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Amongst Men
''Amongst Men'' ( es, Entre hombres, links=no) is a four-part Argentine crime thriller television miniseries based on the eponymous novel by Germán Maggiori. It was released on HBO Max on 26 September 2021. Premise The fiction is set in the fringes of the Province of Buenos Aires towards 1996. In the wake of the death of a woman during an orgy because of overdose, the VHS recording the party becomes a macguffin in the plot, which explores the Argentine criminal gangs and their relation with the police. Cast Production and release The series is based on the novel of the same name by Germán Maggiori, first published in 2001. Produced by HBO Latin America and Pol-ka Producciones, shooting began in June 2019. Pablo Fendrik directed the episodes. The score was composed by Cachorro López and . The series was pre-screened on 2 March 2021 at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival. Consisting of four parts featuring a runtime of about an hour each, ''Amongst Men'' debuted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Fiction
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, often a murder. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as historical fiction or science fiction, but the boundaries are indistinct. Crime fiction has multiple subgenres, including detective fiction (such as the whodunit), courtroom drama, hard-boiled fiction, and legal thrillers. Most crime drama focuses on crime investigation and does not feature the courtroom. Suspense and mystery are key elements that are nearly ubiquitous to the genre. History The '' One Thousand and One Nights'' (''Arabian Nights'') contains the earliest known examples of crime fiction. One example of a story of this genre is the medieval Arabic tale of "The Three Apples", one of the tales narrated by Scheherazade in the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
