Maradona: Blessed Dream
A biographical drama following the controversial life of legendary footballer Diego Armando Maradona.
Maradona: Blessed Dream, a biographical drama series in Spanish, debuted on Amazon Prime Video on October 29, 2021. Its cast includes Juan Palomino, Nazareno Casero, Nicolás Goldschmidt, Julieta Cardinali, Laura Esquivel, Mercedes Morán, Peter Lanzani, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Marcelo Mazzarello, and Pepe Monje. A second ten-episode season was confirmed before the first aired, but legal issues caused delays. In 2022, Claudia Villafañe and Guillermo Coppola filed a lawsuit seeking over $10 million, claiming they were denied script review and did not sign releases for their portrayals. By 2024, actor Nazareno Casero stated the second season was canceled because those legal problems could not be resolved.
Quick Facts
- Director
- Alejandro Aimetta
- Editor
- Ariel Frajnd
- Anabela Lattanzio
- Mariano Saban
- Country
- Argentina
- Language
- Spanish
- Genre
- Biographical; Drama
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 10
- Producer
- Rodrigo Cala
- Ricardo Coeto
- Francisco Cordero
- Lluís Malet
- Pierpaolo Verga
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Background
The series follows the controversial life of legendary footballer Diego Armando Maradona, a boy from Argentina with a dream of greatness who made his mark in the international football league, earning himself a well-deserved place in history. Living a life strewn with drugs, sex and public scrutiny, he played by his own rules regardless of the consequence. The show depicts the man who took the football world by storm and made his way into the hearts of millions. The series was written by Guillerno Salmerón and Silvina Olschansky and directed by Alejandro Aimetta. In 2019, filming took place in Argentina, Barcelona, Naples, Seville, Italy and Mexico. The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on October 29, 2021.
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