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Chilean cinema continues to see traction on Prime Video with “S.O.S. Mamis 2: Mosquita Muerta” bowing Aug. 2 to become the most-watched movie of any nationality on the streamer in Chile.

The comedy, available worldwide to 240 territories, builds on the success of the original, “S.O.S. Mamis,” the most seen title on Prime Video in Chile for the two weeks after its launch in March 2022.

The trailer for “S.O.S. Mamis 2: Mosquita Muerta” notched up 7.4 million views, suggesting interest in and outside Chile.

Written by Mirella Granucci and Aníbal Herrera, the second instalment of the raucous comedy franchise sees the unlikely friends reuniting to welcome Daniela (Karla Melo) and her son into the Saint Michael’s School fold.

The band of mothers, made up of Trini (Paz Bascuñán), Luna (Loreto Aravena), Milagros (Tamara Acosta), Clarita (Jenny Cavallo) and Julia (Mane Swett), starts to slowly unravel as the new addition proves more than they bargained for,...

The full cast of the Netflix series The Five Juanas features a plethora of telenovela veterans as well as some actors who've appeared in popular English-language movies. The series follows five women, all named Juana, who meet by chance at a Cancun resort and discover they're connected by an identical fish-shaped birthmark. The twisted tale that follows sees the Juanas uniting to uncover the truth about their parentage and take revenge on the man who fathered them all: politician Simón Marroquín. The scandalous secrets lurking within the dark pasts of the Juanas carry the momentum of this dramatic narrative, but its most powerful tool is its engaging cast of characters.

The Five Juanas is a re-imagining of Las Juanas, a 1997 Colombian miniseries by Bernardo Romero Pereiro, which he remade for Mexican television in 2004. It’s common for such series to be retold, and several telenovelas have been remade for American audiences.