NEW SCRIPTED SERIES 13 x 50’

“We can win if we do it together; me with you and you with me. I promise we’ll do it differently.”

UNSTOPPABLE They were told they couldn’t, and so they did. A group of adolescent girls, all of them roller hockey players, confront their day-to-day challenges through the sport. Their team may lose on ADOLESCENCEthe court, but· ANGER will be winners in life.· PAIN · STRUGGLE

“Roller Girls” is a series that addresses the subject of female adoles- cence in an honest way, with the occasional daring touch. It directly and unapologetically deals with topics such as monthly periods, friend- CONCEPT ship, toxic relationships, same-gender sex, teenage pregnancy, misun- derstandings, frustrations, dreams, struggles and pain.

This sport, and the club to which the girls belong, are elements that link them and serve as the setting for the different stories that play out.

Youth, and young people’s view of life, has its effect on everyone, including adults, parents and coaches. The action unfolds in a small- town environment where our protagonists must struggle to shape their own identity, setting aside rumors and expectations.

Music and the social networks play a significant role in each episode. They are an integral part of the characters’ lives, adding an innovative and inclusive edge to the series.

With its realistic tone, the conflicts that arise are treated as they would be in everyday life: straightforward, alive, filled with emotion and truth.

Following Polseres Vermelles (Red Band Society) and Merlí (Merlin), TV3- Televisió de Catalunya now takes on a very female-focused and emotionally-charged subject with the force associated with large pro- ductions. SYNOPSIS

Anna, a professional hockey player returns to her home town to recuperate from a sport-related injury, though that is not the only reason. Her former coach, Júlia Terrats, oversees her rehabilitation process.

Once she arrives back she discovers that her first hockey club, Patí Minerva (Minerva Skate), is on the verge of closing down the women’s hockey section because the coach has left. Anna considers coaching the junior women’s team to keep it going, but only while she’s recovering from her injury.

From that moment on, she and her skaters - Flor, Emma, Laia, Lorena, Berta, Raquel and Gina – go into a training mode that takes them beyond the game itself. All of the girls, each one with her own individual conflicts and solu- ADOLESCENCE · ANGER · PAIN · STRUGGLE tions, must learn to share in order to win, both in the rink and in life in general.

Winning by Sharing

FRIENDSHIP · LOVE· SEX · DREAMS STORYLINES

Competing also means knowing how to lose Re-making your life without your ex When your mother comes home Sibling rivalry Fear of death and distancing between a couple

When a girl says No, it means No Battle for the presidency

More than just a friendship Leave the village, or stay there Pregnant at age 16 An injury can change your life An ADHD problem Music and frienship

LOVE RIVALRY JEALOUSYABUSE COMPLICITYBETRAYAL DETERMINATION ImaginationEFFORT VALUES

FAN EFFECT

Well-defined and varied female characters. Rich in nuances and contradictions.

SCRIPT

Dynamic stories that display truths and facilitate quick identification with the characters. Intersecting episodes charged with emotions and con- flicts that open and close. Stories that young people and family audiences can relate to.

MUSIC

Diegetic music, created by and for the series. It serves to bring emotions to the fore and set the mood for the viewer. Targeted to a young audience that connects with and feeds on diversity and musical richness. CHARACTERS

ANNA RICOU 25 years old Anna is Emma’s sister and the team coach. She is polite and can gracefully handle any so- cial situation with which she’s faced. Having trained as a hockey player for so many years, he has a bit of a complex about her strong and muscular body, so she’s always dated ath- letic types in order not to feel too “masculine” in their presence. Be that as it may, everyone in the town has always considered her the perfect girl. She was always head of the class, the best female hockey player and a friend to all.

When she decided to go to Alcalá de Henares to do a Master’s degree in Biochemistry, Júlia Terrats arranged for her to be able to join the women’s hockey team there, and now she has a year of playing professional hockey under her belt.

She’s feeling very lost and isn’t sure who she is or what she wants to do. Having returned home after 5 years, Anna and has told everyone that it’s because she’s been offered a job in a prestigious laboratory in the region. But in fact she has come back because she was removed from the team because of positive results on doping tests and after a few months could no longer continue living off of her savings.

Once back in her home town, Anna feels like all of the ghosts of the past have found their way back into her life: the distant and strained relationship with her sister Emma; her de- pendence on her former coach and “sports mother” (Júlia Terrats); the unresolved sexual tension with Germán, and more. But, at the same time, facing the new challenge of coach- ing a girls’ hockey team has provided her with a goal and renewed her hopes and energy. When all is said and done, hockey is what has always kept her moving forward. JÚLIA TERRATS 40 years old Júlia Terrats is a tough, competitive woman and very dedicated to hockey. She coached the girl’s hockey team in its peak period, when Anna was one of its great players. She is like a member of Anna’s family, having been best friends with Santi since they first met through the Club as youngsters, and was the first to warmly welcome his partner Núria when she moved to the village out of love for Santi.

Now she’s the coach of the senior men’s team that Oscar plays on, and which has been the subject of certain controversy: a woman coaching a first division male team? But nothing can stop her.

Júlia wants to have a child. She feels like it’s time, and her biological clock is telling her that it’s now or never, but so far hasn’t had any success with In Vitro Fertilization. She doesn’t have a partner and has had to pay for the expensive IVF procedures herself, though they have all ended in miscarriages. The only ones who know anything about this are her niece Berta, Anna, and her best friend, Santi, who begins to get a little uncomfortable with all of this personal information. Finally, it is Anna who helps her see that maybe she isn’t really so interested in having a child after all, and that perhaps all she wants is to compete against herself or biology. Júlia decides to put her name forward as a candidate for Club president, in competition with Enric for the position. She promises the girls that if she wins, the women’s section will regain its strong standing. CHARACTERS

BERTA 18 years old Berta is the goalie and the captain of the team. Though slightly on the chubby side, she has never felt ill at ease with her body; quite the con- trary. She wants to go into Medicine and so takes her secondary school studies very seriously, steadily getting good grades. She worries more about others than herself, and is generous, understanding and kind. The girls on the team consider her a special friend in whom they can confide, because she always listens and offers good advice. Nonetheless, she can sometimes be slightly controlling and pushy when they don’t want to share something with her.

She lives with her mother and her aunt, Júlia Terrats. Her mother travels a lot for her work and spends extended periods of time away from home. As a result, the person she truly lives with is Júlia. She and her boyfriend, Lluc, have been together for seven months and have a good relationship, although people can’t quite understand what they are doing together; she is very responsible and he is a featherbrained ne’er-do-well.

Berta finds out she’s pregnant. LORENA 17 years old Lorena lives for hockey. Like her brother Oscar, who plays on the senior boy’s team, the two of them have shared a passion for the sport since they were little. The family had nothing to do with that; they just went for it. Both of them also like climbing and head out to the mountains whenev- er they can. Lorena is an enthusiastic, open person with a great sense of humor.

Her mother Silvia runs the bar at the sports pavilion. The two of them are very close and can talk about everything. Her father is called “Pela” and he and Silvia have been separated for years, but he shows up on the home front frequently, coming in and out when he feels like it; though he’s not a typical father, they love him as he is, and have a good relation- ship with him. But you can’t count on him when you need him, and they know that.

Lorena doesn’t know what she wants to study, but she’s clear about leav- ing the village. She has always admired Anna and wants to follow in her footsteps and go to Alcalá de Henares. Her mother is not quite sure about that idea, but Lorena is determined to go there. Lorena and Gina are very close friends. Gina has always been in love with her, but has never outwardly confessed that. EMMA 15 years old She is Anna’s little sister and since they were always being compared to each other, she grew up feeling inferior to her older sister. As a result she emotionally shielded herself from feeling hurt, but is much more vulnerable and sensitive than she appears. Generally, she is straight-talking and nev- er minces words; is impulsive and always challenges authority. She really likes music and, in fact, is into Trap.

Hockey is very important to her. When Anna comes home, everything goes haywire for her: her sister moves back into their bedroom and also becomes the team coach.

This difficult relationship between the two of them really upsets her and she finds relief from that through Skype conversations with her mother, which brings mother and daughter together again and their relationship improves. Simultaneously, Emma goes on Instagram as a guy – Martí 1990 – leading to chats with her sister Anna and to learning more about her. Through that parallel relationship, the two sisters really get to know each other.

Laila is her best friend. CHARACTERS

LAILA 15 years old Laila’s father is Moroccan and her mother is Catalan. She is a very shy and reserved girl, but also has a restless side to her. She has a lot of trou- ble concentrating on her studies which has always been a sore point with her father, who wants her to study and get ahead. She’s been playing hockey for years and really enjoys the sport. Though she’s not one of the top players, she holds her own. Laila often just follows the crowd, be- cause she’s not very sure of herself. Her best friend dating back to child- hood is Emma, who has always played the dominant role in the friendship.

One could say she plays “second fiddle” in their very strange symbiotic relationship. Laila always does whatever Emma wants, but if anyone gives Laila a hard time, Emma is right there defending and protecting her.

Laila has undergone a sudden physical change; from one day to the next her body has turned into that of a young woman and she doesn’t quite know how to deal with the situation. Boys are beginning to show interest in her, and if she’s not a little girl anymore, who is she? Her new interest in skating has led to developing a friendship with Nil and gaining some distance from Emma, but that also allows her to establish her own identity. CHARACTERS

GINA 17 years old Gina is a very idealistic, enthusiastic, and extroverted girl. She fervently supports feminism and tries to guide her life around that. As a result, it’s very hard for her to accept the personal contradictions and incoherencies that arise. She is bi-sexual and a strongly defends open relationships and polyamory. She constantly tries to talk about politics and social issues with her friends, who often tell her to lighten up. Nonetheless, that doesn’t discourage her and she keeps on fighting her own personal fight for what she believes in.

She joined the hockey team precisely to help keep the women’s section going. Though she had skated for many years, she doesn’t have a clue about hockey and that sometimes makes her feel like a bit of an outsider in the group.

Gina would like to receive more recognition for her efforts but will never admit that because she believes in showing unselfish concern for others and, basically, would do anything for her friends. FLOR 17 years old Flor arrived from Argentina a year ago. Her parents In fact, she almost talks more with her Argentinian separated and she now lives here with her mother, friends via WhatsApp than she does with the girls but is impatiently awaiting her eighteenth birthday on the team, and she keeps up a long-distance to be able to go back there. This nostalgia for the relationship with Valen, a girl from back home. past and her focus on the future keep her from Plus, Flor is playing hockey here since she did that living in the present. She doesn’t want to develop a in Argentina as well and she doesn’t want to lose close relationship with anyone from here, because practice because she wants to play on a profes- she figures that it’s not worth it if she’ll soon be sional level in the near future when she returns. leaving.

RAQUEL 16 years old Raquel is one of the most popular girls at school. belong to a different club, she’s only been on the She’s part of a clique of “cool kids” which also in- girls’ hockey team for a few years, and doesn’t cludes her boyfriend Oscar, who’s a bit older. She feel completely integrated. It’s really important for really likes riding motorcycles and is always shut- her to feel like she belongs to a group, perhaps tling people here and there, as a favor. because her parents each go their own separate ways and have never paid much attention to her. Nontheless, she doesn’t have any really close friends. When she needs to talk to someone, she doesn’t know who to turn to. Since she used to CHARACTERS

ENRIC 58 years old Enric is Nil’s father. He’s a widower and has recently He wasn’t willing to work for someone else if he taken early retirement. Enric is a serious and intellec- wasn’t going to be the one in charge. tual individual whom people have always considered Since then he’s been devoting a lot of time to the a bit cold and distant. He has been President of the Club and to his son. Now Nil would prefer that his Hockey Club for some years.He owned a feed factory father not be so hands-on and suggests that he go but decided to retire when a foreign multinational on Tinder to meet a woman. bought out his company.

SÍLVIA 35 years old

Sílvia is Òscar’s and Lorena’s mother and is a very She’s clear, however, that the marriage didn’t energetic, lively woman. She’s always known how work and never will. Her mother, Rosa, is retired to deal with the cards that have been dealt her, and and although she is a help on the home front, Sílvia is a survivor. She runs the bar at the sports pavilion. doesn’t like her mother meddling in her personal She had her first child, Òscar, at age 17. life and being so controlling, as though she were an She is separated from Pela, with whom she has adolescent again. kept up a very good relationship. Sílvia meets Enric on Tinder and they end up falling madly in love. CHARACTERS

SANTI 50 years old Santi is married to Núria and is Anna’s and Emma’s His best friend, from the time they met through the father and Enric’s brother. Members of his immediate Club as youngsters, is Júlia Terrats, who is like a family have always played a role on the Club’s Board member of the family. of Directors. It’s like home to them. Santi is the Club Núria and Santi have been together for over thirty treasurer. years, and though they’ve had no problems through- He works as a free-lance interior designer. out that time, they seem to be a little bored with each other.

SÍLVIA 35 years old DAVID 38 years old

He is a good looking and friendly man, but slightly Anna’s return to her home town has revived the full of himself. Hockey has always played a big part sexual tension that always existed between the two in his life. His girlfriend, Montse, from a well-to-do of them. He gets involved with Anna to “feel young family in the town, has been diagnosed with multiple and alive” again. sclerosis. Montse’s parents are paying for David’s studies to pursue a second career, in Medicine. He feels indebted to them and to his partner. CREDITS

Episodes: 13 x 50’ Director: Kiko Claverol Showrunner: Raimon Masllorens Script: Cristina Clemente and Marta Grau Casting: Nora Navas (Júlia), Iría del Río (Anna), Natàlia Barrientos (Berta), Dèlia Brufau (Emma), Asia Ortega (Flor), Mireia Oriol (Lorena), Júlia Gibert (Raquel), Clàudia Riera (Gina) and Yasmina Drissi (Laila). Original concept by: Ona Anglada, Laura Azemar, Natàlia Boadas and Marta Vivet Production: TV3-Televisió de Catalunya and Brutal Media TV3-Televisió de Catalunya is the generalist television channel in and the primary driving force behind its audiovisual industry.

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