TVE premiered this Wednesday Scara new series that adapts the novel of the same name by Juan Gomez-Juradoa writer who jumps to open television through a story that expands the universe of Red Queen of Amazon Prime VideoThe fiction, which was seen on La 1 before its inclusion in the platform’s catalogue, has divided viewers in a launch that has also ‘failed’ in the battle for audiences.
The Juan Gómez-Jurado phenomenon jumps into the open with the premiere of ‘Cicatriz’ on TVE, ahead of Prime Video
The public channel seems to have not found the key in a series starring Milena Radulovic (Faith, Superdeep) already Juanlu Gonzalez (The hunt. Guadiana, The other look). The actress gives life to Irinaan enigmatic woman with a mysterious scar across her face and a tragedy in her childhood for which she decides to draw up a plan for revenge. The actor plays Simona computer scientist capable of unraveling the most complex algorithms, but with no social skills.
They both meet through the Internet and Simon falls madly in love with Irina, finding himself trapped, as we will discuss later, in a complex and dangerous world that he would never have imagined. Luis Fernández, Julen Serrano, Stefan Kapicic, Mladen Sovilij and Goran Susljiik complete the cast of the fiction.
‘Cicatriz’ fails in ratings and divides viewers
The long launch of Scarwith a double episode in La 1’s prime time, failed in audiences by registering just one 6.2% share and 449,000 viewers. As we have analyzed, the television adaptation of the novel of the same name by Gómez-Jurado pays dearly for its poor promotion and the time of year in which it was released, which is not very conducive in the middle of August to attract the attention of an audience that is still on vacation.
Fiction was first surpassed by The Big Movie of Antenna 3who was a leader with the Spanish comedy The Japan –starring Dani Rovira y Maria Leon-, being the most viewed offer of the night with a 11.7% share and 769,000 viewers. Then, by Travelers Four, with a 7.2% y 547.000 (its highest share of the season) and for the new episode of A perfect life (6.7% and 356,000) in Telecinco. Therefore, the premiere of Scar settled for fourth place in the ranking, with six more episodes still to air on La 1 before its inclusion in the Prime Video catalog.
In addition, viewers who did dare to watch the launch of the new TVE series They were divided in their opinion about it. Among the most repeated criticisms on social networks, there is that of those who recognized seeing themselves somewhat lost with the different plots with which the fiction begins, something that was shared by both the viewers who had not read the novel and the readers of the bestseller, who already anticipated that those who did not have additional information about the plot might lose the thread of its approach.
On the other side of the coin, there were those who expressed their enthusiasm for the rhythm and mystery of Scarcelebrating the public channel’s commitment to this adaptation. Whatever the case, many also agreed that The programming that La 1 has made of fiction could harm its audiencesjust as it has ended up happening.
This is the synopsis of ‘Cicatriz’
Love, betrayal and revenge are the main ingredients of Scar. The series (based on the book) tells the story of Simona computer genius with social phobia who is on the verge of bankruptcy, along with his inseparable friend and lawyer Tomás.
This young man, who also takes care of his brother Arturohas created a notation called LISA who can guess people’s moods and solve their problems. Despite arousing great interest in a billionaire, the test fails, but gets a second chance with a deadline. In parallel, Simon falls in love with a young Ukrainian girl, named Irina, whom he meets through a dating website. Despite the negativity of Tomáswho suspects that the girl is with his friend out of interest, Simon trust her blindly.
For its part, Irina She survived a tragedy in Ukraine, where she lost her family when she was just a child. Since then, her life has been focused on revenge and, to do so, she embarks on a journey from her country through the Balkans with one final destination in mind: Spain. Her primary objective is to take revenge on the Russian mafia operating in Bilbao, which was responsible for the death of her parents and the disappearance of her only sister.
