In January 2019, the Vota Juan series premiered, which had two unusual peculiarities: it was an original production of the thematic channel TNT and it was set in the world of politics. The unusual project had audience success (it was renewed for two more seasons under the name Vamos Juan and Venga Juan ) and was also recognized by critics (the performance of its protagonist, Javier Cámara, was recognized with the Ondas, Feroz, MiM and the Union of Actors).
Tomorrow, Cuatro returns to betting on Spanish fiction in its prime time and premieres in open this political comedy starring a nondescript Minister of Agriculture, Juan Carrasco, who sets himself the goal of running in the primaries of his party to opt for the candidacy for the Presidency of the Government. Created by Diego San José (Ocho apellidos vascos) and Juan Cabestany (The amazing world of Borjamari and Pocholo) and produced by TNT and 100 Balas (Mediapro), the series of eight half-hour episodes deals with the adventures of this politician who loved he lacks efficiency and he has plenty of ambition.
Javier Cámara plays that mediocre minister who, after a series of political coincidences, decides to stand in his party's primaries, which will unleash a whole series of intrigues and envy within his party. In this attempt to reach the top of politics, Juan will have the invaluable help of his campaign team, made up of his press officer, Macarena (María Pujalte); his chief of staff, Carmen (Nuria Mencía); and his personal secretary Victor (Adam Jezierski).
Like their leader, this unique and diverse group will try to make up for their inexperience and lack of political skill with large doses of ingenuity, picaresque, and improvisation. The closest circle of Juan Carrasco is completed by his long-suffering wife Paula (Yaël Belicha) and his peculiar teenage daughter Eva (Esty Quesada).
"Vota Juan is not a series about politics but about politicians," warned one of its creators, Diego San José, in 2019. The series never talks about ideologies and even avoids using plots that resemble any recognizable reality because the goal is to focus on the people behind politics. “When a minister speaks, he is shown in an environment of absolute control and security and everything he says is perfectly thought out; what we never see is what happens in the minutes before and after leaving before the lectern”.
And that is precisely what Vota Juan shows: "How to discover what happens when a politician realizes that he has seriously screwed up in an appearance before the press," San José anticipated. This contrast between the power of the image that a politician projects and what later happens to him in his real life "is for us the vehicle of comedy, more than the world of politics"
