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Series Details & Credits
| AMC+ | Release Date: January 20, 2022 |
Summary:
Young diplomat Álex Ventura (Álvaro Mel) joins archival clerk Lucía (Ana Polvorosa) and maritime lawyer Jonas Pierce (Clarke Peters), to recover the sunken treasure stolen by Frank Wild (Stanley Tucci) in this Spanish co-production.
[Premiered originally in Spain on Movistar+ on 30 Sep 2021 and in the US on AMC+ on 20 Jan 2022]
[Premiered originally in Spain on Movistar+ on 30 Sep 2021 and in the US on AMC+ on 20 Jan 2022]
Genre(s):
Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Action & Adventure, Suspense
Recent Episodes
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S1:E6. Episode Six
Air Date: October 28, 2021
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S1:E5. Episode Five
Air Date: October 21, 2021
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S1:E4. Episode Four
Air Date: October 14, 2021
Positive:
3
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
Jan 20, 2022
Jan 18, 2022
Mr. Peters is a memorable presence, a solid counterweight to Mr. Tucci, and a voice of righteousness. But dramatically, as well as morally, this bilingual and frequently English-subtitled drama lists to the Spanish side: The characters there are better realized, the dialogue is sharper and the ineptitude of Spanish politicians looks benign stacked up next to certain strains of American corruption and stupidity.
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Jan 20, 2022
The Spanish series La Fortuna, which aired last year in its country of origin, falls somewhere in between “quite good” and “ambitious but uneven” on that spectrum. ... There is a kind of straightforward, throwback comfort to La Fortuna. A fair amount of that comes from Tucci, weaponizing his extra-dirty-negroni grin into smugness and condescension, and Clarke Peters.
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Jan 18, 2022
The closest La Fortuna comes to galvanic is when Tucci, relishing his character’s snakelike swagger, and Peters, full of worldly wisdom and weary impatience, go head-to-head, which happens just barely enough. ... The Spanish side of the ensemble is driven by somewhat likably idealistic turns by Mel and Polvorosa, though they’re let down by a never-convincing love story.
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Seasons & Episodes
- Series Overview
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: January 20, 2022
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S1:E6. Episode Six
Air Date: October 28, 2021
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S1:E5. Episode Five
Air Date: October 21, 2021
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S1:E4. Episode Four
Air Date: October 14, 2021
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S1:E3. Episode Three
Air Date: October 7, 2021
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S1:E2. Episode Two
Air Date: September 30, 2021
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S1:E1. Episode One
Air Date: September 30, 2021
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Season 1 Overview