“Under Siege” (“Palacio”) the fictional series inspired by the storming of Colombia’s Palace of Justice by an M-19 guerrilla commando and its subsequent retaking by the Colombian army, bows Nov. 6 on Netflix.
As the synopsis goes, on Nov. 6, 1985, an M-19 guerrilla commando forced its way into the Palace of Justice and seized more than 300 people, including Supreme Court justices.
In an earlier interview, Netflix’s VP of Latin American Content Francisco Ramos described it as “a huge undertaking, even by our own standards…and we’re of course, going to take it through what happened through the coup attempt,” stressing that authenticity is key at Netflix.
It is among a slew of projects that Netflix has been producing in Colombia, buoyed by the incentives and burgeoning talent pool of the country.
The “Under Siege” cast includes Natalia Reyes (“Terminator: Dark Fate”), Carlos Manuel Vesga, Robinson Díaz, Luna Baxter, Mariana Gómez, Santiago Alarcón, Nicole Santamaría, Andrés Castañeda and Camilo Amores, among others.
It was produced by Mariana Berenguer and Mirlanda Torres while Andrés Calderón and Torres served as executive producers.
