Los simuladores explained

Camera:Multicamera setup
Creator:Damián Szifron
Director:Damián Szifron
Executive Producer:Juan Carlos Cabral
Cinematography:Alejandro Silva Corbalán
Opentheme:"Cité Tango" by Astor Piazzolla
Country:Argentina
Language:Spanish
Network:Telefe
Num Seasons:2
Num Episodes:24

Los simuladores (English: italic=yes|The Pretenders) is an Argentine television series created by Damián Szifron for Telefe. Starring Federico D'Elía, Alejandro Fiore, Diego Peretti, and Martín Seefeld, it follows a small team of con artists for hire, who use their skills to solve common people's life problems. The show ran for two seasons, from 2002 to 2004. It was very popular and highly acclaimed, winning a Golden Martín Fierro Award.

Following its original run, the series was occasionally shown in reruns on Telefe. Remakes were produced in Chile, Spain (with D'Elía reprising his role), Russia, and a remake for Mexico.[1]

In March 2022, a feature film and sequel to the series was revealed to be in development in collaboration with Paramount+, with the main cast returning and Szifron serving as the screenwriter and director. Originally scheduled to be released in 2024, it was later delayed for a 2025 release.[2]

Premise

The series centers on a team of four associates who run a "simulation" business, solving the problems and needs of their clients by staging simulacros ("simulations", or confidence tricks) aimed at staging events that help the client come on top of the situation. The price the team charges for its services is exactly twice the cost of the simulation, as well as the client's promise to participate in future simulations. This leads to characters who appeared in previous episodes reappearing in later episodes as secondary actors and helpers for the team, giving the show a degree of continuity. The underlying philosophy used by the team is that sometimes what's legal is not fair, and sometimes what's fair is not legal.

In the second season of the show, a second Simuladores team is introduced. This group, known as the "B-Team" and composed of former clients of the original team (who had appeared on season 1), has been created to take over smaller cases and free the original team for larger and more demanding assignments.

The show is influenced by the literature work Los árboles mueren de pie (1949) by Alejandro Casona. This show shared elements with American 80s series like Stingray, The A-Team, Vengeance Unlimited, and The Equalizer.

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Episodes

Season 2 (2003–2004)

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117982319.html?categoryid=1043&cs=1 SPTI to make series for Televisa
  2. Web site: 2022-03-18 . Vuelven Los simuladores: confirmaron para 2024 el estreno de la película con el elenco original y Damián Szifron como director . 2022-03-18 . LA NACION . es.