GThe richest men in Europe look at The third world war closed in a bunker. This is the essential intertwining of The atomic refugenew Netflix series Among the most ambitious and expensive produced in Spain. The creator is Álex Pina of The paper house And Berlinwho returns with Esther Martínez Lobato to surprise pleasantly With a solid story in which human fragility is added to the dormant grudge of social inequality.
The atomic refuge On Netflix, the plot of the 8 episodes series
Max (Pau Simon) he is a young scion, unique child of a very rich family. His splendid life ended the day he killed the beloved girlfriend Ania. On the evening of the degree, after taking drugs and drinking a lot of alcohol, he had still led the father’s sports car (Carlos Santos), causing a frightening accident in which the girl had died instantly. After a long process, ended up in prison. The early days were very complicated: the prisoners had targeted him, beating and robbing him constantly.
Then, he chose to survive by transforming himself into a hard muscles, thus gaining respect for cell companions. In a day like many others, Max is informed that he has returned to freedom. Waiting for him out of prison is his fatherwhich has not seen for over 3 years. In the beginning, the boy does not want to have anything to do with his family. Then, after discovering that the beloved grandmother (Montse Gallar) has cancer at the terminal stadium, decides to go home. During the trip, It is informed that the world is on the abyss of a third world war.
Russia and China are ready to conflict, the risk is very high. For this reason, His familyers decided to temporarily take refuge at the Kimera Underground Park. A real underground bunkerin an unspecified place but located 275 meters deep under the sea. A sort of extra -luxury resort for the elite, Waiting for events to be resolved alone on earth. Max joins And soon, he finds out that Among the guests there is also the family of Ania. A painful but very civil encounter.
Pau Simón and Joaquin Furriel in “The Atomic Refuge” (Netflix)
The atomic refugethe millionaires at Kimera Park
Guillermo (Joaquín Furriel) The charismatic father of the ex -girlfriend, welcomes him with detached cordiality As well as his second wife Mimì. The only one to prove himself openly hostile is his sister Asia (Alícia Falcó), student in the fourth year of medicine. He also accuses him of being his mother’s killer Marta, who committed suicide for not being able to bear the pain of loss. During the first dinner in the sumptuous bunker, The team of employees in Orange Tenuta, led by Minerva (Miren Ibarguren), presents itself to guests VIP.
After informed them of a disturbing nuclear threat from Norway, he clarifies his position. They were paid to protect them and pamper them during the entire stay but However, there are rules to be respected. The first is to respect the routine: to eat all together during meals, retire to their apartments at a certain hour. Not only that: in order not to fall into depression, an even more dangerous situation of the war, each one has the obligation to maintain good mood both with the sense of humor, and with the help of psychologists and drugs.
Day after day, The news from the outside is increasingly dramatic. When two employees have to return to the surface For a technical problem, they discover a desolate land, a strong radioactivity and a temperature above 60 degrees capable of burning the body and melt metals. The situation throws everyone in panic. The personal problems that, in the life of before, seemed not very important, begin to become bulky.
Conflicts increase e the true nature of each guest, hidden under layers of education and rules of good life, It proves suddenly. The only one accustomed to closed spaces and difficult situations is max. The young begins to guess That things are not exactly as they seem.
The review of the Netflix series by the creators of The paper house
The authors choose openly Thomas Hobbes’ philosophy and his “Homo Homini Lupus” To outline the characters of the series, inevitably attracted by power. A precious weapon conquered through money, which really buys everything, even one’s salvation. The one extorted to the detriment of others, which still applies more than a human life. Kimera Park is a Titanic reversewhere the world on the surface goes to roll while in the abysses you dance, You listen to music and have sex as if nothing had happened.
A story that plays the cat and mouse with the spectators. Before begins as a dramatic inspectionThen touches the facesca comedy, In the end adds touches melò from a soap opera complete with social criticism. Although you often breathe the air of The paper house, The absurdities of Squid Game and the sarcasm of Triangle of Sadness by Ruben Östlund, The atomic refuge However, he maintains his precise and solid identity. Despite the evident narrative slowdown halfway through the work, lengthened by too many explains unnecessary and the evolutions of some very significant characters, The intertwining never stops amaze.
The strength is to reveal to spectators that the tragedy of humanityshown in front of their own eyes, It is the real comedy. In the face of the threat of extinction, everyone transfers – or begin to become – exactly what they are. No more secrets and hypocrisies buried by quiet living but a disarming sincerity until cruelty. The show is fun and sad at the same time. Weddings that flake under the weight of the unspoken, relationships that fire in the promising mirage of a hypocritical “hour or never again”. A world that appears far awaymedieval but who, painful, It resembles us more than we would like to admit.
Alícia Falcó in “The Atomic Refuge” (Netflix)
The cast of the Netflix series
The atomic refuge it works thanks to a well -orchestrated intertwining e to a truly perfect cast in all its parts. A group of actors capable of showing the best and worst of each character, making the choice of hating them or identifying themselves easy for the view. Among all the interpreters, the trio composed of Max, Minerva and Guillermo stands out. The young Pau Simon, despite the little actor experience, It is surprising for the intensity and seductive ambiguity with which he builds a brilliant killer in spite of himself.
A man who finds his freedom inside 4 walls. The talented Miren Ibarguren (Phenomenashidden investigations) it is a frightening and effective vivotive puppet, That he tested the ranks of those who believe victims, becoming in spite of himself the victim of his own ambitions. Joaquín Furriel is truly the nerve center of every nobility of mind and wickedness. The fascinating Argentine actor, a real star at home, wisely doses the arrogance of the powerful and the fragility of an empty man, when deprived of his own greatness.