‘Between Lands’ returns: Season two premieres this Sunday on Atresplayer with more drama and plenty of grit
The Malaga Festival provided the perfect backdrop for the cast and crew of 'Between Lands' to dust off their finest gear and give us the inside word on the new season. And no, don't go expecting a happy ending filled with lavender fields and poppies. If one thing was made crystal clear at the presentation, it's that 'Between Two Lands' (as us long-time followers also know it) is going to put its characters through the wringer. Big time.
Malaga gets swept up in the Northern winds
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. And they dropped a few gems about what's in store. Fair warning, folks: they made it plain that the countryside – that place we so often romanticise – is a character in its own right, and a right tough one at that. "The land can be a brutal place," Megan let slip, with that look of hers that immediately puts you on edge. So yeah, the Northern winds definitely aren't 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 seriously upping the ante. The series, which kicks off this very Sunday on Atresplayer, is set to hook everyone with that classic mix of family secrets, impossible love, and the struggle not to be swallowed up by the land that raised you. Because at its heart, Between Lands is exactly that: folks trapped between what they want and what they must do, caught between love and resentment, torn between leaving or staying put and just... withering away.
So, what can we expect from the new season?
If you were one of those left hanging after the first season's finale, brace yourselves. The actors dropped plenty of hints in Malaga, and being one to pick up on these things, I've put together my own little list of what's coming:
- More narrative tension: Those conflicts you thought were done and dusted? They're back and they're packing a bigger punch. What seemed like burnt-out ground is about to go up in flames all over again.
- Characters pushed to the edge: We'll see our main players make some morally murky decisions. No one's getting out of this unscathed.
- The landscape as the antagonist: The harshness of the rural setting gets dialled up. It's not just a pretty backdrop; it's the judge, jury, and executioner passing sentence 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 – wanting someone but not being able to be together, but this time with a whole lot more spite.
Rodolfo Sancho, who knows a thing or two about getting under the skin of complex characters, hinted that in this batch of episodes Between Two Lands gets darker, grittier. And it makes total sense. When you're playing with fire in a barren wasteland, everyone ends up getting burned eventually. The good news is, we get to enjoy the fireworks from the comfort of our couches.
So, there you have it. This Sunday, get yourself to Atresplayer. I've already got my dinner sorted and my phone on airplane mode so nothing and no one interrupts me. Because shows like Between Lands, ones that smell of damp earth and looming tragedy, don't come around every day. Especially not with a cast this stellar.