Matadero (English: Slaughterhouse) is a Spanish black comedy–crime drama limited television series created by Daniel Martín Sáez de Parayuelo and produced by Diagonal TV for Atresmedia. It premiered on Antena 3 on January 9, 2019 and ended on March 13, 2019
Contents
Premise
In the small Castilian-Leonese town of Torrecillas, meat-processing businessman Francisco (Antonio Garrido) imports cheap and low-quality pigs from Portugal, some of which are used to smuggle cocaine. The veterinarian in his slaughterhouse is his brother-in-law Alfonso (Pepe Viyuela), a weak-willed man who is fed up of being blackmailed to look the other way and certify animals of dubious quality.
When Francisco's lover Coral organises the theft of the latest consignment of drug-smuggling pigs, she sets in motion a violent series of events. This entangles Pascual and Teo, a Murcian-Galician hitman duo, Vasco, a vengeful Portuguese gangster, Maria, Francisco's niece and a member of the Guardia Civil - and above all, Almudena, Francisco's wife, along with the hapless Alfonso.
Elsewhere, Alfonso's wife María José gets promoted in her sales company, under the watchful eye of her smarmy boss, Fermín, and Salvador, a local pig farmer and rival of Francisco's, seeks to win the heart of Almudena, the woman whom he has always loved,
Cast
Pepe Viyuela as Alfonso Cubillo
Carmen Ruiz as María José Jiménez – Alfonso's wife
Camila Viyuela as María Cubillo – Alfonso's daughter and a Guardia Civil
Iván Cózar as Nuño – María's fiancé
Antonio Garrido as Francisco
Lucía Quintana as Almudena Jiménez – Francisco's wife
Eduardo Antuña as Herminio – Francisco's employee
Merjoddy Bermúdez as Coral – Francisco's lover
José Ángel Egido as Don Julio – head of a Galician drug cartel
Ginés García Millán as Pascual – a hitman working for Don Julio
Miguel de Lira as Teo – Pascual's partner
Gonzalo Uriarte as Da Silva – a Portuguese drug lord
Filipe Duarte as Vasco – a Portuguese gangster working for Da Silva
Julio Pereira as Fermín – María José's employer
Tito Valverde as Salvador – a local farmer and rival of Francisco's
Marta Calvó as Teresa – Salvador's wife
Franky Martín as Ricardo – Salvador's son
Janfri Topera as Capitán Villanueva – the head of the Guardia Civil
Pep Ambrós as Jacobo – a member of the National Police Corps who grows close to María