Son de Fierro
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Son de Fierro is an Argentinian
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

, produced by Pol-Ka
Pol-ka
Pol-ka Producciones is a television and film production company in Buenos Aires, Argentina, commonly referred to as Pol-ka.The company was launched in 1994 and is owned by Adrián Suar and Fernando Blanco...

 in 2007 and 2008. It was broadcast on Canal 13
Canal 13 (Argentina)
El Trece is an Argentine television network and the flagship station of the same network, located in the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires.- Foundation :...

, becoming the most popular television
Television
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 series in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 in 2007 and 2008. The first episode was broadcast on January 8, 2007 (Felipe Colombo
Felipe Colombo
Felipe Colombo Eguía . His nickname is Feli, Felu or Pipe. Is a Mexican-Argentine actor , singer, songwriter and...

's 24th birthday), and the last episode on February 6, 2008.

Main roles in Son de Fierro were portrayed by Osvaldo Laport
Osvaldo Laport
Rubens Osvaldo Jesús Udaquiola Laport is an Argentine actor and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador born in Uruguay. In 2000, he earned Martín Fierro Award for his portrayal in television comedy Campeones de la Vida....

, María Valenzuela, Mariano Martínez
Mariano Martínez (actor)
Mariano Martínez is an Argentine actor.He was born on December 5, 1978 in La Boca, Buenos Aires...

, Soledad Fandiño
Soledad Fandiño
Soledad Fandiño is an Argentine actress and fashion model. She is perhaps the best known for her roles in television series No hay 2 sin 3 and Son de Fierro, the first earning her Clarín Award and Martín Fierro Award nominations...

, Vanesa Gonzáles, Eleonora Wexler
Eleonora Wexler
Eleonora Wexler is an ACE Awarded Argentine actress, who started her career in Argentine version of the musical Annie, aged nine.-Theatre:*Annie *Cosa de Magia...

 and Camila Bordonaba
Camila Bordonaba
Camila Bordonaba Roldán . Her nickname is Cami or Cato. Is an Argentine actress, singer, producer, dancer, former occasionally model, musician and director of films and television...

. Son de Fierro had 251 episodes. Son de Fierro follows the life of the Fierro family, of their members and their friends. The character played by Laport was called "Martín Fierro", but neither the program or the character were an adaption or a free reference to the famed poem Martín Fierro
Martín Fierro
Martín Fierro is a 2,316 line epic poem by the Argentine writer José Hernández. The poem was originally published in two parts, El Gaucho Martín Fierro and La Vuelta de Martín Fierro . The poem is, in part, a protest against the modernist tendencies of Argentine president Domingo Faustino Sarmiento...

 by José Hernández.

During this show, Felipe Colombo
Felipe Colombo
Felipe Colombo Eguía . His nickname is Feli, Felu or Pipe. Is a Mexican-Argentine actor , singer, songwriter and...

, Camila Bordonaba
Camila Bordonaba
Camila Bordonaba Roldán . Her nickname is Cami or Cato. Is an Argentine actress, singer, producer, dancer, former occasionally model, musician and director of films and television...

 and Vanesa Gonzáles formed the band, but it didn't "survive" the show. Bordonaba and Colombo had musical contract with Cris Morena
Cris Morena
María Cristina De Giacomi is an Argentine awarded television producer, actress, television presenter, composer, musician, songwriter, writer, former fashion model and CEO of Cris Morena Group...

 (the band Erreway
Erreway
Erreway was an Argentine band formed during the television series Rebelde Way, consisting of Camila Bordonaba, Felipe Colombo and Benjamín Rojas. Originally, it consisted of Bordonaba, Colombo, Rojas and Luisana Lopilato, who left the band in 2005...

).

This comedy is nominated for the Martín Fierro Awards
Martín Fierro Awards
Martín Fierro is the name of the most prominent awards for Argentine radio and television, granted by APTRA, the Association of Argentine Television and Radio Journalists. The awards were first given in 1959, limited to television. The next year, the awards adopted its current name, after José...

 for the best comedy.

The Fierro family

  • Osvaldo Laport
    Osvaldo Laport
    Rubens Osvaldo Jesús Udaquiola Laport is an Argentine actor and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador born in Uruguay. In 2000, he earned Martín Fierro Award for his portrayal in television comedy Campeones de la Vida....

     as Martín Fierro, the father of the Fierro family
  • María Valenzuela as Lucía Lucy Fierro, the mother of the Fierro family
  • Mariano Martínez
    Mariano Martínez (actor)
    Mariano Martínez is an Argentine actor.He was born on December 5, 1978 in La Boca, Buenos Aires...

     as Juan Martín Fierro, the oldest son
  • Soledad Fandiño
    Soledad Fandiño
    Soledad Fandiño is an Argentine actress and fashion model. She is perhaps the best known for her roles in television series No hay 2 sin 3 and Son de Fierro, the first earning her Clarín Award and Martín Fierro Award nominations...

     as Sandra Sandy Fierro, the daughter
  • Felipe Colombo
    Felipe Colombo
    Felipe Colombo Eguía . His nickname is Feli, Felu or Pipe. Is a Mexican-Argentine actor , singer, songwriter and...

     as Lucho Fierro, the younger son
  • Fabio Posca as Ezequiel, the adopted son
  • Freddy Villarreal as Ángel Fierro, the brother of Martín
  • Dora Baret
    Dora Baret
    Dora Baret is a well-known Argentine film, theatre and television actress.-Life and work:She was born Dora Barrera in 1940 in Huerta Grande, a scenic Córdoba Province town near La Falda. Her parents, Spanish immigrants, relocated to the Floresta section of Buenos Aires when she was six, and she...

     as Mimicha, Lucía and Sissy's mother
  • Juan Carlos Dual as Martín Don Martín Fierro, Martín's father
  • Mónica Antonopulos/Isabel Macedo
    Isabel Macedo
    Isabel Macedo is an Argentine actress. She is best known for her roles in the Argentine telenovelas Muñeca Brava, Verano del '98, Floricienta, Alma Pirata and Son de Fierro.- Career :...

     as Sissi, the sister of Lucía

Others

  • Camila Bordonaba
    Camila Bordonaba
    Camila Bordonaba Roldán . Her nickname is Cami or Cato. Is an Argentine actress, singer, producer, dancer, former occasionally model, musician and director of films and television...

     as Karina Andurregui, the girlfriend of Lucho
  • Eleonora Wexler
    Eleonora Wexler
    Eleonora Wexler is an ACE Awarded Argentine actress, who started her career in Argentine version of the musical Annie, aged nine.-Theatre:*Annie *Cosa de Magia...

     as Rita, the assistant and murderer of Juan Martín
  • Mario Pasik as José María Fontana, the Minister of Education
    Education
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  • Vanesa Gonzáles as Morena Fontana, the daughter of José María, in love with Juan Martín
  • Facundo Espinosa
    Facundo Espinosa
    Facundo Espinosa is an Argentine actor, musician and film composer. He is best known for his roles in the television series Son amores, Los Roldán and Son de Fierro.- Actor :- Awards :- External links :...

     as Amadeo Andurregui, husband of Sandy Fierro
  • José Luis Mazza as Remo Ortelli, the director of Terrada college
  • Manuela Pal as Luli, the sibling of Morena

Awards and nominations

  • Son de Fierro is nominated for Clarín
    Clarín Awards
    The Clarín Entertainment Awards is an award program that have taken place in Argentina since 1998. They are more commonly known as the Clarín Awards....

     Award for the best drama script.
  • Martín Fierro
    Martín Fierro
    Martín Fierro is a 2,316 line epic poem by the Argentine writer José Hernández. The poem was originally published in two parts, El Gaucho Martín Fierro and La Vuelta de Martín Fierro . The poem is, in part, a protest against the modernist tendencies of Argentine president Domingo Faustino Sarmiento...

     Award nomination for the best comedy in 2008.

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