In 2008 several FBI agents arrested the investor and finance guru Bernie Madoff. The photo of his face made the rounds of tabloids around the world and Wall Street trembled at what could be the dismantling of the biggest Ponzi scheme in history.
This event, which took away the savings of thousands of investors, arrives this week on Netflix in the form of a Miniseries and with the participation of analysts and those affected. It is just one of the premieres that we can see these days on the different platforms. We tell you all below.
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‘Grantchester’ T1 -Tuesday 3rd January 2023
Enter Sidney, the character of the Anglican clergyman from Cambridgeshire who made actor James Norton popular in the UK by trying to solve mysterious criminal events in the small town of Grantchester, just outside Cambridge.
To achieve this, he will have the complicity of a police inspector, determined but exhausted, named Geordie Keating. In the shared process of facing a murder, Sidney will discover aspects of the human condition that will transform him.
Apple TV
‘Dear Edward’ S1 -Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Produced by Emmy-winning Jason Katims and starring Emmy-nominated Connie Britton, it is an adaptation of Ann Napolitano’s acclaimed novel Dear Edward. It’s a heartbreaking story that celebrates life and talks about survival, resilience and connection, while asking what it is that makes us human.
Movistar Plus+
‘Happy Valley’ S3 -Tuesday, January 3, 2023
This drama explores the more domestic and human side of agent Catherine Cawood, played by Sarah Lancashire, subtly overstepping the line of her dark nature to sporadically enter the realm of a genuine style of humor that makes her unique.
We are dealing with a divorced woman who has a heroin addict daughter immersed in eternal rehabilitation and who is raising her grandson born from the rape of her other daughter who ended up committing suicide. Tommy Lee Royce, the fearsome rapist played by James Norton, is about to be released from prison.
Netflix
‘The lying life of adults’ T1 – Wednesday, January 4, 2023
The young Giovanna will experience a troubled transition between childhood and adolescence marked by discoveries of some dark secrets about her own family. It all starts when she, following a comment from her father, comes into contact with a quirky aunt. Her dilemmas will lead her to transit between two worlds contained in the same city. On the one hand, Naples apparently more cold, and on the other that of the suburbs to which her daring aunt Vittoria belongs.
‘Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street’ Miniseries – Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Bernie Madoff went from financial guru to convicted felon after uncovering one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in history. More than 60 billion euros were defrauded and thousands of investors were affected. This mini documentary series features analysts and scammers who come to question whether a scam of such colossal dimensions would have been orchestrated without significant complicity that would make Madoff a scapegoat for a financial system that is being questioned.
‘The Lady of the Dead’ T1 -Thursday, January 5, 2023
A story about how far a passionate woman will go to avenge her husband’s death, and the tug-of-war between good and evil that boils within all of us. A woman tries to find out who killed her husband to get back at her and ends up exposing the darkest secrets of her small community. Based on Branhard Aichner’s bestseller, it centers on an extraordinary female character. In her search for her, she will end up more and more cornered and will be forced to face the abyss of her past.
‘Gini and Georgia’ T2 -Thursday, January 5, 2023
How to live knowing that your mother is a murderer? That’s what Ginny is going to have to find out. Now that she knows that Kenny—her stepfather of hers—didn’t die of natural causes, Ginny must deal with her sadness and the fact that Georgia killed him to protect her. For her part, Georgia would rather forget about the past. After all, she has a wedding on her hands! But the funny thing about Georgia’s past is that she never stays buried long…
‘Copenhagen Cowboy’ T1 -Thursday, January 5, 2023
Copenhagen Cowboy is a crime thriller series that narrates, in six episodes, the adventures of its enigmatic young heroine, Miu, who, after a life of servitude and about to start from scratch, travels the sinister landscape of the criminal world of Copenhagen . As she seeks justice and exacts her revenge, she runs into her archenemy, Rakel, and the two embark on an odyssey through the natural and supernatural worlds. In the end, the past transforms and defines the future for both of them as they discover that they are not alone, that they are many.
Disney+
‘Star Wars: The Bad Consignment’ S2 -Wednesday, January 4, 2023
A group of renegade clones will grow an army to try to face the final battle against the empire that has taken everything from them after the fall of the republic. To achieve this, they will go through new scenarios in a journey that will lead them to face dangers as mercenaries and meet old friends.
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‘Cloudy Skies’ Docuseries – Friday, January 6, 2023
In 1992, an Israeli Boeing 747 crashed into an apartment building in Amsterdam, and this fast-paced production between Germany and Israel is the story of that plane crash. Three decades later, its real causes remain a mystery that goes through the loss of a black box and some disturbing considerations about a suspicious shipment.
These are all the series premieres for the week of January 1 to 8, 2023