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Genre Political drama Written by Mario Segade Theme music composer Bomba estéreo Final episode date 28 December 2011 Program creator Adrián Suar Cast Carlos Moreno | 8.7/10 IMDb Created by Adrián Suar Directed by Daniel Barone First episode date 15 May 2011 Number of seasons 1 Network El Trece | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Julio Chávez
Gabriela Toscano Similar Tratame bien, Herederos de una venganza, Los únicos, Farsantes, Para vestir santos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
El Puntero is a 2011 Argentine miniseries, produced by Pol-Ka and starred by Julio Chávez and Gabriela Toscano. "Puntero" is a word from Argentine slang for a man who works as an intermediate between poor people and political parties, in a clientelist relation. The miniseries received the Golden Martín Fierro Award.
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Production
El puntero is a political drama set in an Argentine Villa miseria. It is produced by Pol-Ka for the TV channel El Trece. Although El Trece is part of the Grupo Clarín, which had several conflicts with the government of Cristina Kirchner, the lead actor Julio Chávez clarified that the tone of the miniseries is generic, and not a criticism of the Kirchner's administration. In fact, he conditioned his work in the program on the absence of specific political bias. Chávez did not even know about political clientelism, and investigated about the topic before accepting to work in the program.
The opening of the program uses the song "Fuego" by Bomba Estéreo, and mixes images of the history of Argentina with images of Chávez characterized as a political puntero. For this purpose he grew his sideburns, used hair extensions, 1970s shirts and chains.
The program did not have a fixed filming set, and filmed scenes at several real villa miserias.
Plot
The miniseries is set in a Villa miseria in Greater Buenos Aires, ruled by mayor Iñíguez since 1987. Pablo Aldo Perotti, known as the "Gitano", works in the clientelist relation between the poor people and the political authorities. Perotti wants to be the new mayor, and to return with his former wife Clarita.
At the end of the miniseries, Clarita becomes the new mayor, and Perotti gets a job in government.
Reception
The program won the 2011 Martín Fierro Awards for best miniseries actor (Julio Chávez) and best miniseries. They received as well the Golden Martín Fierro Award.
Cast
