Matadero

Matadero
GenreCrime drama
Black comedy
Created byDaniel Martín Sáez de Parayuelo
Written byDaniel Martín Sáez de Parayuelo, Laura Sarmiento, Fernando Navarro, Nacho Cabana, Chus Vallejo
Directed by
  • Daniel Martín Sáez de Parayuelo
  • Jordi Frades
  • Joan Noguera
  • Montse García
StarringPepe Viyuela
Lucía Quintana
Antonio Garrido
Tito Valverde
Carmen Ruiz
Ginés García Millán
Miguel de Lira
Filipe Duarte
Marta Calvó
Camila Viyuela
Iván Cózar
Pep Ambròs
Julio Pereira
Janfri Topera
José Ángel Egido
Belén Constela
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Running time70 minutes
Production company
  • Diagonal TV
Original release
NetworkAntena 3
Release9 January (2019-01-09) –
13 March 2019 (2019-03-13)

Matadero (English: Slaughterhouse) is a Spanish black comedycrime drama limited television series created by Daniel Martín Sáez de Parayuelo and produced by Diagonal TV for Atresmedia. It premiered on Antena 3 on January 9, 2019[1] and ended on March 13, 2019[2]

Premise

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In the small Castilian-Leonese town of Torrecillas, meat-processing businessman Francisco (Antonio Garrido) imports cheap and low-quality pigs from Portugal, some of which are used to smuggle cocaine. The veterinarian in his slaughterhouse is his brother-in-law Alfonso (Pepe Viyuela), a weak-willed man who is fed up of being blackmailed to look the other way and certify animals of dubious quality.

When Francisco's lover Coral organises the theft of the latest consignment of drug-smuggling pigs, she sets in motion a violent series of events. This entangles Pascual and Teo, a Murcian-Galician hitman duo, Vasco, a vengeful Portuguese gangster, Maria, Francisco's niece and a member of the Guardia Civil - and above all, Almudena, Francisco's wife, along with the hapless Alfonso.

Elsewhere, Alfonso's wife María José gets promoted in her sales company, under the watchful eye of her smarmy boss, Fermín, and Salvador, a local pig farmer and rival of Francisco's, seeks to win the heart of Almudena, the woman whom he has always loved,

Cast

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Episodes

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Season Episodes Originally aired Viewers
(in millions)
First aired Last aired
1 10 January 9, 2019 (2019-01-09) March 13, 2019 (2019-03-13) 1.770
(12,1%)

Season 1 (2019)

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No.TitleDirected byOriginal air dateViewers (in millions)
(share)
1"El secreto del avestruz"Jordi FradesJanuary 9, 2019 (2019-01-09)3.336
(21,6%)
2"La maldición del vendedor de toallas"Jordi FradesJanuary 16, 2019 (2019-01-16)2.434
(15,8%)
3"Romance de las dos hermanas"Joan NogueraJanuary 23, 2019 (2019-01-23)1.897
(12,9%)
4"Segundas partes"Joan NogueraJanuary 30, 2019 (2019-01-30)1.834
(12,5%)
5"Sal del Himalaya"Salvador García RuízFebruary 6, 2019 (2019-02-06)1.617
(10,5%)
6"Romance de la loba parda"Salvador García RuízFebruary 13, 2019 (2019-02-13)1.396
(9,8%)
7"Decepciones"Jordi FradesFebruary 20, 2019 (2019-02-20)1.357
(10,0%)
8"La frontera no espera"Joan NogueraFebruary 27, 2019 (2019-02-27)1.281
(9,0%)
9"Mejor funcionario que millonario"Salvador García RuízMarch 6, 2019 (2019-03-06)1.254
(9,2%)
10"El animal durmiente"Jordi FradesMarch 13, 2019 (2019-03-13)1.298
(10,1%)

References

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  1. ^ "Cuándo se estrena y de qué trata Matadero, la Fargo española". El Mundo (in Spanish). 4 January 2019.
  2. ^ Un auténtico ‘Matadero’ para el capítulo final in diezminutos.es
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