T.ratta from the famous comic strip The treasure of the Black Swancomes this evening – on first tv on Rai 1 at 9.25pm – the miniseries Luck. Spanish fiction that also sees the legendary in the rich European cast Stanley Tucci.
Shot in Madridto then move to the splendid locations of Cadiz, Guadalajara, A Coruña and Zaragoza, the fiction is an exciting journey between past and present around the treasure of a sunken galleon in 1800. A story that allows the director to immerse himself in many genres dear to the cinema: from the period drama to adventurewithout forgetting intrigues and a pinch of healthy comedy.
Luck: the plot of the series and the previews
Frank Wild (Stanley Tucci), is a treasure hunter which, during one of his missions, he finds again on the bottom of the Atlantic one of the most famous lost treasures in history. The swag is within Luckone sunken Spanish ship by the British navy in Portuguese waters in 1804. But who gets the booty? Why did an American get it back to the USA or to Spain?
Alvaro Mel and Ana Polovosa. (Courtesy MOVISTAR +)
Meanwhile, the young diplomat Alex Ventura (Alvaro Mel) will find himself in spite of himself at the head of a mission to recover the stolen treasure by Frank. To help him, the public official Lucia (Ana Polovosa) and theAmerican lawyer passionate about pirate stories Jonas Pierce (Clarke Peters).
After a long process, full of twists, Jonas manages to win the case for the kingdom of Spainbut Alex and Lucìa can’t celebrate because Frank Wild doesn’t give up and, to accomplish his goal, he makes a series of desperate moves. Not least that of appeal to the American Congress to obtain a new law on maritime law.
Alex, meanwhile, will understand the importance of love, of friendship and to commit oneself to what one believes in.
A comic that becomes a TV series
Directed by Alejandro Amenabàrdirector of major films such as Sea inside with Javier Bardem and the cult with Nicole Kidman The Othersthe miniseries is based on a graphic novel by title The treasure of the Black Swan, written by Guillermo Corral and Paco Roca and published in Italy by Tunué publishing house in 2020.
The plot of the comic is inspired by the true story which revolves around the discovery, in 2007, of the greatest marine treasure of all time in the seabed of the Strait of Gibraltar.
Stanley Tucci in a scene from the miniseries “La Fortuna”. (Courtesy MOVISTAR +)
A story that immediately conquered the Chilean director. After reading The treasure of the Black Swan indeed, Amenàbar immediately acquired the rights to make a television series out of it.
“Luck is, in general, quite faithful to comics»Declared the director at the presentation of the series in Spain« And not only in spirit. I hope that all the beauty of the graphic novel is also in the series. Our idea was to try to enhanceand sometimes transform due to the format, the exploration of the characters. Trying to enhance the strength of comics ».
Much of the appeal of fiction lies in the continuous alternation between past and present. In addition to the “struggle” between Americans and Spaniards to grab the treasure, in fact, Luck it plunges into the past to show also the dynamics that will lead to the sinking of the galleon. We are thus catapulted into a period-drama exciting and with a thousand surprises.
Also thanks to skill of the castled by Stanley Tucciand which sees the promise of Spanish cinema as a co-star Alvaro Mel. Young and beautiful actor from beyond 1 million followers on Instagram and which is rapidly gaining a prominent place among Spanish television productions. And in the hearts of his fans around Europe.
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