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Netflix’s ‘Gordon’ explores an Argentine torturer’s rise during the Dirty War
Netflix’s seven-part series “Gordon” is set to debut on Nov.
18 and follows a real criminal figure in Argentina.
Rodrigo de la Serna plays Aníbal Gordon, who joined military intelligence in 1968 and became a leader of the Triple A death squads.
The series is set from 1970 to 1976, during a period linked to Argentina’s Dirty War, which lasted from 1974 to 1983.
From May to November 1976, Gordon ran Automotores Orletti, a detention and torture center.
The series examines how Gordon rose to power and uses his story to explore one of Argentina’s darkest periods.
The next step is its Netflix release on Nov.
18.
Netflix’s seven-part series “Gordon” follows the rise of Argentine torturer Ánibal Gordon during the country’s Dirty War.
The series is set between 1970 and 1976 and is scheduled to debut on November 18.
Rodrigo de la Serna plays Gordon, who joined Argentina’s military intelligence services in 1968.
Gordon led Triple A death squads and later directed a detention and torture center.
Director Pablo Trapero said the series uses Gordon to open a window onto Argentina’s different worlds at the time.
- Who
- The series follows Ánibal Gordon, played by Rodrigo de la Serna.
- What
- Netflix’s seven-part “Gordon” depicts the rise of a torturer and the violence of Argentina’s Dirty War.
- When
- It is set over 1970–76 and is scheduled to debut on November 18.
- Where
- Argentina.
- Why
- The series seeks to explain how Gordon rose to power in 1970s Argentina.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Gordon joined Argentina’s military intelligence services as a secret agent.
The series is set during this period.
Gordon directed Automotores Orletti, a detention and torture center.
Gordon” is scheduled to debut on Netflix.
- Format
- Seven-part period psychological action thriller
- Lead actor
- Rodrigo de la Serna
- Directors
- Pablo Trapero and Pablo Fendrik
- Setting
- Argentina, 1970–76
- Automotores Orletti
- Gordon directed the center from May to November 1976
- Netflix debut
- November 18
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