Underplayed Gems

An Unknown Enemy (2018)

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Original title
Un Extraño Enemigo
Directed by
Gabriel Ripstein
Genre
drama, war & politics, crime
Country
Mexico
Length
2 seasons, 8 episodes
Rated
D
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 78 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Mexican intelligence commander navigates secret government maneuvering in the late 1960s. The series shows the events leading to a student massacre and the official cover-up that followed.

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What happens

An Unknown Enemy (Spanish: Un Extraño Enemigo) is a 2018 television historical political thriller and drama series released on Amazon Prime. It examines the events leading to the 1968 student massacre and its cover-up, through the eyes of Commander Fernando Barrientos, head of a secret Intelligence agency. The series main character is loosely based on the real life Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios, director of the infamous DFS intelligence Agency, and depicts the political intrigues that triggered the period of censorship and repression of students at the end of the 1960s. Season 1, comprising eight episodes, aired on Amazon Prime exclusively. It premiered on October 2, 2018, commemorating 50 years of the depicted events. On November 9, 2018, it was announced that the series would be renewed for a second season which premiered on September 28, 2022. This season its losely based on Corpus Christi Massacre and subsequently guerrilla groups 3 years after the events of the first season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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