Cromo
GenreDrama
Created byLucía Puenzo
Nicolás Puenzo
StarringEmilia Attías
Guillermo Pfening
German Palacios
Country of originArgentina
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Original release
NetworkTV Pública

Cromo is an Argentine television drama, an eco-crime series which premiered in the fall of 2015 on TV Pública.[1]

Synopsis

Created by Lucía Puenzo, Nicolás Puenzo and Pablo Fendrik, the series stars Guillermo Pfening and German Palacios as Diego and Simon, research scientists investigating the murder of Diego's wife, Valentina (Emilia Attías), while she was investigating an environmental disaster in Corrientes.[2] The script was written under the watch of a group of CONICET investigators, and it is based on actual events.[3]

Production

It was filmed on location in Antarctica (Marambio Base), Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes, and Patagonia.[3]

Esteros del Iberá wetlands

Screenings and reception

In advance of the series premiere, three episodes received a preview screening at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, as part of the festival's new Primetime platform of selected television projects.[4] The series secured several international distribution deals after its screening at TIFF,[5] as well as a deal to expand the series into a feature film.[6]

It also had a positive reception at the SeriesMania festival in Paris 2016[7]

References

  1. ↑ "El thriller científico “Cromo”, de los hermanos Puenzo y Pablo Fendrik, se verá desde octubre en la TVP". Télam, September 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Toronto Review: 'Cromo' Puts the Sexy Back Into Environmental Studies". Indiewire, September 15, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Televisión Pública: Cromo". Televisión Pública Argentina, January 31, 2016.
  4. ↑ "TIFF's First-Ever TV Lineup Includes Jason Reitman's 'Casual' and 'Heroes Reborn'". Indiewire, August 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Toronto: Pyramide, Puenzos, Fendrik Launch ‘Cromo’". Variety, September 10, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Toronto: 'Cromo' TV series set for film treatment". Screendaily.com, September 15, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Cromo, un Eco-Thriller venu d’Argentine : Séries Mania" Archived 2016-08-19 at the Wayback Machine. CineSeries Mag, January 31, 2016.


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