Watch Los Héroes del Norte
- 2011
- 3 Seasons
Los Heroes del Norte is a comedy musical series. Featuring a large ensemble cast, it is an Addicted Films independent production created by Gustavo Loza. The story follows the formation of the musical group 'The Hitmen and Goat Horns.' The series begins in Mexico City and opens by revealing background on the main characters after they are arrested and thrown in jail. Jesus Reyes Prieto, a conservatory trained oboe player, decides to relocate after losing his job. Along the way, his girlfriend leaves him for another man. Meanwhile, two suburban transplants nicknamed 'The Fakir' and 'The Botarga' quit Mexico City and head for Texas, hoping to win a musical competition and become famous. Jesus ends up in a bar fight and is arrested, and The Fakir and The Botarga, called chilangos, are erroneously presumed to be narcotics smugglers, and are thrown into the same jail with Jesus.
At the jail, the overseer Commander Zechariah III is a womanizing macho man who longs to be a famous band musician. When he discovers his newest prisoners are musicians, he pardons them temporarily, freeing them. He drags them around to meet his family and girlfriends, forcing his prisoners to give impromptu performances. Jesus and the chilangos, hungry and destitute, trick a local Mennonite man into paying for their lunch one day. Seeking revenge, the Mennonite tracks them down and steals their instruments, and vanishes. Penniless and stranded, Jesus and the chilangos decide to form a group, and invite Zechariah III to join them, stoking his old dream of becoming a rich musician. They talk him into paying off their debts and to beseech the Mennonite to return their instruments. They discover that the Mennonite is a music teacher with illusions of grandeur, and provoke him to join their group as well. He does, and 'The Hitmen and Goat Horns' is born. Zechariah III retires his gun and begins to travel with his new band mates.
They new band plays at fairs and festivals, all the while working diligently to manifest their dream of conquering the big time. During the process, they encounter a variety of comedic plot reversals.