The first half of the year closes strong, at least in terms of streaming. And, more precisely, in the field of series. June not only arrives with a wide range for all tastes and with offer on almost all platforms, but also offers a juicy handful of national fictions, such as December 2001, Barrabrava and the second season of Los Protectores, with Adrián Suar.
Here is a "top ten" of must-sees for the remainder of this sixth month, which began last Thursday.
December 2001
Wednesday 7, Star+
The fiction deals with the political, economic and social crisis of 2001 in Argentina. It is a miniseries of six episodes based on the book El palacio y la calle, by Miguel Bonasso, adapted by Mario Segade and directed by Benjamín Ávila, which covers from the fictional recreation the events of that transcendental moment for the history of our country.
Jean Pierre Noher as Fernando de la Rua, Luis Machin as Domingo Cavallo, and Cesar Troncoso as Eduardo Duhalde lead the political thriller that completes a cast that also includes Diego Cremonesi, Nicolas Furtado, Luis Luque, Fernan Miras, Cecilia Rossetto, and Alejandra Flechner, among others.
December 2001 | Official Trailer | Star+
The Crowded Room
Friday 9, Apple TV+
Tom Holland jumps from his mega-popular role as Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to drama inspired by the real-life case of the first American person acquitted of a crime after claiming to suffer from dissociative identity disorder.
In the ten-episode fiction, Holland is Danny Sullivan, a man arrested after participating in a shooting in New York in 1979, whose life story and the secrets that led to that situation are discovered through a series of interviews by interrogator Rya Goodwin, played by Amanda Seyfried.
The Crowded Room — Official Trailer | Apple TV+
All or Nothing: The Series
Wednesday 14, Star+
Miniseries composed of eight episodes, which picks up 25 years later to the friends of the award-winning film All or nothing. The comedy followed a group of friends from the post-industrial city of Sheffield, who had become unemployed. As a desperate solution, they decided to put on a strip show to make money.
The series reveals what happened to this group and how their world has changed since then. Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Tom Wilkinson and the rest of the film's main cast reprise their roles.
All or Nothing: The Series | Official Trailer | Star+
Black Mirror (Season 6)
Thursday 16, Netflix
The popular and multi-award-winning anthology series that, based on the theme of technology and its uses, proposes a dark and satirical look at various problems of contemporary society returns after four years of pause with five new episodes.
Created by Charlie Brooker, the new batch of self-concluding chapters promises to sustain the familiar pulse, but with several new tricks. It brings leading stars such as Salma Hayek, Michael Cera, Aaron Paul and Kate Mara.
Black Mirror: Season 6 | Official Trailer | Netflix
Secret Invasion
Wednesday 21, Disney+
The Marvel franchise continues to expand with thisespionage shooter starring Samuel L. Jackson in his role as agent Nick Fury, who discovers a clandestine invasion that the Skrull race of aliens, with their ability to shapeshift, is carrying out on Earth.
Now, who was once the owner of The Avengers will embark with his allies on a race to thwart the threat and save humanity.
The series has among its interpreters some familiar faces of the saga, such as Cobie Smulders, Martin Freeman and Ben Mendelsohn, along with other newcomers such as Olivia Colman, Emilia Clarke, Dermot Mulroney and Kingsley Ben-Adir.
Secret Invasion | Official Dubbed Trailer | Disney+
And Just Like That? (Season 2)
Thursday 22, HBO Max
Sex and the City fans will have more to enjoy the group of New York friends in this second installment of the revival released in 2021, by the hand of director and screenwriter Michael Patrick King, with Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis as Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbes and Charlotte York; this time with the unexpected guest appearance of Kim Cattrall as the memorable Samantha Jones.
Its new eleven episodes will continue to explore the current life of the trio, while going through different personal, professional and love experiences as women in their fifties, with a cast that also includes Sara Ramírez, Sarita Choudhury and Nicole Ari Parker.
And Just Like That - Season 2 | Official Trailer | HBO Max
Barrabrava
Friday 23, Amazon Prime Video
From the hand of the director Jesús Braceras, recognized for directing the successful Monzón, comes a new Argentine production framed in the universe of the barrabravas: the series follows César (Gastón Pauls) and Polaco (Matías Mayer), two brothers who after being key pieces in the operation of "El Tío" (Gustavo Garzón) are expelled in the middle of a fierce internal one.
The plot finds them alone, without money or political power or protection, and on the verge of starting a war that will test their brotherhood. Also working are Liz Solari, Pablo Alarcón, Mónica Gonzaga, Cande Molfese, Ángelo Mutti Spinetta, Violeta Narvay, rapper Neo Pistea and Eva De Dominici.
Barrabrava - Official Trailer I Prime Video
The Protectors (Season 2)
Sunday 25, Star+
The second season of the comedy starring Adrián Suar with Gustavo Bermúdez and the Colombian Andrés Parra arrives as a dysfunctional team of football representatives, which has been tempting the public with the special appearance of the star and world champion Lionel Messi in the first of its sevenepisodes.
On this occasion, the title company will be in full crisis when it receives a blow to its portfolio of players by a powerful steel businessman played by Martin Seefeld.
The Protectors | New Season | Advance | Star+
High hopes
Wednesday 28, Star+
The series reimagines Charles Dickens' classic novel of the same name that follows the story of Pip, a young orphan who longs for a better life, until a twist of fate and the evil machinations of the mysterious and eccentric Miss Havisham show him a dark world of possibilities.
"Great Expectations" comes to Star+ at the end of the month.
Comprised of six episodes, it stars Fionn Whitehead as Pip and none other than Oscar winner Olivia Colman as Havisham.
The Witcher (Season 3 - Vol. 1)
Thursday 29, Netflix
The epic fantasy series (based on Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski's literary saga about a monster-hunting sorcerer) returns with a third season that will mark actor Henry Cavill's farewell to the title role of Geralt of Rivia.
Divided into two volumes -the first on June 29 and the second on July 27-, the plot picks up Geralt helping Ciri (Freya Allan) hide from monarchs, wizards and beasts who want to capture her. Reunited with Yennefer (Anya Chalotra), the sorcerer will defend his newly formed – and dysfunctional – family at all costs.
The Witcher: Season 3 | Official Preview | Netflix
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