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South China Morning Post
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
How Netflix hit The Eternaut brings real past horrors home in Argentina
A group of friends gather to play cards in their host's cosy home when the power cuts. Mobile phones die. An eerie snow falls all over the city, killing everyone it touches. The friends struggle to survive, their panic replaced by a growing awareness that humanity itself is at stake. Advertisement This is the premise of The Eternaut, a chilling dystopian drama out of Argentina that is streaming on Netflix. With its mix of sci-fi elements and focus on human resilience, the six-episode, Spanish-language series has struck a universal nerve, rocketing to No 1 among Netflix's most-streamed non-English-language TV shows within days. Netflix has already renewed the show for a second season, with filming scheduled to start in 2026. Ricardo Darin plays lead character Juan Salvo in a still from The Eternaut. Photo: Reuters But The Eternaut has touched on something deeper in Argentina, where legendary comic-strip writer Hector German Oesterheld penned the original graphic novel in 1957 – two decades before he was 'disappeared' by Argentina's military dictatorship, along with all four of his daughters. Advertisement Abroad, publishers are scrambling to keep pace with renewed interest in the source material. US-based Fantagraphics said it would reissue an out-of-print English translation because of the surge in US demand.
Bloomberg
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Bloomberg
Milei Beefs With Netflix Star Over Price of a Dozen Empanadas
President Javier Milei and his finance chief criticized a globally known Argentine actor for complaining that the country's staple food was overpriced, stirring debate about how expensive Argentina has become in dollar terms. Ricardo Darin, the award-winning star of Netflix science-fiction hit The Eternaut drew the administration's ire when he told a popular weekend dinner-show host he paid 48,000 pesos ($42) for a dozen empanadas and questioned Milei's latest tax measures meant to spur dollar spending. The government accused the actor of snobbery and making generalizations after buying a gourmet version of the savory pastry.
Arab News
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Arab News
Review: ‘The Eternaut' — compelling post-apocalyptic sci-fi from Argentina
DUBAI: At first, it seems like 'The Eternaut' is going to be a climate-crisis-focused piece. It's summer and Buenos Aires is boiling in more ways than one — demonstrations against government incompetence rage on the streets while power cuts only increase the oppressive heat felt by residents. Then a sudden fall of deadly radioactive snow kills hundreds of thousands instantly. The snow continues to fall as survivors quickly work out that to venture outside without full body cover and masks is to guarantee death. A small group of middle-aged friends were enjoying their regular poker night when the snow began to fall, and it is on them that the series centers — particularly Juan Salvo, a veteran of the war between Argentina and the UK over the Falkland Islands (or the Malvinas, as they're called in Argentina). There are many other survivors, including people in the neighborhood they've known for years, and the show does a fine job of exploring the escalating paranoia as people accustom themselves to their new reality and realize that their acquaintances are potentially as deadly as the snow. There are echoes of the source material's political edge too, as the line between neighbor and enemy blurs. Juan (a convincingly grizzled Ricardo Darin) manages to find his ex-wife, but their daughter, Clara, is missing — she was at a friend's house when the snowstorm started. Much of the first two episodes is taken up with Juan's unsuccessful search for her. The starkly beautiful cinematography is often breathtaking, and the claustrophobia is palpable, both in the houses of the survivors and in the suits they must wear to go anywhere. Halfway through the six episodes, though, there's a grinding shift of gears. The apocalypse, it tuns out, was actually the result of an alien invasion, the first wave of which involves giant bugs. Juan's super-smart friend Tano correctly predicts that the bugs are controlled by something more sinister. That sudden shift means the enjoyable slow-burn grittiness of the opening episodes is lost, as the show becomes more CGI-action-based. It's still gripping, but what had promised to be a unique standout fades into something far more generic.
News24
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News24
Survival, snow and sci-fi: Netflix's bold take on Argentina's iconic comic The Eternaut
"The Eternaut," a Netflix series based on a 1950s Argentine comic, explores survival, teamwork, and facing a totalitarian threat. Actor Ricardo Darin leads the resistance in a gruelling role, pushing his physical limits in the sci-fi thriller. The series highlights Argentina's cultural struggles and aims to uplift local cinema amid government budget cuts. Survival through teamwork: It's a tale as old as time with particular resonance today, says Argentine actor Ricardo Darin of his latest project, The Eternaut, which hit Netflix on Wednesday. Based on a 1950s comic with iconic status in the South American country, the sci-fi series tells the story of a mysterious, toxic snowfall that precedes an alien invasion of Buenos Aires. More elementally, it is about ordinary people with few resources and no special powers who collectively stare down a totalitarian threat, Darin, 68, told AFP in an interview. "The communities that managed to survive were those that stood shoulder to shoulder, defended themselves, and did not care only about what happened to them individually," he said of the storyline. In this way, the series "resonates" with the present, said Darin, though he declined to specify which threat in particular he was referring to. Directed and scripted by Argentina's Bruno Stagnaro, The Eternaut is based on the comic by the same name, serialised by writer Hector Oesterheld and illustrator Francisco Solano Lopez between 1957 and 1959. Oesterheld took the series up again in the 1960s, with ever-more political overtones that are believed to have contributed to his kidnapping in 1977 under Argentina's brutal military dictatorship. He was never heard from again, nor were his four daughters and three sons-in-law, all of whom figure among the estimated 30 000 people listed as "disappeared" by agents of the dictatorship, according to rights groups. 'Very, very hard work' Darin, known for his roles in the films Nine Queens, Wild Tales, and The Secret in Their Eyes - which won the Oscar for Best International Feature in 2010 - said he was scared at first of playing Juan Salvo, the resistance hero in The Eternaut. He had no background in science fiction and had to do demanding stunts. "Physically, it was very, very hard work," the actor said. "Each day, the end of filming found us exhausted and with little recovery time." Darin took part in 113 of the 148 days of shooting, often decked out in Salvo's heavy snow-proof outfit on sets covered with tons of cumbersome artificial snow. "Not to mention the things that happen in an action shoot, where you have to roll, jump, fall, crash, fight; a series of things that when you're 25 or 30 years old, it's nothing, but for me, who is 114..." he laughed. Darin is hopeful the series will be a boost for Argentine cinema at a time the government of budget-slashing President Javier Milei has withdrawn state support for the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts and for culture in general. "Nothing like this has ever been done here," said Darin of the project.
Express Tribune
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Netflix's 'Eternaut' depicts fight against tyranny
Survival through teamwork: It's a tale as old as time with particular resonance today, says Argentine actor Ricardo Darin of his latest project The Eternaut, which hit Netflix on Wednesday, reported AFP. Based on a 1950s comic with iconic status in the South American country, the sci-fi series tells the story of a mysterious, toxic snowfall that precedes an alien invasion of Buenos Aires. More elementally, it is about ordinary people with few resources and no special powers who collectively stare down a totalitarian threat, Darin, 68, told AFP in an interview. "The communities that managed to survive were those that stood shoulder to shoulder, defended themselves, and did not care only about what happened to them individually," he said of the storyline. Directed and scripted by Argentina's Bruno Stagnaro, The Eternaut is based on the comic by the same name serialised by writer Hector Oesterheld and illustrator Francisco Solano Lopez between 1957 and 1959. Oesterheld took the series up again in the 1960s, with ever-more political overtones that are believed to have contributed to his kidnapping in 1977 under Argentina's brutal military dictatorship. He was never heard from again, nor were his four daughters and three sons-in-law, all of whom figure among the estimated 30,000 people listed as "disappeared" by agents of the dictatorship, according to rights groups. Darin, known for his roles in the films Nine Queens, Wild Tales, and The Secret in Their Eyes - which won the Oscar for best international feature in 2010 - said he was scared at first of playing Juan Salvo, the resistance hero in The Eternaut. He had no background in science fiction and had to do demanding stunts. "Physically it was very, very hard work," the actor said. Darin took part in 113 of the 148 days of shooting, often decked out in Salvo's heavy snow-proof outfit on sets covered with tons of cumbersome artificial snow. "Not to mention the things that happen in an action shoot, where you have to roll, jump, fall, crash, fight; a series of things that when you're 25 or 30 years old, it's nothing, but for me, who is 114..." he laughed. Darin is hopeful the series will be a boost for Argentine cinema at a time the government of budget-slashing President Javier Milei has withdrawn state support for the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts, and for culture in general. "Nothing like this has ever been done here," said Darin of the project.
