To celebrate the results of the fifth and final season premiere of ‘La Casa de Papel’, Netflix released a video in which the series’ cast members sing the theme song ‘Bella Ciao’ in samba rhythm. Check it out below.
Part 2 of the fifth season of “La Casa de Papel” premiered last week, December 3, and in two days, the series stole the prominence of English-language productions on Netflix, airing earlier than ever. Was up for well over hours. The other release of the week is ‘Lost in Space’. Compared to “Lost in Space”, “La Casa de Papel” accumulated 190 million hours of views by the platform’s customers in the first two days of its debut, which saw 47.38 million hours for the third season.
The first season of ‘La Casa de Papel’ was shown on Spanish TV channel Antena 3 in 2017, and then migrated to Netflix, where it consolidated as the most-watched non-English series on the platform for several years was gone, until it wasn’t. Rejected by ‘Round 6’ this year. The fact that the series has become a worldwide phenomenon has inspired Halloween costumes and is a reference in many countries. This Friday, December 3, part 2 of the fifth season of the series premieres, closing a cycle of more than 4 years of work.
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In a recent interview with The Guardian, series creator Alex Pina said that it’s complicated to reason for the series’ success, but he listed some key arguments: “It’s too complicated because you never know what will happen, that’s all. Look at ‘Goals’. 6′. But I think there are a few things that explain it: You get pure entertainment with characters whose personal and emotional connections are just as important as stealing. And stealing is like a football match. Works because two teams are playing and one has to win and the other to lose. Do you really want to know how it’s going to end: are they going to take the Bank of Spain gold or not?”
For the creator, the presence of harassed characters is also a factor that causes identification with the public, especially among Spanish audiences following the depression, anger and penance following the 2008 financial crisis.
For him, ‘La Casa de Papel’ came on the world stage at a time when audiences wanted something different from Hollywood. “It has been great for Spain, we are seeing a threefold increase in what was being done before and we are getting closer to the UK at excellent production levels. This was previously unimaginable, as a production in Spain by Netflix The idea was to bring the centre.”
“The world of fiction is like a bubble, but last year or so before that there was a feeling that everything was the same. If you manage to do something different, people will be very grateful”, concluded Alex Pina.
