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The Club (2015)

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Original title
Club de Cuervos
Directed by
Gary David Alazraki Yeroham
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Mexico
Length
4 seasons, 45 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
8.4 of 10 from 313 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two siblings fight for control of their late father's soccer club in a fictional Mexican city. The series mixes family drama with sharp comedy about the business and chaos behind professional sports.

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What happens

Club de Cuervos, also known as Club of Crows, is a Mexican comedy-drama television series created by Gary "Gaz" Alazraki and Michael Lam. Premiering with its full first season on August 7, 2015, it is the first Spanish-language Netflix original series. The story centers on the football club Cuervos FC, based in the fictional city of Nuevo Toledo, Mexico, and the power struggle that follows the death of its long-time owner and patriarch. Club de Cuervos stars Luis Gerardo Méndez and Mariana Treviño as two siblings who fight over ownership and direction of the team. Scripted by both Mexican and American writers, the first season of Club de Cuervos was shot in Pachuca, Hidalgo. The series has received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised the show's pacing and originality. It was renewed for a second season on October 28, 2015. The second season premiered on December 10, 2016. Season three premiered on September 29, 2017. All episodes of the 4th and final season premiered on January 25, 2019 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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