Hermanos (TV series)

Hermanos
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Genre	Drama
Directed by	Salvador Calvo Joaquín Llamas
Starring	María Valverde Antonio Velázquez Álvaro Cervantes
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Production companies	Mediaset España Multipark Ficción
Original release
Network	Telecinco
Release	16 September (2014-09-16) – 21 October 2014 (2014-10-21)

Hermanos is a Spanish drama television series. Produced by Mediaset España in collaboration with Multipark Ficción,^[1] the 6-episode series aired on Telecinco from September to October 2014. Starring Antonio Velázquez, Álvaro Cervantes and María Valverde, the series—a generational story set in the 1980s and the 1990s—^[2] tracks the lives of three childhood friends.

Plot

Starting in the mid 1980s in a working-class neighborhood of Madrid, two brothers—Juan (Antonio Velázquez) and Alberto (Álvaro Cervantes)—are in love with the same girl, their friend Virginia (María Valverde).^[2] Life takes each character to a singular path: the older brother, the brash Juan, puts aside his childhood dream of becoming a boxer and leaves Madrid for the shipyards of Vigo, becoming a trade union leader.^[3][4] Meanwhile, Alberto becomes a priced businessman,^[5] whereas Virginia attains her childhood goal of becoming a renowned journalist, entering the elite cultural circles, while also becoming a mother.^[3]

The friendship story (and love triangle) between the three characters intertwines with historical events such as the deindustrialization policies undertaken in Spain, the Balkan Wars, the rise of trade unionism or the so-called Movida madrileña.^[6]

Cast

• Antonio Velázquez as Juan Torres.^[7]
• Álvaro Cervantes as Alberto Torres.^[7]
• María Valverde as Virginia Rodríguez.^[7]
• Carlos Hipólito as Antonio Torres.^[7]
• Sonia Almarcha as Jimena Olmedo.^[7]
• Elvira Mínguez as Julia Rodríguez.^[7]
• Aura Garrido as Pilar Yagüe.^[7]
• Fernando Cayo as Alfonso Yagüe.^[7]
• Irene Montalá as Esther Blanco.^[7]
• Ben Temple as Henry Sinclair.^[7]
• Carla Díaz as Marta.^[7]
• Víctor Clavijo as Damián Jurado.^[7]
• Roberto Álamo as Xabi Andrade.^[7]
• Daniel Grao as Víctor.^[8]
• Javier Godino as José Luis Salcedo.^[8]
• Miquel Fernández [es] as Anxo Castro.^[8]

Production and release

The series was entirely shot in Madrid (and the wider Madrid region), Guadalajara and Vigo (primarily location shots of the port and the shipyards).^[9][8] A substantial part of the urban outdoor scenes portraying Madrid were shot in the residential area of Fuerte de San Francisco in Guadalajara, whose architecture preserves the aesthetics of the 1980s.^[8] Guadalajara also served as set to recreate the shipyards of Vigo as well as the city of Sarajevo.^[8]

Salvador Calvo directed episodes 1, 2, 5 and 6, while Joaquín Llamas directed episodes 3 and 4.^[10][11]

The miniseries premiered on 16 September 2014 on Telecinco.^[12] Broadcast every Tuesday night in prime time, the last episode aired on 21 October 2014.^[12]

Starting with "promising" audience scores in the opening episode (2,615,000 viewers; 15.9% share) the series attracted a relatively stable audience during the first 5 episodes.^[12] However, the viewership took a substantial dip in the finale, down to a 9.1% share, challenged by the nudist reality show Adán y Eva [es] aired on the sister channel Cuatro and the return of Velvet on Antena 3.^[12]

Series	Episodes		Originally aired			Viewers	Share (%)	Ref.
			First aired	Last aired	Network
1	6		16 September 2014 (2014-09-16)	21 October 2014 (2014-10-21)	Telecinco	2,222,000	13.5	[12]

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No. in season	Title	Directed by	Viewers	Original air date	Share (%)
1	"La huida"	Salvador Calvo	2,615,000	16 September 2014 (2014-09-16)	15.9
2	"El reencuentro"	Salvador Calvo	2,274,000	23 September 2014 (2014-09-23)	13.6
3	"El amor perdurará"	Joaquín Llamas	2,262,000	30 September 2014 (2014-09-30)	14.0
4	"Crisis matrimonial"	Joaquín Llamas	2,329,000	7 October 2014 (2014-10-07)	14.5
5	"El romance secreto"	Salvador Calvo	2,110,000	14 October 2014 (2014-10-14)	14.0
6	"La verdad se abre paso"	Salvador Calvo	1,741,000	21 October 2014 (2014-10-21)	9.1

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominees	Result	Ref.
2015	24th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actor in a Minor Role	Carlos Hipólito	Won	[13]
	3rd MiM Series Awards [es]	Best Miniseries or TV Movie		Nominated	[1]

References

1. Onieva, Álvaro (1 December 2015). "Premios MiM Series: 'El ministerio del tiempo' y 'Allí abajo', grandes ganadoras". Fotogramas.
2. "La pasión entre María Valverde y Antonio Velázquez en 'Hermanos' calienta Twitter". La Voz de Cádiz. 17 September 2014.
3. "'Hermanos' arranca en Guadalajara". El País. 5 February 2013.
4. "Telecinco grabará parte de la serie "Hermanos" en Vigo con Antonio Velázquez". Faro de Vigo. 17 April 2013.
5. Hernández, Regina (23 September 2014). "Álvaro Cervantes: "Hermanos' es lo más complicado que he hecho como actor"". Sensacine.
6. "'Hermanos', lo que necesitas saber". Espinof. 15 September 2014.
7. Moreno, Adriano (16 September 2014). "'Hermanos': ¿Quién es quién en la nueva miniserie de Telecinco?". Sensacine. pp. 1–13.
8. Buenestado, David (16 April 2013). "Telecinco ultima el rodaje de "Hermanos", su nueva miniserie para el prime time". El Periódico.
9. "Telecinco estrena 'Hermanos', una miniserie "generacional" protagonizada por María Valverde". 20minutos.es. 15 September 2014.
10. Figueroa, Verónica (16 September 2014). "Una historia de 'Hermanos'". El País.
11. Quesada, Ana; Gómez, José (15 September 2014). "Manuel Villanueva: "Sabíamos que 'Hermanos' iría en martes, pero adecuamos nuestra programación al Mundial de Baloncesto"". FormulaTV.
12. Muñoz, Alfonso (22 October 2014). "'Hermanos' se despide de Telecinco con una media del 13,5%". FormulaTV.
13. "'La isla mínima' también seduce a la Unión de Actores". La Vanguardia. 10 March 2015.