HBO Max Psycho Thriller ‘Infamy,’ With ‘She Walks in Darkness’ Star Susana Abaitua, Set for South Festival Premiere
HBO Max will launch *Infamy*, a six-episode psychological thriller, on 13 November, with its first public showing at the South International Series Festival in Cádiz. The series follows a lawyer’s attempt to solve a decades-old missing-persons case, a pursuit that connects the mystery to her own painful past.
Susana Abaitua plays Emma Cruz, who becomes fixated on the disappearance of two girls from her hometown 20 years earlier and the childhood death of her sister, for which she blames herself. The series is based on Ledicia Costas’ book and was filmed in Bizkaia, in Spain’s Basque Country; Agustina Macri and Beatriz Sanchís co-directed it.
In short
- *Infamy* premieres on HBO Max on 13 November.
- Susana Abaitua plays a lawyer investigating two girls’ disappearance.
- The case draws her into confronting her own past.
Explained simply
HBO Max is a subscription streaming service that releases scripted series, while the South International Series Festival in Cádiz presents television programmes to audiences and industry guests. Psychological thrillers often centre on characters’ fears and memories as well as the mystery they are trying to solve.
Infamy is based on a book by Ledicia Costas and centres on Emma Cruz, a lawyer played by Susana Abaitua. The story links the disappearance of two girls from her hometown, two decades earlier, with the childhood death of Emma’s sister.
The series was filmed in Bizkaia, in Spain’s Basque Country, and co-directed by Agustina Macri and Beatriz Sanchís. Its central mystery brings together a past crime and Emma’s personal history.
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