everything you need to know about the Spanish period series that could surpass ‘La Promesa’

Some projects have the ‘blind’ trust of the chains and platforms. It is a rare case, since the usual thing is to wait for audience or viewing figures to decide if a series will continue. But it happens that sometimes the product in hand has something special that is promising even before its release. That’s what Netflix executives must think, because among their upcoming releases a fiction has slipped in that It looks so good that there is already talk of continuity. In fact, it could become one of the best period series on Netflix.

Or at least that is what Larry Tanz, vice president of Netflix, and Diego Ávalos, vice president of Spain, Portugal and the Nordic countries, conveyed in a press tour organized a few days ago in which, as reported by Deadline, they acknowledged that they already There is advanced work for a second season which is already one of the most ambitious projects of the year, the period series ‘Manual for young ladies’. Seeing Netflix’s faith in the proper functioning of fiction, We review everything that is known about her to whet the viewers’ mouths.

‘Manual for young ladies’: everything you need to know about the Spanish period series that could surpass ‘La Promesa’

Bambú Producciones is working on the post-production of ‘Manual para señoritas’ for Netflix, which is already the sixth collaboration between both companies. After successes such as ‘Las chicas del cable’, ‘Alta mar’, ‘Jaguar’, ‘El caso Asunta’, the film ‘A pesar de todo’ or the documentary ‘El caso Alcasser’, exclusive productions for the platform, it is normal that those responsible for the company trust the criteria of Gema R. Neira, who signs ‘Manual para señoritas’. Learning from the success of ‘Los Bridgerton’, this is probably the best film for the platform. Netflix’s most ambitious period series in our country. But also, knowing that it comes from the same production company as ‘La Promesa’, only success can be expected. In fact, the bet is so strong that Perhaps Bambú will surpass TVE’s fiction in quality and data with its new great streaming premiere. In a few months we will find out.

For now, we settle for delving a little deeper into this story. As the brief official synopsis progressed, we had to immediately think of a romance full of secrets and hidden passions. Can a chaperone give free rein to his feelings? That is the only clue that Netflix has given us about ‘Manual for Ladies’, but the truth is that it is already giving us long teeth. Even more so when we know that leading the cast are two experts in period, but also in fictions with great love stories. The protagonists are Nadia from Santiagowho we have seen in ‘The Cable Girls’, ‘Amar es para siempre’ or the particularly beautiful and exciting ‘El tiempo que te dio’, and Alvaro Mel, who conquered us in ‘The Other Look’, reaffirmed himself in ‘La Fortuna’ and stole our hearts in ‘A Perfect Tale’ last summer with his current partner, Anna Castillo. The series has also become the most viewed Spanish fiction of 2023.

We know little else about this project but, to serve as an appetizer, Álvaro Mel himself has shared some images that correspond to the breaks in filming, in which he is characterized with various looks of his character. As is usually key in the period setting, attention to the wardrobe is essential, and we can see him wearing the most original and elegant shirts with vests, sometimes completed by jackets with fabrics that have a certain texture and scarves around his neck instead of ties. , much more typical of the late 19th century.