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Yosi, the Regretful Spy (2022)

Yosi, the Regretful Spy poster
Original title
Iosi, el espía arrepentido
Directed by
Sebastián Borensztein, Daniel Burman
Genre
thriller
Country
Argentina, Uruguay
Length
2 seasons, 16 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer is recruited to spy on a Jewish community in Argentina. He passes information that later gets used in terrorist bombings. The series follows his life as he becomes consumed by guilt.

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What happens

Yosi, the Regretful Spy (Spanish: Iosi, el espía arrepentido) is an Argentine-Uruguayan thriller television series created by Daniel Burman for Amazon Prime Video and based on the 2015 book Iosi, el espía arrepentido by authors Horacio Lutzky and Miriam Lewin. It revolves around an Argentine Federal Police agent who infiltrates a Jewish community to gather information, which was apparently used to carry out the terrorist attacks against the Israeli embassy in 1992 and the AMIA in 1994. The series, which debuted on April 29, 2022, stars a cast of Argentine and Uruguayan actors. A month after its premiere, in May 2022 it was renewed for a second season, premiered on October 27, 2023. In November 2022, Yosi, the Regretful Spy won the Silver Condor Awards for Best Drama Series, and Bassani for Best Leading Actor in Drama. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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