# Epitafios > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Epitafios > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Epitafios.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitafios > Source revision: 1342886798 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Argentine TV series}} {{for|the 1936 poem|Epitaphios (Ritsos)}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Epitafios''}} '''''Epitafios''''' ({{langx|en|Epitaphs}}) is an [Argentine](/source/Argentina) [crime fiction](/source/crime_fiction) [TV](/source/TV) [mini-series](/source/mini-series) with the tagline: ''El Final Está Escrito ... The End Is Written''. It aired on [HBO](/source/HBO) from 2004 to 2009, spanning a total of two seasons. The series, which takes place in an unnamed [South America](/source/South_America)n city, was shot in [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires). The series was produced by HBO Latin America and Argentine [TV](/source/TV)/[film](/source/film) company [Pol-Ka Producciones](/source/Pol-Ka). It was written by Marcelo Slavich and Walter Slavich and directed by [Alberto Lecchi](/source/Alberto_Lecchi) and [Jorge Nisco](/source/Jorge_Nisco).{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423646/combined|title=Epitafios (TV Series 2004– ) - IMDb|website=[IMDb](/source/IMDb)|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2016-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308200521/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423646/combined|url-status=live}} Although all of the actors were Argentine, a neutral [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language) was used instead of the local [Rioplatense Spanish](/source/Rioplatense_Spanish), avoiding [colloquialism](/source/colloquialism)s such as the local ''vos'' in favor of the more common ''tú''.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2009/09/16/2009-09-16_hbo_back_to_chassing_killers_in_epitafios.html |title=Hit Argentine miniseries 'Epitafios' returns to HBO |website=[New York Daily News](/source/New_York_Daily_News) |access-date=2010-10-07 |archive-date=2009-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231022621/http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2009/09/16/2009-09-16_hbo_back_to_chassing_killers_in_epitafios.html |url-status=live }} The series debuted in [Australia](/source/Australia) on [SBS](/source/SBS_(Australian_TV_channel)) in May 2007 under the title ''If The Dead Could Speak''. It premiered in [Poland](/source/Poland) on [Cinemax](/source/Cinemax) on November 6, 2008. In [Germany](/source/Germany), it premiered on November 6, 2009 on [pay TV channel](/source/Pay_television) [Fox Channel](/source/Fox_Channel_(Germany)) under the title ''Epitafios - Tod ist die Antwort'' (''Epitafios - Death Is The Answer'').{{Cite web|url=http://www.fictionbox.de/index.php/content/view/8749/506/|title=FictionBOX.de | SciFi, Fantasy & Mystery - Quotencheck: Kalenderwoche 44|access-date=2009-11-13|archive-date=2011-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719010049/http://www.fictionbox.de/index.php/content/view/8749/506/|url-status=live}} == Plot == Bruno Costas (played by Antonio Birabent) seeks revenge on the people involved in the death of four [high-school](/source/Education_in_Argentina) students during a hostage situation gone bad, five years before. The show's two protagonists are ex-[detective](/source/detective) Renzo Márquez (played by [Julio Chávez](/source/Julio_Ch%C3%A1vez)) and [psychiatrist](/source/psychiatrist) Laura Santini (played by [Paola Krum](/source/Paola_Krum)). To add a further twist to this [whodunit](/source/whodunit) (although it has many elements of a ''whydunit''), Márquez and Santini are on-again, off-again lovers. In the second half of the series, Renzo is aided by a homicide detective, Marina Segal (portrayed by [Cecilia Roth](/source/Cecilia_Roth)), who herself is eventually held hostage by Costas. During her captivity, the psychopathic murderer forces her to kill her mother who had left the family for another man years before, causing Marina's father to commit [suicide](/source/suicide). Her troubled childhood has led Marina to seek thrills by playing high-stakes [Russian Roulette](/source/Russian_Roulette). It's as the [corpses](/source/Cadaver) of her defeated adversaries begin to surface, she is assigned to the case. ==Cast== *[Julio Chávez](/source/Julio_Ch%C3%A1vez): Renzo Márquez *[Paola Krum](/source/Paola_Krum): Laura Santini *Antonio Birabent: Bruno Costas *David Masajnik: Martin *[Cecilia Roth](/source/Cecilia_Roth): Marina Segal *[Luis Luque](/source/Luis_Luque): Commissaire Jiménez *Villanueva Cosse: Marcos Márquez *[Mercedes Scápola](/source/Mercedes_Sc%C3%A1pola): Serena == Second Series == A second season of the series - this one's tagline being: ''El Final Ahora Tiene Dos Caras ... The End Now Has Two Faces'' - began airing on [HBO](/source/HBO) Latin America in Argentina (and elsewhere in [Latin America](/source/Latin_America)), on April 19, 2009. It premiered in the [U.S.](/source/United_States_of_America) on [HBO](/source/HBO) on September 22, 2010. As with the first, this series stars [Julio Chávez](/source/Julio_Ch%C3%A1vez) and [Cecilia Roth](/source/Cecilia_Roth), this time on the trail of a killer played by [Leonardo Sbaraglia](/source/Leonardo_Sbaraglia).RealTV (Spanish), March 3, 2009 == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0423646|title=Epitafios}} *{{IMDb title|id=1347458|title=Epitafios 2}} *[http://www.hbolatino.com/epitafios/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831113809/http://www.hbolatino.com/epitafios/ |date=2009-08-31 }} {{HBONetwork Latin America Series}} Category:2004 Argentine television series debuts Category:2009 Argentine television series debuts Category:2004 Argentine television series endings Category:2009 Argentine television series endings Category:Spanish-language HBO original programming Category:HBO Latin America original programming Category:Argentine television miniseries Category:Argentine crime television series Category:Argentine drama television series Category:2000s Argentine television series Category:Television shows set in Buenos Aires Category:2000s television miniseries --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Epitafios](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitafios) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitafios?action=history)). 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