We cross the midway point of May, and we do it in a big way, with two premieres that are among the juiciest of this week in streaming: the return of ‘Berlín’ with a second season that recovers the most filigree and elegant side of ‘La casa de papel’, and ‘Flow’, one of the best animated films of recent years. And it is not the only thing that the most popular platform has in its portfolio this week.
series
Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine
The second installment of the, for now, only spin-off of ‘La casa de papel’ announced by Netflix (we will have to see what those already announced next steps are in the franchise expansion) takes us to Seville: a great Andalusian businessman commissions Berlin, again played by Pedro Alonso, to steal ‘The Lady with an Ermine’, the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci that arrives in the city for an exhibition. Berlin believes that it is better to rob the thief himself, and sets up his usual gang: Michelle Jenner, Tristán Ulloa, Begoña Vargas, Julio Peña Fernández and Joel Sánchez, who are joined by Inma Cuesta as an unpredictable and temperamental Sevillian.
- Premiere: Friday, May 15
Nemesis
More robberies, more suspense and more tension with this series about the confrontation between two men who, despite being on opposite sides, share more than they imagine: an obsessive detective and a sophisticated thief expert in high-profile robberies. But they both share something that makes them more similar than they want to admit: they want to protect their families using the only means they know. Matthew Law and Y’lan Noel lead the cast of this series co-directed and produced by Mario Van Peebles.
Premiere: Thursday, May 14
Other series
- Devil May Cry (Season 2) – Tuesday, May 12
- Secrets of sport – Tuesday, May 12
- Gallitos (T2) – Wednesday, May 13
- Between father and son – Wednesday, May 13
- Soul mates – Thursday, May 14
- The Middle – Friday, May 15
- The SUPERgeeks – Friday, May 15
Movies
flow
One of the most extraordinary and celebrated animated films of recent years, premiered in Cannes in 2024, and winner of the Golden Globe for Best Animated Film and the Oscar in the same category, becoming the first Latvian film to win an Academy Award. It stands out for being completely rendered with the free and open source software Blender, and for not containing any dialogue. The film tells the story of a cat, a dog, a capybara, a ring-tailed lemur and a secretary bird who travel together through a surreal, dreamlike landscape flooded by water, in a world in which human beings have disappeared. An allegory about cooperation in days of adversity, more than necessary in these times.
Other movies
- Marty, Life is short: The documentary – Tuesday, May 12
- The crash – Friday, May 15
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