“The friend is the one who runs the risk of telling you the truth, even if you don’t like it”. With this reflection, Ricardo Darín synthesizes one of the central themes of The Eternaluta. In an interview with Julio Leiva Hispathe protagonist of the acclaimed series analyzed the fundamental role that friendship plays in this Argentine production that is giving to speak worldwide.
For Darin, Friendship is the chosen familya connection that transcends “The chromosomal genetic approach” to become “A score of your life”. The actor establishes a clear difference between the inherited relationships and those that we choose to cultivate: while the former are as “the prejudices” we receive by inheritance, Friends are the ones who play it and assume the risk of being honestregardless of the consequences.
“This project is crazy”says Darín about the first season of The Eternalutaalthough he warns with enthusiasm: “What is going to be double.”
For his part, the actor confesses to having initial doubts until he meets Bruno Stagnaro, the director, with whom he established a crucial connection. “when you find a partner, as Martín Fierro says, someone to take hand, you not only have more confidence, but do not feel alone,” Explain.
While Darín promoted the series, a scenario disturbingly similar to that of The Eternaluta It was deployed in Madrid where His wife Florence He lived in his own flesh the dystopia. He April 28when at 12.30 noon a light cut left without electricity to the entire territory of the Iberian Peninsula, “This is the Eternaluta”, She wrote to her.
“There is no one in the streets, they recommend that no one take public services, there is no water or electricity or communications, we are all isolated, I don’t know what to do.”described the message the actor received while he was in the middle of the press day. The extraordinary coincidence while promoting the series became a demonstration of how prophetic art can be.
Ricardo Darín says it without hesitation: “It’s a pride for Argentina.” It is no accident that the interpreter sits so. The series, based on Héctor Germán Oesterheld’s iconic cartoon -A that the actor describes how “Our Bible”-, has achieved the unthinkable: to place an Argentine production between The three most viewed series in the world And Netflix.
To go The Eternaluta Our day and turn it into an audiovisual project, the work had to suffer modifications.
Darín believes that Oesterheld would agree with Bruno Stagnaro in many waysespecially in professionals. As the actor said: “If your spirit walked here, it would give us a hug and say: what they did is very good.”
In just 48 hours from your platform debut, The Eternaluta It has proven to be a worldwide phenomenon: The third most globally seen in Netflixsurpassed only for the last season of You and animated production Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight.
But achievement is even more impressive: The Eternaluta became the most watched series in 20 countriesconfirming that the project transcends linguistic and cultural borders. This unprecedented success led Netflix to make a historic decision: The series will have a second season of 8 episodesas confirmed by Matías Mosteirin de K & S Films, producer associated with the project.
The dimension of this project is unpublished. Francisco Ramos, from Netflix, described it as “The greatest television production in the country’s history”.
Ambition is not only reflected in the narrative: the soundtrack includes Argentine music icons like Mercedes Sosa with “Everything changes” y Soda Stereo with “When the tremor passes”two songs that dialogue deeply with the message of survival and solidarity of the series.
The spectators do not spare praise: “You can’t believe what was achieved with The Eternaluta. Impacts you from the first scene “a user wrote. Another added: “It is a series that breathes truth, humanity, tension, suspense.” A third stood out the “Quite disturbing claustrophobic moments” achieved by Stagnaro.
International criticism has also been favorable. The site K-Waves and Beyond described the series as “safety pin”while Spanish media stood out how The adaptation manages to highlight Ricardo Darín’s performance y Update a science fiction masterpiece in your own voice.
The Argentine series shows that To stay alive, they have to resist and fight together: nobody saves alone. A survival lesson that resonates not only on the screen but in real life, where true friendship – as Darín raises – is that capable of risking everything for honesty and collective good.
EL ETERNAUTA – Netflix Global premiere: April 30
First level casting
Ricardo Darín leads a choral cast that includes Carla Peterson (Elena, ex -wife except), César Troncoso (Alfredo Favalli, best friend), Andrea Pietra (ANA), and the emerging actor Ariel statelywho also participated in the script. They complete the cast Marcelo Subbiotto, Orianna Cárdenas as Inga (new character in adaptation), Claudio Martínez Bel, Mora Fisz y Leandro Sandonato As a fly.
Directed by Bruno Stagnarowith production of K&S Films and creative consulting by Martín Oesterheld.
