To revive its sagging fortunes, Barcelona FC has bought the services of Jack Mortimer, European Footballer of the Year. No sooner has Mortimer taken possession of his company Porsche than death threats start arriving. Are they a hoax, the work of a loner or are they connected to the awesome real estate speculation that is tearing Barcelona apart? While Catalan pimps and racketeers are being hustled off the streets by crime syndicates from the Middle East, Pepe Carvalho is thinking of retirement, but the need to save the soul of his beloved Barcelona forces him to take on a case that can only end in disaster.
Production
Barcelona's raw 90s streets—before the tourists won.
Acting
Puigcorbé's weary Carvalho, a detective too tired for heroics.
Director
Franco Giraldi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Manuel Vázquez Montalbán's beloved Pepe Carvalho novels, Spain's answer to Philip Marlowe with better recipes and worse optimism.
The 1992 Olympics hangover looms large—this Barcelona is post-glamour, pre-gentrification, caught between old crime families and new global money.
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