The willing of the creators in terms of aesthetics is to be elegant and mature taking inspiration by Paul Thomas Anderson’s movies also in terms of topics like faith, tragedy, trauma and pain.

For the pain, authors have been also inspired by Manchester by the sea by Kenneth Lonergan. In similar way to which it’s done in the show The Leftovers, La Mesías deals with existentialism, desperation, mystery and religion, keeping the audience hooked by telling the story from different points of view and using flashbacks that enriches the plot.

The fascination for a free, narcissist mother who gets shadier and shadier, reminds of Mommy, by Xavier Dolan along with memories of a young witty mother and her almost oedipal relationship with Enric.

Irene’s life, which is part of an ordinary world but which is also sad and hides a deep pain which she tries to hide every day, is based on stories like Personal Shopper, directed by Olivier Assayas.

Regarding the religious aspect linked to pop culture and the Magical Realism touch, creators were inspired by TV series such as The Young Pope, created by Sorrentino while in order to show the Stella Maris world, they have been inspired by movies such as Little Women, The Virgin Suicides or Mustang.