# El Reemplazante (2012)

> A paroled former financial executive trades boardrooms for a classroom and finds redemption and romance as a math teacher.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/49849

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 24
- Episode runtime: 50 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama
- Created by: Ignacio Arnold, Nimrod Amitai, Javier Bertossi
- Network: Televisión Nacional de Chile
- Cast: Iván Álvarez de Araya, Blanca Lewin, Karla Melo, Sebastián Ayala, Roberto Farías, Sergio Hernández, Rocío Monasterio, Rodolfo Pulgar
- TMDB rating: 8.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2488050/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: sincere, melancholic, hopeful, gritty

## What critics say

Audiences rated this Chilean series acclaimed, valuing its heartfelt redemption story and the warmth of its classroom scenes.

## Synopsis

El Reemplazante (2012-2014) is a Chilean national-television drama series created by Ignacio Arnold, Nimrod Amitai and Javier Bertossi for Televisión Nacional de Chile. Charly (Iván Álvarez de Araya), a former high-ranking financial executive who has served a prison sentence, is paroled and takes up work as a math teacher, stepping into a school community far removed from the corporate world he left behind. Alongside him, Ana (Blanca Lewin) and Flavia (Karla Melo) draw him into the daily tangle of classroom life, with Maicol (Sebastián Ayala), Dionisio (Sergio Hernández) and Kathy (Rocío Monasterio) rounding out a cast of students, colleagues and families. The engine of the show is Charly's effort to rebuild his reputation and find a place among people who have little reason to trust him, while old compromises and the pull of a romance complicate every step. Across two seasons of twelve episodes each, the story unfolds as one continuing arc rather than isolated cases, each episode built from classroom confrontations, personal crises and quiet negotiations over what a second chance costs. Set in contemporary urban Chile, the series carries a grounded, emotionally sincere register, mixing melancholy with hope and warmth. Its tone and themes of redemption and reinvention will appeal to viewers who enjoy character-driven Latin American drama, and fans of Orange Is the New Black and Prison Break will find resonance in its portrait of life after incarceration.

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