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Fariña (2018)

Fariña poster
Directed by
Carlos Sedes, Jorge Torregrossa
Genre
drama, crime television series, telenarconovela
Country
Spain
Length
1 season, 10 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 68 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Galician fisherman becomes a major cocaine trafficker in the 1980s and 1990s. The story follows his rise in the drug trade and the police efforts to stop him.

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What happens

Cocaine Coast (Galician: Fariña, lit. 'Flour') is a Spanish crime drama television series created by Bambú Producciones for Atresmedia. The series is based on Nacho Carretero's nonfiction book Fariña (Flour, slang for cocaine in Galician). It premiered on Antena 3 on 28 February 2018. The series stars Javier Rey as Sito Miñanco, an infamous Galician drug trafficker. On 3 August 2018, the series premiered internationally on Netflix as Cocaine Coast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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