Season 2 • Episode 13
LatestPelotas is a Spanish tragicomedy television series created by José Corbacho and Juan Cruz, set in Hospitalet de Llobregat, a suburb of Barcelona. It was broadcast on La 1, the primary channel of Televisión Española, between 23 February 2009 and 7 June 2010. The series is based around the lives of local Unión Fútbol Club supporters.
Acting
Ángel de Andrés López carries every scene with heartbreaking authenticity.
Writing
Corbacho and Cruz nail the tragicomedy tightrope of Spanish suburbia.
Creators
José Corbacho, Juan Cruz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hospitalet de Llobregat is Catalonia's most densely populated municipality, and the series became a rare mainstream portrait of its working-class reality.
The show's title is slang for 'balls' in Spanish, referring both to footballs and the courage these characters desperately fake having.
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