The Barrier (TV series)

2019 Spanish television series

The Barrier

Spanish	La valla

Genre	Drama
Created by	Daniel Écija
Starring	Unax Ugalde Olivia Molina Eleonora Wexler
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	50 min.
Production companies	Atresmedia Good Mood
Original release
Network	Atresplayer Premium
Release	January 19, 2020 (2020-01-19)

The Barrier (Spanish: La valla) is a Spanish dystopian drama TV series created by Daniel Écija and starring Unax Ugalde, Olivia Molina and Eleonora Wexler. It first aired on Atresplayer Premium in January 2020.^[1] It debuted internationally in September 2020 on Netflix.^[2]^[3]

Synopsis

In the 2040s, twenty years after World War III, Spain faces radiation, disease, and extreme shortages. A despotic government rises and places the country under martial law. Madrid is divided into two sectors separated by a wall. The wealthy and powerful live in relative safety and luxury, but everyone else lives in squalor and in fear of forced disappearances.

Cast

Unax Ugalde as Hugo Mujica
Olivia Molina as Julia Pérez Noval
Eleonora Wexler as Alma López-Durán
Abel Folk [es] as Luis Covarrubias
Ángela Molina as Emilia Noval
Manu Fullola [es] as Coronel Enrique
Daniel Ibáñez as Álex Mujica
Laura Quirós as Marta Mujica
Elena Seijo as Rosa
Óscar de la Fuente as Fernando
Ángela Vega as Begoña Sánchez
Nicolás Illoro as Iván Covarrubias
Belén Écija as Daniela Covarrubias
Yaima Ramos as Manuela
Alina Nastase as Chica espía.

Release

The Barrier premiered on Atresplayer Premium on 19 January 2020.^[4] The finale aired on 12 April 2020.^[5] The free-to-air broadcasting run on Antena 3 started on 10 September 2020.^[6] The series was released on Netflix on 11 September 2020.^[7]

Series	Episodes		Originally aired			Ref.
Series	Episodes		First aired	Last aired	Network	Ref.
1	13		19 January 2020 (2020-01-19)	12 April 2020 (2020-04-12)	ATRESplayer Premium	^[8]^[9]

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"Otro mundo"	19 January 2020 (2020-01-19)
2	"Mi hermana Sara"	26 January 2020 (2020-01-26)
3	"Los niños perdidos"	2 February 2020 (2020-02-02)
4	"El roce de la piel"	9 February 2020 (2020-02-09)
5	"Los inocentes"	8 February 2020 (2020-02-08)
6	"Los pájaros sordos"	16 February 2020 (2020-02-16)
7	"Un asunto de familia"	23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)
8	"El hijo de nadie"	1 March 2020 (2020-03-01)
8	"El hijo de nadie"	8 March 2020 (2020-03-08)
9	"Recuerda quién eres"	15 March 2020 (2020-03-15)
10	"La zona de la sombra"	22 March 2020 (2020-03-22)
11	"La soledad de dos"	29 March 2020 (2020-03-29)
12	"El discurso"	5 April 2020 (2020-04-05)
13	"Últimos días del presente"	12 April 2020 (2020-04-12)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominees	Result	Ref.
2021	8th MiM Series Awards [es]	Best Drama Actor	Unax Ugalde	Nominated	^[10]

References

^ "Antena 3 pone fecha a 'La Valla', la serie sobre una pandemia creada antes de la Covid-19". La Vanguardia. 8 September 2020.
^ "The Barrier: Season 1 – Netflix Review". Heaven of Horror. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
^ "Netflix's The Barrier Episode 1 Review: A Dystopian Society". TechQuila. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
^ Moraleda, Andrés (17 September 2020). ""La Valla' es un antes y un después en la ficción televisiva en España"". El Confidencial.
^ Rus, Óscar (14 April 2020). "Cinco series españolas que sí se estrenarán y darán de qué hablar esta primavera". abcplay. ABC.
^ "'La valla' da el salto: la distopía de Atresmedia aterriza en Netflix después de arrasar en abierto con dos millones de espectadores". Xataka. 11 September 2020.
^ ""La valla", la nueva serie española de Netflix sobre los horrores en Madrid luego de la Tercera Guerra Mundial". El Comercio. 11 September 2020.
^ "La Valla". TV Time. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^ ""La valla", ¿tendrá temporada 2 en Antena 3 y Netflix?". Mag. El Comercio. 26 March 2021.
^ "'Vida perfecta', 'Patria' y 'La Unidad', grandes triunfadoras de los Premios MiM Series 2019-2020". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 26 February 2021.