# Alba (2021 TV series)
**Alba** is a Spanish television drama series produced by Boomerang TV and Atresmedia, adapted from the Turkish series *Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?*, which premiered on Atresplayer Premium on 28 March 2021 and ran for one season of 13 episodes of about 50 minutes each.[1](https://www.madrid.org/filmmadrid/descargas/Rodajes-Series-CM-2021-v2.pdf) Created by Carlos Martín and Ignasi Rubio and led by Elena Rivera in the title role, it follows a young woman who, after being gang-raped during a party night in her hometown, fights to identify and prosecute her four assailants, three of whom are the best friends of her boyfriend.[1](https://www.madrid.org/filmmadrid/descargas/Rodajes-Series-CM-2021-v2.pdf) After strong performance on Atresplayer and Antena 3, the series reached Netflix's international Top 5 of most-watched titles within weeks of its release there and became one of the most-watched Spanish titles on the platform in 2022.[2](https://www.grupoboomerangtv.com/es/producciones/alba) • [3](https://www.c21media.net/news/atresmedia-drama-series-alba-and-entre-tierras-find-buyers-across-europe)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | 1 season, 13 episodes of approximately 50 minutes; drama, in Spanish[1](https://www.madrid.org/filmmadrid/descargas/Rodajes-Series-CM-2021-v2.pdf) |
| First broadcast | Atresplayer Premium, 28 March 2021; later on Antena 3[1](https://www.madrid.org/filmmadrid/descargas/Rodajes-Series-CM-2021-v2.pdf) |
| Created by | Carlos Martín and Ignasi Rubio; based on the Turkish series *Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?*[1](https://www.madrid.org/filmmadrid/descargas/Rodajes-Series-CM-2021-v2.pdf) |
| Directors | Pablo Guerrero, Carlota Martínez Pereda, and Humberto Miró[1](https://www.madrid.org/filmmadrid/descargas/Rodajes-Series-CM-2021-v2.pdf) |
| Main cast | Elena Rivera (Alba), Eric Masip (Bruno), Álvaro Rico (Jacobo), Adriana Ozores (Mercedes), Miquel Fernández (César), Tito Valverde (Víctor Entrerríos)[4](https://spainaudiovisualhub.digital.gob.es/en/panorama/series/alba) |
| Filming locations | Villajoyosa, Alicante, Benidorm, and Madrid; Costa Blanca settings include Playa de Bol Nou and the Serra Gelada natural park[1](https://www.madrid.org/filmmadrid/descargas/Rodajes-Series-CM-2021-v2.pdf) • [2](https://www.grupoboomerangtv.com/es/producciones/alba) |
| International run | Added to Netflix on 15 July 2022 in many markets; reached the platform's international Top 5 within weeks[5](https://flixboss.com/series/alba-81423382) • [2](https://www.grupoboomerangtv.com/es/producciones/alba) |
## Spoilers
### Premise
Alba is a fearless young woman who returns to her hometown for the summer holidays with her boyfriend Bruno, whom she plans to introduce to her family. After a night of partying she is gang-raped by four young men and wakes the next morning naked on the beach with no memory of what happened.[2](https://www.grupoboomerangtv.com/es/producciones/alba) She sets out to identify the four aggressors and discovers that three of them are Bruno's best friends; when she uncovers the identity of the fourth man, she finds that the nightmare is only beginning.[2](https://www.grupoboomerangtv.com/es/producciones/alba)
The fourth assailant is Jacobo Entrerríos (Álvaro Rico), member of a rich and powerful family that protects the perpetrators. Alba, together with Bruno, takes on the Entrerríos clan, public opinion, the trial, and her own circle, facing blackmail, lies, and even murder in her pursuit of justice.[6](https://www.sensacine.com/series/serie-26589/) A year before the events, Alba had left her predictable small-town life to study in Madrid, where a chance reunion with Bruno, her lifelong neighbor, grew into the relationship that the assault then shatters.[4](https://spainaudiovisualhub.digital.gob.es/en/panorama/series/alba)
The opening episode depicts the aftermath in detail, including the hostile medical and police questioning Alba endures as a rape victim with no memory of the attack; critics highlighted this raw treatment of the day after, for both the victim and the aggressors, as the series' strongest register.[7](https://www.eldiario.es/vertele/noticias/alba-critica-serie-atresplayer-premium-elena-rivera-estreno-violacion-multiple_1_7397335.amp.html)
### Cast and characters
Elena Rivera heads the cast as Alba, with Eric Masip as Bruno. The principal roles include Álvaro Rico as Jacobo Entrerríos, Pol Hermoso as Rubén, Jason Fernández as Hugo, Jorge Silvestre as Tirso, Adriana Ozores as Mercedes, Miquel Fernández as César, Candela Cruz as Miriam, Franky Martín as Toño, Antonio Gil as Eloy, Bea Segura as Clara, Caterina Mengs as Bego, Pepa Gracia as Giner, and Tito Valverde as Víctor Entrerríos, head of the Entrerríos family.[4](https://spainaudiovisualhub.digital.gob.es/en/panorama/series/alba)
## Production and adaptation
Atresmedia and Boomerang TV, which had previously collaborated, developed *Alba* after the worldwide success of the Turkish telenovela *Fatmagül*, which had been especially popular in Spain, reformulating the original story into 13 episodes of 50 minutes for a first season.[8](https://www.formulatv.com/series/alba/) Filming began in June 2020 in locations in the [Community of Madrid](https://www.edgepedia.org/community-of-madrid) and the province of Alicante.[9](https://www.antena3.com/series/alba/noticias/alba-nueva-serie-antena-completa-reparto-inicia-rodaje_202006175ee9d4ba65a80900018928e0.html)
The Turkish original derives from Vedat Türkali's 1976 novel *Fatmagül'ün Sucu Ne?*, and its screenplay carries the names of Vedat Türkali, Melek Gençoğlu, and Ece Yörenç, the veteran Turkish writer behind *Fatmagül*; the Spanish writing team included Irma Correa, Susana López Rubio, Javier Holgado, and Carlos Vila, with Ignasi Rubio and Carlos Martín as script coordinators.[10](https://www.elespanol.com/corazon/bluper/20210328/alba-remake-fatmagul-adaptado-atresmedia-historia-original/568944233_0.html) • [4](https://spainaudiovisualhub.digital.gob.es/en/panorama/series/alba) Executive production was credited to Montse García (Atresmedia), Luis Santamaría, and Pablo Guerrero (Boomerang TV).[4](https://spainaudiovisualhub.digital.gob.es/en/panorama/series/alba)
Atresmedia framed the adaptation within a deliberate strategy of producing Spanish versions of Turkish formats with national casts, so that the commercial success of Turkish drama would also benefit Spanish production.[10](https://www.elespanol.com/corazon/bluper/20210328/alba-remake-fatmagul-adaptado-atresmedia-historia-original/568944233_0.html) Montse García, Atresmedia's fiction director, later described the group's release pattern for such series as a "360 model": first on Atresplayer, then on Antena 3 for maximum exposure, and finally sold to a third operator for an international run, a sequence *Alba* followed with Netflix.[11](https://elpais.com/television/2025-08-12/la-encrucijada-o-como-el-modelo-de-las-series-turcas-se-abre-paso-en-la-ficcion-espanola.html)
## Differences from Fatmagül
The adaptation updates the story's social setting. Where *Fatmagül* reflects a deeply conservative Turkish society in which honor and reputation determine the protagonist's fate, *Alba* is set in present-day Spain and focuses on consent, support for the victim, the judicial process, and the legal tools against sexual violence.[12](https://www.atresplayer.com/actualidad/asi-alba-serie-espanola-inspirada-fatmagul-que-puedes-ver-atresplayer_202607146a61f44dda3add27d4ddacb3.html)
The protagonists also differ. Fatmagül, played by [Beren Saat](https://www.edgepedia.org/beren-saat) in the original, is a humble and reserved young woman judged constantly by her society; Alba, played by Elena Rivera, is an independent university student with a strong, determined personality who fights from the first moment to prove the truth.[12](https://www.atresplayer.com/actualidad/asi-alba-serie-espanola-inspirada-fatmagul-que-puedes-ver-atresplayer_202607146a61f44dda3add27d4ddacb3.html) The Spanish version also transposes the original's economic power conflict into a recognizable Spanish setting, centering it on a construction and real-estate dynasty, the Entrerríos family.[13](https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/critica-alba-remake-fatmagul-coquetea-turco-107190/)
## Release and reception
The series premiered on Atresplayer Premium on 28 March 2021 before its broadcast on Antena 3, where it ran until 1 June 2021 according to FormulaTV's series record; Moviefone lists the last air date as 20 June 2021.[1](https://www.madrid.org/filmmadrid/descargas/Rodajes-Series-CM-2021-v2.pdf) • [8](https://www.formulatv.com/series/alba/) • [14](https://www.moviefone.com/tv-shows/alba/6kQpAUCuFufWE8im7u7q13/where-to-watch/) Atresmedia rated it +16.[1](https://www.madrid.org/filmmadrid/descargas/Rodajes-Series-CM-2021-v2.pdf)
Its international second life began when Netflix added it on 15 July 2022 across numerous markets, with the first season of 13 episodes and the original European Spanish audio plus dubs and subtitles.[5](https://flixboss.com/series/alba-81423382) Within weeks it placed in the Top 5 of the platform's most-watched catalog internationally, and trade reporting described it as one of the most-watched Spanish titles on Netflix in 2022.[2](https://www.grupoboomerangtv.com/es/producciones/alba) • [3](https://www.c21media.net/news/atresmedia-drama-series-alba-and-entre-tierras-find-buyers-across-europe) Spanish critics received the premiere episode as a stark portrayal of rape culture and of the class protection enjoyed by wealthy perpetrators, while some judged the melodramatic prime-time treatment more conventional than its subject matter.[15](https://elpais.com/television/2021-03-26/alba-el-relato-de-la-cultura-de-la-violacion.html?rel=mas) • [16](https://www.espinof.com/criticas/alba-elena-rivera-eleva-correcta-version-espanola-fatmagul-atresplayer-que-potencia-dramatismo)
## References
1. [Alba, Film Madrid, Rodajes en la Comunidad de Madrid, Series 2021](https://www.madrid.org/filmmadrid/descargas/Rodajes-Series-CM-2021-v2.pdf)
2. [Alba, Boomerang TV](https://www.grupoboomerangtv.com/es/producciones/alba)
3. [Atresmedia drama series Alba and Entre Tierras find buyers across Europe, C21Media](https://www.c21media.net/news/atresmedia-drama-series-alba-and-entre-tierras-find-buyers-across-europe)
4. [Alba, Spain Audiovisual Hub](https://spainaudiovisualhub.digital.gob.es/en/panorama/series/alba)
5. [Where to watch 'Alba (2021)' on Netflix, Flixboss](https://flixboss.com/series/alba-81423382)
6. [Alba, SensaCine](https://www.sensacine.com/series/serie-26589/)
7. ['Alba': un crudo y doloroso retrato de la violación múltiple, eldiario.es VerTele](https://www.eldiario.es/vertele/noticias/alba-critica-serie-atresplayer-premium-elena-rivera-estreno-violacion-multiple_1_7397335.amp.html)
8. [Alba. Serie TV, FormulaTV](https://www.formulatv.com/series/alba/)
9. ['Alba', nueva serie de Antena 3, completa su reparto e inicia su rodaje, Antena 3](https://www.antena3.com/series/alba/noticias/alba-nueva-serie-antena-completa-reparto-inicia-rodaje_202006175ee9d4ba65a80900018928e0.html)
10. ['Alba', mucho más que un remake de 'Fatmagül', El Español Bluper](https://www.elespanol.com/corazon/bluper/20210328/alba-remake-fatmagul-adaptado-atresmedia-historia-original/568944233_0.html)
11. ['La encrucijada' o cómo el modelo de las series turcas se abre paso en la ficción española, El País](https://elpais.com/television/2025-08-12/la-encrucijada-o-como-el-modelo-de-las-series-turcas-se-abre-paso-en-la-ficcion-espanola.html)
12. [Así es Alba, la serie española inspirada en Fatmagül, atresplayer](https://www.atresplayer.com/actualidad/asi-alba-serie-espanola-inspirada-fatmagul-que-puedes-ver-atresplayer_202607146a61f44dda3add27d4ddacb3.html)
13. [Crítica de 'Alba', el remake de 'Fatmagül', FormulaTV](https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/critica-alba-remake-fatmagul-coquetea-turco-107190/)
14. [Alba (2021): Where to Watch & Stream, Moviefone](https://www.moviefone.com/tv-shows/alba/6kQpAUCuFufWE8im7u7q13/where-to-watch/)
15. ['Alba': el relato de la cultura de la violación, El País](https://elpais.com/television/2021-03-26/alba-el-relato-de-la-cultura-de-la-violacion.html?rel=mas)
16. ['Alba': Elena Rivera eleva una correcta versión española de 'Fatmagül', Espinof](https://www.espinof.com/criticas/alba-elena-rivera-eleva-correcta-version-espanola-fatmagul-atresplayer-que-potencia-dramatismo)
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