# Paquita Salas (2016)

> A fading 1990s Spanish talent agent scrambles to find new stars after losing her biggest client, stumbling through a modern entertainment industry that has left her behind.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/58835

## Facts

- Seasons: 3
- Episodes: 16
- Episode runtime: 21 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy
- Created by: Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi
- Network: Netflix, Flooxer
- Cast: Brays Efe, Belén Cuesta, Lidia San José, Mariona Terés, Yolanda Ramos, Anna Castillo, Belinda Washington, Terelu Campos
- TMDB rating: 8.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5866074/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: cringe-inducing, sardonic, absurd, bittersweet, satirical

## What critics say

Audiences find the satirical, camp send-up of the 1990s Spanish entertainment industry witty and bold, though enthusiasm cools in the middle season.

## Synopsis

Paquita Salas (2016-2019) is a Spanish television satirical comedy series created by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi for Netflix and Flooxer. Brays Efe plays Paquita Salas, once one of Spain's most formidable talent agents, who is desperately searching for fresh clients after losing her biggest star. Belén Cuesta plays her loyal but exasperated associate Magüi Moreno, and Yolanda Ramos and Anna Castillo appear among the mix of performers and industry figures who orbit Paquita's struggling agency. The engine of the show is Paquita's refusal to accept that her 1990s methods no longer work: each short episode, around twenty-one minutes, follows her scheming, bluffing and overreaching as she chases the next big name. The series runs three seasons and sixteen episodes in total, a serialized comedy with a continuing storyline rather than standalone case-of-the-week plots. Set in contemporary Madrid's entertainment world, it contrasts nineties showbiz glamour with a digital, social-media era. The tone is cringe-inducing, sardonic and bittersweet, with satire landing sharply on vanity and fame. Fans of Extras, Episodes and Fleabag will find resonance in its humiliating comic situations and its portrait of a faded figure refusing to fade.

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