Warning, spoilers. Before continuing to read this article, it is advisable to watch the 3rd episode of Money Heist Korea.
The Korean remake of La Casa de Papel, Money Heist Korea more or less takes the story of the original Spanish series. Available June 24 on Netflix, this new version also follows a gang of robbers led by a professor, and each member of the gang took the names of cities such as Tokyo, Berlin or Denver to hide their identities during a factory robbery. Currency.
Clearly, the creators of Money Heist Korea adapted the history of La Casa de Papel to Korean culture and incorporated geopolitical issues specific to the two Koreas, while adding some contrasting differences and sophistication to the original material.
But the screenwriters also deleted a small reference to La Casa de Papel, which can only be discovered by fans of the Iberian TV series. This is the blink of an eye that occurs in episode 3, when the amnesiac mother of the negotiator Seon Wujin (Kim Eun-jin) is looking for a way to immediately contact her daughter. He finds a small card and a piece of paper showing the number of Vujin’s friend, who is none other than the professor (Yo Ji-tae).
The latter tempts the negotiator to have exclusive police information to assist the robbers in the currency factory. And to hide his true identity, he pretends to be the owner of a restaurant that runs a cafe called … Bella Ciao! This information is indicated on his business card, which Vujin’s mother finds to contact him.
And for fans of La Casa de Papel, “Bella Ciao” has a special resonance, as it is an Italian guerrilla song born in anti-fascist communities that became the anthem of Italian communist groups in the 20th century. The song, translated into various languages, symbolizes the workers’ demonstrations of the 1960s and, later, the government of Salvador Allende and the Cultural Revolution of People’s Unity in Chile.
Since then, “Bella Ciao” has been covered in various versions in Spain, as well as in other European countries. And in La Casa de Papel, Professor (Alvaro Morte) and Berlin (Pedro Alonso) also sing it – in Italian – in an episode of the series, turning it into a new contemporary anthem of resistance and freedom that reflects his footsteps. Iberian Series.
Origin of the song “Bella Ciao”:
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