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Sr. Avila

2013–2018 · 4 seasons

A slow, uneasy double life where domestic warmth curdles into cold violence, keeping you tense and complicit.

Created by
Walter Slavich, Marcelo Slavich
Genres
Action & adventure, Crime, Drama
Starring
Tony Dalton, Nailea Norvind, Fernando Becerril
Overview
A family man experiences the tremendous burden of leading a double life as a professional hitman.

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Created by
Walter Slavich, Marcelo Slavich
Genres
Action & adventure, Crime, Drama
Starring
Tony Dalton, Nailea Norvind, Fernando Becerril
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • crime
  • family
  • morality
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
action & adventure, crime, drama
Created by
Walter Slavich, Marcelo Slavich
Starring
Tony Dalton, Nailea Norvind, Fernando Becerril, Carlos Aragón, Rubén Camelo, Adrian Alonso, Emilio Guerrero, Camila Selser
Length
4 seasons, 43 episodes, 60 min each
Network
HBO Latin America
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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