''Culpables'' is a 2001 Argentine miniseries, produced by

Pol-Ka Pol-ka Producciones is a television and film production company in Buenos Aires, Argentina, commonly referred to as Pol-ka. The company was launched in 1994 and is owned by Adrián Suar, Fernando Blanco and Artear ( Clarín Group). The first ...

and aired by

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. It starred by

Mercedes Morán Mercedes Beatriz Morán is an Argentine actress, known for her role in the television miniseries '' Culpables''. Career Morán has worked in several TV programs, such as ''Donde pueda quererte'', ''Rosa de lejos'', ''Por siempre amigos'', ''G ...

Diego Peretti Diego Peretti (born 10 February 1963) is an Argentine actor, screenwriter and former psychiatrist. Peretti was born in Buenos Aires, and practiced as a psychiatrist for fourteen years. He took part in several movies and TV series, including t ...

Alfredo Casero Alfredo Casero (born 12 November 1962) is an Argentine musician, actor and comedian. Casero began studying acting with Norman Briski in 1987. Soon after he started working in the underground humour scene of Buenos Aires. In 1992 he created, ...

Gabriela Toscano Gabriela Rosana Toscano (born October 25, 1965, in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an Uruguayan actress who works in Argentina. Biography Gabriela Toscano was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, on October 25, 1965. She moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, at an ...

Fernán Mirás Fernán Gonzalo Mirás (born July 17, 1969) is an Argentine film and television actor and film director. He is sometimes credited as Fernando Mirás. Career He debuted in theater at the play ''El protagonista'', in 1989. In 1993 he starred i ...

Soledad Villamil Soledad Villamil (born June 19, 1969 in La Plata) is an Argentine film and television actress and singer. She has won two Carlos Gardel Awards, Argentine equivalent of American Grammy Awards and British BRIT Awards besides, Goya Award for Bes ...

and

Susú Pecoraro Susana Raquel "Susú" Pecoraro (born December 4, 1952) is an Argentine film and television actress, one of the most popular of the country. Career Susana Raquel Pecoraro was born in Buenos Aires in 1952. She enrolled at the Dramatic Arts Conserv ...

. It received the Golden Martín Fierro award.

Production

The miniseries was aimed to young adults, as previous productions by

such as '' Vulnerables'' and '' Verdad / Consecuencia''. It was produced at a time when TV miniseries were being displaced by

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s. This miniseries was the first notable work in television by the actor

. He had worked previously in '' Poliladron'', '' Rodolfo Rojas D.T.'' and '' Campeones'', but as a secondary actor. It was also the first time that he did not play a character with a

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or a

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Plot

The miniseries is focused in a group of friends and their couples. Anibal and Daniela have two sons, and face a romantic crisis. Claudio and Adriana have no sons, and Claudio is unemployed. Perla, just divorced from an abusive husband, is married with Willy and has a lesbian daughter, Sofía. Chechu is a bachelor woman.

Reception

The miniseries received the Golden Martín Fierro award in 2001. It received as well other

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: best miniseries, best lead actor of miniseries (

), best actress of miniseries (

), and best script.

and

had also been nominated as best actor and actress of miniseries. The program was nominated for best child actor ( Nazareno Casero) and best director, but did not receive those awards.

Cast

as Chechu *

as Claudio *

as Aníbal *

as Daniela *

as Willy *

as Adriana *

as Perla *

Florencia Bertotti María Florencia Bertotti (born 15 March 1983), better known as Florencia Bertotti is an Argentine actress, singer, songwriter and businesswoman. Biography Florencia Bertotti parents are Gustavo Bertotti, a jeweler and María Candelaria Pére ...

as Sofía *

Gloria Carrá Gloria Andrea Curra (born June 15, 1971 in Banfield, Buenos Aires, Argentina) better known as Gloria Carrá is an Argentine actress, singer and composer. She changed her real last name on the advice of the actor Darío Vittori Darío Vítt ...

as Romina

References

External links

* {{Pol-ka Golden Martín Fierro Award winners Pol-ka telenovelas Argentine LGBT-related television shows 2001 Argentine television series debuts 2001 Argentine television series endings 2000s LGBT-related drama television series Lesbian-related television shows