''Historia de un clan'' ( es, History of a clan) is an Argentine TV series made in 2015 by

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, starring

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. It is based on the 1980s exploits of the real-life

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Plot

The Puccio are apparently a family like any other: Arquímedes (

), the father, has a plan in hand, for which he needs the help of his family. This is how he reunites his children, Alejandro (

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) and Daniel (

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), to help him bring about the company. Arquímedes house would become the center of operations, maintaining a life of contrasts. The story tells the family organization of the crime, the connections of Arquímedes Puccio with other criminal gangs and the unsustainable innocence of this story based on real events.

Production

The first episode includes a

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, who plays a rugby player. This was the first scene of male full frontal nudity aired on Argentine television in almost 60 years. The writer, Javier Van de Couter, joked about it on social networks, generating many responses.

Reception

Rating

The first episode garnered 16.2 rating points. It was the second most-seen TV program of the day, following the last episode of the ''

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'' rerun. It surpassed the miniseries '' Signos'', which achieved 10.6 rating points.

Critical reception

Silvina Lamazares of the '' Clarín'' newspaper praised the quality of the series. She considered it the best work of actor Alejandro Awada's for television, and the consolidation of

as an actor. The TV series has been compared with the film '' The Clan'', released the same year, which is also based on the story of the Puccio family. According to ''

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'', both productions have a "tense and hostile" mood, but the miniseries allows for the development of the story at a slower pace and the exploration of the characters in greater depth. ''Infobae'' also noted that Awada and Darín's characters received the most focus in the first episode, but considers that

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, and Tristán Díaz Ocampo may have greater roles as the story develops.

Awards and nominations

Cast

Note: The names of the characters except for the Puccio family and Mónica Sörvick were changed for dramaturgical reasons, the real names are in brackets. *

as Arquímedes Rafael Puccio *

as Epifanía Ángeles Calvo de Puccio *

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as Daniel Arquímedes "Maguila" Puccio * María Soldi as Silvia Inés Puccio * Rita Pauls as Adriana Claudia Puccio * Justina Bustos as Mónica Sörvick *

(†) as Labarde (Guillermo Fernández Laborde) *

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as Rojas (Roberto Díaz) *

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as Federico "Fede" Olsen (Ricardo Manoukian) *

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as Juani *

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as Gustavo Bonomi (Gustavo Contepomi) *

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as Roberto Rizzo (Florencio Aulet) *

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as Angélica Bolena (Nélida Bollini de Prado) *

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as Lucas * Tristán Díaz Ocampo as Coronel Franco (Rodolfo Franco) * Victoria Almeida as María Belén (Cecilia Demargazzo) * Laura Laprida as Paula (Isabel Menditeguy) * Oscar Ferrigno as Federico's Father * Marcela Guerty as Federico's Mother * Martín Slipak as Franco Rizzo (Eduardo Aulet) * Guadalupe Docampo as Adela Pozzi (Rogelia Pozzi) * Tina Serrano as Aurelia (María Esther Aubone) * Patricio Aramburu as Emir Seguel (Emilio Naum) * Bárbara Lombardo as Juliana (Alicia Betti) * Nicolás Condito as Tomás * Esteban Meloni as Marco * Fabián Arenillas as Commissar * Abel Ayala as Rodolfo

Data of interest

* Guillermo Puccio is nonexistent in the story, leaving the Puccio family with six members instead of seven. * Daniel Puccio appeared shortly before the second kidnapping, but appears in the series from the beginning. * Originally it was contemplated that the first actress

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would play Angélica Bolena (Nelida Bollini de Prado), but finally she rejected the offer and was replaced by

References

External links

Official site
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