Fariña (TV series)

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Fariña
	TV series poster
Also known as	Cocaine Coast
Spanish	Fariña
Genre	Crime drama; Biographical
Based on	Fariña; by Nacho Carretero
Directed by	Carlos Sedes; Jorge Torregrossa;
Starring	Javier Rey; Tristán Ulloa; Antonio Durán "Morris"; Carlos Blanco; Manuel Lourenzo; Xosé Antonio Touriñán; Isabel Naveira; Xúlio Abonjo; Tamar Novas; Eva Fernández; Fran Lareu; Monti Castiñeiras; Alfonso Agra; Machi Salgado; Carlos Sante; Miquel Fernández; Jana Pérez; Celso Bugallo; Juan Pablo Shuk; Marta Larralde; Bjornoo en samskiii;
Theme music composer	Federico Jusid
Opening theme	"O que teño que facer para non ter que ir ó mar" by Iván Ferreiro
Country of origin	Spain
Original languages	Spanish; (some dialogue in Galician)
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	70 minutes
Production companies	Bambú Producciones; Atresmedia;
Original release
Network	Antena 3
Release	28 February 2018

Cocaine Coast (Galician: Fariña, lit. 'Flour') is a Spanish crime drama television series created by Bambú Producciones for Atresmedia. The series is based on Nacho Carretero's nonfiction book Fariña (Flour, slang for cocaine in Galician). It premiered on Antena 3 on 28 February 2018. The series stars Javier Rey as Sito Miñanco, an infamous Galician drug trafficker.^[1] On 3 August 2018, the series premiered internationally on Netflix as Cocaine Coast.^[2]

Premise

Sito Miñanco, a fisherman who is skilled in speedboat handling, starts to work in a tobacco smuggling ring led by Vicente Otero Pérez "Terito", the head of the Galician clans of the Ría de Arousa. Miñanco then starts his own ring alongside two friends. The different clans consider starting to traffic hashish, but Terito is against smuggling illegal drugs. Later, on a trip to Panama to launder money, Sito contacts traffickers who want to introduce cocaine into Europe through Galicia.

Cast

Main cast

Javier Rey as Sito Miñanco
Tristán Ulloa as Sargento Darío Castro
Antonio Durán "Morris" as Manuel Charlín
Carlos Blanco as Laureano Oubiña
Manuel Lourenzo as Vicento Otero Pérez "Terito"
Xosé Antonio Touriñán as Paquito Charlín
Isabel Naveira as Pilar Charlín
Xúlio Abonjo as Moncho Charlín
Tamar Novas as Roque
Eva Fernández as Esther Lago
Fran Lareu as Olegario Falcón Piñeiro "Oli"
Monti Castiñeiras as Colombo
Alfonso Agra as Manuel Bustelo
Carlos Sante as Modesto Loval
Miquel Fernández as Baltasar Garzón
Jana Pérez as Camila Reyes
Celso Bugallo as Padre de Sito (Sito's father)
Juan Pablo Shuk as José Nelson Matta Ballesteros
Marta Larralde as Nieves
Harlys Becerra as Jorge Luis Ochoa

Recurring cast

Mela Casal as Madre de Sito (Sito's mother)
Cristina Iglesias as Leticia Charlín
Milo Taboada as Montáñez
Luisa Merelas as Amelia
Mariana Carballal as Mujer de Terito (Terito's wife)
Machi Salgado as Figueroa
Ricardo de Barreiro as Montilla
Iván Marcos as Braulio
Christian Escuredo as Tati
Nacho Castaño as Ricardo Portabales
Pepo Suevos as Di Stéfano
Xosé Manuel Esperante as Cándido Silva
Iolanda Muíños as Carmen Avendaño
Adrián Ríos as Miguel Abad "Petete"
Xoel Fernández as Xulio Braña
Víctor Mosqueira as Director de banco (Bank manager)

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Original air date	Viewers (in millions) (share)
1	"1981"	Carlos Sedes	February 28, 2018 (2018-02-28)	3.399 (21.5%)
2	"1982"	Carlos Sedes	March 7, 2018 (2018-03-07)	3.390 (21.3%)
3	"1983"	Carlos Sedes	March 14, 2018 (2018-03-14)	2.759 (17.4%)
4	"1984"	Carlos Sedes	March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21)	2.788 (17.7%)
5	"1985"	Carlos Sedes	April 4, 2018 (2018-04-04)	2.622 (16.3%)
6	"1986"	Jorge Torregrossa	April 11, 2018 (2018-04-11)	2.381 (14.5%)
7	"1987"	Jorge Torregrossa	April 18, 2018 (2018-04-18)	2.166 (13.8%)
8	"1988"	Jorge Torregrossa	April 25, 2018 (2018-04-25)	2.006 (12.6%)
9	"1989-1990"	Jorge Torregrossa	May 2, 2018 (2018-05-02)	2.149 (13.5%)
10	"1990"	Carlos Sedes	May 9, 2018 (2018-05-09)	2.014 (13.3%)