Amazon Prime Video is one of the best platforms today, and it is the first in Spain above Netflix. Thanks to the package that comes with Amazon shipments, the VOD service has managed to reach more households than any other, and this is something they are taking advantage of to launch all kinds of Spanish series and movies with a great impact.
From high-budget series like El Cid to comedic series like El pueblo, Prime Video is an expert in Spanish productions. But few fictions have managed to reach the Top 1 in views. This is precisely what the new film from the country that has just been released has achieved: Un hipster en la España vacía.
The new film by the director of Ocho apellidos vascos
Although the title may sound more like 2012 than 2024, the truth is that Emilio Martínez-Lázaro’s film (the director of Ocho apellidos vascos), based on the homonymous book by Daniel Gascón, has been a pleasant surprise for Prime Video. It has been the most watched movie on the platform in Spain since its release on March 27, even surpassing Road House, the latest great film starring Jake Gyllenhaal. The movie’s synopsis promises… for those who enjoy this style of films:
“Quique is tasked with leading the policy of the ‘Empty Spain’ in a village in Teruel, but he doesn’t know where to start. He faces a town that is ready to make fun of him for his modern proposals, and to make matters worse, he soon discovers that being sent there is a plan by his girlfriend and the leader of his party to be together. He will only have his good will and Lourdes, the bar waitress, who wants to prevent him from making a fool of himself and help him understand that the key to his success lies in learning to listen to his new neighbors”.
