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Argentine Miniseries 'El tiempo de las moscas' Debuts, Climbs Netflix Top 10

Built from Claudia Piñeiro’s books, the series anchors Netflix’s push for Argentine, author-led originals.

Overview

  • The six-episode crime drama premiered on January 1 and is now streaming on Netflix.
  • Media in Argentina report it quickly entered the platform’s top rankings, with Crónica listing it at No. 2 among series locally.
  • The show fuses Piñeiro’s novels Tuya and El tiempo de las moscas, following two ex-prisoners whose pest-control job becomes a dangerous trap.
  • Carla Peterson and Nancy Dupláa lead as Inés and La Manca under directors Ana Katz and Benjamín Naishtat, with producers Vanessa Ragone and Mónica D’Uva.
  • Scripts by Gabriela Larralde and Nicolás Diodovich with Leandro Custo shape brisk 30–40 minute episodes that blend noir, dark humor, and themes of friendship and reintegration.