# Maradona, Blessed Dream (2021)

> A dramatized portrait of Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona, from the barrios of Buenos Aires to global stardom and its excesses.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/94917

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 10
- Episode runtime: 60 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama
- Network: Prime Video
- Cast: Juan Cruz Romero, Nicolás Goldschmidt, Nazareno Casero, Juan Palomino, Julieta Cardinali, Mercedes Morán, Rita Cortese, Jean Pierre Noher
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8431322/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: intimate, emotionally raw, gritty, bittersweet, melancholic

## What critics say

Audience reception is positive, with viewers praising the portrayal of Maradona's rise from Villa Fiorito and the cast's performances across his younger and adult years.

## Synopsis

Maradona, Blessed Dream (2021) is an Argentine biographical drama miniseries of ten hour-long episodes, produced for Prime Video. It follows football legend Diego Armando Maradona, played across his life by Juan Cruz Romero as the young boy, and by Nicolás Goldschmidt, Nazareno Casero and Juan Palomino as the adult player. The story moves from his childhood in Villa Fiorito, one of the poorest barrios of Buenos Aires, through his climb toward international glory on the football pitch. Alongside the sporting ascent, the series tracks the family and the people around him, including Julieta Cardinali as Claudia and Mercedes Morán as La Tota, and Jean Pierre Noher as agent Guillermo Coppola. Its engine is the tension between a working-class boy's hunger for recognition and a public that demands ever more of him. Episodes are built around matches, deals, household crises and the scrutiny that follows a national idol. The tone is intimate and emotionally raw, mixing hero worship with an unflinching look at drugs, sex and the cost of playing by his own rules. Set across mid-twentieth century Argentina and the wider football world, it suits viewers who enjoy the sports biography of Senna or the celebrity portrait of Rocketman, and anyone curious about Latin American football culture.

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