The best film about Eurovision is on Netflix and you can see it before Blanca Paloma’s performance in the final this Saturday

Ya ya ya ya ya ya! The attentive Eurofans already have their eyes on Liverpool, but since the wait can be a bit long, we will remember that The best film about Eurovision is on Netflix and you can see it before Blanca Paloma’s performance.

We are talking, of course, about ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’ (David Dobkin, 2020), the title that you can enjoy within the Netflix movie catalog and that served as a tribute to Will Ferrell, co-star and co-writer, to a contest that he adores since his Swedish partner gave him the Eurovision bug.

“The first contest I attended was in Copenhagen, the year Conchita Wurst won.“, Ferrell confessed to us. “I was blown away by everything, his song, his music, his appearance, what it meant culturally what was happening … it was very powerful.”

The film introduces us to Lars (Will Ferrell) and Sigrit (Rachel McAdams), two unknown Icelandic musicians who are faced with the opportunity of a lifetime: to represent their country in the world’s biggest music competition. They will be able to show that there are dreams worth fighting for, but it will not be easy considering that they are a disaster..

“He makes everything very easy,” said the actor about Rachel McAdams, his partner in this crazy adventure that is already one of the best comedies on Netflix. “Rachel is obviously a great actress, very sweet and very funny, we forget what a good comedian she is. Her portrayal brings a lot more heart to the film than expected. You think it’s going to be silly, and it is, but you find yourself devoted to these characters, their relationship and their friendship. It’s the element that makes the movie work.”

With Pierce Brosnan, Dan Stevens and Demi Lovato in its castand a script signed by Ferrell along with Andrew Steele (another former ‘Saturday Night Live’ screenwriter), David Dobkin is the director behind such enjoyable pranks as ‘From Wedding to Wedding’ (2005) and ‘The Changeling’ (2011) .

The best laugh is the one that makes you feel a little embarrassed when you hear yourself out loud, something you undoubtedly share Eurofans, eager to enjoy a brilliant and lavish event that reminds us of the most flattering and positive meaning of the term “tacky”.

May Will Ferrell, undaunted master of ridicule, serve us to warm up the atmosphere before the performance of our Blanca Paloma. Those who want to take a look back at our cinema that emerged from the festival can do so with ‘La vida sigue igual’ (Eugenio Martín, 1969) and ‘En un mundo nuevo’ (Fernando García de la Vega, Ramón Torrado, 1972), or become somewhat more incisive with ‘ABBA: The Movie’ (Lasse Hallström, 1977), ideal before indulging in that complex whim that is ‘Mamma Mia! The movie’ (Phyllida Lloyd, 2008).

And for those who have not yet been able to overcome the brilliant moral winner of 2022, we remember Chanel carried out the challenge of the Disney songs in our newsroom.