Gigantes (TV series)
TV series
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Gigantes is a Spanish crime drama television series. Created by Miguel Barros, Michel Gaztambide and Enrique Urbizu for Movistar+ based on the original idea by Manuel Gancedo and starring Isak Férriz, Daniel Grao and Carlos Librado, the fiction follows the history of the Guerrero, a family based in Lavapiés controlling an extensive criminal network. The two seasons of the series aired in October 2018 and March 2019, respectively. It has been described as a "story about moral corruption, the dissolution of the family and the extinction of masculinity".[1]
- Miguel Barros
- Michel Gaztambide
- Enrique Urbizu
- Miguel Barros
- Miguel Gaztambide
- Enrique Urbizu
- Jorge Dorado
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| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
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| Production company | Movistar+ |
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| Network | Movistar+ |
| Release | 5 October 2018 – 22 March 2019 |
Premise
The fiction follows the Guerrero, a family based in Lavapiés controlling an extensive criminal network,[2] using the furniture trade as cover.[3] The patriarch of the family, the widowed Abraham Guerrero, built a criminal empire in El Rastro.[4] The three sons of Abraham, Daniel, Tomás, and Clemente have received a backward and toxic upbringing, heirs to a crumbling male-dominant world eating itself up.[5] The three brothers struggle for control of the criminal business.[5]
Cast
- Isak Férriz as Daniel Guerrero.[5][8]
- Daniel Grao as Tomás Guerrero.[5][8]
- Carlos Librado, "Nene" as Clemente Guerrero.[5][8]
- Elisabet Gelabert as Ángela Márquez.[9][8]
- Yolanda Torosio as Sol.[9][8]
- Sofía Oria as Carmen.[9][8]
- Xenia Tostado as Bárbara.[8]
- Ariana Martínez as Lorena.[8]
- Juana Acosta as Lucía.[8]
- Roberto Enríquez as Ortiz.[8]
- José Coronado as Abraham Guerrero.[1]
- Óscar Higares as Caracaballo[10]
Production and release
The series was created by Miguel Barros, Michel Gaztambide and Enrique Urbizu,[1] based on the original idea by Manuel Gancedo. The episodes were directed by Enrique Urbizu and Jorge Dorado.[11] The former sausage factory of La Choricera and the Museo Esteban Vicente in Segovia were repurposed as set for some scenes of the first season.[12] The first season consisted of 6 episodes with a running time ranging from to 47 to 58 minutes.[13] It was released on 5 October 2018 on Movistar+.[9]
The filming of the second season took 18 months, shooting in locations of Madrid other than the centre (Moncloa, Chamartín, Herrera Oria, Vallecas), the Madrid region (El Escorial, Villanueva del Pardillo) as well as Portugal (Porto).[14]
The second season, also comprising 6 episodes,[15] was released on 22 March 2019.[16]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Devastación" | Enrique Urbizu | 5 October 2018 |
| 2 | 2 | "Familia" | Enrique Urbizu | 5 October 2018 |
| 3 | 3 | "Confluencias" | Enrique Urbizu | 5 October 2018 |
| 4 | 4 | "Cicatrices" | Jorge Dorado | 5 October 2018 |
| 5 | 5 | "Pérdida" | Jorge Dorado | 5 October 2018 |
| 6 | 6 | "Paraíso" | Jorge Dorado | 5 October 2018 |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
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| 7 | 1 | "Purgatorio" | Enrique Urbizu | 22 March 2019 |
| 8 | 2 | "Infierno" | Enrique Urbizu | 22 March 2019 |
| 9 | 3 | "Escorpión" | Enrique Urbizu | 22 March 2019 |
| 10 | 4 | "Paula" | Enrique Urbizu | 22 March 2019 |
| 11 | 5 | "Mar eterno" | Enrique Urbizu | 22 March 2019 |
| 12 | 6 | "Akelarre" | Enrique Urbizu | 22 March 2019 |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2019 | 6th Feroz Awards | Best Drama Series | Nominated | [20] | |
| 21st Iris Awards | Best Actor | Isak Férriz | Nominated | [21] | |
| 7th MiM Series Awards | Best Direction | Enrique Urbizu & Jorge Dorado | Won | [22] | |
| Best Screenplay | Miguel Barros & Miguel Gaztambide | Nominated | |||
| Best Drama Actor | Isak Férriz | Nominated | |||
| Best Drama Series | Nominated | ||||