Miniseries · Netflix
The Time It Takes
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Time It Takes actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Time It Takes reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Lina and Nico break up after many years together, and Lina struggles to find a new life and to think about him a little less each day.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01
One Minute in the Present and Ten Minutes in the Past
S01E02
Two Minutes in the Present and Nine Minutes in the Past
S01E03
Three Minutes in the Present and Eight Minutes in the Past
S01E04
Four Minutes in the Present and Seven Minutes in the Past
S01E05
Five Minutes in the Present and Six Minutes in the Past
S01E06
Six Minutes in the Present and Five Minutes in the Past
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Pablo SantidriánDirector
- Inés PintorDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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