Netflix Sets Aug. 14 Premiere for Moria Casán Series "Moria"

Netflix has confirmed Aug. 14 as the global premiere date for Moria, an eight-episode series inspired by Argentine entertainment icon Moria Casán, and released an official trailer days before the launch Source: Clarín. Coverage splits on genre: Clarín frames it as fiction that avoids a conventional biopic, while La Voz calls it a biographical series meant to show the diva and the woman behind the media persona Source: Clarín Source: La Voz.

Three Morias

• Sofía Gala Castiglione, Griselda Siciliani and Cecilia Roth play Casán at different stages, from her beginnings to her consecration as a popular icon Source: Clarín.
• Roth says the work was not imitation but discovering "the Moria that each one of us has inside," a process she says happened in therapy Source: Infobae.
• Siciliani described the experience as "beautiful and an honor" Source: Infobae.

What to expect

• The nearly two-minute trailer evokes the 1970s and 1980s and includes the line "My life is a constant performance" Source: La Voz.
• Clarín reports the eight episodes will cover scandals, contradictions, and how Casán turned conflict into part of her public character Source: Clarín.
• Within the fictional frame, Casán narrates her own past, present and future Source: Clarín.

Production

Created and directed by Javier Van de Couter, the series is produced by About Entertainment, the company led by Mercedes Reincke and Armando Bo Source: Clarín. Casán herself supervised and backed the production Source: La Voz. The title will be available globally on Netflix from Aug. 14.