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Mystery, Drama  •  2025  •  48 min  •  Adults (18+)

Maledictions (2025)

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Maledictions (2025)

Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Gender Swap: Yes
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
6.8

Overview

Maledictions is a 2025 Argentinian Netflix political thriller mini-series directed by Daniel Burman and Martín Hodara. In northern Argentina, provincial governor Fernando Rovira (Leonardo Sbaraglia) faces crisis when his daughter is kidnapped amid a crucial lithium mining vote. As captor motives emerge linked to a 13-year-old conspiracy, the story unfolds tensely. Co-starring Mónica Antonópulos as Lucrecia Bonara and Alejandra Flechner as Irene.

Starring Cast

Mónica Antonópulos  •   Leonardo Sbaraglia  •   Alejandra Flechner

Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: High

The series centers on a governor's push for lithium mining that devastates communities and ecosystems, critiquing elite disregard for environmental and social costs as the decisive ideological anchor. This portrayal aligns themes with progressive advocacy against corporate-driven exploitation and political negligence.

Diversity: Low
Confidence: High

The series employs traditional casting with a predominantly white Argentine ensemble in standard political roles. Its narrative explores power dynamics and environmental tensions without foregrounding critiques of traditional identities or centering DEI elements.

Secondary

Gender Swap: Yes
Confidence: High

The Netflix series adapts Claudia Piñeiro's novel by changing the gender of Fernando Rovira's child from a son, Joaquín, to a daughter, Zoe, who is central to the kidnapping plot.

Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: High

Family bonds in the series are central yet portrayed as vulnerable to political corruption, with a domineering mother manipulating her adult son and a trusted ally betraying a father by kidnapping his daughter to leverage power, highlighting tensions between loyalty and ambition without endorsing alternative structures.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The series features no LGBTQ+ characters or themes, focusing instead on heterosexual family dynamics and political machinations in Argentina.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: Medium

The series contains no transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on political intrigue and a kidnapping tied to lithium mining interests, without addressing transgender identity or experiences.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

Maledictions adapts Claudia Piñeiro's Argentine novel Las Maldiciones, featuring political characters without established racial depictions in the source material. The casting employs Argentine actors consistent with the setting, yielding no instances of race swaps.

Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.8

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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5.5
The Movie Database logo
6.2

Critic Ratings

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8.6
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N/A

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