Nadie va a descubrir que el norte
de Europa se está convirtiendo en una potencia importantísima a la hora de no
solo crear series, sino también de importarlas. Suecia con sólo 10 millones de
habitantes es capaz de crear una historia de ciencia ficción alternativa, sin
grandes efectos especiales, enormes giros de guión ni pirotecnia efectivista.
Real Humans (como es conocida
internacionalmente) nos adentra en un universo paralelo donde los hubots, unos
androides construidos a imagen y semejanza de los humanos, se han convertido en
enfermeros particulares, amas de casa, trabajadores de carga, juguetes sexuales
y un largo etcétera a cada cual más bizarro.
El punto de partida eclosiona en
ese punto, con una sociedad que empieza a preguntarse si el uso de los hubots es
coherente, si deben ser considerados esclavos y si es posible que puedan llegar
a sentir emociones.
Con diez capítulos de una hora, Äkta Människor se atreve a contar varias historias que se interconectan en un
final, un poco predecible, pero que no debe evitar que la visionéis, sobre todo
por su puesta apunto y por los aspectos que se tratan desde un punto de vista
franco, menos artificioso que el americano al que estamos más acostumbrados. Desde
la homosexualidad, pasando por nuevas formas de sexo, esclavitud, derechos de
las máquinas, soledad, crisis familiares y sobretodo la búsqueda de una
identidad, esta producción se construye sin complejos ni cortapisas.
A ratos inquietante y lúgubre y
otros colorida e incluso con toques de humor (hay una pareja de hubots
enamorados en la que él se llama Gordon y ella Flash) Real Human es refrescante
porque no se asocia claramente con nada ni nadie, puede llegar a tener ecos de
Battlestar Galactica por su premisa, pero nada más allá. La serie da lo que
promete, y es perfectamente abordable y fácil de seguir aunque su premisa pueda
ser confusa.
La serie se emitió en el canal sueco SVT1 y ya ha sido vendida a 50
países. Entre otros, la serie ya se ha podido ver en Francia, a través
del canal franco-germano ARTE, en el que ha tenido un gran éxito de
audiencia. Para la promoción de la serie, la cadena ha creado una web
simulando
la página del hubot market,
en el que se pueden comprar o alquilar los diferentes modelos de
hubots, así como complementos o ropa para ellos. También han creado un
perfil de Twitter de uno de los personajes de la serie, Jonnas Borberg,
que trabaja como vendedor en la tienda de hubots, así como una página en
Tumblr en la que van colgando todo tipo de imágenes de robots, reales y
ficticios. La web del hubot market realmente merece la pena,
principalmente por el humor con el que está contado todo, como las
frases promocionales de algunos de los modelos de hubot estilo “Move
your bot”, para el hubot deportista o “Life is botiful”, para el hubot
playboy.
The first season followed a group of people whose lives were
dramatically changed by the new generation of robots – hubots. Many
existential questions arose about what happens in our lives and
relationships when robots become so human that they can barely be
distinguished from actual human beings.
In season two, some
time has passed since the end of the first season. It is the
continuation of a story of a world in transition. A world where the
boundaries between human and machine are being erased and at the same
time intensified. A virulent virus is spreading like a pandemic, making
infected hubots uncontrollable and dangerous. The general public is
advised to have their hubot units tested and not to download programs or
updates from unsafe sources on the net. This is a threat that will have
dire consequences for our main characters.
Many of the main characters and actors from the first season will be returning, but we will also see many new faces.
Mimi
(Lisette Pagler) has become a welcome member of the Engman family, but
she struggles with her identity. What is she? Does she belong among
hubots or humans? Reality encroaches on the Engmans’ lives when Inger
(Pia Halvorsen) is drawn into a complex legal case which might lead to
hubots gaining equal human rights in the eyes of the law.
Flash
(Josephine Alhanko), or Florentine, as she now calls herself, makes her
dreams come true, finding a home and a man when she meets Douglas
(Alexander Karim), who falls for her beauty and cool charm. Douglas is
the son of wealthy Claes Janerus (Lars-Erik Berenett), the founder and
owner of the law firm where Inger works.
Bea (Marie Robertson) is
searching desperately for David’s lost code – the code that can
liberate all hubots. She is bound and determined to free her kind from
the tyranny of humanity. Jonas (Måns Nathanaelson) is also searching for
the code, but for a completely different reason. Disabled and
disfigured, he dreams of re-creating himself as a clone – a free and
beautiful hubot. To finance his project, he opens ‘Hubbattle Land’, a
kind of amusement park where people can pay to viciously hunt down
hubots. With no other job opportunities in sight, Roger (Leif Andrée)
finds himself working here, running the macabre business alongside
Odi
(Alexander Stocks).
Public resistance to hubot integration is
growing ever stronger. Roger’s son Kevin (Fredrik Silbersky) becomes
involved in the Real Humans youth association, a militant, but also
politically well organised group with the ultimate goal of eradicating
hubots.
The series was created by writer Lars Lundström and
director Harald Hamrell, who is currently directing episodes 1–4 of
season two. Episodes 5–7 are being directed by Kristina Humle. As
before, Lundström is writing the scripts, this time in collaboration
with Alex Haridi.
Other names in the cast include Johan Paulsen,
Anki Larsson, Peter Viitanen, Happy Jankell, Nanna Blondell, Shebly
Niavarani, Sten Elfström, Kjell Wilhelmsen, Natalie Minnevik, Louise
Peterhoff, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, André Sjöberg and Ellen Mattsson
Jelinek.
The series also became an international hit when Kudos
Film & Television and Shine International bought the remake rights
and the rights to distribute the series internationally. As of this date
the series has been sold for distribution in almost 50 countries
including Great Britain, Australia and Latin America. German and French
television begin airing in April.
Real Humans is a co-production
between SVT and Matador Film. Shooting will continue until August and
ten new episodes will air on SVT1 in autumn 2013.
A second series has been commissioned and the first episode will air on December 1, 2013, on SVT1.
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