5 reasons to see 'Patria'

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Get to know the details of the series that has given (and will give) the most to talk about and that can be seen on HBO and, as a preview, on Telecinco on Tuesday, September 29

Arguments for discussion

Much has been written as a result of the poster that HBO launched before the premiere, in which many saw a

But, beyond that controversy and the reactions aroused in social networks, which forced to modify that announcement, the series has everything to invite reflection.

In this story, not everything is black or white, but many nuances that lead us to think how hard it must have been for ordinary citizens those "leaden years" in which a glance could provoke fear and words were thrown like daggers.

Fernando Aramburu has created a work in which

The debate remains open after observing how Euskadi was before and what it is like today after the end of the terrorist gang.

Miren (Ane Gabarain) on a visit to the prison to see her son Joxe Mari.

Two families, two worlds

Due to the narrative structure of the series,

That is, not everything is counted from the past to the present.

With this, the viewer can attend the moment of the murder of the Txato and, later, see the murdered alive with his family, the consequences that his death has for his relatives and, later, check how the crime was carried out.

This increases the suspense and it is discovered that the members of the two families knew each other, were friends and, later, they ended up estranged.

Seeing

and how, for example, Miren and Bittori were intimate until they stopped looking at each other.

Look (Ane Gabarain) and Bittori (Elena Irureta) go for a walk together ... when they were still friends.

A character treated with a special sensitivity

Among the main characters, Arantxa should be highlighted.

The daughter of Miren and Joxian and sister of Gorka and Joxe Mari has a very prominent presence in the eight chapters, in which we see her as a young girl who goes out to party with her friends, as a struggling mother of two children married to a man from Salamanca. radicalized and drunk and, finally, as a woman struggling to speak and walk again after having suffered a stroke that has confined her to a wheelchair.

(seen in series such as

,

or

)

even in moments when he does not have much mobility in legs, face and arms due to stroke.

Miren (Ane Gabarain) and Arantxa (Loreto Mauleón).

Level bet

Aitor Gabilondo, from his role as creator

and head of the script, and

, head the large group that has made this production of HBO Europe, HBO Latin America and Alea Media possible.

At the marketing level, the strategy followed by HBO is worthy of admiration.

After the first two chapters of the series were released on its payment platform, Telecinco will exclusively broadcast the first of them together with a debate with people who lived through that time that seems fascinating.

Just like the television commercials already broadcast, that populate the Mediaset channel's grid, or the physical posters, which have allowed many to know that this series was premiering ... and want to subscribe to HBO.

In addition, of course, the

, where

could be seen

in a marathon of episodes that began after lunch and lasted until after midnight.

Aitor Gabilondo is the creator of the series.

Photo: Javier Cortés.

Luxury cast

From left

to right, Eneko Sagardoy, Loreto Mauleón, Jon Olivares and Mikel Laskurain.

To give the characters more credibility, those responsible for this production

Seasoned performers in series and feature films who, with exceptions such as Ane Gabarain (series

), Elena Irureta (seen in series such as

or

) or Eneko Sagarody (winner in 2018 of the Goya for Best New Actor for

) , they are not so well known among the general public beyond their native Euskadi.

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