''Chromosome 21'' () is a Chilean

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television series co-created by Matías Venables and Nico Martínez Bergen. The series traces a police investigation into a young man with

down syndrome Down syndrome or Down's syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. It is usually associated with physical growth delays, mild to moderate intellectual dis ...

involved in a murder. It had its original run on Chilean network Canal 13 on 14 October 2022.

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then acquired global streaming rights, and released it on their platform on 8 February 2023. The series received four nominations at the 7th

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, with Sebastián Solorza winning the breakthrough actor award, and five nominations for the

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Plot

Cast

Main

* Sebastián Solorza as Tomás "Tomy" Ruiz: a young man with down syndrome who becomes involved in a crime because of his brother * Valentina Muhr as Mariana Enríquez: the commissioner of the homicide brigade of the

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(PDI) * Mario Horton as Bruno Durán: the deputy commissioner of the homicide brigade * Gastón Salgado as Guillermo "Bekam" Ruiz: Tomy's younger brother *

Claudia di Girolamo Claudia del Carmen Di Girolamo Quesney (born December 30, 1956 in Santiago de Chile), is a Chilean actress and theater director of Italian descent, who has a prominent and distinguished artistic career in theater, film and television. Considered ...

as Sofía Lombardi: the director of the "Down Up Foundation" and Cristina's mother * Pía Urrutia as Cristina Pérez: Sofía's daughter and Tomy's fiancée with down syndrome * Daniel Muñoz as Ariel "Coya" Zavala: a former Carabinero who owns the factory where the murder occurred *

Alejandro Trejo Alejandro Edmundo Trejo Zapata (born 8 August 1959) is a Chilean theater, television, and voice actor. He is best known for 2001's '' A Cab for Three'', for which he received Best Actor awards at the Cinemanila and Gramado film festivals. Biogra ...

as Rafael Santoro, PDI subprefect; Enríquez and Durán's boss

Production

The series was originally meant to tell the story of a 42-year-old nurse who finds out she is pregnant with a baby with down syndrome, and received a grant for it from the National Television Council. Filming took place in

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and began on 27 September 2021.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chromosome 21 Television shows based on books Police procedural television series Chilean drama television series Thriller television series Television shows set in Santiago Spanish-language television shows Netflix original programming 2022 Chilean television series debuts 2020s Chilean television series