''Matadero'' (English: ''Slaughterhouse'') is a Spanish

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created by Daniel Martín Sáez de Parayuelo and produced by Diagonal TV for

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. It premiered on Antena 3 on January 9, 2019 and ended on March 13, 2019Un auténtico ‘Matadero’ para el capítulo final
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Premise

In the small Castilian-Leonese town of Torrecillas, meat-processing businessman Francisco ( Antonio Garrido) imports cheap and low-quality pigs from

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, some of which are used to smuggle cocaine. The veterinarian in his slaughterhouse is his brother-in-law Alfonso (

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), a weak-willed man who is fed up of being blackmailed to look the other way and certify animals of dubious quality. When Francisco's lover Coral organises the theft of the latest consignment of drug-smuggling pigs, she sets in motion a violent series of events. This entangles Pascual and Teo, a

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n- Galician hitman duo, Vasco, a vengeful Portuguese gangster, Maria, Francisco's niece and a member of the

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- and above all, Almudena, Francisco's wife, along with the hapless Alfonso. Elsewhere, Alfonso's wife María José gets promoted in her sales company, under the watchful eye of her smarmy boss, Fermín, and Salvador, a local pig farmer and rival of Francisco's, seeks to win the heart of Almudena, the woman whom he has always loved,

Cast

as Alfonso Cubillo * Carmen Ruiz as María José Jiménez – Alfonso's wife * Camila Viyuela as María Cubillo – Alfonso's daughter and a

* Iván Cózar as Nuño – María's fiancé * Antonio Garrido as Francisco * Lucía Quintana as Almudena Jiménez – Francisco's wife * Eduardo Antuña as Herminio – Francisco's employee * Merjoddy Bermúdez as Coral – Francisco's lover *

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as Don Julio – head of a Galician drug cartel *

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as Pascual – a hitman working for Don Julio * as Teo – Pascual's partner * as Da Silva – a Portuguese

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* Filipe Duarte as Vasco – a Portuguese gangster working for Da Silva * as Fermín – María José's employer *

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as Salvador – a local farmer and rival of Francisco's * as Teresa – Salvador's wife * Franky Martín as Ricardo – Salvador's son * as Capitán Villanueva – the head of the

* Pep Ambrós as Jacobo – a member of the

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who grows close to María

Episodes

Season 1 (2019)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matadero 2010s crime drama television series 2010s black comedy television series 2019 Spanish television series debuts 2019 Spanish television series endings Antena 3 (Spanish TV channel) network series Crime thriller television series Spanish crime television series Spanish-language television shows Television shows set in Castile and León 2010s Spanish drama television series 2010s Spanish comedy television series Spanish thriller television series Television series by Diagonal TV