| Genre: | Drama |
| Director: | Salvador Calvo |
| Composer: | Víctor Reyes |
| Country: | Spain |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Network: | Telecinco |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 2 |
El padre de Caín is a two-part Spanish television miniseries directed by Salvador Calvo adapting the novel of the same name by Rafael Vera. It stars Quim Gutiérrez, Aura Garrido and Oona Chaplin.
Set in the 1980s, the plot follows the story of a Civil Guard agent who requests a transfer to the (in the Basque Country), when ETA was most active.[1]
Based on the novel of the same name by,[3] the series was written by Alejandro Hernández and Michel Gaztambide and directed by Salvador Calvo.[4] Produced by Telecinco in collaboration with Boomerang TV, it was filmed in Asturias (including Avilés), the Madrid region and San Sebastián. Filming wrapped by August 2015 after 5 weeks of production.[5] [6] [7] The score was composed by . The series premiered on 6 December 2016. The first part earned good viewership figures (3,223,000 average viewers and a 19% audience share).[8] The finale aired a day later, on 7 December, commanding significantly less attention from the audience (2,518,000 viewers and a 14.5% share).