646f9e108c Four men become fugitives after a failed drug deal, running from north to south of Chile. Written in Chile, this story is about a failed drug operation that causes a frenzied pursuit of four men by the mafia and local authorities, forcing them to start a desperate escape plan through the Chilean territory. The story begins when Vincente Ferragut (Nestor Cantillana) Tegui Gonzalez (Benjamín Vicuña), Oscar Salamanca (Francisco Reyes) and Mario Moreno (LuisGnecco) are hired to transport a shipment of liquid cocaine from the Bolivian border to the Chilean port of Valparaiso. When they are delivering the cocaine to the European buyers in the harbor, a gun shot from a roof causes a violent and unexpected ambush. The characters in the series realize soon after that although they have different lives and interests, they must stay together to survive. The destiny of four man changes when they become fugitives. If you love drug series with action, love, schemes, passion and high drama, you can&#39;t miss Profugos, a TV series produced by HBO Chile. An excellent HBO series set in Chile that follows in the tradition of other well received efforts, most notably, &quot;Epitafios I and II&quot; shot in Argentina. &quot;Profugos&quot; is worth watching because it shows the best of Chilean talent in action. <br/><br/>The premise of the series is a drug deal that misfires. Cocaine is brought from Bolivia to Chile to be shipped from there overseas. The group involved is the Ferragut family controlled from prison by Kika, the matriarch. Her right hand man, Salamanca is a heartless criminal, who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Salamanca&#39;s troubles go back to the Pinochet era. Vicente Feragut, the son of the woman in jail, must take a second role in the deal. The other members are, Mario Moreno, a man without scruples and an undercover policeman, Tegui.<br/><br/>The processed drug comes to Chile aboard a gasoline truck. After crossing the border, the next stop is to get the cocaine in wine bottles to be exported. The operation is extremely professional. The initial drop off point was Iquique in the North of Chile, but then, plans are changed to Valparaiso, where a supporting team of the Ferraguts are in place to see that everything is transfer to a merchant ship. Unknown to Tegui, the Ferraguts have three snipers in place, and the police is undercover at the drop site waiting for them at the pier where a bloody battle ensues. <br/><br/>The following chapters show to what extent these criminals will go in their fight against the forces that are following their steps. The direction is shared by Chilean Pablo Larrain, and Jonathan Jakubowicz from Venezuela. The vision of the writing team composed by Josefina Hernandez, Pablo Illanes, Mateo Iribarren and Pablo Videla, makes exciting television. With the resources of HBO, the end result is one of the best series about power, drug trafficking and law enforcement.<br/><br/>The four principals do a wonderful job. Francisco Reyes, Nestor Cantillana, Luis Gnecco, and Benjamin Vicuna, a promising young actor whose career has expanded to other international films. The supporting cast is excellentwell, notably, Claudia Di Girolamo, Angelica Castro, Antonia Zegers, Blanca Lewin, Amparo Noguera. <br/><br/>The beauty of the country comes through in the great cinematography by Sergio Armstrong that photographs the action throughout Chile in spectacular locations. This Chilean crime drama follows a quartet of fugitivesthey go on the run after a drug deal goes very wrong. They are a very mixed group; Vicente Ferragut, a member of a powerful crime family; Óscar Salamanca, a former left wing opposition fighter; Mario Moreno, a brutal man who workeda torturer for the previous right wing regime and Álvaro &#39;Tegui&#39; Parraguez, an undercover police officer. The series starts with them smuggling a shipment of liquid cocaine into Chile from Bolivia; they head to the port at Valparaiso and the sale turns out to be an ambush. They flee and find themselves pursued by both police and other criminals. It soon becomes apparent that there are people in authority who are corrupt who are determined to keep details of what happened quiet so good cop Parraguez is considered a fugitive too. Over the course of the first season they travel through Chile, hiding out, dealing with various people who cross them and trying to get to the border with Argentina. After certain events at the end of the season the dynamics change but their problems are far from overthey divide and form new alliances.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t think I&#39;ve seen any Chilean shows before but if this is anything to go by I&#39;ll have to keep my eye out for more… it was excellent. It certainly won&#39;t be for everybody; there are moments of extreme violencewellsexually disturbing scenes. The characters are an interesting bunch; some are more sympathetic than others… some are without any redeeming features. Moreno is one of the least pleasant characters I&#39;ve seen in any show; he is truly vile; Luis Gnecco does a great job bringing the character to life without making him a pantomime villain. There are several secondary characters who are almostbad. The rest of the main cast is solid too; most notably Benjamín Vicuña and Néstor Cantillana who play Tegui and Vincente and Camila Hirane who plays Salamanca&#39;s beautiful but troubled daughter Irma who gets caught up in the action. The story is told at a good pace with action in every episode; it also shows off some fine scenery from the Bolivian border in the north to Punta Arenas in the far south. Overall I&#39;d certainly recommend this to fans of crime dramas who are looking for something a little different.<br/><br/>These comments are based on watching the series in Spanish with English subtitles.
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