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La casa de los espíritus

The House of the Spirits
Berlinale Special Series 2026
© Amazon MGM Studios
Based on Isabel Allende’s bestselling book, The House of the Spirits is an eight-episode, multi-generational family saga spanning half a century, centred on the revolutionary Trueba women – Clara, Blanca and Alba – in a conservative South American country shaped by class struggle, political upheaval and magic. Told through Alba’s perspective in the 1970s, the series moves between past and present as she turns to her grandmother Clara’s diaries to make sense of her family’s history and her country’s fractured soul. Through Clara’s memories, we trace the rise of the Trueba family alongside the violent entrenchment of social hierarchies, as love, power and ideology collide on a rural hacienda and in gilded halls. Across generations, the women of the family resist oppression through compassion, forbidden love and political awakening – until private lives and national history become inseparable, and memory itself emerges as the most radical act of survival.
by Francisca Alegría (Showrunner, Director), Fernanda Urrejola (Showrunner), Andrés Wood (Showrunner, Director)
with Alfonso Herrera, Dolores Fonzi, Nicole Wallace, Fernanda Castillo, Antonia Zegers Chile 2026 Spanish 136' Colour World premiere

With

  • Alfonso Herrera (Estaban Trueba)
  • Dolores Fonzi (Clara del Valle)
  • Nicole Wallace (Young Clara del Valle)
  • Fernanda Castillo (Ferula Trueba)
  • Antonia Zegers (Luisa Mora)

Crew

Showrunners Francisca Alegría, Fernanda Urrejola, Andrés Wood
Directors Francisca Alegría, Andrés Wood
Screenplay Francisca Alegría, Fernanda Urrejola, Mauricio Leiva-Cock, Germán Maggiori
Cinematography Manuel Alberto Claro, Arnaldo Rodríguez
Editing Andrea Chignoli
Music Tomás Videla
Sound Design Miguel Hormazábal
Production Design Rodrigo Bazaes
Costumes Carolina Espina
Make-Up Carolina Fernandez
Art Director Marichi Palacios
Casting Roberto Matus, Alejandro Reza
Animation Alejandro Valente
Executive Producers Courtney Saladino, Isabel Allende, Glen Basner, Eva Langoria, Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Ben Spector, Adam Berkowitz, Stefanie Berk

Produced by

FilmNation Entertainment

New York, USA

Amazon Studios

Los Angeles, USA

Photos

Francisca Alegría

© Daniel Gil

The writer, director and producer studied screenwriting and directing at Columbia University in New York. Her debut feature La vaca que cantó una canción hacia el futuro premiered at Sundance. She currently serves as showrunner, director and writer on La casa de los espíritus.

Filmography (selection)

2022 La vaca que cantó una canción hacia el futuro (The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future); director 2026 La casa de los espíritus (The House of the Spirits); series, showrunner & director

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2026

Fernanda Urrejola

© Javiera Eyzaguirre

The actor, producer and screenwriter studied at Duoc UC in Santiago de Chile and at Alfredo Castro’s Escuela de la Memoria. She began her acting career in 2003 with the TV series 16. Since relocating to Los Angeles in 2016, her acting credits include Narcos: México and Clint Eastwood’s Cry Macho. She is a co-writer of La vaca que cantó una canción hacia el futuro and is currently serving as writer, actor, showrunner and executive producer on La casa de los espíritus.

Filmography (selection)

2026 La casa de los espíritus (The House of the Spirits); series, showrunner

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2026

Andrés Wood

The director, screenwriter and producer has made numerous films including Machuca; La Buena Vida, which won a Goya Award; Violeta se fue a los cielos and Araña. He has produced television series including Los 80, Ecos del Desierto and Ramona. In 2022, he directed, wrote and executive produced the series Noticia de un secuestro which won six Platino Awards.

Filmography (selection)

2004 Machuca; director 2011 Violeta se fue a los cielos (Violeta Went to Heaven); director 2019 Araña (Spider); director 2022 Noticia de un secuestro (News of a Kidnapping); series, director 2026 La casa de los espíritus (The House of the Spirits); series, showrunner & director

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2026