Movistar Plus+ Premieres 'Por cien millones' on Quini Kidnapping

Movistar Plus+ will premiere the original series *Por cien millones* on 26 March, recreating the 1981 kidnapping of FC Barcelona striker Enrique Castro 'Quini' in Zaragoza.

The three-episode production, created and directed by Nacho G. Velilla and Oriol Capel, debuted at the Málaga Festival on Sunday. Creators and cast members, including Vito Sanz, Gabriel Guevara and Agustín Otón, attended the presentation. The series draws from the dramatic events that gripped Spain after Quini vanished on 1 March 1981, following a Camp Nou match against Hércules where he scored twice.

Three unemployed mechanics from Zaragoza—Alfonso, Raúl and Salva—hatched a desperate scheme amid financial hardship. They abducted the star forward and demanded a 100-million-peseta ransom, an enormous sum at the time. The story held the nation, and FC Barcelona's supporters, in suspense for 24 days until police discovered Quini in a makeshift cell at the kidnappers' mechanics workshop in a working-class neighbourhood.

The series centres on the kidnappers, played by Raúl Arévalo, Vito Sanz and Gabriel Guevara, with Agustín Otón portraying the Asturian footballer. It adopts a human, ironic lens on the perpetrators—ordinary workers driven by precarity who learn harsh lessons about crime's realities. Supporting roles feature Aixa Villagrán, Natalia Huarte, María de Nati, La Dani, Julia de Castro, Nacho Guerreros, Teresa Rabal and Josele Román.

Blending tension, humour and social commentary, the drama revisits a landmark case from early 1980s Spain that exposed stark economic struggles.