Sara

Mark your calendar: in exactly two weeks, on Thursday, November 19, Celeste returns to Movistar Plus+ with a second season of six episodes. The tax-office thriller that surprised so many viewers in 2024 is back with Carmen Machi once again playing Sara Santano. Movistar has also changed the target. Sara is done with pop stars. This time she's going after football, which in Spain might be the one thing more sacred than music.

The new season has already had its first public screening. It premiered at the Serielizados festival in Barcelona, where Carmen Machi, Pol López, creator Diego San José and director Elena Trapé attended. Machi was also honoured at the festival. It has been a big year for her, since she also received Spain's National Film Award (Premio Nacional de Cinematografía). The teaser has a sly opening: Sara hammers a hole in her wall to hang the plaque her colleagues gave her when she retired. That one image tells you this is still the same dry, offbeat comedy-thriller fans loved.

If you need a refresher on Season 1, here are the basics. Sara Santano spent more than thirty years at the Spanish Tax Agency and was about to take early retirement. On her last day, she got the biggest assignment of her career: prove that Celeste, the Mexican superstar of Latin music played by Andrea Bayardo, actually lived in Spain and owed her taxes there. Twenty million euros depended on one number: 184 days, half the year plus one. Many viewers saw echoes of a real celebrity tax case. Created by Diego San José and produced by 100 Balas, the six episodes aired in November 2024. The show mixed procedural tension with deadpan Spanish humour. Manolo Solo played Tony, an eccentric paparazzo. Antonio Durán "Morris" played Carmelo, Sara's boss, and Clara Sans played Dani, Sara's assistant and a big Celeste fan. Aixa Villagrán rounded out Sara's home life. Season 1 won major Spanish TV awards, including a Feroz and an Ondas, so expectations for the follow-up are high.

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