Yo, Potro

{{Short description|2018 film by Marcos Bucay}}

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| genre = Fake documentary

| creator = Marcos Bucay

| writer = Marcos Bucay

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| country = Mexico

| language = Spanish

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| runtime = 60 minutes

| company = Alazraki Entertainment

| network = Netflix

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Yo, Potro (stylized on screen as Club de Cuervos presenta: Yo, Potro, also known as I, Potro) is a Mexican web series that premiered on October 19, 2018.{{cite web|title='Yo, Potro (TV Movie 2018)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9154584/|website=www.ibdm.com|access-date=1 March 2019|language=en}} It is set in a fake documentary format directed and written by Marcos Bucay for Netflix.{{cite web |last1=Cid |first1=Martin |title=Yo, Potro: Cachondeo en este Falso Documental de Netflix |url=https://www.martincid.com/2018/10/27/yo-potro-cachondeo-a-la-mexicana-en-netflix/ |website=martincid.com |date=27 October 2018 |access-date=16 December 2018 |language=es}} It is a spin-off of the Mexican web series Club de Cuervos,{{cite web |last1=Ponce |first1=Jacqueline |title=Netflix estrena 'Yo, Potro', otro spin-off de 'Club de Cuervos' |url=http://www.konbini.com/mx/entretenimiento/conoce-yo-potro-spin-off-club-de-cuervos/' |website=konbini.com |access-date=16 December 2018 |language=es}} and in turn is a special episode of the franchise.{{cite web |title=Yo, Potro: Fecha de estreno, personajes, dónde se transmite y relación con Club de Cuervos |url=https://www.goal.com/es-cl/noticias/yo-potro-fecha-estreno-personajes-donde-transmite-relacion/xeewyz80bwqn1n8oh7qnnwqoh |website=goal.com |access-date=16 December 2018 |language=es}} It stars Joaquín Ferreira as the titular character.{{cite web |last1=Roldán |first1=Itzel |title=Joaquín Ferreira, otra mirada del 'Potro' |url=https://vanguardia.com.mx/articulo/joaquin-ferreira-otra-mirada-del-potro |website=vanguardia.com.mx |access-date=16 December 2018 |language=es |archive-date=29 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029113835/https://vanguardia.com.mx/articulo/joaquin-ferreira-otra-mirada-del-potro |url-status=dead }}

Plot

The special revolves around Diego Armando Romani aka El Potro, a young Argentine who tries to record a documentary about his life. But suddenly he is notified that he has been fired from his current job, so he decides to go to his native Argentina; where he believes he will be received as a King. Already in his Argentina, he arrives at his brother's wedding where he realizes that he is not well received by him, and his friends, and from there, unexpected situations begin to happen and his life in excess is not well seen by all. Since his arrival, he has been told that he should not drink, get high, or go near his brother's family.{{cite web |last1=Barreto |first1=María |title=Netflix lanza Yo, Potro, segundo spin-off de Club de Cuervos |url=https://www.tomatazos.com/noticias/350616/Netflix-lanza-Yo-Potro-segundo-spin-off-de-Club-de-Cuervos |website=.tomatazos.com |access-date=16 December 2018 |language=es}}

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