''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

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on 26 September 2021.

Premise

The fiction is set in the fringes of the

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towards 1996. In the wake of the death of a woman during an orgy because of overdose, the VHS recording the party becomes a

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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

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and

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, shooting began in June 2019. Pablo Fendrik directed the episodes. The score was composed by

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and . The series was pre-screened on 2 March 2021 at the

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. Consisting of four parts featuring a runtime of about an hour each, ''Amongst Men'' debuted on

on 26 September 2021.

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