The Route (TV series)

The Route (La ruta) is a Spanish television series created by Borja Soler and Roberto Martín Maiztegui for Atresplayer Premium which stars Àlex Monner, Claudia Salas, Ricardo Gómez, Elisabet Casanovas and Guillem Barbosa.

Plot
Featuring the backdrop of the Ruta Destroy clubbing movement, the fiction, following a group of friends "intensely living" the aforementioned cultural scene, starts in 1993 (when the massified "route" was declining), going backwards in time down to 1981.

Production
Created by Borja Soler and Roberto Martín Maiztegui, La ruta is an Atresmedia Televisión and Caballo Films production. Consisting of 8 episodes, the series was directed by Borja Soler (episodes 1, 2, 3 and 8), Belén Funes (4 and 5) and Carlos Marqués-Marcet (6 and 7). Shooting began in late January 2022 in the Valencia region, and had already wrapped by late May 2022.

Release
The series premiered on Atresplayer Premium on 13 November 2022.

Accolades

 * rowspan = "8" align = "center" | 2023 || rowspan = "6" | 10th Feroz Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Drama Series || Won || rowspan = "6" |
 * Best Actress in a TV Series || Claudia Salas || Won
 * Best Actor in a TV Series || Àlex Monner || Nominated
 * Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series || Elisabet Casanovas || Nominated
 * Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series || Ricardo Gómez || Nominated
 * Best Screenplay in a TV Series || Borja Soler, Roberto Martín Maiztegui, Clara Botas, Silvia Herreros de Tejada || Won
 * 31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards || Best Television Actor in a Secondary Role || Ricardo Gómez || Nominated ||
 * 70th Ondas Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Spanish Drama Series || Won || align = "center" |
 * rowspan = "2" | 2024 || rowspan = "2" | 25th Iris Awards || Best Actor || Ricardo Gómez || Pending || rowspan = "2" |
 * Best Fiction Cinematography || Diego Cabezas || Pending
 * }
 * Best Screenplay in a TV Series || Borja Soler, Roberto Martín Maiztegui, Clara Botas, Silvia Herreros de Tejada || Won
 * 31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards || Best Television Actor in a Secondary Role || Ricardo Gómez || Nominated ||
 * 70th Ondas Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Spanish Drama Series || Won || align = "center" |
 * rowspan = "2" | 2024 || rowspan = "2" | 25th Iris Awards || Best Actor || Ricardo Gómez || Pending || rowspan = "2" |
 * Best Fiction Cinematography || Diego Cabezas || Pending
 * }
 * rowspan = "2" | 2024 || rowspan = "2" | 25th Iris Awards || Best Actor || Ricardo Gómez || Pending || rowspan = "2" |
 * Best Fiction Cinematography || Diego Cabezas || Pending
 * }
 * }