Ricardo Gomez He is one of the best-known actors in our country, especially thanks to his participation for more than twenty years in ‘Cuéntame como paso’. Yes, the most legendary series on our television, giving life to Carlitos. But when your image is closely linked to a series, and even more so for so long, you always look to do new projects to demonstrate your versatility. Thus, Ricardo Gómez has made series as different as ‘Romancero’ or ‘La Ruta’. And movies like ‘1898. The last of the Philippines‘, which earned him a nomination for the Goya Awards, or the one that premieres today TVE at 10:45 p.m.: ‘The substitute’.
In ‘The Substitute’, Ricardo Gómez plays Inspector Andrés Expósito, and it represents a radical change to that good boy image that we had thanks to ‘Cuéntame’. The thriller, directed by Óscar Aibar, is a thriller in the deepest Spain. In the film we meet a group of hidden Nazis who make life impossible for Ricardo Gómez’s character.
Along with Vicky Luengo, protagonist of the series ‘Reina Roja’, which will arrive on Prime Video on February 29, ‘Elsubstitute’ was presented at the Malaga Festival. And he also got a nomination for Ricardo Gómez at the Feroz Awards. So, TVE is once again committed to programming recent films from our cinema in its prime time. In fact, it is also available on the Amazon platform. It managed to place itself in second place for the most viewed content when it came to streaming a year ago, in February 2022.
The cast, which includes the aforementioned Ricardo Gómez and Vicky Luengo, completes Pere Ponce, Pol López, Joaquín Climent, Nuria Herrero and Bruna Cusí. The director himself commented during the promotion of the film how he came up with the idea for the story. «Years ago a photo caught my attention from the wall of a beach restaurant. In the image you could see some men sitting happily at a table, dressed in German uniforms from World War II. The image had been taken in that same place no more than twenty years ago. I then began an investigation that led me to discover hundreds of details about the Nazi refugees on the Costa Blancaa prosperous community that lived a peaceful retirement in our country until well into the Transition.
What is ‘The Substitute’ about?
Year 1982. A young police officer trained in the toughest neighborhoods of Madrid accepts a posting to a seaside town in the hope of curing his daughter. And, by the way, gain some peace of mind. Once there, he becomes involved in the investigation of the strange murder of the inspector he is to replace. The investigations will take him to a beach hotel where a community of elderly Nazis, wanted by many countries for crimes against humanity, live a paradisiacal and happy retirement.