Mubi will begin exclusively streaming the Spanish series “La Mesías” in the UK, Germany, Canada, Australia and several other territories from 3 September, following a deal with Movistar Plus International. The release extends the international reach of the acclaimed drama by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, whose film “La bola negra” recently won Cannes’ Best Director prize.

The six-part series follows Enric, who is traumatised after seeing his younger sisters in a viral Christian pop group linked to their mother’s religious fanaticism, and tries to save them. Produced over 25 weeks across around 30 rural locations near Barcelona, it features 170 characters and 3,800 extras, shifting between the 1980s, the late 1990s and 2013; Mubi will launch it with two episodes.