Mercedes Rodrigo, Javier Gomez SantanderMarch 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)
When Moisés and Christian catch up to the trio and corner them, Coral decides to turn the tables on the brothers. Wendy's backstory is revealed.[17]
5"The Escape"Óscar PedrazaÁlex Pina, Juan Salvador López, Javier Gómez Santander, David BarrocalMarch 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)
Christian and Moisés follow Wendy into a warehouse, where a surprise awaits. Coral admits she came to the club voluntarily, and explains why.[18]
6"Foxy and Hare"Óscar PedrazaÁlex Pina, Esther Martínez Lobato, David Oliva, David BarrocalMarch 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)
The trio make a discovery that complicates their plans to escape for good. In a flashback, Romeo asks Coral to work for him in another capacity.[19]
7"Thinking with your D**k"David Victori, Javier Quintas, Alex PintóÁlex Pina, Esther Martínez Lobato, Juan Salvador López, David Oliva, Javier Gómez Santander, David BarrocalMarch 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)
The three women seek the vet's help again. Coral opens up about her past. Romeo returns to the club, where Fernando asks to speak to him.[20]
8"Bear Trap"Óscar Pedraza, David VictoriÁlex Pina, Esther Martínez Lobato, Juan Salvador López, David Oliva, David BarrocalMarch 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)
Wendy runs into a man who won't take no for an answer. Romeo demands that Moisés prove his loyalty. The trio lunch a plan to reclaim what's theirs.[21]

Season 2 (TBA)

A second season of Sky Rojo was already been filmed. As with the former, the second season will also consist of eight episodes of around twenty-five minutes each. The release date for the season has not been announced yet.[2]

Reception

Public response

Upon its premiere, Sky Rojo was the fourth most watched TV show on Netflix globally, and the most watched non-English language show in the world.[22] It also was the most watched TV 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.[23]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Rotten Tomatoes100%[24]
Review scores
SourceRating
Common Sense Media[25]
The Guardian[3]
LetsOTT[26]
NME[27]
Radio Times[28]
What To Watch[29]

Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave Sky Rojo an approval rating of 100% based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 7.17/10.[24] Sky Rojo received mostly favorable reviews, with multiple critics comparing the series' cinematography with the films of Quentin Tarantino.[30][27][31][28] Elizabeth Vincentelli of The New York Times described the series as "sheer excess" for its "simultaneously minimal and over the top" plot.[30] 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".[27] Juan Sanguno from El País wrote that "Sky Rojo turns every punch, every humiliation, and every threat into a triumph".[32]

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".[33]

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", ant 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]".[31] 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".[28] Lali Espósito's performance was also singled out by many critics, with Trae Delellis of Miami New Times dubbing it as "mesmerizing and affecting".[7]

References

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  3. ^ a b c Jones, Ellen E. (19 March 2021). "Sky Rojo review – Spanish trafficking drama revels in trashy glamour". The Guardian.
  4. ^ a b Crespo, Irene (18 March 2021). "'Sky Rojo': purpurina y polvo en el desierto de Tenerife". Traveler.
  5. ^ Wilson, Jonathon (March 19, 2021). "Sky Rojo season 1, episode 4 recap – "Sex and Blood"". Ready Steady Cut. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  6. ^ Brockington, Ariana (March 19, 2021). "Meet The Cutthroat Cast Of Characters In Netflix's Sky Rojo". Refinery29. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
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  28. ^ a b c Craig, David (March 15, 2021). "Sky Rojo review: Money Heist creator delivers another exciting and darkly comedic crime drama". Radio Times. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
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External links

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