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*Farsantes*
Farsantes
	From left to right: Alberto Marini (Facundo Arana), Pedro Beggio (Benjamín Vicuña), Guillermo Graziani (Julio Chávez), Gabriela Soria (Griselda Siciliani), Marcos Labrapoulos (Alfredo Casero)
Genre	Legal drama, Police procedural
Written by	Mario Segade and Carolina Aguirre
Directed by	Daniel Barone and Jorge Bechara
Starring	Julio Chávez; Facundo Arana; Griselda Siciliani; Benjamín Vicuña; Alfredo Casero
Theme music composer	Vicentico
Opening theme	"Puro Teatro"
Country of origin	Argentina
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	125
Production
Producer	Pol-ka
Original release
Network	El Trece
Release	June 26, 2013 –; February 12, 2014
Related
	Sos mi hombre; Guapas;

Farsantes (Spanish: The bluffers) is a 2013 Argentine legal drama. The main actors are Julio Chávez, Facundo Arana, Griselda Siciliani, Benjamín Vicuña and Alfredo Casero.

Premise

Farsantes is a legal drama concerning a law firm located in Greater Buenos Aires. It fills the timeslot of the telenovela Sos mi hombre. It was initially conceived as a miniseries, but as the host show Showmatch did not have a 2013 edition, it was expanded into a regular telenovela.^[1] The series is written by Mario Segade and Carolina Aguirre and directed by Daniel Barone and Jorge Bechara.

The cast is composed of many notable actors, including Julio Chávez, Griselda Siciliani, Benjamín Vicuña, Leonor Manso, Gabriela Toscano and Facundo Arana.^[1] Arana received proposals from both El Trece and Telefe. Telefe had proposed that he work in a telenovela with Pablo Echarri; he finally chose to work for El Trece.^[2] Actors Gonzalo Heredia and Joaquín Furriel were proposed as cast members during the early stages of production, but declined to stay in the project. Furriel's character was finally played by Benjamín Vicuña.^[2]

Actress Griselda Siciliani suffered a bone fracture during filming. Facundo Arana, who was being filmed struggling with a pair of extras and with Siciliani next to him, pushed her by accident. She was taken to the hospital "Sanatorio de la Trinidad", and received an orthopedic cast for a couple of months.^[3] The actress confirmed that the fracture was the result of an accident, and subsequent filming managed to hide her orthopedic cast.^[4]

Plot

Guillermo Graziani (Julio Chávez) is a lawyer who establishes a new law firm in the Greater Buenos Aires, after serving a time unable to work as a lawyer. He is gay, but stays married with Ana (Ingrid Pelicori) to conceal his homosexuality. He has a crush on fellow lawyer Pedro (Benjamín Vicuña), who is married to Camila (Julieta Cardinali). Alberto Marini (Facundo Arana) is a former prisoner, and the other lawyers of the firm are Marcos (Alfredo Casero) and Gabriela (Griselda Siciliani).

Reception

The 2013 prime time of Argentine television is highly disputed by the channels El Trece and Telefe. El Trece airs Solamente Vos and Farsantes, and Telefe airs Los Vecinos en Guerra and Celebrity Splash!, both channels with similar ratings.^[5]

Awards

2013 Tato Awards
- Best direction in fiction (Daniel Barone)^[6]
- Best production in fiction^[6]
- Best lead actor in drama (Julio Chávez)^[6]
- Best daily fiction^[6]
2013 Martín Fierro Awards^[7]
- Golden Martín Fierro Award
- Best daily fiction
- Best actor of daily drama (Julio Chávez)
- Best actress of daily drama (Griselda Siciliani)

Nominations

2013 Martín Fierro Awards^[8]
- Best actor of daily drama (Alfredo Casero)
- Best actor of daily drama (Benjamín Vicuña)
- Best actor of daily drama (Facundo Arana)
- Best secondary actor (Mario Pasik)
- Best secondary actress (Julieta Zylberberg, Vivian El Jaber)
- Best new actor or actress (María Luján Lamas)
- Best scripts
- Best director
- Best opening theme

Cast

Main actors

Julio Chávez as Guillermo Graziani
Facundo Arana as Alberto Marini
Griselda Siciliani as Gabriela Soria
Benjamín Vicuña as Pedro Beggio †
Alfredo Casero as Marcos Labrapoulos

Secondary actors

Leonor Manso as Aída
Edda Díaz as Cuca
Mario Pasik as Miguel Ángel
Ingrid Pelicori as Ana
Julieta Zylberberg as Sonia
Julieta Cardinali as Camila
Pilar Gamboa as Paola
Romina Ricci as Nancy
Chino Darín as Fabián
Vivian El Jaber as Isabel
Esteban Lamothe as Antonio

References

^ ^a ^b "Farsantes: los secretos de la ficción elegida como reemplazo de Showmatch" [Farsantes: the secret of the fiction selected as replacement of Showmatch] (in Spanish). Rating Cero. April 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Otra estrella para el elenco de "Farsantes"" [Another star for the cast of "Farsantes"] (in Spanish). La Gaceta. March 13, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
^ Nadia Barreiro (May 19, 2013). "Accidente en Farsantes: Griselda Siciliani se fracturó el brazo durante una escena con Facundo Arana" [Accident in Farsantes: Griselda Siciliani broke her arm during a scene with Facundo Arana] (in Spanish). Ciudad.com. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
^ "Griselda Siciliani habló de su brazo fracturado: "Una torpeza la tiene cualquiera"" [Griselda Siciliani talked about her broken arm: "Anyone can have an accident"] (in Spanish). Infobae. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
^ "En la batalla por el rating, el reality le ganó a la ficción" [In the battle for rating, the reality show prevailed over fiction] (in Spanish). La Nación. June 12, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Todos los ganadores de los premios Tato 2013" [All the winners of the Tato awards 2013] (in Spanish). La Nación. December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
^ "Tele: todos los ganadores de los Martín Fierro 2014" [TV: all the winners of the Martín Fierro 2014] (in Spanish). La Nación. May 19, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
^ "Todos los nominados a los Martín Fierro 2014" [All the nominations for the 2014 Martín Fierro] (in Spanish). La Nación. April 15, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2014.