TV series

El Gordo: A True Story

2010 · 1 season

A modest, human-scale drama about sudden fortune unsettling ordinary lives, mixing warmth with quiet melancholy.

Overview: Based on real facts. A working class family going through a particularly bad patch wins one of the biggest lottery awards in history. Their life changes radically but not always for the better. A history about family, love, money and human existence.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, earnest and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, class, greed, love
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
class
greed
love
identity
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild