Luna, el misterio de Calenda

Luna, el misterio de Calenda
Genre	Mystery Supernatural fiction Horror
Created by	Laura Belloso David Bermejo
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producers	Daniel Écija Laura Belloso
Production company	Globomedia [es]
Original release
Network	Antena 3
Release	10 April 2012 (2012-04-10) – 10 April 2013 (2013-04-10)

Luna, el misterio de Calenda is a Spanish mystery and horror television series. Produced by Globomedia for Antena 3, it aired from 2012 to 2013 on the latter channel.

Premise

Sara (Belén Rueda), a judge, moves with her teenage daughter Leire (Lucía Guerrero) to a remote mountain village seeking to resume her marriage with David Costa (Leonardo Sbaraglia), a law enforcement officer who after ten years separated from Sara has reportedly relocated to the area.[1][2] But David disappears.[1][2] Upon her arrival to Calenda, Sara finds out the mystery around the village is connected to gruesome legends, some of them related to lycanthropy.[3][4][5]

Meanwhile, Leire feels attracted to the mysterious Joel (Álvaro Cervantes) and also becomes a close friend of Vera (Macarena García), herself infatuated by Nacho (Fran Perea) a Guardia Civil officer several years her senior.[5][6]

Cast

• Belén Rueda as Sara Cruz, a judge.[7][8][9]
• Lucía Guerrero [es] as Leire (Sara's daughter).[8]
• Álvaro Cervantes as Joel.[8]
• Macarena García as Vera, Carola's daughter.[6][8]
• Daniel Grao as Raúl Pando, a Guardia Civil agent, married to Carola.[10][8][5]
• Fran Perea as Nacho, a Guardia Civil agent.[8]
• Olivia Molina as Olivia, the court clerk.[11][1]
• Belén López as Carola, the village's bar owner.[6]
• Marc Martínez [es] as Joel's father.[6]
• Àlex Maruny [es] as Pablo, Vera's brother.[6]
• Claudia Traisac as Silvia Elías, the Mayor's daughter.[12][6]
• Gorka Aguinagalde [es] as Francisco Elías, Mayor of Calenda, Manuel and Silvia's father.[13]
• Leonardo Sbaraglia as David Costa, Sara's husband.[2]
• María Cantuel [es] as Sonia, a rookie police officer.[2]
• César Goldi [gl] as Basilio.[5]
• Carlos Cuevas as Tomás, Olivia's son.[14]
• Antonio Durán [es] as Gerardo, the janitor of the high school.[15]
• Daniel Ortiz as Salva, a high school teacher.[16]

Introduced in season 2

• Roberto Álamo as Diego, Vera and Pablo's biological father.[17]
• Estefanía de los Santos as Marcela, a neighbor of Calenda.[17]
• Álvaro de Luna as Ernesto Cruz, Sara's father.[17]
• Álex Hernández [es], a troubling teenager.[17]

Production and release

Created by Laura Belloso and David Bermejo and produced by Globomedia [es],[18][19] Laura Belloso and Daniel Écija were credited as executive producers.[20] The series was shot in a 1,300 m^2 indoor set, with outdoor scenes primarily shot in Candelario (province of Salamaca), and additional outdoor shooting locations in Las Navas del Marqués (province of Ávila), and a forest in the province of Segovia.[21][5] The first season consisted of 12 episodes.[22]

The series premiered on 10 April 2012.[23] The series returned with an 8-episode second season on 13 February 2013.[23] The non-renovation of the series for a third season was determined before airing finished.[23] The season finale aired on 10 April 2013.[24]

Series	Episodes		Originally released			Viewers	Share (%)	Ref.
			First released	Last released	Network
1	12		16 April 2012 (2012-04-16)	26 December 2012 (2012-12-26)	Antena 3	2,789,000	15.2	[24][25]
2	8		13 February 2013 (2013-02-13)	10 April 2013 (2013-04-10)		2,300,000	12.9	[24][26]

Season 1

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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Viewers	Original release date	Share (%)
1	1	"La leyenda"	3,514,000	10 April 2012 (2012-04-10)	19.2
2	2	"Sacrificio"	3,234,000	17 April 2012 (2012-04-17)	16.8
3	3	"Sangre"	3,005,000	24 April 2012 (2012-04-24)	15.8
4	4	"El monstruo"	2,606,000	1 May 2012 (2012-05-01)	14.2
5	5	"Luna llena"	2,678,000	8 May 2012 (2012-05-08)	14.7
6	6	"Desaparecida"	2,529,000	15 May 2012 (2012-05-15)	13.9
7	7	"Huesos"	2,713,000	22 May 2012 (2012-05-22)	14.7
8	8	"El odio"	2,693,000	29 May 2012 (2012-05-29)	14.3
9	9	"Secretos"	2,558,000	5 June 2012 (2012-06-05)	14.1
10	10	"Culpable"	2,750,000	12 June 2012 (2012-06-12)	14.8
11	11	"Mentiras"	2,533,000	19 June 2012 (2012-06-19)	14.7
12	12	"El aullido"	2,664,000	26 June 2012 (2012-06-26)	15.9

Season 2

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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Viewers	Original release date	Share (%)
13	1	"La maldición"	2,402,000	13 February 2013 (2013-02-13)	13.6
13	2	"Pacto de silencio"	2,358,000	20 February 2013 (2013-02-20)	13.4
15	3	"Las minas de plata"	2,416,000	27 February 2013 (2013-02-27)	12.9
16	4	"Corazonadas"	2,349,000	6 March 2013 (2013-03-06)	13.7
17	5	"El confidente"	2,187,000	13 March 2013 (2013-03-13)	12.0
18	6	"La noche de la luna nueva"	2,198,000	20 March 2013 (2013-03-20)	12.9
19	7	"Atrapados"	2,107,000	3 April 2013 (2013-04-03)	11.6
20	8	"Para siempre"	2,383,000	10 April 2013 (2013-04-10)	13.3

References

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3. Álvarez, Juan Luis (27 April 2012). "Belén Rueda: "Queda mucho hombre lobo suelto por ahí"". Faro de Vigo.
4. Monegal, Ferran (21 March 2013). "Licantropía y refresco de cola". El Periódico.
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6. "La nueva temporada de 'Luna, el misterio de Calenda' presenta un entorno más luminoso y menos hostil". FormulaTV. 12 February 2013.
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10. Monegal, Ferran (8 June 2012). "El teniente ardiente". El Periódico.
11. Álvarez, Isra (8 May 2012). "Olivia Molina: "Yo era más de espíritus y fantasmas que de hombres lobo"". 20minutos.es.
12. "Claudia Traisac, la española que ha enamorado al novio de Jennifer Lawrence en 'Los Juegos del Hambre'". ¡Hola!. 25 September 2014.
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14. "Tomás". Antena 3. 17 April 2012.
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16. "Salva, el profesor del instituto". Antena 3. 17 April 2012.
17. "Roberto Álamo y Estefanía de los Santos fichan por 'Luna, el misterio de Calenda'". Europa Press. 16 January 2013.
18. "'Luna, el misterio de Calenda', leyenda y thriller cogidos de la mano". Espinof. 27 June 2012.
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21. "Belén Rueda protagoniza la serie "Luna, el misterio de Calenda"". La Voz de Galicia. 1 March 2012.
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