Our take
Also known as Rabo de Peixe, after the real town where the series is based, Turn of the Tide follows a group of four friends, who dream of a life outside their hometown, where nothing ever happens. Except, something does finally happen, and it’s whole packs of cocaine washing up on the island’s shores. It’s a wild series, one where the show’s teen underdogs take advantage of sailing expertise and knowledge of the town in order to sell out one third of the stash from the mainland Italian mafia. And it’s one that is endlessly entertaining, as we hope for the four teenagers to succeed in their plan, and to escape for another life.
The story
When a boat loaded with cocaine sinks off his home island, Eduardo sees a risky but exciting opportunity to make money and fulfill impossible dreams.
When a boat loaded with cocaine sinks near an island in the Azores, Eduardo and his friends spots a risky but potential opportunity to fulfill their dreams of getting out of there.
The real story behind the series happened in 2001, when the sailboat Sun Kiss 47 sank off the Azorean coast. With this in mind, Turn of the Tide takes on early 2000s style, with fitting costumes and classic rock tracks from the era. But it’s not only the style that’s incorporated here. There’s the slightly irreverent punk attitude at the start of the series, as the kids deal with their poverty with apathy, with a disbelief in higher authorities, and in the possibility of change in their hometown. It helps make it easier to root for the four kids, knowing the state that they started out with.
This was so intriguing to watch!
The details
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Who picked it
Isabella Endrinal is a curator at A Good Movie to Watch. She's now free from the corporate night shift. Previous articles have been published in outlets such as NANG Magazine. She's currently catching up on some classic films… if she isn't coping with the fact that the Haikyu anime will end soon.
