Wrong Side of the Tracks (Spanish: Entrevías)[1] is a Spanish drama television series created by David Bermejo, starring José Coronado, Nona Sobo and Luis Zahera that began airing on Telecinco on 1 February 2022.
Premise
Set in Entrevías, the poorest neighborhood in Madrid, the series follows Tirso Abantos, a former military man running a hardware store, whose monotonous daily routine is shaken when his unruly and rebellious adopted teenaged granddaughter Irene, of Vietnamese origin, along with her Colombian-immigrant boyfriend Nelson, agree to sell heroin from drug dealer Sandro. While the young couple had planned to sell the drugs and run off together, the plan goes wrong, and she is violently raped by Sandro and his thugs. Tirso then teams up with corrupt police officer Ezequiel to face up to the criminals in the neighborhood.[2][3]
Luis Zahera as Ezequiel Fandiño, a street-savvy cop who tells Amanda that new crime bosses will always move in, while (somewhat) secretly using his work for Sandro to keep crime from being worse; protective of Gladys and Nelson
Nona Sobo as Irene Sánchez Abantos, Tirso's 17-year-old (at series start) adopted Vietnamese granddaughter, who stole a kilo of heroin from crime boss Sandro
Felipe Londoño as Nelson Gutiérrez, Irene's Colombian-born boyfriend
Laura Ramos [es] as Gladys, Nelson's Cuban mother who was lured to Spain with a job offer, then prostituted; close to Ezequiel since escaping the human traffickers
Manolo Caro as Sanchís, Tirso's friend and former 3rd Company soldier, a drug addict who Tirso occasionally commissions for private investigation
Manuel Tallafé [es] as Pepe, Tirso's friend and former 3rd Company soldier, who owns a restaurant Tirso frequents
Itziar Atienza [es] as Amanda Martos, an idealistic police inspector commanding, and working closely with, Ezequiel
María de Nati as Nata, a female teenaged friend of Nelson's
Recurring cast
Franky Martín as Sandro Salazar Campos, boss of organized crime in Entrevías (season 1)
María Molins as Jimena Abantos, Tirso's daughter and Irene's adoptive mother
Miguel Angel Jiménez as Santi Abantos, Tirso's son who works at a competing store
Mariona Terés as Fanny, Santi's wife (season 1)
Bruno Lastra as Iván, Jimena's husband and Irene's adoptive father (season 1)
Carmen Esteban as Alicia Solano, Tirso's elderly neighbour
Adil Koukouh as Loko, Nelson's friend and Nata's boyfriend (season 1)
Jordi Sánchez as Guillermo Salgado, a crooked property developer (season 2)
Production
Created by David Bermejo, Entrevías is a co-production by Mediaset España and Alea Media. Jordi Terradas, Patricia Trueba, Víctor Pedreira and Natxo López comprised the writing team.[4]
José Coronado, Luis Zahera, Nona Sobo and Felipe Londoño were announced in lead roles, as an army veteran store owner, a morally ambiguous policeman, the store owner's visiting teenaged granddaughter and her local boyfriend, respectively.[5][6]
Mediaset España reported the beginning of filming on 5 February 2021.[2] The filming crew worked in Villaverde Alto, and the exterior of the Church of San Andrés was used as a shooting location.[7]
In November 2022, the series was renewed for a third season, with Natalia Dicenta, Michelle Calvó, Óscar Higares, and Álex Medina announced as cast additions.[8]
Release
Mediaset España scheduled a 1 February 2022 premiere date on Telecinco.[9] Telecinco decided on the run to air the two filmed seasons in a row.[10] After several series earning poor ratings in their linear run on Telecinco, Wrong Side of the Tracks proved to be an emphatic audience success for the channel.[10] The 16-episode broadcasting run ended on 17 May 2022 with the airing of the finale, drawing an audience of near 1.9 million viewers in prime time.[11] The second season of Wrong Side of the Tracks was released by Netflix on 1 March 2023.[12] Episode one of season three was pre-screened at the Cádiz-based South International Series Festival on 7 October 2023.[13]
