Atresmedia has acquired the broadcasting rights of Maximumthe series that narrates the beginning of the romance between the current queen consort of the Netherlands and King William Alexander.
After becoming one of the most critically acclaimed productions at the latest edition of the Cannes International Series Festival, Canneseries, the company has reached an agreement with Beta Film and the fiction can soon be seen exclusively on one of the Atresmedia channels.
Maximum It has six chapters of 50 minutes each and It stars the Argentine actress Delfina Chaves as Máxima, and the Dutchman Martijn Lakemeier, who will play King William Alexander.
The fiction, based on the bestseller Máxima Zorreguieta: Motherlandby Marcia Luyten, discover the life of the current dutch queen before becoming part of the House of Orange.
From the moment when Máxima, a young Argentine woman, appears next to the Dutch crown prince, is in the spotlight. But when William Alexander asks her to marry him, her past catches up with him.
The filming of this blockbuster took place in Argentina, Belgium, Spain, the United States and the Netherlands. It has already been released on Videoland, the platform for streaming from RTL in the Netherlands, and has already confirmed its next broadcast in Italy (RAI), Germany (RTL), Latin America (Warner Bros. Discovery), Austria (ORF), Latvia (LTV) or Hong Kong (Now TV), among other territories.
In the words of Rachel van Bommel, executive producer of the fiction, “Máxima’s story is close and inspiring, and is told from the point of view of a strong and independent woman. When you write a series based on real events, one has You have to constantly ask yourself where the truth and accuracy are. In this series we tell the story of an emotional journey, from Máxima’s old life to her new life, and the drama that accompanied it. To do this, we used the extensive and thorough research that Marcia Luyten carried out for her book, as well as the subsequent research that we did ourselves. The scenes are thoughtfully written. We will always see how the series develops the story through Máxima’s eyes. “That’s what will attract audiences.”
For her part, the director of MaximumSaskia Diesing, says: “In this series we want to create an emotional, sincere and intimate portrait of Máxima. Accessible and recognizable for a wide audience and, at the same time, which does not hide the most unpleasant and striking events of her family history, but that brings them to light. During filming, the first and most important thing for me is that the camera work is at the service of emotion. In fact, the different locations and cities lend themselves perfectly to this, in life. Real, he is someone you can’t stop looking at. We were looking for someone who had exactly that thing that makes you want to keep looking at her. At Delfina Chaves we managed to find it.”
