Spain, in a way, has its own “Adolescence.” No company can hope to break out in their wildest dreams as the Netflix U.K. drama.

Nonetheless, where comparison can be drawn with Spanish series “Puberty” (“Pubertad”), Leticia Dolera ’s follow-up as a creator to her top Canneseries prize winner “Perfect Life,” is that “Puberty” also focuses on the issue of teen violence, here filtered through the lens of adolescent sexual abuse.

Sold by Beta Film and to be released in Spain and Portugal by HBO Max on Sept. 24, “Puberty” was presented by Dolera and producer Miriam Porté at a high-profile press conference Monday, Sept. 22, at Spain’s San Sebastián Film Festival, where Dolera walked an industry audience through three emblematic scenes from the six-part series.

Porté recalled at the press

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