''Estoy vivo'' is a Spanish crime television series with supernatural and comedy elements. Created by

Daniel Écija Daniel Arturo Écija Bernal (born 17 June 1963) is a media producer and screenwriter. Starting with ''Médico de familia'', he is credited as creator and executive producer of a long list of Spanish television series. He served as chairman of Glob ...

and produced by

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in collaboration with Globomedia and Good Mood, it premiered on 7 September 2017 on La 1. Its fourth season premiered on 10 March 2021.

Premise

Andrés Vargas (

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), a police officer, dies during the pursuit of a serial killer. Given a second chance, he comes back to life, but 5 years after his death is incarnated into the body of another police officer, Manuel Márquez ( Javier Gutiérrez). He teams up with Vargas' daughter Susana (

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), who does not suspect Márquez's real identity, and with 'El Enlace' (

Alejo Sauras Alejo Martín Sauras (born June 29, 1979 in Palma de Mallorca), is a Spanish actor who is best known as Raúl Martinez in ''Los Serrano''. Biography Sauras was born in Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca but he spend his childhood in Madrid. Sauras studi ...

) in facing the killer, who has resumed their activity. The show is set in

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, though other locations of the Spanish capital also appear in the series.

Cast

;First season * Javier Gutiérrez as Manuel Márquez. *

as Susana. * as David Aranda. *

as El Enlace. *

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as Laura. *

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as Arturo. *

Fele Martínez Fele Martínez (born Rafael Martínez; 22 February 1975) is a Goya Award-winning Spanish actor. Early years Martínez was born in Alicante, Spain. A product of the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático in Madrid, he began to act and direct theater ...

as Óscar Santos. * as María. * as Sebastián Rey. * Lucía Caraballo as Bea. * Mon Ceballos as El Carnicero de Medianoche. *

as Andrés Vargas. *

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as the zone's director (special collaboration). ;Introduced in season 2 * as Lola. * Artur Busquets as Palacios. *

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. * Laura Quirós as Ángela. ;Introduced in season 3 *

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as Verónica. *

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as Adrián. * Laia Manzanares as Carlota. * as Alicia. * Irene Rojo as Rebe. ;Introduced in season 4 * as Adriana. * Almagro San Miguel as Mikel. * Pablo Vázquez as Landa.

Production and release

Filming of the first season began in June 2017 in

. The first episode was aired on La 1 on 7 September 2017. In December 2017, Amazon purchased the rights for the distribution of the series in Spain and Latin America as part of its SVoD service. The renovation of the series for a second season was announced in December 2017. The renovation for a third season was confirmed in April 2019. The fourth season was confirmed in February 2020. Filming was wrapped up in February 2021. Comprising 13 episodes, it premiered on 10 March 2021.

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Accolades

, - , rowspan = 6 align = "center" , 2017 , 64th

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, , Javier Gutiérrez , , align = "center" , , - , rowspan = 5 , 5th , colspan = 2 , Best Drama Series , , align = "center" rowspan = "5" , , - , colspan = "2" , Best Direction , , - , colspan = "2" , Best Screenplay , , - , Best Drama Actor , Javier Gutiérrez , , - , Best Drama Actress ,

, , - , rowspan = 8 align = "center" , 2018 , rowspan = 2 , 5th Feroz Awards , colspan = 2 , Best Drama Series , , align = "center" rowspan = "2" , , - , Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series ,

, , - , 68th

Fotogramas de Plata Fotogramas de Plata are a series of Spanish annual film, theatre and television awards awarded by ''Fotogramas'' film magazine since 1951. On 5 February 1951, ''Fotogramas'' magazine awarded their first Placa de San Juan Bosco award to actor Jes� ...

, Best TV Actor , Alejo Sauras , , align = "center" , , - , 27th

Actors and Actresses Union Awards The Actors and Actresses Union Awards ( es, Premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices, links=no) is an annual award ceremony organised by the Spanish Spanish Actors Union, Actors and Actresses Union, recognising the best performances in Cinema of ...

, Best New Actor , Mon Ceballos , , align = "center" , , - , rowspan = "3" , 20th Iris Awards , colspan = "2" , Best Fiction , , , , rowspan = "3" , , - , Best Actor , , Javier Gutiérrez , , , - , Best Screenplay , , Daniel Écija, Jesús Mesas, Guillermo Cisneros,
Jon de la Cuesta, Federico Muñoz, Andrés Martín,
Guillermo Clua, Jaime Palacios, Mercedes Cruz
& Adriana Rivas , , , - , 6th MiM Series Awards , Best Drama Actress ,

, , align = "center" , , - , align = "center" rowspan = "2" , 2019 , rowspan = "2" , 28th

, Best Lead Actor (TV) , Javier Gutiérrez , , rowspan = "2" align = "center" , , - , Best Supporting Actor (TV) , Alejo Sauras , , - , align = "center" rowspan = "4" , 2020 , rowspan = "4" , 29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards , Best Lead Actor (TV) , Javier Gutiérrez , , align = "center" rowspan = "4" , , - , Best Supporting Actor (TV) , Alejo Sauras , , - , Best Actress in a Minor Role (TV) , Goizalde Núñez , , - , Best Actor in a Minor Role (TV) , Jesús Castejón , , - , align = "center" , 2022 , , 30th Actors and Actresses Union Awards , , Best Television Actor in a Secondary Role , , Alfonso Bassave , , , ,

References

External links

''Estoy vivo''
on

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