Our lives are the rivers that flow into the sea, which is the
biopic
.
This could be the motto of Miguel Bosé, Nacho Vidal and Bárbara Rey, to name the last three names that have just led their lives to television fiction in Spain.
Bosé
(SkyShowtime) and
Nacho
(Atresplayer Premium) have just been released , and
Cristo y Rey
(Atresplayer Premium)
has just finished its broadcast .
Of course, the phenomenon of television biography is not new, nor has it been worked on in Spain, there we have the entire collection of biographical
tvmovies
and miniseries that were produced at the beginning of the last decade, a flood that subsided, among other issues, due to legal issues. (See the trial that Isabel Pantoja won against Mediaset for
Mi gitana
).
At the same time, it is supported by an international rally.
We can read
Bosé
in the wake of
Luis Miguel
(Netflix) and Nacho in that of
Pam and Tommy
(Disney+), although there is no direct cause-effect relationship between ours and foreign ones.
The waters of cinematographic and television biographies are stormy and have everything, like in an apothecary.
We have enjoyed three excellent seasons
of American Crime Story
that have taken the genre, traditionally undervalued, to another level, because they have not only told their protagonists, but also the environment that gave birth to them.
It is necessary to celebrate that certain characters have understood that showing their shadows is not only more profitable, but also leads to better stories.
At the same time, and to play a Carrie Bradshaw, I can't help but wonder why it's easier to show Bárbara Rey in bed with King Juan Carlos, as occurs in Christ and King, than to produce a fiction equivalent to Saving
the
King
.
(HBO Max).
I answer myself.
How much is left to tell.
They just need to let us.
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