[09/12/24 - 07:01 AM] "Bank Under Siege" Comes to Netflix on November 8th Spain, 1981: When armed men hold up a bank and take hundreds hostage, a reporter races against the authorities to uncover the true motive for the heist.
[via press release from Netflix]
Bank under siege comes to Netflix on November 8th
Bank Under Siege will launch on Netflix next November 8th. This action limited-series directed by Daniel Calparsoro and produced by Brutal Media stars Miguel Herrán (Money Heist, Prison 77), María Pedraza (Money Heist, Elite), Hovik Keuchkerian (Money Heist, The Platform 2), and Isak Ferriz (Burning Body, Infiesto).
Barcelona, May 23rd 1981. Exactly three months have passed since the attempted coup d'état at the Congress of Deputies when eleven hooded men entered the headquarters of the Central Bank in Barcelona. What starts as a spectacular robbery soon becomes a real challenge to Spain's recent democracy. The robbers hold more than 200 hostages in the bank and threaten to kill them if the government does not agree to free Colonel Tejero and three others in charge of the 23F.
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Brutal Media is an innovative and creative producer of television and film content, specializing in the production of series and films, original formats, factual programmes and entertainment. Recognised for the quality of its productions and for having created a unique way of telling stories through emotions.
In addition to productions on national territory, Brutal Media has accumulated experience in the co-development and production of multiple international projects.They have recently produced Killer book club (the first Netflix original Spanish slasher, adapted from the novel of the same name by Carlos García Miranda) and the film Rosa Peral's tapes (Netflix), the Netflix series Welcome to Eden (two seasons, top 1 worldwide in 48 countries, top 10 in 83 countries). They are also responsible for the series Vintage (TV3, Brutal Media) Las del Hockey (two seasons, TV3, Netflix and Amazon Prime) and This is Football (Amazon Prime Video, for Starbucks in co-production with October Films); the feature documentaries Murder by the coast (Netflix) and The End of the Storm (Sky TV, Liverpool FC, Discovery, Rakuten); as well as the feature films The Barcelona vampiress (winner of 5 Gaudí Awards, including "Best Film" and "Audience Award" at the Grimmfest and the Festival de Cine Fantástico de Catalunya-Sitges) and the romantic comedy Te quiero, imbécil (TVE, Netflix, TV3), starring Quim Guitérrez and Natalia Tena.
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