El Caso. Crónica de sucesos is a Spanish procedural television series, starring Verónica Sánchez and Fernando Guillén Cuervo. The plot follows two investigative journalists working for a sensationalist newspaper in Francoist Spain. Produced by RTVE in collaboration with Plano a Plano, it aired in 2016 on La 1.
| El Caso. Crónica de sucesos | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Procedural drama Mystery |
| Based on | the original idea by Fernando Guillén Cuervo |
| Screenplay by | Olga Salvador Mauricio Romero Joan Barbero Juan Moya Guadalupe Rilova |
| Directed by | Iñaki Mercero Javier Quintas José Ramos Paíno |
| Starring | Verónica Sánchez Fernando Guillén Cuervo |
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 70 min (approx.) |
| Production companies | RTVE Plano a Plano |
| Original release | |
| Network | La 1 |
| Release | 15 March – 7 June 2016 |
| Related | |
| Abducidos | |
Premise
editThe fiction is set in Madrid in 1966.[1][2] The plot tells the story of a newspaper's newsroom specialised in reporting lurid crimes happening in Francoist Spain,[3] focusing on the reports of two investigative journalists working for the newspaper El Caso, Clara López (Verónica Sánchez) and Jesús Expósito (Fernando Guillén Cuervo), often running parallel to the police investigations.[2]
Cast
edit- Verónica Sánchez as Clara López-Doriga, new journalist of El Caso, upper-middle-class woman educated abroad.[2]
- Fernando Guillén Cuervo as Jesús Expósito, investigative journalist of El Caso, former policeman.[2]
- Antonio Garrido as Antonio Camacho, chief police officer, antagonistic towards Jesús.[2]
- Francisco Ortiz as Miguel Montenegro, young police officer.[2]
- Natalia Verbeke as Rebeca Martín, forensic doctor, friend of Jesús.[2]
- Fernando Cayo as Rodrigo Sánchez, editor of El Caso.[2]
- Gorka Lasaosa as Germán Castro, journalist and boxer.[2]
- Blanca Apilánez as Margarita Moyano, experienced journalist.[2]
- Daniel Pérez Prada as Aníbal de Vicente, a writer of El Caso.[2]
- Teresa Hurtado de Ory as Paloma García, secretary of El Caso.[2]
- Marc Clotet as Gerardo de Zabaleta, Clara's husband, a diplomat.[2]
- María Casal as Laura, Clara's aunt, an actress.[2]
- Carlos Manuel Díaz as Fernando López-Dóriga, Clara's father, a senior civil servant at the Ministry of Information and Tourism.[2]
- Ignacio Mateos as Aparicio Huesca, designer and illustrator of El Caso.[2]
- Raúl Tejón as Manuel Cabrera, a civil servant working at the Ministry of Information and Tourism.[2]
Production and release
editEl Caso. Crónica de sucesos, a RTVE production in collaboration with Plano a Plano, is based on an original idea by Fernando Guillén Cuervo seeking to fictionalise and pay homage to El Caso, a real sensationalist weekly newspaper published in Spain from 1952 to 1997.[4][5]
Iñaki Mercero, Javier Quintas and José Ramos Paíno directed the episodes, whereas Olga Salvador, Mauricio Romero, Joan Barbero, Juan Moya and Guadalupe Rilova authored the screenplay.[6] The series began shooting on 21 October 2015.[7] A 1,500 square metre set in San Sebastián de los Reyes was used for much of the indoor filming, including the editorial office of the newspaper and the police premises.[8][9]
The series consisted of 13 episodes with an approximate running time of 70 minutes.[3] The series premiered on 15 March 2016.[10] The marketing of the series employed an early example of transmedia storytelling in Spanish TV, by means of the release of a 10-min shortfilm on 12 April 2016 in order to engage the public.[11][12] The broadcasting run ended on 7 June 2016.[10] While the series received critical acclaim, the viewership figures were not considered good enough by RTVE to renew the series for a second season.[1] The series sparked a spin-off web series, Abducidos, focused on two characters from the original series (Aníbal and Aparicio) now working for the Spanish public television broadcaster.[13]
| No. in season | Title | Viewers | Original air date | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "El crimen del abrevadero" | 2,531,000 | 15 March 2016 | 13.2 |
| 2 | "El loco del estilete" | 2,158,000 | 22 March 2016 | 12.5 |
| 3 | "El caso del niño pintor" | 1,839,000 | 29 March 2016 | 9.6 |
| 4 | "Una relación inapropiada" | 1,841,000 | 5 April 2016 | 9.0 |
| 5 | "Operación Ituren" | 1,754,000 | 12 April 2016 | 9.0 |
| 6 | "El asesino de la mirilla" | 1,938,000 | 19 April 2016 | 10.2 |
| 7 | "Garrote vil" | 1,901,000 | 26 April 2016 | 9.8 |
| 8 | "El mercado del nácar" | 1,803,000 | 4 May 2016 | 9.4 |
| 9 | "El misterio de la mano cortada" | 2,108,000 | 10 May 2016 | 11.2 |
| 10 | "Como alimañas" | 1,807,000 | 17 May 2016 | 9.8 |
| 11 | "El caso del ahorcado" | 1,874,000 | 24 May 2016 | 10.2 |
| 12 | "Picnic fatal" | 2,124,000 | 31 May 2016 | 11.5 |
| 13 | "Choque de trenes" | 2,195,000 | 7 June 2016 | 12.2 |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8th FesTVal Vitoria-Gasteiz | Best Fiction | Won | [15] | |
| 4th MiM Series Awards | Best Drama Actress | Verónica Sánchez | Nominated | [16] | |
| 2017 | 4th Feroz Awards | Best Drama Series | Nominated | [17] | |
| Best Actress in a TV Series | Verónica Sánchez | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor in a TV Series | Fernando Guillén Cuervo | Nominated | |||
References
edit- ^ a b "TVE cancela 'El Caso. Crónica de sucesos'". El Periódico. 23 June 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Así es 'El caso. Crónica de suceso', la serie de La 1 protagonizada por Verónica Sánchez y Fernando Guillén Cuervo". FormulaTV. 11 March 2016.
- ^ a b Arias, María José (15 March 2016). "'El Caso', cuando el periodismo de sucesos convivía con la censura". Público.
- ^ Pereda, Olga (13 March 2016). "'El Caso', del papel a la pantalla". El Periódico.
- ^ "TVE reabre 'El Caso'". Levante-EMV. 15 March 2016.
- ^ "Todo sobre 'El Caso', la serie de TVE con Verónica Sánchez, Fernando Guillén y productores de 'El Príncipe'". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 21 October 2015.
- ^ Sanz Ezquerro, David (22 October 2015). "La ficción de TVE regresa al pasado con 'El caso. Crónica de sucesos'". El Mundo.
- ^ Taibo, Marieta (22 February 2016). "Así se graba 'El Caso. Crónica de sucesos': un fascinante viaje a la España negra de los 60". Diez Minutos.
- ^ Marcos, Natalia (30 December 2015). "'El Caso' vuelve a cobrar vida". El País.
- ^ a b c Hoyos, Javier de (23 June 2016). "TVE no renueva 'El Caso: Crónica de sucesos' por una segunda temporada". FormulaTV.
- ^ Gil, Amanda (25 December 2016). "Las 10 mejores series españolas de 2016, según FormulaTV.com". FormulaTV.
- ^ Ivars-Nicolás, Begoña; Zaragoza-Fuster, Teresa (2018). "Lab RTVE. La narrativa transmedia en las series de ficción". Revista Mediterránea de Comunicación. 9 (1). Universidad de Alicante: 266. doi:10.14198/MEDCOM2018.9.1.20. ISSN 1989-872X.
- ^ "Llega "Abducidos", el spin-off de "El Caso": "Una serie sobre las fake news en la prehistoria"". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 11 December 2018.
- ^ Moreno, Adriano (8 June 2016). "'El Caso' cierra su primera temporada con un 10.5% de media y la renovación en stand by". Cadena SER.
- ^ "'El Caso', 'Tu cara me suena' y 'Late Motiv', entre los premios del FesTVal". El País. 1 September 2016.
- ^ Martínez, Paula (28 November 2016). "Listado de ganadores de los Premios MiM 2016". FormulaTV.
- ^ "La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2017". HuffingtonPost. 24 January 2017.