30 Coins

Father Vergara is an exorcist and ex-convict residing in the small Spanish town of Pedraza, attempting to move on from a troubled past. However, paranormal phenomena start taking place in the town and he will need the help of Paco, the mayor, and Elena, the town's veterinarian, to figure out a mystery seemingly related to a coin he owns, which might be one of the thirty pieces of silver paid to Judas Iscariot for betraying Jesus and handing him over to the Romans. The three will find themselves caught in the middle of a conspiracy involving the Holy See itself and threatening the world as we know it.

Set in Pedraza, the village was likewise a shooting location.

Main[5]

• Eduard Fernández as Padre Manuel Vergara (Father Manuel Vergara)
• Megan Montaner as Elena
• Miguel Ángel Silvestre as Paco
• Macarena Gómez as Merche

Other

• Pepón Nieto as Sargento Lagunas (Sargeant Lagunas)
• Manolo Solo as Cardinal Santoro[6]
• Cosimo Fusco as Angelo.[7]
• Carmen Machi as Carmen
• Paco Tous as Jesús
• Secun de la Rosa as Martín.[8]
• Javier Bódalo as Antonio (the village idiot).[6]
• Antonio Velázquez as Roque.[8]
• Nourdín Batán as Jaime.[8]
• Carla Campra as Vane.[8]
• Carla Tous as Sole.[8]
• Óscar Ortuño as Nacho.[8]
• Abril Montilla as Elvira.[8]
• Alberto Bang as Richi.[8]
• Leonardo Nigro as Sandro.[9]
• Luigi Diberti as Lombardi.[9]
• Víctor Clavijo as Mario.[10]
• Nuria González as Salcedo.[11]
• Greta Fernández as Miralles.
• Francisco Reyes as Lagrange.[7]

Scenes were shot in Pedraza and Sepúlveda (province of Segovia),[12] and the Aldeadávila Dam (province of Salamanca).[13] Other brief outdoor locations include New York, Jerusalem, Rome, Campo Real, Madrid, and Alcalá de Henares.[13] Some indoor scenes were shot in the Castle of Calatrava la Nueva in Aldea del Rey and the Palacio del Marqués de Santa Cruz in Viso del Marqués, both in the province of Ciudad Real;[14] the Castle of Guadamur (province of Toledo), the library of the Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España and the University of Salamanca's General Historical Library.[13]

The first episode of the eight-part first season premiered on HBO Europe on 29 November 2020.[4] The rest of the episodes will be released on a weekly basis. The series will air in the United States via HBO and HBO Max in 2021, prior to its airing on HBO Latin America.[4]

The first episode was screened at the 77th Venice International Film Festival on September 11, 2020.[1]

Scout Tafoya of rogerebert.com found the series entertaining, writing that de la Iglesia and Guerricaechevarría "peddle a Catholic version of the Cosmic Horrors of William Hope Hodgson and H.P. Lovecraft"; "their style a crispy plait of Luis Buñuel and Alex Cox".[15] IGN writes "Much of the strength of 30 Coins comes from [its] trio of leads," and that "easily the best thing about the show is that, aside from the horror, it also works as an Indiana Jones-style artifact quest," giving it 8 out of 10.[16] Marissa de la Cerda writing for The A.V. Club writes "the grotesqueries that de la Iglesia is known for are on full display in the phantasmagoric visuals and viscera". She grades it a B, concluding that it "successfully lean[s] into its drama-horror hybrid to underscore the characters’ humanity."[17]

• 30 Coins at IMDb