04/05/2012
Based on Robert Wilson´s bestselling novels, Falcón is the new Canal + tv series, a coproduction with ZDF. Plural Entertainment produces in Spain this Mammoth Screen project for Sky Atlantic.
The role of Javier Falcón, a Chief Inspector in the Seville police,is played by Marton Csokas, best known as Elven Lord Celeborn in Peter Jackson´s Lord of the Rings trilogy as well as appearing alongside Helen Mirren in The Debt.
Falcón is a brilliant detective whose personal and professional life is compromised by dark secrets from the past in this ambitious and complex new series.
FALCÓN: The Blind Man of Seville, follows Falcón´s investigation into a brutal killing which stirs long forgotten memories. As Falcón investigates the crime, and finds himself drawn to the widow of the victim, he finds that the recent crimes in Seville seem to have echoes with his own family history.
Joining Csokas in FALCÓN: The Blind Man Of Seville are Charlie Creed-Miles (The Fifth Element, Harry Brown) as Ramirez, Falcón?s deputy in the Seville Police and Hayley Atwell (Captain America, Any Human Heart) as Consuelo Jimenez, the widow of a murder victim who may also be the number one suspect. Emilia Fox (Silent Witness, The Pianist) plays Ines, the estranged wife of Falcón, whilst Kerry Fox (Cloudstreet, Shallow Grave) is his sister, Manuela.
Veteran actor Bernard Hill (Titanic, The Lord of The Rings) takes the role of Ramon Salgado, wealthy art dealer and friend of Falcón?s father, the renowned, but now deceased artist Francisco Falcón. Santiago Cabrerra (Merlin, Heroes) plays Judge Esteban Calderon.