La chica de ayer

A disoriented modern cop wades through grimy, smoky 1977 Spain, caught between mystery and nostalgia, uneasy and strangely melancholy.

Created by

Alfonso Arandia, Alvaro Ron

Genres

Sci-fi & fantasy, Drama, Crime

Starring

Ernesto Alterio, Manuela Velasco, Antonio Garrido

Overview

La Chica de Ayer is a Spanish television series which first aired on the channel Antena 3 between 26 April and 14 June 2009. A detective show, it was based on the British series Life on Mars which featured a policeman suddenly transported back to 1973. The Spanish version of the show was set four years later, in 1977, and took its name from the Spanish song "La Chica de Ayer" by Nacha Pop in a similar manner to the British version which was named after the David Bowie song "Life on Mars". It featured Ernesto Alterio in the role of Samuel Santos, a modern-day police officer who finds himself in 1977 post-Franco Spain under the command of Quin Gallardo, a tough old-school policeman contemptuous of his modern methods.

How it feels

Eerie, melancholic, tense and cynical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Identity, memory, isolation, justice

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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