With 3 seasons on Netflix, “Grand Hotel” is featured in the countryside of Spain in the early 20th century. The life of Sira, a dressmaker once consumed by the love of a man in the beginning episodes, leaves the turmoil of Madrid prior to the Civil War at Tangier, where she inadvertently becomes part of an espionage scheme and becomes a key figure for both Spain and Britain before World War II. The graphics and costume design for the entire show are astonishing and appear as though you’re actually in the 1940s. “The Time in Between” takes place in the late 1930s to the 1940s and describes the story of a Spanish dressmaker, Sira Quiroga, played by Adriana Ugarte. In later seasons they also try to take down the Bank of Spain while the actors and plot never cease to amaze me, and the same will happen to you. The group o f thieves take hostages to aid in their negotiations with the authorities, who strategize to come up with a way to capture “El Profesor” and to end the heist once and for all. To carry out the ambitious plan and help it succeed, he recruits eight criminals with certain abilities and who have nothing to lose. Starring Alvaro Morte as the criminal mastermind, “El Profesor,” he invests in a plan to pull off the biggest heist in history, to print billions of euros in the Royal Mint of Spain. With so many tactical and insane scenes, you never know what to expect.

Known as “Money Heist” on Netflix, this show is one of the most adventurous shows I’ve ever watched. If you don’t know where to start or if you’re unsure whether or not to start watching soap operas furthermore, below is a list of my top 5 Spanish soap operas you have to watch, and you can watch them with subtitles in English to understand the show.

A show genre that is full of action, drama, and suspense is none other than Spanish soap operas. If you’re bored of watching repetitive shows on Netflix, Hulu, or HBO that are based in English, I think it’s time you try watching shows based in other countries.

By Marija Kraljevic, Arts and Entertainment and Photo Editor

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