This is ‘Querer’, the Spanish series of the moment in which Miguel Bernardeau consolidates his career

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It is difficult to go from film to seriesand there are many prestigious filmmakers who do not understand that the format is different and that what is valid for films is not valid for series. A series cannot be a long movie divided into chapters; You also cannot play with large landscapes or spectacular shots, because on a small screen—even too small, like that of a mobile phone—you lose spectacularity and also details, so if you transfer it as is, it looks like a brush. fat But suddenly there is some director who understands it perfectly, like Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, the Basque director who made us fall in love with Cinco Lobitos last year —starring Laia Costa and Susi Gómez and who won three Goyas—, who not only understands this, but is capable of making the most of it to make the best Spanish series so far this year. Starring two great actors like Nerea Aramburu and Pedro Casablancand in which Miguel Bernardeau completely gets rid of the stigma of Elite and offers mature work and complicatedin it we look at the decline of a middle-class marriage caused by a report of abuse within the family. It is not a series to watch in a silly moment, it is deep and respectful of the narration and details.

We love it because… He treats a very delicate topic with tact, humanity and wisdom.

You’ll like it if you like… Movies like Anatomy of a Fall.

Where to see it: MovistarPlus+

Releases of the week

Landman (Drama )

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The new King Midas of the series is Taylor Sheridan, an actor who looks like a cowboy from whose brain recent hits have come such as Yellowstone (and its prequels 1883 and 1923), Comanchería or Wind River. Now comes his latest creation, a series set in the oil extraction business. oil starring Billy Bob Thornton (Angelina Jolie’s ex-husband), Demi Moore and Jon Hamm (the unforgettable Don Draper from Mad Men).

We will see it because… Mix the western with arguments worthy of Dynasty or Falcon Crest.

Where to see it (11/20): SkyShowtime

The shadow of the earth (Rural drama)

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A series adaptation of a best-selling novel by actress Elvira Mínguez, it focuses on the rivalry between Garibaldaa sick woman who rules an entire town with an iron fist, and Atilanaa widow who takes care of a farm in decline, which she blames for all her ills.

We will see it because…. It combines two ingredients that we love: ancestral hatred and the rural world.

Where to see it (11/24): Atresplayer

The best series of…Nicole Kidman

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• Big little lies (Max), Nicole’s first successful series was also her greatest success, and she knew how to surround herself with big stars like Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern.

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• Expats (Prime Video)in which he moves away slightly from the thriller to leave his good work in the story of three women united by a tragedy.

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• Nine Perfect Strangers (Prime Video)in which she plays the role of a guru who brings together several people willing to undergo a peculiar therapy in her shelter.

• Special ops: lioness (SkyShowtime)an action series in which she plays a CIA agent who introduces a ruthless Marine as a spy in an Islamist terrorist cell.

• The undoing (Max)an elegant thriller in which Nicole is the wife of a prestigious surgeon, whom she suspects of being guilty of a murder.

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One of the most visionary actresses who has best taken advantage of the boom in series is this beautiful Australian who has more than 30 years of uninterrupted career in film, marked by great successes such as Moulin Rouge, Eyes Wide Shut or The Hours.

His alliance with David E. Kelley (husband of Michelle Pfeiffer and creator of great hits such as Ally McBeal or Los Angeles Law) has allowed her to continue working in a world that is relentless with middle-aged women, and she has managed to combine a career in television with more film roles. risky, like Babygirl, in which shares the screen with Antonio Banderas and Harris Dickinson. And this has only just begun: it already has three series pending release in its portfolio, among which is the long-awaited third season of Big Little Lies.