5 October 2018 (2018-10-05) – 22 March 2019 (2019-03-22)
Gigantes is a Spanish crime drama television series. Created by Miguel Barros, Michel Gaztambide and Enrique Urbizu for Movistar+ based on the original idea by Manuel Gancedo and starring Isak Férriz, Daniel Grao and Carlos Librado [es], the fiction follows the history of the Guerrero, a family based in Lavapiés controlling an extensive criminal network. The two seasons of the series aired in October 2018 and March 2019, respectively. It has been described as a "story about moral corruption, the dissolution of the family and the extinction of masculinity".[1]
Premise
The fiction follows the Guerrero, a family based in Lavapiés controlling an extensive criminal network,[2] using the furniture trade as cover.[3] The patriarch of the family, the widowed Abraham Guerrero, built a criminal empire in El Rastro.[4] The three sons of Abraham, Daniel, Tomás, and Clemente have received a backward and toxic upbringing, heirs to a crumbling male-dominant world eating itself up.[5] The three brothers struggle for control of the criminal business.[5]
The bulk of the story has Madrid as background.[6][7]
The series was created by Miguel Barros, Michel Gaztambide and Enrique Urbizu,[1] based on the original idea by Manuel Gancedo. The episodes were directed by Enrique Urbizu and Jorge Dorado.[11] The former sausage factory of La Choricera and the Museo Esteban Vicente in Segovia were repurposed as set for some scenes of the first season.[12] The first season consisted of 6 episodes with a running time ranging from to 47 to 58 minutes.[13] It was released on 5 October 2018 on Movistar+.[9]
