Finally (and after a long wait) the series The Eternaluta is already available in Netflix. This is the first audiovisual adaptation of the iconic Argentine science fiction graphic novel Héctor G. Oesterheld, Illustrated by Francisco Solano López, first published in 1957.
The series led by Bruno Stagnaro It was first announced by the streaming platform in February 2020. However, the production plans were delayed by the pandemic because of the COVID-19, as well as its premiere that was planned between 2021 and 2022.
The project was reactivated in 2023 with the announcement of the filming of the series, confirming that the first season would consist of six episodes written by Stagnaro and Ariel Staltariwith Ricardo Darín Assuming the role of the protagonist, Juan Salvo.
What is the Eternal Netflix series
“A summer night in Buenos Aires, a mysterious mortal snowfall ends with most of the population and leaves thousands of people isolated. Juan Salvo and his friends begin a desperate struggle for survival. Everything changes when they discover that the toxic snow storm is only the first shock force of an army of another planet that is invading the earth. The only way to keep Save alone, “says the official synopsis.
From comic to the screen
During the press tour of its protagonists and the creative responsible for the series, the word was heard a lot “adaptation”that’s what it is about The Eternaluta. To start one of the first decisions made by the director and screenwriter was to move the plot to the current era.
“Creating a contemporary version was a very thoughtful decision “, Stagnaro said in a statement. “When Oesterheld He published his work, proposed a contemporaneity game, a kind of parallel world where the reader could feel in the streets of the time, of that same time when the story passed. We seemed essential to preserve that idea: that the story was broadcast at the same time when it happened. Back in time would not have respected the original spirit. In addition, it was going to prevent us from being a living presence, something that is a fundamental part of The Eternaluta“He added.
The aforementioned goes hand in hand with the change in the age of the protagonists. In the cartoon Juan except He is in his thirties, Darín plays a character traveling his sixties. This change gives another poise to the character as well as the group of friends. Characters around 50 and 60 are now in charge of carrying out the story.
The most purists can question the changes, but the reality of Argentina, and particularly of Buenos Aires as a city, is as important how the events that are counted. This context results in new characters and new backgrounds for the past and present of the protagonists.
They are common people who lived the darkest years of the country, for some Snow and death is the direct memory of the Falklands Warthey are people tanned by the 2001 crisis and an always complicated reality that will test once again.
The idea that “The hero is collective and nobody is saved alone” It was the one that made the history of the eternalist differ from the typical cartoon hero. The series undoubtedly points to the same, however, it gives rise to several moments where that premise will be questioned. In times where the individual many times weighs more, it is a success to emphasize that process that leads people to understand that “nobody is saved alone”.
With its successes and imperfections, the series is the form that Stagnaro found to bring to the screen a story already known by many with the typical imprint of their own fictions (“Pizza, Birra, Faso “,” Okupas “,” A rooster for sculpio “). It is the opportunity for those who do not know the Eternaluta can discover it, in turn it is the chance for those who fantasized to see Juan Salvo, Favalli, Lucas, Elena and the others on a screen, jump that pending account. Achievement will be total if it is possible that this interest that the series of Netflix In the newcomers, he also moves to the cartoon created by Oesterheld and Solano López.
The Eternaluta
The Eternaluta was created and directed by Bruno Stagnarowritten by Stagnaro and Ariel Staltari. Creative Consultant: Martín M. Oesterheld.
Cast consists of: Ricardo Darín, Carla Peterson, César Troncoso, Andrea Pietra, Ariel Staltari, Marcelo Subiotto, Claudio Martínez Bel, Orianna Cárdenas and Mora Fisz.
The six chapters of the first season of El Eternalauta are now available in Netflix.
Source: Ambito
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