TV series have become one of the most important elements of the streaming offer. Not only because of the diversity of themes, perspectives and genres, but also because it achieves something that cinema rarely achieves. Analyze the story deeply and especially the characters that need to be developed thoroughly. Call Golden age series, showed that it is not only the format that matters greatly to the way audiovisual content is consumed. At the same time, it influences how the most complex, gritty, and moving stories can be analyzed from a new perspective.
But its structure, with multiple seasons and more themes to explore, may bore some viewers. Especially when most of them take years to complete arcs and explore the behavior of their central figures. Therefore, mini-series are an ideal option for audiences with different criteria. Both for those who are interested in complex stories, and for those who do not want to wait until they reach the end.
We leave you with five miniseries you can watch right now and which streaming service to watch them on. From a terrifying story of faith and fanaticism to a dystopia hidden in a large urban project. Short but interesting stories, with the opportunity to dig deeper from the most unique perspectives, without having to work too hard to achieve it.
Messiah (Movistar+)
After success Ibiography of Spanish artist Cristina Ortiz Rodriguez, director’s duo Javis, finds maturity in this unsettling work. What begins as an exploration of beliefs and the limits of faith becomes a chronicle of disaster foretold. And all this thanks to the combination of a pop phenomenon based on religious dogma and memories of a character tortured by his past.
Already considered the best Spanish series of the year, it is also a chilling look at cults and the use of emotional manipulation. When Enrique (Roger Casamajore), listen to a Christian music group perform Stella Maris, not only brings back some of the worst memories of his childhood. At the same time, he explores the horror of the mystical transformed into a form of aggression and violence. Further, in the concept of punishment – corporal and spiritual – so cruel that it left incurable mental wounds in his life.
From messianic delirium to the perception of a miracle as an event designed to hurt and intimidate, Messiah This is a harrowing journey through parallel histories. Moreover, a complex plot told with terrifying simplicity and visual staging that surprises with its symbolism. With seven chapters, this is the perfect story for for those who want to enjoy impeccable products without spending a lot of time.
Architect (Filmin)
This four-episode narrative, which uncomfortably combines social satire and dystopia disguised as future possibility, is surprising. Not just because he raised the idea of collective dehumanization as the only way to survive climate disruption and overpopulation. At the same time, for studying modern morality from a reasonable point of view. What’s the worst that could happen when residential buildings become a barrier to urban growth?
Filmed with an obsessive visual attention to symmetry, this Norwegian production suggests from a cold perspective that the decision is almost barbaric. Transform the underground spaces of cities into living spaces. But for director Kerren Lumer-Clubbers, it’s not about the idea of creating a creative solution to a real-life problem. Architect turns the search for housing in cities where it is extremely expensive into a moral battle.
At the same time, it is difficult to understand what society can accept to continue to pretend that environmental and cultural tragedy is not happening. Gradually, and in less than five hours, the series creates a terrifying panorama of the future. We are all destined to lose our dignity after achieving a certain amount of prosperity or, at best, success.
This World Won’t Make Me a Bad Person (Netflix)
In recent years, Netflix has been paying particular attention to the animation section aimed at adult audiences. And this series, with only 6 episodes, is one of the most fascinating and strange of the platform’s already considerable crop. But this time the risk is not showing explicit nudity or violence. Instead, it’s an exploration of politics, fascism and morality, degraded into an awkward debate with no apparent resolution.
The story, set in Rome and focusing on two friends – one who remains in the old neighborhood of his childhood and the other who returns – is not interested in making people laugh. Although this is true. And not give lessons, although he succeeds. The result is a journey of unexpected eloquence through a series of ideas that They are rarely addressed in anime. Except for one, intended as satire.
Lack of jobs, the decline of the poorest areas of cities in prosperous countries, even drug use. This world won’t make me a bad person creates a version of modern reality that is bitter and harsh. But, without a doubt, honestly. All the while, without losing the ability to satirize – almost ominously – turbulent times.
Wrath (Netflix)
What begins as a minor car accident turns into an immoral and violent battle between two strangers. But beyond its curious premise, Row is an intriguing study of human nature. Dark, one that is not regulated by rules of behavior and which is often the cause of all sorts of accidents and horrors.
Amy (Ali Wong) and Danny (Steven Yeun) are devastated by the failure of their life projects. But even more so because of the unrelenting and almost suffocating pressure to find purpose in my life. However, both stories cease to be important when hatred unites them in the same space and setting. Complete chaos that has more to do with the way people’s pain is expressed – without control and without nuance – than anything else.
Gradually, these random enemies will meet each other in a brutal battle. At the same time as realistic as it is painful. At the end of the day, we’re all monsters, or that’s what the show says.
Everybody Loves Daisy Jones (Prime Video)
Music will always be a way to understand an era. Even more so when it comes to connecting all types of memories with collective emotions. This series, in ten episodes, tells the journey of the group from its birth to its heyday. However, much more beautiful and meaningful is the look at the maturity and growth of the world around us. Then art becomes a stage where everyone comes together and a mirror through which they can look at themselves.
This adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reed’s book of the same name has more to do with the music as the common thread of the six stories than the moral. But in the end he provides it. In its final and exciting chapter, fame enters a philosophical perspective. Therefore, art becomes the greatest legacy of all. The surprisingly deep meaning of this seemingly simple work.
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