Season 1 • Episode 163
LatestA severe and authoritarian father is on the verge of an existential crisis when his children are not able to fulfill his expectations and image of "strong and tough men" that he wishes for all of them. Will he be able to straighten the lives of his sons? Or will he have to learn that each of them have already clipped their own wings?
Acting
Héctor Noguera's volcanic patriarch performance — terrifying, pathetic, magnetic.
Writing
Pablo Illanes' signature melodrama: operatic suffering, zero subtlety.
Costume
2003 Chilean upper-class fashion — time capsule of questionable collars.
Creators
Pablo Illanes, Coca Gómez, Sebastian Arrau
Héctor Noguera
Ángel Mercader
Cristián Campos
Alonso Mercader
Felipe Braun
Ariel Mercader
Jorge Zabaleta
Álex Mercader
Gonzalo Valenzuela
Adán Mercader
Diego Muñoz
Amaro Mercader
María Elena Swett
Fernanda Garrido
Pablo Díaz
Antonio Mercader
Rodrigo Bastidas
Armando Mercader
Liliana Ross
Valentina Fernández
Carolina Arregui
Sonia Trujillo
Viviana Rodríguez
Consuelo Valdés
Solange Lackington
Josefina Urrutia
Maricarmen Arrigorriaga
Estela Salazar
María José Prieto
Mónica Salazar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Machos became a touchstone for discussing Chilean class structures and rigid gender roles in early 2000s television.
Creator Pablo Illanes later became known for pushing conservative TV boundaries; this was his breakthrough hit.
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