El marginal
Genre	Drama
Created by	Sebastián Ortega Adrián Caetano
Written by	Adrián Caetano Guillermo Salmerón Silvina Olschansky Nicolás Marina
Directed by	Luis Ortega Mariano Ardanaz Javier Pérez Alejandro Ciancio
Starring	Juan Minujín Nicolás Furtado Martina Gusmán Claudio Rissi Gerardo Romano Esteban Lamothe Roly Serrano Lorenzo Ferro Maite Lanata Alejandro Awada
Theme music composer	Sara Hebe
Opening theme	El Marginal
Country of origin	Argentina
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	37
Production
Executive producer	Gustavo Errico
Cinematography	Sergio Dotta
Production company	Underground producciones
Original release
Network	Televisión Pública Argentina
Release	June 2, 2016 (2016-06-02) – May 4, 2022 (2022-05-04)
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El marginal is an Argentine television series, starring Juan Minujín, Nicolás Furtado, Claudio Rissi, Martina Gusmán and Gerardo Romano. It awarded the Golden Martín Fierro award,^[1] a Tato award, a Festival Séries Mania award and also was nominated for a Platino Award for Best Miniseries or TV series.

Series overview

In the first season, former cop Miguel Palacios is jailed at San Onofre under a fake name and a fake judicial case. His mission is to infiltrate a criminal gang of prisoners and prison guards and gather information about the daughter of a judge kidnapped by said gang.

The second season is a prequel that takes place three years before Miguel Palacios infiltrated San Onofre. Mario Borges and Juan Pablo "Diosito" Borges are sent to San Onofre where they plan to overthrow the leader of the prison, "El Sapo" Quiroga. To achieve that, they ally themselves with the "Sub-21" gang and with Patricio Salgado, a doctor with a mysterious past.

In the third season, the Borges brothers are tasked with taking care of Cristian Pardo, the son of an important businessman, who killed his friend while drunk in a car accident. While Diosito is tasked with the boy's care, the "Sub-21" joins with "Pantera" and Bruni to take down the Borges.

Distribution

The series was initially aired on the Televisión Pública Argentina TV channel. It was acquired by Netflix after the end of the original run, becoming available for Latin America, the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal. El Marginal and Estocolmo were the first Argentine TV series acquired by Netflix, in 2016.^[2]

A second season was confirmed in 2017.^[3] The second series, entitled El Marginal II, debuted on Argentine television in July 2018 to high ratings.^[4]

The third series was confirmed by Argentine production company Underground Producciones in September 2018.^[5] One year later, in September 2019, the third series debuted on Netflix.^[6]

Awards

The program received 8 nominations for the Martín Fierro Awards, and won for best miniseries and best writers. One of the producers thanked for the award, but criticized the organization of the nominations, as they sometimes include TV programs from very disparate genres.^[1] Actor Gerardo Romano used his brief time to ask people to vote for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at the 2017 legislative elections.^[7] At the end of the ceremony, the program received the Golden Martín Fierro Award.^[1]

Seasons List

Cast

Martina Gusmán joined the cast in season one as Emma Molinari and has repeated her role in seasons two, three and four.

Gerardo Romano plays Sergio Antín, the director of San Onofre.

References

External links

• El marginal on Netflix
• El marginal at IMDb