The first season of
Argentina, land of love and revenge (ATAV)
had a Spaniard,
Albert Baró
, among its protagonists .
In this second season of the Polka soap opera, recently released by Eltrece,
there is also an actor of that nationality: Toni Gelabert
.
The 22-year-old actor
paints as one of the revelations of the strip
that began this Monday, since he leads one of the strongest stories in the plot, in which there are many characters, connected to each other and to the characters of the previous season.
Albert Baró played the Spanish immigrant Bruno Salvat,
who lived a love story with Delfina Morel (Delfina Chávez).
Now,
Gelabert puts himself in the shoes of Antonio, his grandson From
him.
In fiction, his character is Argentine but, living in exile in Spain with his father for several years,
he acquired a Spanish accent
.
Toni Gelabert and Tato Quattordio in one of the first scenes of the opening chapter.
Gay love in the '70s.
Antonio Salvat is a gay boy
who, after his years in Barcelona, forced by the political circumstances of Argentina, at the end of the 1970s,
on his return to Argentina must face several questions
that put him to the test.
In the first place,
he struggles to learn the truth about the fate of his mother, who disappeared
, and who, according to what they tell him, gave birth to a baby girl during her captivity.
In addition, the character is one of the protagonists of one of the most important love stories of the strip,
after his reunion with Segundo
(Tato Quattordio), his friend from adolescence.
However, Segundo finds it difficult to assume his sexuality and is about to marry a girl, Pilar.
That adds drama to the romance between the young friends.
Starting this Thursday,
the strip will go from 10:15 p.m. to 10:30
p.m.
A name with good titles behind it
Toni Gelabert is one of the most promising names among the actors of his generation in Spain, since, despite being very young, he
has developed a career in film, theater and television
.
Toni Gelabert, the actor born in Mallorca, is part of the cast of "ATAV 2".
Photo: I.G.
In theater he was
the main actor in the musical
Aladdin
.
He also participated in the series
Treufoc
,
which mixes thrillers with period weather, with the setting of the Balearic Islands, and in
Amor de cans
, a family drama about the confrontations between six sisters.
Her last job on television was in the Spanish miniseries
Furia
, a two-episode police story that tells the story of Lydia, who has just left the Police Academy and arrives in Mallorca to join as an inspector.
The island of Majorca is precisely
the birthplace of Gelabert
, where he was baptized
Antoni
, although he now artistically abbreviates his name to Toni.
Gelabert is currently
in a relationship with the Argentine actor and director Santiago Talledo
(who worked on
Patito Feo
), whom
he met in the
ATAV2
recordings
last year.
Toni Gelabert (in the middle) with Tato Quattordio and Gloria Carrá in "ATAV 2".
In different interviews, Gelabert said that it was not difficult for him to accept the proposal to be part of
ATAV2
since
his parents spent their honeymoon in Argentina and during his childhood he spent listening to anecdotes
from that trip that they enjoyed a lot.
The soap opera category is also associated with a moment shared with his grandmother, during his childhood, when they watched TV together.
For this reason,
Gelabert has a special predilection for the genre
, in addition to considering that the topics covered in
ATAV2
can be starting points for a conversation between the different generations,
as happened to him with his grandmother
De él.
study Argentina
The Spaniard says that, before starting the recordings of the Polka strip,
he had to study a lot and learn about the historical period
that is represented in the soap opera.
For that, he resorted to books, podcasts, and all kinds of material that records
the stage of the military dictatorship, the disappeared, the exile
of many, and other painful consequences.
On the other hand, the Spanish actor assures that the experience of
working for the first time in Argentina
(the strip was already fully recorded last year) was so enriching that he does not rule out doing it again, as long as he can coordinate with the proposals he has in mind. Spain.
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