''El Señor de la Querencia'' (English: ''The Lord of the Farm'') is a nighttime

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broadcast by

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. ''El Señor de la Querencia'' is set in a rural estate in

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in 1920. It differs from former Chilean series by the large amounts of domestic violence,

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and

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shown as part of the plot. Chilean minister Laura Albornoz expressed her concern about the impact of the repeatedly shown domestic violence and sexual abuses shown in the soap opera.
Sernam v/s “El señor de la Querencia
'' Starring by

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as the main villain, as co-protagonist

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and

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Cast

– José Luis Echeñique *

– Leonor Amenábar *

– Manuel Pradenas *

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– Mercedes de los Ríos *

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– Ignacio Echeñique *

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– María Pradenas *

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– Buenaventura Moreno * Bárbara Ruiz-Tagle – Leontina Aguirre * Celine Reymond – Teresa Echeñique * Andrés Reyes – Luis Emilio Echeñique * Antonia Santa María – Violeta Moreno *

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– Herminia Pradenas * Lorena Bosch – Lucrecia Santa María * Nicolás Poblete – Juan Cristóba León *

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– Carmen Other Cast *

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– Mr. Renato Echeñique * Maité Fernández – Mrs. Bernarda Leiva *

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– Priest *

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– Alberto Salinas * Álvaro Morales – Evaristo Pradenas

References

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