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The Barrier
One family. Two worlds.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Unax Ugalde
Hugo
13 eps
Olivia Molina
Julia
13 eps
Eleonora Wexler
Alma
13 eps
Ángela Molina
Emilia
13 eps
Abel Folk
Luis
13 eps
Daniel Ibáñez
13 eps
Laura Quirós
Marta Múgica
13 eps
Belén Écija
13 eps
Manu Fullola
13 eps
Iván Chavero
13 eps
Juan Blanco
13 eps
Elena Seijo
13 eps
Yaima Ramos
13 eps
Nicolás Illoro
13 eps
Ángela Vega
13 eps
Pedro Beitia
13 eps
Óscar de la Fuente
13 eps
Cristina Soria
13 eps
Fermí Reixach
Grand Father
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Barrier actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Barrier reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and World Building.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
One family’s fight for survival in a future dystopian Madrid illustrates the disparity between two worlds separated by a fence — and so much more.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E13
Last Days of the Present
- Directed by Lucas Gil, David Molina Encinas
- Written by Clara Botas, Daniel Écija
S01E12
The Speech
- Directed by Lucas Gil
- Written by Clara Botas, Daniel Écija
S01E11
Alone Together
- Directed by Luis Oliveros
- Written by Clara Botas, Daniel Écija
S01E10
The Shadow Zone
- Directed by Oriol Ferrer
- Written by Clara Botas, Daniel Écija
S01E09
Remember Who You Are
- Directed by Lucas Gil
- Written by Clara Botas, Daniel Écija
S01E08
No One’s Child
- Directed by Luis Oliveros
- Written by Clara Botas, Daniel Écija
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Daniel Écija
Showrunner
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Sonia Martínez
Executive producer
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Clara Botas
Writer
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Jorge Valdano
Writer
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Tatiana Rodríguez
Writer
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Arantxa Cuesta
Writer
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David Muñoz
Writer
Inés París
Writer
Ángela Armero
Writer
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Veronik Silva
Writer
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Roberto Martín Maiztegui
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Daniel ÉcijaExecutive Producer
- Sonia MartínezExecutive Producer
Writing
- Clara BotasWriter
- Daniel ÉcijaWriter
- Jorge ValdanoWriter
- Tatiana RodríguezWriter
- Arantxa CuestaWriter
- David MuñozWriter
Direction
- Oriol FerrerDirector
- Lucas GilDirector
- Jesús RodrigoDirector
- David Molina EncinasDirector
- Luis OliverosDirector
Cinematography
- Néstor CalvoDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
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