Synopsis
El marginal (2016) is an Argentine prison crime series you can watch online on iFILM. A former cop, Miguel Palacios, is booked into the crumbling San Onofre penitentiary under the false name Osvaldo Pena. The job is off the record: get close to the inmate gang that kidnapped a powerful judge's daughter and find out where they're keeping her.
Inside, it's the prisoners who run the place, not the guards. The cell blocks belong to the Borges clan and its leader Mario, nicknamed Mazza — Claudio Rissi plays him quiet and terrifying, a man who never needs to raise his voice. Osvaldo has to fight, lie and keep his cover from slipping, all while protecting the brother who slipped into the prison after him. Esteban Lamothe keeps the character on a wire, and the deeper the disguise goes, the harder it gets to tell where the cop ends and the convict begins. With its grey concrete, sweat-soaked corridors and constant threat, the show feels closer to A Prophet than to any glossy cable prison drama.
Created by Adrián Caetano and Sebastián Ortega, the first season swept Argentina's Martín Fierro awards before Netflix carried it around the world. It's harsh, nervy viewing for anyone who likes crime with no romance in it — nobody walks out of San Onofre the same. Stream El marginal (2016) online on iFILM.
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