| Apaches | |
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| Genre | |
| Based on | Apaches by Miguel Sáez Carral |
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| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Production company | New Atlantis [es] |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
| Release | 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) |
Apaches is a Spanish drama television series starringAlberto Ammann,Eloy Azorín andVerónica Echegui. Produced by New Atlantis forAtresmedia, it was however globally released byNetflix in September 2017, only to be broadcast on the free-to-air channelAntena 3 in Spain later, in early 2018.
The story is set in the 1990s, in the "gritty" district ofTetuán, Madrid.[1] Miguel (Alberto Ammann) has left the working-class neighborhood behind and has become a promising journalist based on the centre of Madrid, living with Cris (Elena Ballesteros), a lawyer.[2] However, after his father becomes the victim of a fraud that ruined him, Miguel is forced to return to the neighborhood and turn into a criminal in order to save his family and avenge his father.[3] There he meets his childhood friend Sastre (Eloy Azorín), a lowkey criminal in a relationship with Miranda (Ingrid García-Jonsson), and the two friends enter a rampage of robberies and burglaries.[4] Everything goes as planned until the emergence of Carol (Verónica Echegui), the girlfriend of the dangerous criminal boss "El Chatarrero" (Paco Tous), threatens to jeopardise their plans.[2]
Atresmedia's flagship channelAntena 3 announced its intention to adapt the Miguel Sáez Carral's novelApaches (Planeta, 2014) in May 2014.[8][9] The series was produced byNew Atlantis [es].[10] Adapted from Sáez Carral's novel, the screenplay was written by Sáez himself in collaboration withCarlos Montero and María López Castaño.[11]Daniel Calparsoro, Alberto Ruiz Rojo andMiguel Ángel Vivas co-directed the series (Calparsoro episodes 1–4, Ruiz Rojo episodes 5–8 and Vivas episodes 9–12).[7][12]
Shooting locations included the Fuerte de San Francisco housing area inGuadalajara, as well asFuencarral andVillaverde inMadrid.[13][10]
The pilot was pre-screened in 2015 and the release of the series was tentatively scheduled for Autumn 2015, yet Atresmedia eventually shelved the 12-episode series.[7][9] The media group later reached an agreement withNetflix for the distribution of the series, which was subsequently made available to the global market on 8 September 2017.[14] The first episode eventually aired in Spain on Antena 3 on 8 January 2018, after its release on Netflix.[9] The original free-to-air run in Antena 3 ended on 26 March 2018.[15]
| No. in series | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "La mala suerte" | Daniel Calparsoro | 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) |
| 2 | "La verdad por delante" | Daniel Calparsoro | 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) |
| 3 | "Lealtad" | Daniel Calparsoro | 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) |
| 4 | "Veinte calles" | Daniel Calparsoro | 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) |
| 5 | "La ley del barrio" | Alberto Ruiz Rojo | 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) |
| 6 | "Verano indio" | Alberto Ruiz Rojo | 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) |
| 7 | "Desfortuna" | Alberto Ruiz Rojo | 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) |
| 8 | "Un lugar en el mundo" | Alberto Ruiz Rojo | 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) |
| 9 | "La despedida" | Miguel Ángel Vivas | 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) |
| 10 | "Una piedra en el corazón" | Miguel Ángel Vivas | 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) |
| 11 | "La noche de los cristales" | Miguel Ángel Vivas | 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) |
| 12 | "El hombre que realmente eres" | Miguel Ángel Vivas | 8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) |
| No. | Original date | Viewers (Spain) | Share (%) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 January 2018 (2018-01-08) | 2,259,000 | 13.1 | [15] |
| 2 | 15 January 2018 (2018-01-15) | 1,695,000 | 10.1 | |
| 3 | 22 January 2018 (2018-01-22) | 1,533,000 | 9.9 | |
| 4 | 29 January 2018 (2018-01-29) | 1,267,000 | 7.8 | |
| 5 | 5 February 2018 (2018-02-05) | 1,160,000 | 7.0 | |
| 6 | 12 February 2018 (2018-02-12) | 1,251,000 | 8.1 | |
| 7 | 19 February 2018 (2018-02-19) | 1,082,000 | 7.2 | |
| 8 | 26 February 2018 (2018-02-26) | 1,155,000 | 9.5 | |
| 9 | 5 March 2018 (2018-03-05) | 1,081,000 | 7.5 | |
| 10 | 12 March 2018 (2018-03-12) | 1,042,000 | 7.1 | |
| 11 | 19 March 2018 (2018-03-19) | 1,112,000 | 7.3 | |
| 12 | 26 March 2018 (2018-03-26) | 1,083,000 | 7.0 | |
| Series average | 1,310,000 | 8.5 | ||