Victim Number 8

Victim Number 8 (Spanish: La víctima número 8) is a 2018 Spanish conspiracy thriller television series loosely based on the August 2017 Barcelona attacks.[1] The series, created by Sara Antuña and Marc Cistaré, stars César Mateo, María de Nati, and Verónika Moral. The plot revolves around a jihadi bombing in the Old Town of Bilbao with seven casualties and several more wounded, and the police investigation trying to catch those responsible for the killing.[2][3][4]

Victim Number 8
Genre
Created by
  • Sara Antuña
  • Marc Cistaré
Starring
  • César Mateo
  • María de Nati
  • Verónika Moral
Country of originSpain
Original language(s)Spanish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Production company(s)
Release
Original networkETB 2
Telemadrid
Original releaseOctober 10, 2018 (2018-10-10)
External links
http://www.telemadrid.es/programas/la-victima-numero-8 Website

Victim Number 8 was first released in Spain on October 10, 2018, on ETB 2. The series was released worldwide on Netflix on August 16, 2019.[5]

Cast
  • César Mateo as Omar
  • María de Nati as Edurne
  • Verónika Moral as Koro
  • Iñaki Ardanaz as Gaizka
  • Farah Hamed as Adila
  • Lisi Linder as Almudena
  • Khaled Kouka as Ibrahim
  • Óscar Zafra as Gorostiza
  • Jesús Ruyman as Comisario
  • Alfonso Torregrosa as José María Azkarate
  • Itziar Lazkano as Concha
  • Son Khoury as Zakir
  • Youssef Bougarovaney as Aissa
  • Marcial Álvarez as Eche
  • Gemma Martínez
  • Itziar Aizpuru as María
  • Álex Larumbe
  • Gilen Xabier as Agente Morera
  • Keiko Fayrori

Reception

As of August 25, 2019, Victim Number 8 has a rating of 7.2 out of 10 on IMDb,[6] 3.5 stars out of 5 on the review website Ready, Steady, Cut,[7] and two mixed critical reviews on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.[8] Writing for Ready Steady Cut, Jonathan Wilson commented: “Tense and engrossing, this Spanish thriller offers a well-paced and tightly-written high-stakes story.”[9]

References
  1. Mitchell, Molli (August 20, 2019). "Victim Number 8 Season 2 Netflix release date: Will there be another series?". Express. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  2. "Crítica: 'La víctima número 8' es un thriller con ritmo sobre un atentado yihadista". Fuera de Series (in Spanish). Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  3. "'La víctima número 8', un thriller valiente que atrapa por su dosis de humanidad". Ver Tele (in Spanish). Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  4. "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Victim Number 8' On Netflix, A Spanish Thriller About a Man Framed For a Terrorist Attack". Decider. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  5. Mitchell, Molli (August 20, 2019). "Victim Number 8 Season 2 Netflix release date: Will there be another series?". Express. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  6. Victim Number 8 (La víctima número 8) TV Series. IMDb. 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  7. Mitchell, Molli (August 20, 2019). "Victim Number 8 Season 2 Netflix release date: Will there be another series?". Express. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  8. "VICTIM NUMBER 8: SEASON 1 (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  9. Wilson, Jonathon (August 16, 2019). "Victim Number 8 Review: Another Tense And Engrossing Spanish SeriesMistaken Identity?". Ready, Steady, Cut. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
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