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Season 1 (1976)
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Episodes 52
No te vayas, mamá
Nine-year-old Marco is thrilled to go on a family picnic, not knowing that it will be the last one before his mother Anna leaves Italy to work abroad.
Read MoreMarco, un niño de Génova
A year has passed since Anna left. Marco thinks about becoming a postman after receiving a letter from her on the day his older brother visits home.
Read MoreEl puerto en domingo
Marco sets out on his first job to deliver an urgent letter for Gina. A fun day at the beach begins when he finally returns in the afternoon.
Read MoreTe odio, padre
Marco wants to work to help his mother come home sooner, but his father won't listen.
Read MoreEl bueno de Emilio
Emilio helps Marco get a job washing bottles after school. Marco's father Pietro buys him a world map and the two bond for the first time in a while.
Read MoreEl jornal de Marco
Marco has an ominous dream about his mother, and he worries when there is no new letter from her.
Read MoreUn mar pequeño sobre el techo
Poor Marco can barely see the ocean from his new place. He goes from roof to roof to find a better view and meets Fiorina the puppeteer along the way.
Read MoreEl divertido Pepino
Marco's monkey delights onlookers by dancing in the puppet show. Peppino the puppet master invites Marco to dinner to show his gratitude.
Read MorePerdóname, padre
When Marco shows Pietro's friend the way to the hospital, he is touched to discover his father testing a new treatment on himself to save a patient.
Read MoreMamá en Buenos Aires
Concetta goes out on the streets despite having a cold. Her symptoms worsen, but the family can't afford a doctor. Marco goes to the clinic for help.
Read MoreLa carta de mamá
Fiorina must put on a show alone because everyone else is ill. Just as she gets safely through it with Marco's help, bad news arrives about Anna.
Read MoreEl día de la partida del barco
Marco once again considers going to Argentina. Emilio asks Renato to help Marco get to Argentina after having huge success with his ice cream sales.
Read MoreAdiós, Fiorina
Joy over the group trip to Argentina is cut short when Renato goes back on his word. Marco gives Amedeo a letter for Anna and entrusts him to Peppino.
Read MoreLa decisión de Marco
When Marco reveals that he'd meant to be on the ship to Argentina, Pietro begins laying the groundwork to go himself.
Read MoreLos consejos del Fulgor
Marco is discovered by Leonardo, but the ship's head cook is impressed by his persistence. Pietro learns the extent of his son's determination.
Read MorePequeño jefe de cocina
The head cook is touched by Marco's love for his mother and takes him under his wing.
Read MoreLa fiesta de Ecuador
Marco grows fond of his new life aboard the ship.
Read MorePolizón de Río
The ship arrives in Rio de Janeiro. Marco's friends help him look for another ship headed to Buenos Aires.
Read MoreLa brillante Cruz del Sur
The ship Marco boards in Rio is full of sick people and the meals are dismal. Marco meets a lost little boy named Nino aboard the crowded ship.
Read MoreNoche de tormenta
Six days after leaving Rio, the ship sustains heavy damage due to violent weather.
Read MoreEl Río de la Plata es de plata
Marco begs for the ship to go faster after waking from a terrifying nightmare.
Read MoreEl pueblo donde está mamá
The ship finally arrives in Buenos Aires. The person who knows Anna's whereabouts has run away, and Marco loses all his money to a pickpocket.
Read MoreLa otra madre
Marco is at his wit's after losing all his money. Then he hears about a woman named Anna who has been taken to the hospital, and rushes to see her.
Read MoreEspérame, Fiorina
After being left with absolutely no information on his mother's whereabouts, Marco hears a rumor about a familiar puppet show in the area.
Read MoreEn las inmediaciones de Pepino
Peppino and his family decide to accompany Marco to Bahía Blanca.
Read MoreHacia la pradera
The day has come to leave for Bahía Blanca.
Read MoreLas lágrimas de Fiorina
Peppino has an idea to start a show based on Marco's life. Fiorina breaks down and cries for the real Marco during practice for her role as Marco.
Read MoreEl gran rancho de Barbosa
Fiorina's heart breaks further as Peppino decides to write the death of Marco's mother into the puppet play to elicit more emotion.
Read MoreCarlos, el viejo gaucho
Marco and his friends are able to make their way to an inn after Carlos repairs their carriage.
Read MoreNoche larga
Peppino and his troop stay the night in an abandoned place with a caved-in roof. Marco and Peppino decide to keep quiet about a harrowing encounter.
Read MoreAdiós, hogar
An Italian immigrant family suggests paying Mr. Moretti a visit for possible information on Marco's mother.
Read MoreNo es mamá
Marco visits Mr. Moretti soon after arriving in Bahía Blanca, but he provides no information on his mother or uncle's whereabouts.
Read MoreQuiero volver a Génova
Peppino's words have no effect on Marco. When Fiorina expresses her concern, Marco breaks down crying that his mother is probably already dead.
Read MoreLa letra nostálgica de mamá
Marco meets a vagrant in town. After hearing his story, the man gives Marco a letter from his mother as well as new information on her whereabouts.
Read MoreAdiós, Bahía Blanca
The news of his mother brings Marco's time with Fiorina closer toward its end. Marco starts working at a coal mine to cover his travel expenses.
Read MoreHacia un viaje sin fin
Marco arrives in Buenos Aires, only to discover that his mother had already moved on to Córdoba.
Read MorePara una dura situación de mamá
Marco learns the deep extent of his mother's patience when he meets her cruel former employer before setting out to sail once again.
Read MoreEl rosario del alba de color a rosas
The captain becomes angry about Marco getting a free ride to Rosario, but changes his attitude upon discovering that Marco is a fellow Genoese.
Read MoreUna estrella brillante de Italia
Marco gets turned away at the door at the mansion in Rosario. Federico scrounges up enough money to cover Marco's train fare to Córdoba.
Read MoreSi pudiera volver mamá...
Marco strengthens his resolve to find his mother after his chance meeting with a woman and her children during the train ride to Córdoba.
Read MorePablo, el nuevo amigo
Mequinez had moved long before Marco's arrival in Córdoba. In the town, Marco meets a boy named Pablo and develops a strange relationship with him.
Read More¿Dónde está la ciudad?
To raise some money, Pablo looks for work in the fields. Unfortunately, the period is the wrong one and so he tries his luck fishing.
Read MoreQuiero unirme a Juana
The house is not inhabited by the person Marco is looking for, but by an architect. The man, who appreciates the efforts of the little traveler, also offers him the money to travel to Tucuman.
Read MoreHacia el lejano Norte
The train attendants find Marco during an inspection and the boy ends up going down thirty kilometers from the destination.
Read MoreViaje en bueyes
During the journey, Marco falls ill for a few days and the herdsmen who take him with them must take care of his recovery.
Read MoreMamá está al pie de aquella montaña
After traveling for days, Marco leaves the group of herdsmen to get to Tucuman.
Read MoreLoba, no te mueras
The journey to the village of Tucuman proves to be more hard than expected.
Read MoreMamá te está llamando
Having lost his donkey, Marco has to walk on foot.
Read More¡Corre, Marco!
Exhausted and under the snow, Marco is collected by a young man on horseback. On the way, a local elder has his nephew take him to Tucuman.
Read MoreCon mamá al amanecer
The long journey is over. The residence of the Mequinez is now visible and Marco reaches his mother.
Read MoreHacia Génova con mamá
After the recovery, Marco's mother can resume normal life. The Mequinez family, out of gratitude, gives the ticket to Genoa to both of them, with the promise of returning to Argentina.
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