Miniseries · Netflix
Rafa
Every ending has a beginning.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Rafa actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Rafa reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
RAFA retraces Nadal's remarkable journey with cinematic scope, combining testimonies from those who know him best—on and off the court—with unseen moments that reveal what lies behind the legend.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Timothy MoranProducer
- Connie HoneycuttProducer
- Jesse SisgoldExecutive Producer
- Andrew HelmsProducer
- Dan MarksExecutive Producer
- David EllisonExecutive Producer
Direction
- Zachary HeinzerlingDirector
Cinematography
- Zachary HeinzerlingDirector of Photography
- Adam UhlDirector of Photography
Music
- Martin CraneOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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