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Botines (2005)

Botines poster
Genre
police procedural
Country
Argentina

How it feels

Each episode of this Argentine miniseries tells a different crime story based on real events. The cast changes with each installment, focusing on the investigation and key figures involved.

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What happens

Botines (Spanish: Bounties) was a 2005 Argentine miniseries, produced by Pol-Ka. Each episode had a specific cast, and the plot was based on a real crime, either from Argentina or another country. Diego Peretti won the Martín Fierro Award and the Clarín Award as best actor, Inés Esteves the Martín Fierro as best actress, and Rodrigo de la Serna the Clarín as best actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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