‘Between Lands’ is back: Season two premieres this Sunday on Atresplayer with more wind and drama
The Malaga Festival provided the perfect backdrop for the cast and crew of 'Between Lands' to dust off their finest threads and spill the beans on what's in store for the new season. And no, don't go expecting a happy ending with fields of lavender and poppies. If one thing was crystal clear at the presentation, it's that 'Between Two Lands' (as we old-timers know it, with that little 'two' slipped in) is going to put its characters through the wringer. Literally.
Malaga falls for the Northern wind
The festival's red carpet saw Megan Montaner and Rodolfo Sancho, the heavyweights of this drama, strut their stuff alongside the rest of the cast. They dropped a few gems about what lies ahead. And you'll want to pay attention, because fair warning's been given: they made it abundantly clear that the countryside – that place we so often romanticise – is a character in its own right, and a right stubborn one at that. "The countryside is a seriously tough place," Megan let slip with that look of hers that immediately puts you on edge. Basically, the Northern wind isn't exactly blowing in anyone's favour in this tale.
What really grabbed my attention from what they shared is how they've managed to hold onto the essence of the first instalment while cranking things up a notch. The series, which drops this very Sunday on Atresplayer, is set to hook audiences with that signature blend of family secrets, impossible loves, and the struggle not to be swallowed up by the land that raised you. Because when it's all said and done, Between Lands is precisely that: folks trapped between what they want and what they must do, between love and resentment, between leaving or staying put and slowly rotting.
What's in store for the new season?
If you were left craving more after the first season's finale, brace yourself. The actors let slip a bunch of hints in Malaga and, being one to clock these details, I've put together my own little list of what's coming:
- More narrative tension: Conflicts that seemed done and dusted are ripped open again with even greater force. What looked like scorched earth goes up in flames once more.
- Characters pushed to the brink: We'll see our protagonists make choices that border on the morally dodgy. No one gets off lightly.
- The landscape as judge and executioner: The harshness of the rural setting is amplified. It's not just a pretty backdrop; it's the magistrate handing down sentences on the characters.
- Love and hate in equal measure: The romantic relationships are shaping up to be a full-blown battlefield. You know the drill – loving someone but not being able to be together, except this time with a whole lot more venom.
Rodolfo Sancho, who knows a thing or two about stepping into the shoes of complex blokes, pointed out that in this batch of episodes Between Two Lands turns darker, grittier. And it makes perfect sense. When you're playing with fire in a barren wasteland, everyone ends up getting burnt eventually. The upside? We get to kick back on the couch and enjoy watching the flames.
So, there you have it. This Sunday, mark it in your calendar for a date with Atresplayer. I've already got my dinner sorted and my phone on airplane mode so nothing and no one can interrupt me. Because series like Between Lands, with that whiff of wet earth and tragedy, don't come along every day. Especially not with a cast this brilliant.