El Reemplazante de acero (2012)

Original title

El reemplazante

Genre

drama television series

Country

Chile

Length

2 seasons, 24 episodes

Rated

SAM 16

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former finance executive loses his job and takes a position as a substitute math teacher at an underfunded school in Santiago. He struggles to connect with students who face poverty and social inequality, while the story touches on the real world student protests in Chile.

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What happens

El Reemplazante is a Chilean TV series originally broadcast on Televisión Nacional de Chile. The show follows a man, ousted from his previous financial career, who becomes a substitute math teacher at a low income school in Santiago. The plot was partially motivated by the Chilean student protests in 2011. Production was partially funded by the Consejo Nacional de Televisión de Chile. The showrunner was Hernan Rodriguez Matte. At the 2013 Altazor Awards, the show won awards for best direction, best screenplay, and best actor. Nicolas Acuña said that it is possible that a third season happens. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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