“La Palma” on Netflix: the controversy surrounding the hit series

Published on December 17, 2024 at 12:50 p.m.

Since its arrival on December 12 on the streaming platform, “La Palma” has risen to the top of the trends. A success which is not to everyone’s taste since the Netflix novelty is at the heart of a controversy.

In four episodes, spectators discover the tragic events which grip a Norwegian family. During the end of year celebrations, while on vacation in La Palma in the Canary Islands, a scientist must face terrible news. She learns that the volcano overlooking the city could erupt, an event that would cause the largest tsunami ever known. The young woman struggles to convince her peers of the imminent danger.

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The Norwegian series, directed by Martin Sundland, Lars Gudmestad and Harald Rosenløw-Eeg, is inspired by a tragedy experienced on September 19, 2021 in the Canary Islands. The Spanish archipelago was victim of the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano. A disaster nicknamed by posterity “Tajogaite” which caused no deaths but a lot of damage. In fact, more than 7,000 people had to be evacuated and many homes were destroyed. Internet users criticize that “La Palma” is only interested in the consequences of the tragedy on tourists and not on the locals for whom it was a real upheaval.

A beneficial series

However, the series was in the works well before the natural disaster. The latter was forced to see her filming postponed. “La Palma” was even profitable for the island since it made it possible to hire hundreds of local extras and technicians from among the locals. Ironically, it could even encourage tourism.