Ester Expósito and Hugo Diego García on Enfrentados: Marfil: “It doesn’t feel like a modern film”

A kidnapping, an enigmatic security specialist and a romance shaped by danger form the core of Enfrentados: Marfil, Prime Video’s new adaptation of Argentine writer Mercedes Ron’s novel. The film mixes romance and action with suspense, while openly nodding to Hollywood classics about love.

Ester Expósito plays Marfil Cortés, a 20-year-old dancer and daughter of a powerful Spanish businessman. She lives quietly in New York until she is kidnapped and then released without explanation. Fearing that she could become a target again, her father hires Sebastian Moore, a mysterious security expert played by Hugo Diego García.

Forced to spend increasing amounts of time together, Marfil and Sebastian move from clashes between their personalities toward an attraction. At the same time, the threats intensify and secrets begin to emerge. When they return to Spain, they find themselves in a world where nothing is quite as it seems.

The film marks Prime Video’s third collaboration with Ron, following the success of Culpa mía and Dímelo bajito. Marfil is the first part of a story that will continue with Ébano. The cast also includes Eric Masip, Pablo Molinero, Zoe Bonafonte, Lluís Homar and Argentine actor Joaquín Ferreira, who plays Ray, Sebastian’s FBI colleague. Álex de la Iglesia’s production company, Pokeepsie Films, produced the films with Carolina Bang. Óscar Pedraza directed and Sofía Cuenca wrote the screenplay.