valentinmh
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That's a very well done show. From all points of view. Sure, that is a narative about an event that was terrific and extermely traumatic for Spain and for whole Europe ! And that's exactly the reason why you might need to watch it.
How petty, young deliquents from an unimportant, impoverished province of Spain, came to be sucked within a conspiration with desastrous consequences... The main characters were depicted as well as they could have been, the performance of López and Gutiérrez being exquisite. Their behaviour isn't driven by serious criminal intents or ulterior motives, except that of quick graspimg of some money, and though they're guilty they're also victims of a complex social/economical context. That's an important aspect we should reflect upon, since nowadays, 20 years after, the general situation in Europe seems to be spiralling down towards an even worse conjuncture.
I don't think 6 episodes is too much, as a shorter time would've somehow diminish the understanging of the facts and left parts of the story and of characters' depiction in the dark.
The 2 directors did a verry good job and I didn't find many cuts to be out of scope. Don't expect a Hollywood-like setting, and even you're a native Spanish speaker (especially not from Spain) this could be at times hard to follow because these people (Asturias - Avilés) are speaking fast and with a peculiar accent...But this is a puls in a way, catching the specific of those hombres !
How petty, young deliquents from an unimportant, impoverished province of Spain, came to be sucked within a conspiration with desastrous consequences... The main characters were depicted as well as they could have been, the performance of López and Gutiérrez being exquisite. Their behaviour isn't driven by serious criminal intents or ulterior motives, except that of quick graspimg of some money, and though they're guilty they're also victims of a complex social/economical context. That's an important aspect we should reflect upon, since nowadays, 20 years after, the general situation in Europe seems to be spiralling down towards an even worse conjuncture.
I don't think 6 episodes is too much, as a shorter time would've somehow diminish the understanging of the facts and left parts of the story and of characters' depiction in the dark.
The 2 directors did a verry good job and I didn't find many cuts to be out of scope. Don't expect a Hollywood-like setting, and even you're a native Spanish speaker (especially not from Spain) this could be at times hard to follow because these people (Asturias - Avilés) are speaking fast and with a peculiar accent...But this is a puls in a way, catching the specific of those hombres !
The performance of all actors is excellent and the script & directing is well, well above the most infantile, kitsch productions that we encounter nowadays. I especially enjoyed the intelligent constructed dialogues and the (some of them - very subtle) non-verbal interactions between characters (body gestures, short glances...). I even wonder if truly the people of that time, being them of nobility, had such a refined & clever ways of expressing themselves. Despite some not-very accurate historically facts depicted here, I would award a very loud "bravos" for all the team implied in this production !!!
This ticks the "excellent" marker on all domains...a very intelligent script, remarkable flow of the narrative and a professional editing...not at last, the Bridges' acting is just brilliant, and all other characters are impersonated by very talented actors ! A big Bravos for whole the team involved in this production :)