Celeste (TV series)

2024 Spanish TV series or program

Celeste

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Genre| Comedy thriller
Created by| Diego San José
Written by|

* Diego San José
* Daniel Castro
* Oriol Puig

Directed by| Elena Trapé
Starring|

* Carmen Machi
* Andrea Bayardo

Country of origin| Spain
Original language| Spanish
No. of episodes| 6
Production
Production company| 100 Balas
Original release
Network| Movistar Plus+
Release| 14 November (2024-11-14) –
28 November 2024 (2024-11-28)

Celeste is a Spanish comedy thriller television series created by Diego San José [es] and directed by Elena Trapé [es] starring Carmen Machi and Andrea Bayardo.

## Plot

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Sara Santano, a legendary tax inspector about to retire, is due for one last work investigating a purported case of tax evasion involving Latin music star Celeste. Santano is tasked with demonstrating that the latter spent more than 184 days in Spain in the last year, thus making Spain Celeste's tax residence.[1][2][3]

## Cast

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* Carmen Machi as Sara Santano[2]
* Andrea Bayardo [es] as Celeste[2]
* Manolo Solo as Toni[2]
* Antonio Durán Morris[3]
* Aixa Villagrán[3]
* Clara Sans [es][3]
* Jesús Noguero[3]
* Marc Soler[3]

## Production

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Created by Diego San José, Celeste is a 100 Balas (The Mediapro Studio) production.[2] San José set himself the challenge of creating a gripping thriller set in "one of the greyest environments in our culture",[4] billing the series as "Zodiac, but with the IRPF [es]".[3] A building in San Sebastián de los Reyes stood in for the Agencia Tributaria headquarters in Guzmán el Bueno.[4] The six-episode series was directed by Elena Trapé.[1]

## Release

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The series received a pre-screening at the Anoeta Velodrome during the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival on 22 September 2024.[5][6] It debuted on Movistar Plus+ on 14 November 2024.[7]

## Reception

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Beatriz Martínez of Infobae deemed Celeste to be one of "the winning series of the season", "which is ready to surprise and charm viewers with all its small and large occurrences, with its transparency, its sincerity and its daily approach to our lives' miseries".[8]

Álvaro Onieva of Fotogramas rated the series 9 out of 10 points, writing that "Diego San José proves to be one of the most intelligent and sharpest screenwriters [in Spain] and leaves us with one of the most remarkable series so far this year".[9]

## Accolades

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Year  | Award  | Category | Nominee(s)  | Result | Ref.

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2024

| 30th Forqué Awards | Best Actress in a Series | Carmen Machi | Pending |

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## See also

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* 2024 in Spanish television

## References

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1. ^ a b "Carmen Machi, inspectora de Hacienda en la serie inspirada en el caso Shakira: tráiler de 'Celeste'". Cinemanía. 11 July 2024 - via 20minutos.es.
2. ^ a b c d e Bango, Estela (2 July 2024). "'Celeste': con Hacienda hemos topado". Aisge.
3. ^ a b c d e f g Solà Gimferrer, Pere (11 July 2024). "Tráiler de 'Celeste', la serie que imagina los delitos fiscales de Shakira como un thriller costumbrista". La Vanguardia.
4. ^ a b Marcos, Natalia (3 May 2024). "'Celeste' o cómo el universo gris de Hacienda se convierte en escenario de un 'thriller'". El País.
5. ^ Vallejo, J. (23 September 2024). "Movistar Plus+ anuncia la fecha de estreno de 'Celeste', su serie inspirada en caso Shakira". Cultura en Serie.
6. ^ Martínez, Beatriz (12 July 2024). "'Yo, adicto', 'Querer' y 'Celeste': las tres series españolas seleccionadas por el Festival de San Sebastián". Infobae.
7. ^ "Así es 'Celeste', la nueva serie inspirada en el caso Shakira con Carmen Machi como inspectora de Hacienda". Cinemanía. 5 November 2024 - via 20minutos.es.
8. ^ Martínez, Beatriz (22 September 2024). "La serie que rompe con todos los códigos de la comedia para generar su propia identidad: Diego San José expande su talento superdotado en 'Celeste'". Infobae.
9. ^ Onieva, Álvaro (23 September 2024). "'Celeste', la serie de Carmen Machi inspirada en el caso real de Shakira y Hacienda, es un apasionante thriller que promete arrasar en Movistar Plus+". Fotogramas.
10. ^ "Premios Forqué 2024: 'La infiltrada', 'La estrella azul' y 'Querer' lideran las nominaciones de la 30 edición". Cinemanía. 7 November 2024 - via 20minutos.es.

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