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| Genre: | Comedy drama |
| Creator: | Mariano Cohn
Gastón Duprat |
| Cinematography: | Rodrigo Pulpeiro |
| Editor: | Luis Barros |
| Company: | Pampa Films |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Num Seasons: | 3 |
| Num Episodes: | 21 |
| Runtime: | 27–36 minutes |
| Location: | Buenos Aires |
| Last Aired: | present |
El encargado (English: italic=yes|The Boss) is an Argentine comedy drama television series created by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat originally for Star+. Guillermo Francella stars in the lead role of Eliseo, a doorman of a high-class apartment building in Belgrano, Buenos Aires, who deals with some problems with the neighbors who don't want him anymore as doorman and want to remove his job. To avoid this, he is resorting to unethical moves to keep his job, like invading the privacy of the owners of the apartments.[1] The supporting cast includes Gabriel Goity, Moro Anghileri, Gastón Cocchiarale, and Pochi Ducasse, with María Abadi and Martín Slipak joining for the second season, and Manuel Vicente promoted to the main cast in season three after recurring in the first two seasons.
The series was released on Star+ in Latin America on 26 October 2022, while it is available on Hulu for the United States and on Disney+ for Europe. A second season was announced in November 2022 and was released on 29 November 2023. The same month, a third season was confirmed, which premiered with its first two episodes on 19 July 2024 on Disney+ following its fusion with Star+ in Latin America.[2]
Premise
The series tells, with tones of irony and humor, the story of Eliseo, the manager of an upper-class building, who, secretly from the consortium that employs him, uses and abuses his surveillance power to interfere in the lives of the inhabitants of the building and thus, on the one hand, shows a helpful attitude towards them and on the other, manipulates them for his own benefit.
Cast and characters
Main
- Guillermo Francella as Eliseo Basurto
- Gabriel Goity as Matías Zambrano
- Moro Anghileri as Paola (season 1)
- Gastón Cocchiarale as Miguel
- Pochi Ducasse as Beba Montes de Oca
- María Abadi as Lucila Morris (season 2)
- Martín Slipak as Maxi (season 2)
- Manuel Vicente as Gómez (season 3, recurring seasons 1–2)
Recurring
- Darío Barassi as Gabriel
- Malena Sánchez as Florencia (season 1, guest season 2)
- Magela Zanotta as María Pía
- Lucas García Pedano as Thiago (season 1)
- Mirta Busnelli as Tatiana Yrigoyen (season 1)
- Adriana Aizemberg as Consuelo Salustri (season 1)
- Jorge D'Elía as Enrique Salustri (season 1)
- Mariano Argento as Renato Di Lella (season 1, guest season 2)
- Alejandro Paker as Mario Messina
- Daniel Aráoz as Froilán (season 3)
Guest
- Viviana Puerta as Romina Zambrano
- Micaela Riera as Marina
- Diego De Paula as Germán Echagüe
- Daniel Miglioranza as Ricardo Galurdian
- Fabián Arenillas as Hugo Martínez
- Miriam Odorico as Susana
- Romina Pinto as Carola Echagüe
- Agus Barrasa as Eugenia (season 1)
- Azul Fernández as Chiara Di Lella (season 1)
- Facundo Calvo as Augusto (season 1)
- Martín Seefeld as Ariel / Jordi (season 1)
- Francisco Andrade as Rómulo (season 1)
- Sophie Tirouflet as Juliette
- Alma Gandini as Lorena
- Sofía Palomino as Alejandra (season 1)
- Camila Pizzo as Victoria Slavsky
- Martín Stark as Pablo Slavsky
- Alan Sabbagh as Nacho (seasons 1, 3)
- Nati Jota as Cony Musel (season 1)
- Luis Brandoni as Polaco (season 1)
- René Bertrand as Rubino (season 1)
- Marcelo D'Andrea as Basavilbaso (season 1)
- Dani "La Chepi" as Muriel Baldini
- Eugenia "China" Suárez as Angeles (season 2)
- Norman Briski as Juan (season 2)
- Diego Torres as Ventura (season 2)
- Thomas Nicolás Tobar "Rusherking" as Bautista (season 2)
- Cumelén Sanz as Agustina Morris (season 2)
- José María Listorti as Morales (season 3)
Episodes
Season 3 (2024)
Notes and References
- News: El encargado, la comedia negra argentina . 1 February 2024 . El País . 10 December 2022.
- News: Dónde se filmó El Encargado . 1 February 2024 . La Nación . 13 December 2023.
