Manu Ríos and Amaia Aberasturi talk about ‘The age of anger’, the series that seeks “to listen to a generation”

‘The Age of Rage’ is the new ATRESplayer PREMIUM series based on the homonymous novel by the writer Nando Lopez. This fiction, which opens on February 27, has a cast led by Manu Rios as the protagonist and with the participation of Amaia Aberasturi, Daniel Ibáñez, Carlos Alcaide and Eloy Azorín.

The adaptation of the novel has been carried out by the screenwriters Juanma Ruiz de Córdoba and Lucía Carballal. The action takes place in four chapters that start with a shocking tragedy.

This is the character of Manu Ríos in ‘The Age of Wrath’

Manu Rios is a famous Spanish influencer who has millions of followers on social networks and who made the leap to fiction with his participation in the series ‘Elite’.

In ‘The Age of Wrath’ he plays Mark, the protagonist. The life of this young man changes when he allegedly commits a heinous murder ending his father’s life and seriously injuring his brother. “I encourage people to reflect when they finish seeing it, it has been a wonderful project“, comments Manu Ríos to lasexta.com.

On the other hand, the influencer has also taken the opportunity to talk about Mental healthone of the topics covered in the series: “We are seeing day by day that there are still cases of adolescents with depression, with anxiety, with many problems and that is why ‘The Age of Anger’ is important, because we give the weight it has.”

Amaia Aberasturi, a young promise of interpretation

One of the actresses who has shared filming sessions with Manu Ríos is Amaia Aberasturi. Despite only being 24 years old, the young woman already has a Goya Award nomination for his role in the film ‘Akelarre’. In addition, he has participated in various fiction series such as ‘Cuéntame qué qué pasa’ or ’45 Revoluciones’.

Her character ‘The age of anger’ is Sandra, an idealistic young woman, conscientious and without any type of taboo regarding sexuality. “She is a girl who if she sees an injustice in class, she says it in a very determined way,” says the actress.

Aberasturi has also delved into the message that ‘The Age of Anger’ sends to young people: “It is going to teach us that don’t be afraid to be who you arethat homophobia must not be allowed… We also talk about social networks, anxiety or communication with parents”.

‘The age of anger’, a series full of meaning

The words of the main actors make it clear that ‘The Age of Rage’ is a series that connects with current social problemsemphasizing its impact on adolescents.

Nando Lopezauthor of the novel on which the series is based, explains: “What we’re looking for is that we really listen to this generation of adolescents who have a lot to say, who are living in a very polarized and contradictory context in which there is a lot of violence”.

The writer remarks that, in this context, fiction encourages “let’s not cross our arms” and stresses that adolescents need places and spaces in which to express themselves “without paternalism and without condescension”.