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Animal Premieres on Netflix With Luis Zahera Leading a Galicia-Set Comedy

Critics highlight a feel-good tone with light social satire in an eight-episode, short-format series.

Overview

  • The series centers on Antón, a rural veterinarian pushed by farm precarity to take a job at his niece Uxía’s luxury pet boutique.
  • Luis Zahera, a two-time Goya winner, takes his first starring turn in a comedy series opposite Lucía Caraballo.
  • The Netflix original runs eight episodes of about 25 minutes, produced by Alea Media and directed by Víctor García León and Alberto de Toro.
  • Filming took place across Galicia, with locations such as Pazo Dioño (Touro), Pontemaceira, Teo, Vedra, Cecebre, Santiago de Compostela, and Finca Donicio in Arzúa.
  • Early coverage cites a warm, feel-good tone with gentle social satire, and the show is reported to have entered Netflix’s Top 10 at launch.