The Hockey Girls
The Hockey Girls ("Catalan: Les de l'hoquei") is a 2019 Catalan-language TV series produced by Brutal Media and TV3, which is the official Catalan channel. It was premiered on April 29, 2019. It was, initially, a final degree project of 4 students who studied "Comunicació Audiovisual" (translated as: "audiovisual communication") at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Laura Azemar, Ona Anglada, Natàlia Boadas i Marta Vivet. They presented the project to Pitching Audiovisual of the Audiovisual Cluster of Catalonia , whose main goal is to connect and create a network with all the elements and institutions of the audiovisual  area. It aroused interest from different Catalan production companies, among which was found Brutal Media, which finally shaped the project. It is about a girls’ roller hockey team and a community of people involved with hockey. The series was awarded with the equality prize of CIMA in the FesTVal. CIMA is an association set up by women which expects to encourage the presence of women in the audiovisual media. It was added to the Netflix catalogue in September 2019. Synopsis. When Germán, coach of the Club Patí Minerva women's hockey team, decides to leave them in order to train  the rival team called "Olímpic", the club president (Enric Ricou) decides that the best solution is to get rid of the team because of economic problems and because he does not believe in female sport. The team players, who are Berta, Emma, Laila, Lorena, Raquel and Flor and who are in high school, struggle to save the women's team in their club while they try to find their place inside and outside the team. At the same time, Anna Ricou, who is Emma's sister and who had won the Spanish and European Championships during her experience in the  club, returns home from Lisbon to recover from an injury and get away with the darkest episode of her sportive career: she caused the coma of one of her teammates after a fight. Finally, Anna gets involved with the girls’ team and she's asked to coach them. Themes. So many powerful themes and storylines are brought into the series. There are stories around women's rights, women's agency, pregnancy, abortion, sex, family relationships, ADHD, corruption, body image, team spirit, racism, teamwork, responsibility, sexuality, and coming of age. Cast. The main characters are: The other characters are: Release. "The  Hockey Girls" was released on April 29, 2019 on TV3. Places. The series was shot in different places in the area of Vallès Occidental, Catalonia. The sports centre called Pavelló Municipal Maria Victor de l'Hoquei Club Palau de Plegamans was the main location. Also, we could highlight, the church of Santa Maria de Palau-solità or the streets of the town. Another important place was the farmhouse located in Canovelles which is called as "Can Marquès". Soundtrack. The official website of the series highlights 7 songs of the soundtrack, which are the most successful or popular ones. The first one  is the main theme of the soundtrack, "Juntes" (together), which has some features related to hip-hop, Soul and R&B. It is sung by a 23-year-old Catalan singer called Kyle, who also has written and composed it. She has about 9.000 followers on YouTube and 15.000 on Instagram. The second one comes from the second episode, which starts with the song "Dones" (women), sung by Tesa, Andrea, JazzWoman and Ery. The third one comes from the moment of the scene between Gina and Lorena in the fourth episode. The song is called "Adicta" (addicted) and it is sung  by Lennis Rodriguez. The others are: