"Verano azul" (1981) TV series 1981-1982

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

11 October 1981 (Spain)

Plot:

This series is about the adventures of a bunch of youngsters during their Summer holiday in a small town in the Southern Coast of Spain...

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Antonio Ferrandis	...	Chanquete (18 episodes, 1981-1982)
María Garralón	...	Julia (18 episodes, 1981-1982)
Pilar Torres	...	Bea (18 episodes, 1981-1982)
Cristina Torres	...	Desi (18 episodes, 1981-1982)
Juanjo Artero	...	Javi (18 episodes, 1981-1982)
José Luis Fernández	...	Pancho (18 episodes, 1981-1982)
Gerardo Garrido	...	Quique (18 episodes, 1981-1982)
Miguel Ángel Valero	...	Piraña (18 episodes, 1981-1982)
Miguel Joven	...	Tito (18 episodes, 1981-1982)
Manuel Tejada	...	Agustín (14 episodes, 1981-1982)
Helga Liné	...	Luisa (11 episodes, 1981-1982)
Manuel Gallardo	...	Javier (11 episodes, 1981)
Elisa Montés	...	Carmen (10 episodes, 1981)

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Series Directed by
Antonio Mercero		(14 episodes, 1981-1982)

Series Writing credits
Antonio Mercero		(1 episode, 1981)
José Ángel Rodero		(1 episode, 1981)
Horacio Valcárcel		(1 episode, 1981)

Series Produced by
Eduardo Esquide	....	producer (1 episode, 1981)
Ángel Parrondo	....	assistant producer (1 episode, 1981)
Fernando Quejido	....	assistant producer (1 episode, 1981)

Series Original Music by
Carmelo A. Bernaola		(1 episode, 1981)

Series Cinematography by
José F. Aguayo		(1 episode, 1981)
Francisco Fraile		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Enrique Agulló		(1 episode, 1981)
Josefa Melis		(1 episode, 1981)
José Luis Berlanga		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Rafael Borqué		(1 episode, 1981)

Series Set Decoration by
Antonio Sanabria		(1 episode, 1981)

Series Costume Design by
María Ángeles Moreno		(1 episode, 1981)

Series Makeup Department
María del Carmen Bouzas	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 1981)
María Luisa De Prada	....	hair stylist (1 episode, 1981)
María Soledad Guardia	....	assistant makeup artist (1 episode, 1981)
Carlos Suárez	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 1981)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carlos Martínez	....	assistant director (1 episode, 1981)
Teófanes Merchan	....	assistant director (1 episode, 1981)
Alfonso Santos	....	assistant director (1 episode, 1981)

Series Sound Department
Jose Antonio Arijita	....	sound (1 episode, 1981)
Antonio Cárdenas	....	sound (1 episode, 1981)
Fernando Terol	....	sound (1 episode, 1981)
José L. Villar	....	sound (1 episode, 1981)
Enrique Viñuales	....	sound (1 episode, 1981)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
María Luisa Escribano	....	tailor (1 episode, 1981)
Santiago Martínez	....	tailor (1 episode, 1981)

Series Other crew
María Luisa Martínez	....	script supervisor (1 episode, 1981)
Lucía Martín	....	script supervisor (1 episode, 1981)
Magdalena Navarro	....	production assistant (1 episode, 1981)
Juanjo Sánchez	....	production assistant (1 episode, 1981)
Pilar Tabares	....	production assistant (1 episode, 1981)

Production Companies

• Televisión Española (TVE)

Distributors

• Televisión Española (TVE) (1981) (Spain) (TV)

Runtime:

Spain:50 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Motril, Granada, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Televisión Española (TVE)

Trivia:

It is popularly believed that Chanquete's name is "Antonio" although this is never stated in the show, in reality this is the name of the actor who plays the character; in Nerja, now a popular tourist destination, he has a street named after: Antonio Ferrandis "Chanquete", hence the mistake.

Quotes:

Tito's mother: Tito, eat your breakfast.
Tito: I don't want to, I don't like milk, it tastes like cow.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Aquí hay tomate: (2008-02-01)" (2008)

Verano Azul - the TV-series most loved o hated for Spanish society (la series más querida o odiada por la sociedad española)

Verano Azul is a great television series. Probably the more famous and important of last times. It advantages more important so much in his day as nowadays, it is your innovation, the great result of an index unknown protagonist, to form visually the beginning of a new Spain, and to try diverse such important and daily topics like the real friendship, the first love, the awakening of the sex, the care of the nature, the family, the adventure to be a child, and the death of a dear person.

Verano Azul is the history of the meeting of a group of persons (of different age and sex) in the village of Nerja, in vacation period, sharing the summer of yours lives. The protagonists are the teenagers Bea (the pretty girl), Tito (the fair child), Piraña (the ready child), Desi (the ugly girl), Javi (the gallant), Quique (the best friend of Javi) and Pancho (the resident only one of the village). They accompany the thirty Julia (later we discovers that is a widow) and Chanquete (an old wolf of sea). Both share you venture and misfortunes, sometimes entertaining, sometimes sad, almost always you fill of emotive, education and melaconlie.

From the first chapter one is showing us the evolution of friendship between all protagonists. Desi and Bea are very good friends. Pancho and Javi fights to obtain Bea's love. Quique is the faithful companion of Javi. And the children Tito and Piraña always together only want to amuse. Chanquete is the father that all desiring to have, and Julia is the mother. Each one has them own protagonism in the following chapters for the most part. The final predicable, is the summer end and the farewell of all.

Antonio Mercero do not manage to have nevermore a success so big as that of Verano Azul (not least with Farmacia de Guardia). Antonio Ferrandis dead in 16-10-2000. Constant Maria Garrallon leading television series. Of the boys and girls little it is known, they disappeared of the world of the television radically.