Director of five movies and a documentary since 2013’s feature debut “I Don’t Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long,” Caro became only the second showrunner from Spain and Latin America, following “Money Heist’s” Alex Pina, to sign a multi-year production pact with Netflix, in May 2019.
“The House of Flowers,” which is a portrait of a laughably dysfunctional Mexican family, is a case in point. Breaking out to rank as the second most-watched series of any nationality on Netflix in Mexico last year, it also proved a big cult play in Spain and Latin America. Equally, “Someone Has to Die” has shot to number one on Netflix in Spain, and also Argentina, after just one day.
“Someone Has to Die” delivers a specific vision, of a sordid 1950s Spain, nailing the heartless inhumanity of the society that dictator Francisco Franco created.