The Messiah

Synopsis

The viral video of a Christian pop group made up of several sisters has an enormous effect on the life of Enric, a man tormented by a childhood marked by religious fanaticism and the yoke of a mother with messianic delirium.

First Air Date: 2023-10-11

Last Air Date: 2023-11-16

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 7

Created By: Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo

Networks: Movistar Plus+

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Top Cast

Roger Casamajor as Enric
Macarena García as Irene
Lola Dueñas as Montserrat Baró (adulta)
Carmen Machi as Montserrat Baró (vieja)
Ana Rujas as Montserrat Baró (joven)
Albert Pla as Pep Puig Pelfort
Amaia Romero as Cecilia Puig Baró
Biel Rossell as Enric / Isaías (adolescente)
Cecilia Roth as Alicia
Rossy de Palma as Laia Baró (mayor)

Seasons

Miniseries (2023)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Montserrat (2023-10-11)

Enric, a man closed in on himself, is taken aback when he sees the new religious music group that has been ridiculed throughout the country: Stella Maris. He won't stop until he finds them and saves them from the childhood he has lived.
Ep. 2: Resurrection (2023-10-11)

Irene, Enric's sister, lives her monotonous day-to-day life until a graffiti on the wall of her workplace turns her world upside down, forcing her to relive the past she had worked so hard to bury
Ep. 3: Singing in the Rain (2023-10-19)

It's the eighties. Enric and Irene experience a childhood marked by isolation, fanaticism, and violence alongside their mother, Montserrat, her new boyfriend, Pep, and the daughters born to the couple. Musical movies become their only escape
Ep. 4: Divine Instructions to Save the World (2023-10-26)

Irene and Enric are convinced that the Stella Maris are in danger. They are the only ones who can see beyond the joke they've become, so they embark on a journey to try to find them
Ep. 5: A Woman Clothed with the Sun (2023-11-02)

Christmas Eve is approaching, and Enric and Irene continue urgently searching for Stella Maris as they relive one of the most traumatic moments of their childhood—the one that changed their lives and separated them from their family for years
Ep. 6: My Mother's Face (2023-11-09)

Irene and Enric end up reuniting with their entire family and, for the first and last time, air all the dirty laundry of so many years of pain
Ep. 7: Wonderland (2023-11-16)

Enric embarks on an introspective journey to try to save himself, while Irene takes care of her sister and finally confronts her past, leaving fear behind