Money Heist: A Netflix Series
Money Heist is a very popular Spanish crime drama series. The Spanish name for the television series is “Lacasa de Papel,” which means “House of Paper.”
The TV series was created by Alex Pina and is a Netflix original. In the crime drama series, we get to see a group of robbers undertake two heists. The first heist was on the Royal Mint of Spain, while the second one was on the bank of Spain. Both these heists were led by Professor, a character played so well by Álvaro Morte.
However, later that year, global streaming rights were acquired by Netflix. Netflix then went on to re-cut the series. Thus, 22 episodes were created from the original 30 episodes. The first part of the series was then released globally by Netflix on the 20th of December 2017.
On the 6th of April 2018, Netflix released the second part of the Spanish series. A lot of viewers loved it, which increased its popularity worldwide and so, Netflix decided to renew it. This time, Netflix increased the budget to make a total of 16 episodes for part 3 and part 4.
This saw the first 8 episodes of the renewal being aired in part 3 on the 19th of July 2019. On the 3rd of April 2020, part 4 of the series was released.
In addition, on the same day, Netflix premiered a documentary with the producers of the show, as well as the cast. The documentary was titled Money Heist: The Phenomenon.
Popularity of Money Heist
The first and second part of Money Spain were filmed in Madrid, Spain. However, part 3 saw major portions of the crime series being filmed in Florence, Italy, as well as Panama, Thailand.
In order to make the Money Heist story sync and make sense, the series features a narrative that is told in real-time. Also, there are numerous flashbacks in the series, as well as hidden character motivations.
Money Heist Accolades
To date, Money Heist has received so many awards.
These include receiving the award for the Best Drama Series at the 46th international Emmy Awards.
Money Heist has also received critical acclaim for its interpersonal dramas, as well as for the plot, which is nonetheless sophisticated.
It doesn’t end there, though. "Bella ciao," which is the theme song of the television series and plays out numerous times throughout the whole series, became a hit all across Europe in 2018. This Italian anti-fascist Money Heist song became a favourite among Europeans for some time.
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