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May 5, 2026
Juan Pablo Raba Revealed Details About His Participation in The House of the Spirits: He Is the Only Colombian Actor in the Series
When Isabel Allende saw the 1993 film starring Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, and Winona Ryder based on The House of the Spirits, the novel she had published eleven years earlier, she concluded that it did not have "the Chilean flavor she thought she had given the book." Instead, when she played the first episodes of the new series, she felt that this was what it should have always been.
TL;DR
- Juan Pablo Raba stars as Tío Marcos in the first Spanish adaptation of Isabel Allende's novel, "The House of the Spirits."
- The series is a Prime Video production.
- Isabel Allende felt this Spanish adaptation captured the "Chilean flavor" she intended, unlike the 1993 film.
- The series premiered its first three episodes on April 29th, with weekly releases until May 13th.
- "The House of the Spirits" has been translated into 42 languages and sold over 70 million copies globally.