Cristóbal Balenciaga (TV series)

Cristóbal Balenciaga is a Spanish biographical drama television miniseries created by Lourdes Iglesias, Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga, and starring Alberto San Juan as Spanish fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga. The series premiered on Disney on 19 January 2024.

Premise

In 1937, after a successful career with his ateliers in Madrid and San Sebastián dressing the Spanish elite and aristocracy, the designer Cristóbal Balenciaga made the international leap by presenting his first haute couture collection in Paris. However, the designs that set trends in Spain did not work in the sophisticated fashion empire that Paris had become, where Chanel, Dior and Givenchy were the benchmark for haute couture. Guided by his obsession for control in all aspects of his life, Balenciaga would define his style to become one of the greatest designers in history.

Cast and characters

Main

Alberto San Juan as Cristóbal Balenciaga
Thomas Coumans as Wladzio D'Attainville, Cristóbal's boyfriend
Adam Quintero as Ramón Esparza
Josean Bengoetxea as Nicolás Bizkarrondo
Cecilia Solaguren as Virgilia Mendizabal
Gemma Whelan as Prudence Glynn
Anouk Grinberg as Coco Chanel
Patrice Thibaud as Christian Dior
Adrien Dewitte as Hubert de Givenchy
Claude Perron as Renée Tamisier
Camille Glémet as Suzanne
Émeline Bayart as Florette

Recurring

Nine d'Urso as Colette
Iñake Irastorza as Vera

Guest

Elvira Cuadrupani as Bettina Ballard
Gabrielle Lazure as Carmel Snow
Itziar Aizpuru as Cristóbal's mother
Ane Urtizberea as Ruth
Francis Leplay as Lucien Lelong
Roxane Duran as Cécile
Christian Abart as Heim
Jean Paul Szybura as Marcel Boussac
Armel Cazedepats as Philippe Venet
Anna-Victoire Olivier as Audrey Hepburn
Marjorie Glantz as Edith Head
Belén Cuesta as Fabiola
Olalla Hernández as Carmen

Episodes

Production

On 12 November 2021, Disney announced that they would produce their first original series in Spain: Balenciaga, a biographical series about Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga. In June 2022, Alberto San Juan was cast as Balenciaga, while the rest of the cast was revealed in July 2022. In late September 2022, it was announced that the series was on track to complete filming after four months of work in various locations.

When Disney announced the premiere date for the series, it was revealed that at some point in production the title of the series had changed from Balenciaga to Cristóbal Balenciaga.

Release

On 30 October 2023, Disney released the teaser trailer and announced that the series would premiere on Disney in Spain and on Star in Latin America on 19 January 2024. On 18 December 2023, the final trailer for the series was released.