''Caronte'' is a Spanish drama television series created by Verónica Fernández and produced by

Mediaset España Grupo Audiovisual Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.U. (formerly Gestevisión Telecinco, S.A. and Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A.) is a Spanish media company, controlled by the Italian-based company MFE – MediaForEurope N.V., which i ...

in collaboration with Big Bang Media. It made its debut in March 2020 on

Amazon Prime Video Amazon Prime Video, known simply as Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming television service owned by Amazon. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced or co-produced by ...

before its free-to-air broadcasting.

Premise

Samuel Caronte (

Roberto Álamo Roberto Martínez Felipe (born 1 January 1970), better known as Roberto Álamo, is a Spanish actor who has appeared in more than fifty films since 1996. Álamo won the Goya Award for Best Actor for his performance as Javier Alfaro in ''May God S ...

), a police officer, is convicted for a crime he did not commit. While in prison, he graduated in law. After leaving prison, he becomes a lawyer, partnering with Marta Pelayo (

Miriam Giovanelli Miriam Giovanelli (born 28 April 1989) is an Italian-Spanish actress and model. Biography Miriam Giovanelli was born in Rome, Italy to an Italian father and Spanish mother. Personal life On 23 September 2017, she married the Spanish archit ...

), vowing to represent those who do not have access to an adequate

legal defence In a civil proceeding or criminal prosecution under the common law or under statute, a defendant may raise a defense (or defence) in an effort to avert civil liability or criminal conviction. A defense is put forward by a party to defeat a s ...

. The fiction takes place in between

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality by population in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coa ...

and

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

Cast

as Samuel Caronte. *

as Marta Pelayo. *

Carlos Hipólito Carlos López Hipólito (born 1956), better known as Carlos Hipólito, is a Spanish actor with a long stage career. He is perhaps most familiar to a television audience for performances in series such as '' Desaparecida'', '' Guante blanco'', ' ...

as Comisario Paniagua. * Belén López as Julia. *

Raúl Tejón Raúl Tejón (born October 9, 1975) is a Spanish actor. His professional career has primarily focused on theater and television, with some forays into film, particularly in several short films. For television, his notable roles include the series ...

as Aurelio. * Álex Villazán as Guille. *

Marta Larralde Marta Larralde (born 22 April 1981) is a Spanish actress from Galicia. She is known for her performances in series such as '' Gran Hotel'' or ''Seis hermanas''. Biography Born on 22 April 1981 in Vigo, Larralde took studies in Image and Sound ...

as Natalia. * as Irina. * as Paula. *

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as Irene. * as Ignacio. *

Julieta Serrano Julieta Serrano Romero (born 2 January 1933 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish theatre and cinema actress. Her prolific career began in the 1960s, and she has worked with directors Pedro Almodóvar and Ventura Pons. In September 20 ...

as Samuel Caronte's mother. ;With the special collaboration of *

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. *

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. *

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. *

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Production and release

Created by Verónica Fernández, the series is a mashup of

legal drama Legal drama, also called courtroom drama, is a genre of film and television that generally focuses on narratives regarding legal practice and the justice system. The American Film Institute (AFI) defines "courtroom drama" as a genre of film in wh ...

police drama The police procedural, police show, or police crime drama is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasises the investigative procedure of police officers, police detectives, or law enforcement agencies as the protagonists, as ...

and

family drama In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional te ...

. It was produced by

in collaboration with Big Bang Media. Shooting began in November 2018, and it took place in

and

. Joaquín Llamas, Sandra Gallego, Alberto Ruiz-Rojo and Jesús Font directed the episodes. Consisting of 13 episodes with a running time of about 75 minutes, the series was launched on

on 6 March 2020. After its release on Prime Video, Mediaset España chose

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rather than its flagship channel

Telecinco Telecinco is a Spanish free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset España. The channel was previously known as Tele 5, because it had first begun its experimental transmissions on 10 March 1989, and a year later, it was officially laun ...

for the free-to-air broadcasting of the series. The first episode aired on Cuatro on 15 March 2021 earned "good" ratings (1,119,000 viewers and a 7.9% share), above the channel's average.

References

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