Los únicos
Argentine television series
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Los únicos (Spanish: "The uniques") is a 2011 Argentine superhero television series aired by El Trece in at prime time. The "uniques" are a superhero team working as a covert operation unit. Main actors are Arnaldo André, Mariano Martínez and Griselda Siciliani, the two main supervillains are played by Favio Posca and Carlos Belloso.
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Sebastián Pivotto
| Los únicos | |
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| Genre | Superhero drama |
| Created by | Adrián Suar |
| Written by | Pablo Junovich Cecilia Guerty Mariano Vera Marcos Villalón |
| Directed by | Rodolfo Antúnez Sebastián Pivotto |
| Creative director | Liza Gieco |
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| Opening theme | Los Únicos Octavio Stampalia |
| Country of origin | Argentina |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 243 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Adrián Suar |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Pol-ka |
| Original release | |
| Network | El Trece |
| Release | February 7, 2011 – May 11, 2012 |
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Premise
Unlike most productions by Pol-ka, Los únicos is not a telenovela featuring common people or a vengeance plot.[1] Instead, it is a crime fiction comedy with metafictional elements. As such, it avoids the usual constrains of the plots of the aforementioned genres.[1] The plot is influenced by the X-Men film series, Heroes and Sky High.[1]
Nicolás Cabré makes a spin-off of the Sin Código telenovela, playing again his former character of "Axel Etcheverry". In the new plot, the "Nielsen Security" group has gone bankrupt, and Axel blames his former teammate Gabriel Nielsen for it. Nielsen (which was played by Adrián Suar, creator of both series) has appeared a number of times, as well as other characters and references to the former telenovela.
Arnaldo André composed his character, an experimented leader managing a team, based over his own protective relations with relatives, and the ways TV producers try to motivate him to accept a work. He made a deliberate effort to avoid giving an authoritarian style to the character, to avoid comparisons with his former character at Valientes.[2]
Production
The series has had cameos from notable Argentine actors, such as Esteban Prol,[3] Eugenia Suárez, Carlos Baute and Anabela Ascar.[4] Gonzalo Heredia, from the previous successful telenovela Malparida, played himself in a casual scene,[5] with a brief cameo of Juana Viale, also from that telenovela.[6] Osvaldo Laport will play again his former character of "Amador Heredia" from Soy Gitano.[4] Miguel Ángel Rodríguez and Martín Bossi will play crime bosses, and Ana María Orozco will join the team.[4] A fashion show will include the presence of Pía Slapka, acting as herself, and fashion designer Roberto Giordano.[4]
The series had a successful rating, with nearly 20 points.[7][8]
Plot
The "Uniques" are actually one of several covert operation units of skilled or superpowered people working at different countries. Alfredo Monterrey organized many of those units, and the series is about the creation and organization of the Argentine branch.
First season (2011)
In this instance, the Únicos are recruited by the philanthropist Alfredo Monterrey (Arnaldo André), who dedicates his life to the formation and implementation of these teams in different parts of the planet and is also in charge of operations. His current mission is to complete the formation of the Argentine team, whose physical residence is a mystery. To this end, he will summon 'the best', with the help of his loyal assistant Soraya (Claudia Fontán). Together, they will form a unique squad that must face not only those who attempt to destabilize the system - like the villain 'Livio Muzak' (Carlos Belloso), Monterrey's number one enemy, and 'Ronco Milevich' (Favio Posca), another violent and ruthless criminal - but also the shifts in the group's relationships, the friendly ones and those that approach romanticism, even knowing that, according to integration protocols, they cannot engage in emotional relationships.
Second season (2012)
Axel wakes up in heaven where he tries to come back to life by going through a door with bars. There he has an encounter with God (Enrique Pinti), who tells him that he will be sent back to life, with a new gift, as punishment for mistakes made in his life. The agents will not be able to prevent the bomb from detonating, although they will manage to protect themselves. However, the device was not a common explosive, but contained a chemical that would kill them. As they managed to escape in time, the chemical hardly affected them. It did not end with their lives, but nevertheless they will quickly begin to notice certain changes. The particular toxic of the bomb, far from killing them, made them stronger: now their gifts will mutate, and they will reach new abilities. For his part, Dreyfus (Fabián Gianola) will form the "Anti-Únicos" brigade to advance with his evil plans.
Cast
| Portrayed by | Character | Gifts | Appearances | |
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| Season 1 | Season 2 | |||
| Mariano Martínez | Diego Rouvier | Intelligence | Main | |
| Nicolás Cabré | Axel Etcheverry | Unbreakable & hypersensitivity | Main | |
| Griselda Siciliani | María Soledad Marini | Strength | Main | |
| Nicolás Vázquez | Rúben Hagi | Impenetrable & through objects | Main | |
| Eugenia Tobal | Rosario Ahumada | Scammer | Main | |
| Claudia Fontán | Soraya Bismarck | Main | ||
| José María Monje | Hugo Albarracín | Elite Soldier | Main | |
| Marcelo Mazzarello | Adolfo Fortuna | Main | ||
| Arnaldo André | Alfredo Monterrey | Strength | Main | |
| Jimena Barón | María Paula "Poly" Said | Hacker | Main | |
| Benda Asnicar | Keira Beltran | Bionic ears and telepathy | Main | |
| María Eugenia Suárez | Sofía Reyes | Magnet and bionic skills | Main | |
| Emilia Attias | Mía Horgensen | Pyrokinesis | Main | |
| Marco Antonio Caponi | Moro Hunter | Nullify and absorb the gifts | Main | |
| Christian Sancho | Ramón | Android | Recurring | Main |
| Rodrigo Noya | Bruno Epstein | Intelligence & Wireless Hacker | Recurring | Main |
| Dario Lopilato | Francisco "Pancho" Dreyfus | Main | ||
| Gimena Accardi | Dolores Fuertes | Main | ||
| Victorio D'Alessandro | Ciro Funes | Unbreakable, impenetrable & invisibility | Recurring | Main |
| Julieta Zylberberg | Helena Epstein | Clone | Also Starring | |
| Pilar Gamboa | Violeta Morano | Visions | Also Starring | |
In production
- Marina Bellati as Melania
- Leo Kreimer as "Zurdo"
- Ana María Castel as Elvira (season 1)
- Fabián Arenillas as Manuel Soria
- Carlos Belloso as Livio Muzak † (season 1)
- Favio Posca as Ronco Milevich
- Fabián Gianola as Dreyfus
- Martín Bossi as Patrón Carranza
- Tomás Fonzi as Joaquín Ferragut † (season 1)
- Daniel Hendler as Wilson Castro † (season 1)
- Emilio Disi as Américo (season 1)