Prime Video Reveals First Look and Star-Studded Cast for The House of the Spirits
Commemorating 42 years since the first edition of Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits, Alfonso Herrera and Nicole Wallace steps into the roles of Esteban Trueba and Clara del Valle
The all-star cast also includes Dolores Fonzi, Fernanda Castillo, Aline Kupenheim, Maribel Verdú, Pablo Macaya, Antonia Zegers, Amparo Noguera, Catalina Saavedra, Nicolás Francella and Pedro Fontaine, among others
SANTIAGO, Chile—November 11, 2024—Today, Prime Video revealed a first look and full cast for The House of the Spirits, an upcoming eight-episode Original series based on Isabel Allende’s best-selling homonymous book. With over 70 million copies sold, it is considered one of the most important novels of the 20th century, and had a previous film adaptation in 1993. Isabel Allende and Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives) are executive producers, along with showrunners Francisca AlegrÃa (The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future), Fernanda Urrejola (Cry Macho), and Andrés Wood (News of a Kidnapping). The series will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories worldwide.
In The House of the Spirits, Alfonso Herrera (Sense 8), Nicole Wallace (My Fault), and Dolores Fonzi (Blondi) transform into Esteban Trueba and Clara del Valle at different stages of their lives, alongside Fernanda Castillo (The Lord of the Skies) as Férula Trueba and Juan Pablo Raba (News of a Kidnapping) as fan-favorite Uncle Marcos.
The series' all-star cast also includes Aline Kuppenheim (1976), Eduard Fernández (The Skin I Live In), Fernanda Urrejola (Cry Macho), Maribel Verdú (Pan's Labyrinth), Pablo Macaya (In Her Place), Nicolás Francella (In the Sight), Antonia Zegers (The Punishment), Catalina Saavedra (Rotting in the Sun), Amparo Noguera (The Count), Nicolás Contreras (Baby Bandito), Sara Becker (The Movie Teller), Emilio Edwards (In the Grayscale), Rochi Hernández (30 Nights with my Ex), Chiara Parravicini (Soy Luna), Pedro Fontaine (Victory or Death), and Noelia Coñuenao (The Tempest) – with roles to be announced.
The House of the Spirits is a magnificent family saga that tells the epic tale of a proud and passionate family, secret loves, and bloody revolution. The Trueba family's passions, struggles, and secrets span a century of violent social change, culminating in a crisis that hurls the proud, tyrannical patriarch and his beloved granddaughter towards opposite sides of the fence.
The series is produced by FilmNation, the Palme d’Or Award-winning team behind Anora and Promising Young Woman, with the support of Fabula, the Chilean Academy Award-winning producer (The Eternal Memory, A Fantastic Woman).
The House of the Spirits will join the thousands of international movies and TV shows in the Prime Video catalogue, including Latin-American Amazon Original productions such as Vencer o Morir; Sayen; Desconectados; Los Sobrevivientes: Colonia Dignidad; La JaurÃa; Argentina, 1985; Barrabrava; and Noticia de un Secuestro; as well as award-winning and critically acclaimed global Amazon Original series including Citadel, The Boys, The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, all on Prime Video.
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