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Chromosome 21 (2022)

Chromosome 21 poster
Original title
Cromosoma 21
Genre
political drama, crime thriller
Country
Chile
Length
1 season, 8 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Police investigate a young man with Down syndrome who becomes connected to a murder. The series follows their probe as it leads into a tangled web of evidence and suspicion.

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What happens

Chromosome 21 (Spanish: Cromosoma 21) is a Chilean crime thriller television series co-created by Matías Venables and Nico Martínez Bergen. The series traces a police investigation into a young man with Down syndrome involved in a murder. It had its original run on Chilean network Canal 13 on 14 October 2022. Netflix then acquired global streaming rights, and released it on their platform on 8 February 2023. The series received four nominations at the 7th Caleuche Awards, with Sebastián Solorza winning the breakthrough actor award, and five nominations for the 10th Platino Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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