Intimacy (Intimidad) is the latest political drama series released on Netflix on 10 June 2022. The series is created by Verónica Fernández and Laura Sarmiento. Produced by Txintxua Films and directed by Jorge Torregrossa (Elite), Ben Gutteridge, Marta Font, and Koldo Almandoz. The story is about a rising politician whose career is threatened when a surreptitiously recorded video of her sex life is leaked to the public. Show The cast of Intimacy includes Itziar Ituño (La Casa de Papel) as Malen Zubiri, Emma Suárez as Miren, Patricia López Arnaiz as Bego, Verónica Echegui as Ane, Ana Wagener as Alicia and Yune Nogueiras as Leire. There are total of 8 episodes in the series with a runtime of about 50 minutes each. Also Read: Stranger Things 4 Vol 2: 5 Things We Noticed in The Teaser Intimacy Ending Explained: Who Leaks The Video?As we saw at the start of the series, Ane walks into the sea and drowns herself. Meanwhile, Malen Zubiri, who is the deputy mayor of Bilbao and is soon to be declared the candidate for the mayor seat. However, one day her sex tape with an unidentified man is released on social media. Who is later revealed to be César Barretxeguren, a prominent businessman’s youngest son, who she met on a dating app without knowing his real identity. But for the public, it is a topic of gossip and shame as Malen’s married to Alfredo, but their marriage has been rocky for a long time, as they live in separate rooms and had agreed to an open marriage. The video leaks prove to be a major setback for her career and image. Soon she gets introduced to detective Alicia and Bego (Ane’s sister) as they are investigating Ane’s death. However, even with Alicia’s persistent urge to Malen to file a report, she doesn’t want to pursue it for fear of maligning her image. Although Alfredo feels emasculated, their daughter, Leire, suffers from despair and assaults her ex-boyfriend, believing he uploaded their sex video to the internet. Through the course of the series, things eventually get out as César ends up dead after being accused of leaking the sex video and on the other side, Bego is trying hard to find enough evidence that would get her justice in court. Now to answer the question in everyone’s mind – who leaked Malen and César’s video? The culprit is Andoni Segurola (Mikel Tello) a businessman in her cabinet, who had harboured a grudge against the aspiring mayor ever since she announced plans to further regulate the real estate market. He was actually friends with César, who was in a lot of debt and in the desperate times agreed to secretly film them getting intimate to extort money from Malen later. However, even he didn’t know that it would be publicised like that which leads to his family leaving him and he doesn’t even get the money that was promised, leading to his death eventually. Now coming to Ane’s case, as speculated the ex-boyfriend Jon was the one who sent the pictures and images of the orgy to the head of the factory, who shared it with everyone. Alicia had a dangerous encounter while searching for Jon but eventually catches him who later spills the name of the spreader (the head) and he gets arrested as well. Towards the end, Malen finally reports the case which leads to Andoni Segurola’s indictment on charges of murder of César. She even resigns from her post to get back to her previous job as a lawyer. But fate has other plans, as her party members plead for her to come back as their candidate for Mayor because the other candidate Gorka, also resigned. In the end, Malen Zubiri is seen putting up posters for her electoral campaign. Apart from the future mayor, Alicia also comes around to accepting her sexuality in public as she plans IVF treatment with her girlfriend. Bego is finally free from the case and can let go of Ane for a better afterlife, as she also tries to live her life to the fullest. And lastly, Leire accepts her fault and promises to get into therapy. The series ended on a relatively positive note as the characters look forward to their lives after being in the invisible prison of shame, guilt and regret. But could there be something more to come as Malen is finally running for mayor, in another season maybe? Intimacy is streaming on Netflix. Also Read: Intimacy Review: 4 Women, 4 Lives and The Cycle Of Guilt Here is everything eager fans ought to know about the Spanish drama series Intimacy that stars Itziar Ituno, who viewers will recognize from the international hit show Money Heist. The streaming powerhouse that is Netflix has always been very reliable in bringing its subscribers all kinds of next-level content, especially in the form of highly addictive, scandalous dramas that keep the audience guessing until the credits roll. Of the many binge-worthy ordeals ready to stream now, the provocative endeavors that brilliantly stand out the absolute most are most assuredly Borgen: Power and Glory, The Perfect Mother, Who Killed Sara, and Intimacy. Of those titles listed, Intimacy is yet another exceptional addition to an already impressive lineup of originals that is sure to keep fans entertained until the very end. Bringing this excellent experience to life is a solid lineup of spectacular players alongside Ituno that includes Veronica Echegui, Patricia Lopez Arnaiz, Ana Wagener, Emma Suarez, and Yune Nogueiras. The well-crafted Netflix show was created by Veronica Fernandez and Laura Sarmiento, and the narrative has been described by Netflix as understated and suspenseful. The first season of Intimacy consists of eight exceptional entries, making it an ideal choice for any subscriber’s next exciting binge session. Intimacy synopsisAs far as Intimacy goes, the Spanish series has Ituno putting her magnificent talent to work by having her take on the part of a promising politician whose career gets derailed by the release of a private video containing her performing a sexual act. Within the well-crafted narrative. The political crime drama series deals with intimate image abuse and the role of privacy in the modern age. Here is the official synopsis for the series from the Netflix Media Center:
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Stream It Or Skip It One of the biggest fears in today’s connected world is that someone can get hold of personal information and use it against you, whether it’s to drain your bank account or humiliate you with intimate photos or videos. The thing is, this isn’t something that only happens to celebrities or people in power. A new series from Spain points that out, and shows victims that are fighting back instead of slinking into the darkness. INTIMACY: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?Opening Shot: Scenes of waves splashing on rocks. Then we zoom in and see a woman’s body floating just off shore. “Don’t look at me like that,” says a voice over. “I didn’t expect this to be the end of me, either.” The Gist: We then go to city hall in Bilbao, a coastal city in Northern Spain. Deputy Mayor Malen Zubiri (Itziar Ituño) is an up-and-coming politician, and her party’s choice to run for mayor in the next election. Then, as she leaves the office, she sees a leaked video of herself having sex on a beach with a man who is not her husband. While humiliating, Malen doesn’t think that this should cost her her job or the campaign. She and her husband Alfredo have been living separate lives for awhile, though they’ve kept that from their daughter Leire (Yune Nogueiras). This is despite the fact that she‘s the victim, her privacy violated by Cesar (Eduardo Lloveras), an old flame whom she was with in that video on a holiday in France, or someone using him to bring her down. In the meantime, pressure mounts on her, her family and her party. Reporters and cameras get in Leire’s face, prompting Malen to grab her before she assaults a photographer. And in meetings with her party, everyone, including Miren (Emma Suárez), the party leader, want her to resign and drop out of the race. We also see a teacher named Bego (Patricia López Arnaiz) called to the morgue to identify the body of her younger sister Ane (Verónica Echegui). Ane was found floating in the bay, with no signs of foul play and her shoes on the beach. She’s the woman that was floating in the water, and she didn’t even tell Bego, who is not only her sister but roommate and best friend, that she was having suicidal thoughts. Inspector Alicia Vazquez (Ana Wagener), who is in charge of the Bilabo police’s IT crimes division, is interested in pursuing Malen’s case, but Malen just wants it to go away. Alicia also calls in Bego, who crosses paths with Malen at the police station; one of the coworkers at the factory where Ane worked said that there were intimate photos of Ane passed around the factory, which led her to become distraught in recent months. The next day, with Malen about to read her resignation speech to the press, Bego intercepts her at city hall and asks her to help figure out who leaked the intimate photos of her sister, sending Malen on a completely new path in her political career. What Shows Will It Remind You Of? In a lot of ways, Intimacy reminds us of the early years of The Good Wife, mainly because Marlen is like Alicia Florick: Not capitulating, and trying to keep her career going because she was a victim, not a perpetrator. The show is definitely a treatise on how we sometimes victim-blame when someone’s privacy is violated. Our Take: Written by Veronica Fernandez and Laura Sarmiento, Intimacy makes a strong case that the status quo of how a victim of a privacy breach should just slink away in humiliation is not only old fashioned, but dangerous. Malen is the representative of those who have fought against such violations and emerged stronger, dating all the way back to when Vanessa Williams resigned her Miss America crown over leaked nude photos. The storytelling method that Fernandez and Sarmiento use here might seem muddled at first, going back and forth between the present and the past for both Malen and Bego. But it’s worth exploring the root of Malen and Cesar’s holiday in France; it doesn’t seem like just a fling, which would make Malen’s bewilderment at how this went down have more emotional punch. And seeing how Ane’s life was made a living hell after her photos leaked will also have an impact. It’s also illustrative to show that this problem can happen to anyone, whether it’s a high-profile politician or a factory worker. And the fact that Alicia is trying to investigate both cases with equal rigor shows that squashing privacy breaches like this are important on all levels. Will things get more muddled as we go on? Perhaps. But once we see just how all of this plays out, in the present and the recent past, we’re thinking that it’ll coalesce into a tale of how we all need to intensely protect our privacy these days. Sex and Skin: There’s some skin as we see Malen have sex with Cesar on the beach, but not much. Parting Shot: Malen shocks everyone by not giving up her job or stopping her campaign. Miren nods slightly in approval. Sleeper Star: Yune Nogueiras is a wild card as Leire. Right now, she’s angry over the behavior of both her parents. But at some point, she may get on her mother’s side once she realizes just how violating what happened to her actually is. Most Pilot-y Line: Leire’s boyfriend wanted to give her space after her mother’s video was released. “You always tell me I’m a helicopter boyfriend, so…” he trails off as Leire makes a helicopter sound and both chuckle. It’s a weirdly light moment given the gravity of what happened.
Our Call: STREAM IT. Intimacy has smart writing and good lead performances, and a storytelling structure made to really point out how leaked videos and pictures can quickly ruin a life. Joel Keller (@joelkeller) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn’t kid himself: he’s a TV junkie. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, RollingStone.com, VanityFair.com, Fast Company and elsewhere.
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