Chromosome 21 (TV series)

Chromosome 21 (Spanish: Cromosoma 21) is a Chilean crime thriller television series co-created by Matías Venables and Nico Martínez Bergen.^[1] The series traces a police investigation into a young man with down syndrome involved in a murder.^[2][3] It had its original run on Chilean network Canal 13 on 14 October 2022. Netflix then acquired global streaming rights, and released it on their platform on 8 February 2023.^[2] The series received four nominations at the 7th Caleuche Awards, with Sebastián Solorza winning the breakthrough actor award, and five nominations for the 10th Platino Awards.^[4]

Chromosome 21
Spanish	Cromosoma 21
Genre	Crime Political drama
Created by	Matías Venables Nico Martínez Bergen
Country of origin	Chile
Original language	Chilean Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Nico Martínez Bergen Matías Venables Erik Barmack
Production location	Santiago
Cinematography	Vicente Mayo
Editor	Danielle Fillios
Camera setup	Multiple-camera
Running time	40–45 minutes
Production companies	Film & Maker Wild Sheep Content
Original release
Network	Canal 13 (2022) Netflix (2023)
Release	14 October (2022-10-14) – 9 December 2022 (2022-12-09)

Plot

Cast

Main

• Sebastián Solorza as Tomás "Tomy" Ruiz: a young man with down syndrome who becomes involved in a crime because of his brother
• Valentina Muhr as Mariana Enríquez: the commissioner of the homicide brigade of the Investigations Police of Chile (PDI)
• Mario Horton as Bruno Durán: the deputy commissioner of the homicide brigade
• Gastón Salgado as Guillermo "Bekam" Ruiz: Tomy's younger brother
• Claudia di Girolamo as Sofía Lombardi: the director of the "Down Up Foundation" and Cristina's mother
• Pía Urrutia as Cristina Pérez: Sofía's daughter and Tomy's fiancée with down syndrome
• Daniel Muñoz as Ariel "Coya" Zavala: a former Carabinero who owns the factory where the murder occurred
• Alejandro Trejo as Rafael Santoro, PDI subprefect; Enríquez and Durán's boss

Production

The series was originally meant to tell the story of a 42-year-old nurse who finds out she is pregnant with a baby with down syndrome, and received a CL$359,230,053 grant for it from the National Television Council.^[5] Filming took place in Santiago and began on 27 September 2021.^[6]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominees	Result	Ref.
2023	7th Caleuche Awards	Best leading actor	Sebastián Solorza	Nominated	[7]
		Best leading actress	Valentina Muhr	Nominated
		Best supporting actor	Gastón Salgado	Nominated
		Breakthrough actor	Sebastián Solorza	Won	[4]

References

1. "Cromosoma 21: la serie policial que tiene como protagonista a un joven con síndrome de Down" [Chromosome 21: The police series starring a young man with down syndrome]. Todo Noticias (in Spanish). 13 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
2. "La exitosa serie "Cromosoma 21" llegara a Netflix: conoce la fecha exacta" [The hit series "Chromosome 21" coming to Netflix: find out the exact date]. Canal 13 (in Spanish). 1 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
3. Hopewell, John (3 September 2021). "Erik Barmack-Backed 'Cromosoma 21,' Made With Chile's Film N' Maker, Readies Production (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.com. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
4. Sepúlveda, Rayen (2 February 2023). "Sebastián Solorza, Actor Revelación en los Premios Caleuche visita UPG" [Sebastián Solorza, breakthrough actor at the Caleuche Awards visits UPG]. Rock & Pop (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
5. Hernández, Miguel Yáñez (11 October 2018). "Fondos CNTV 2018: Nuevo ciclo de «62», serie sobre Isabel Allende y adaptación de «Camaleón», entre los ganadores" [CNTV 2018 funds: New season of "62", series on Isabel Allende and adaptation of "Camaleón" among the winners]. Agenda Chilena (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
6. ""Cromosoma 21": Nueva serie de Canal 13 inició sus grabaciones" ["Chromosome 21": Canal 13's new series has started filming]. Teleseries.cl (in Spanish). 1 October 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
7. "Nominados 2023" [2023 Nominees]. Premios Caleuche (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Chromosome 21 at IMDb