Regardless of the chosen record, The Cohn & Duprat series already seem to be a genre in their own right. Not because they are repeated, but because the factory seal groups them into a niche which, paradoxically, leaves no one out. Both in The one in chargeas in Nothingor now with Fine Artsone It can remain in the grace of the first layer or reach, by undressing, the profound heart of the story..
And if it embarks on the pace of the miniseries that Star+ premiered this Thursday comes across a bold, sarcastic and attractive look at the B-side of art.
That in this case It has the museum as a narrative frame, but also finds in the small and subtle details the merciless x-ray of that universe in which fiction is not always encouraged.. Sometimes, the solemnity or political correctness of certain worlds has not allowed many to freely touch the snobbery, ego struggle, pressures and appearances of an artistic temple. Or from a museum.
Just like on many family trips “shopping kills the museum”, at the table of production companies or platforms, a script about life inside a museum shouldn’t win many battles. A shame, because after seeing the six episodes of Fine Arts – from 25 to 30 minutes – Surely more than one will wonder why there isn’t more of it on the platforms. streaming. For example because there would be no more stories about doormen or food critics.
Fortunately, the solid, rotating duo of Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat were encouraged to set foot in other fields, sometimes with gold, sometimes with mud.
Antonio Dumas (Martínez) next to the tower of stuffed animals that he displays in his museum.Here The new orientation undertaken by the Ibero-American Museum of Modern Art, dependent on the Ministry of Culture, is described. The first episode, entitled Competition, opens with a sort of casting between three people to reach the direct position. Antonio Dumas (Oscar Martinez) competes against two women. For his answers, for his silences, for his gestures, for his annoyance, for his irony or for the traces he left in the world of culture. he has everything to lose. But you win. And I guess. And the character steals command from space.
The excuse is Wherebut grace is in Whoas happened with Guillermo Francella’s character in The one in charge or with that of Luis Brandoni in Nothing. The facts are intertwined, while the man undresses without having to take off any clothes.
Impeccable work by Oscar Martínez in the composition of this superb and renowned cultural manager, who failed to make the crucial issues of his personal life. He has a son who costs him bills, a grandson who sees little, an old love from the other side of the world, a cat named Borges and a few fleas. And an electric skateboard that takes him around Madrid.
Oscar Martínez, the poster man.Martinez was The illustrious citizen With which Cohn and Duprat won a Goya. They know each other, but In this meeting there is no work done by roteAS There is no similarity even in Fine Arts with My Masterpiece.the film they made with Brandoni and Francella, in which there is also an artist at the center of the scene.
The names are repeated like fetish actors, but each new production jumps from the tile. There is perhaps an exquisite underlying humor that unites them, There is something of black humor in all of them without a hint of whitebut everyone plays their own game, here with the help of a solid Spanish cast, with Aixa Villagran as his secretary, with Dani Rovira like his son, with Ana Wagener as Minister of Culture, with José Sacristán and Ángela Molina as luxury guests.
In addition to the script and the plot of the characters – between intellect, self-confidence, power and emotion -, One of the greatest virtues of the series lies in the play of human smallness compared to the architectural scale of most museums.. The camera knows how to play with that inequality, where there is no deformity, perhaps it is simply true.
Perhaps the sixth episode is the least agile, the one that falls into some banal temptations, but it’s worth doing the whole journey. It’s like in museums, there are rooms that fascinate you and others where you slow down. But in general everything comes out by savoring the work. It usually happens even after crossing the Cohn/Duprat threshold..
In the works exhibited in the museum there is hidden – or in plain sight – part of what the series wants to tell.File
Qualification: Very good
Comedy Protagonists: Oscar Martínez and Aixa Villagrán Creation: Mariano Cohn, Andrés and Gastón Duprat Film script: Gaston Duprat Address: Mariano Cohn Problem: Six episodes on Star+.
Source: Clarin
