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Prime Video’s ‘Menem’ Tops Streaming as Family Rift Deepens Over Accuracy

The six-part biopic’s mix of factual scandals with invented scenes has ignited a dispute over historical fidelity versus artistic license

Eduardo Menem vs. Zulemita
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Overview

  • The series launched globally on July 9 and quickly climbed to number one on Amazon Prime Video’s viewing charts
  • Eduardo Menem condemned the dramatization as “mala leche,” accusing its creators of defaming his late brother through fabricated characters and distorted events
  • Former presidential secretary Alberto Kohan criticized the show as based on “fantasies y mentiras” despite praising Leonardo Sbaraglia and Griselda Siciliani’s performances
  • Zulemita Menem, who advised on scripting, defended the production as a “gran fábula” and noted her father granted perpetual rights knowing it would be a fictionalized account
  • A court lifted an injunction on July 7 after confirming Carlos Menem’s lifetime grant of image rights, clearing the way for the series to stream