Season 1 • Episode 12
LatestA scientist dies in mysterious circumstances while performing an investigation into a tannery in Corrientes. Her husband and his best friend (who was a lover of women) travel to the place to discover what had happened, and end up getting into an issue that threatens their lives.
Direction
Lucía Puenzo crafts dread from humidity and silence.
Cinematography
The Corrientes wetlands look beautiful and deeply wrong.
Creator
Lucía Puenzo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Puenzo based the tannery corruption on real environmental disasters in Argentina's wetlands, where chromium pollution has devastated Indigenous communities for decades.
The title 'Cromo' refers to chromium—the toxic element at the story's center, and a sly nod to how the men 'chrome' their own narratives to seem heroic.
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