‘Across The Sea,’ Sequel To Hit Spanish YA Film ‘Through My Window’ Gets Netflix Premiere Date

The sequel to the hit Spanish film Through My Window that follows the budding love story of teens Raquel and Ares, started through a wifi connection, is making its way to Netflix this year.

Spanish actors Clara Galle and Julio Peña return as the young lovers in A través del Mar (Across the sea), the second chapter of the hit YA romance, based on Venezuelan author Ariana Godoy’s hugely popular Wattpad novel, which had over 300 million reads on the online literature platform prior to the movie’s 2022 debut.

Following its premiere, the film shot to the number one spot on Netflix’s Global Top 10 non-English-language titles with over 34 million views during its first week, staying in the top 10 for 12 weeks. Recognizing the fan appeal, Netflix quickly greenlit not one, but two sequels. Through My Window became the streamer’s fourth most popular non-English film of 2022.

Now fans won’t have to wait much longer to find out what happened to the young couple. Netflix announced Through My Window: Across the Sea premieres June 23, 2023 and dropped a teaser trailer.

In the first sequel, the young lovers are in a long-distance relationship while Ares is studying in Stockholm. They finally reunite during the summer, and against the backdrop of warm weather, the sea and the idyllic landscapes of the Catalonian Costa Brava and new adventures with their friends, Raquel and Ares begin to question whether their relationship can endure the test of time.

Eric Masip (Artemis) and Hugo Arbués (Apollo) return to the franchise as Ares’ siblings. Also on board, Natalia Azahara (Daniela) and Guillermo Lasheras (Yoshi) as Raquel’s friends, and Emilia Lazo as Claudia, the Hidalgo family’s employee. Andrea Chaparro, Ivan Lapadula and Carla Tous join the cast as three new characters who will play a relevant role in the twists and turns of the young lovers’ relationship.

Directed by Marçal Forés, Through My Window: Across the Sea expands the universe created Godoy, who again collaborated closely on the screenplay with Eduard Solà. The film is produced by Netflix, Spain’s Nostromo Pictures and Wattpad Webtoon Studios.

In an interview prior the launch of the movie, Godoy was overwhelmed by the success of her web novel and subsequent film adaptation. “It’s unreal. I mean it’s a completely otherworldly feeling,” she said.

Since then, Sigue Mi Voz, another one of her hit Spanish-language YA online books, with more than 25 million reads on Wattpad, was chosen to be turned into a movie, directed and written by Inés Pintor and Pablo Santidrián (Netflix’s El tiempo que te doy). The film from the Wattpad WEBTOON Studios will also be produced in Spain.