Telenovela
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Telenovela is the Spanish and Portuguese word for prime time serial or soap opera.
Spanish language prime time serials, or telenovelas, are produced in all Spanish speaking countries, and the United States. Portuguese language telenovelas made in Brazil are also dubbed into Spanish for the Latin American market. Telenovelas are usually aired during prime time. Some of the most famous telenovelas have come from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Spain,Peru and Puerto Rico. In Spain they are also called culebrón ("long snake") because of the convoluted plots and large number of episodes, usually in the hundreds.
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Worldwide appeal
Telenovelas are not only immensely popular in Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and in Hispanic communities in the United States, but also have a wide following in Russia, Eastern Europe, France, Malaysia, Singapore, China, the Philippines, and Japan as well.
In Argentina, they are usually produced by Telefe and Pol-ka, in Brazil they are usually produced by Rede Globo, SBT or Bandeirantes, in Chile they are produced by TVN and Canal 13, in Venezuela they are usually produced by Venevision or Radio Caracas Television, in Mexico by the two main networks Televisa and TV Azteca and by the independent company Producciones Argos, in Puerto Rico, they were produced by WAPA-TV or Telemundo Puerto Rico. In the United States, Telemundo and Univision, mostly importers of Latin American soap operas, have started producing telenovelas with Latin American casts and, in the case of Telemundo, Mexican producers (Producciones Argos).
Comparison with American soap operas
However, unlike American soap operas, which can endure for decades with an ever rotating cast of players and characters, most Latin American telenovelas have an average run of eight months to one year (Mundo de Juguete is the exception to the rule with a total of 605 chapters (1974-1977) ), and have few cast changes within the course of a serial.
Telenovelas have a different type of stories than english-language soap operas. A popular plot is about a poor beautiful woman who meets a rich an handsome guy. They fall in love and he breaks with her rich, evil and frivolous girlfriend to be with her, but the girlfriend (usually accompanied by the rich guy's mother or other close relative) stands in their way to happiness. Sometimes the struggle is ethnic (such as in Gitanas and Yesenia with gypsies or in Maria Isabel with natives). A popular pivotal point is also used when it is discovered who the real father/mother of one of the main characters is.
However, there are stories in telenovelas that would never be shown on soap operas such as people with supernatural powers ("El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar") or who have been cloned ("O Clone") as well as women who have raised over poverty and slavery through prostitution ("Xica da Silva").
Famous telenovelas
Some of the most famous telenovelas in history include:
Brazil
- América
- A Próxima Vítima ("The Next Victim")
- Beto Rockefeller (proper name)
- Celebridade ("Celebrity")
- O Clone ("The Clone")
- Éramos Seis ("There were Six Of Us")
- Escrava Isaura ("Isaura, The Slave")
- Dancin' Days
- Irmãos Coragem ("Courage Brothers")
- Mulheres Apaixonadas ("Passionate Women")
- Mulheres de Areia ("Sand Women")
- Pantanal
- O Rei do Gado ("The Cattle King")
- O Salvador da Pátria ("The Homeland's Savior)
- Rainha da Sucata ("Scrap Iron Queen")
- Renascer ("To Reborn")
- Roda de Fogo ("Firewheel")
- Roque Santeiro ("Roque, the Saint Sculptor")
- Selva de Pedra ("Stone Jungle")
- Senhora do Destino ("Destiny Lady")
- Terra Nostra (Italian for "Our Land")
- Tieta (proper name)
- Vale Tudo ("Everything is valid")
- Xica da Silva (proper name)
Mexico
Televisa
- Agujetas de Color de Rosa ("Pink-Colored Shoelaces")
- Amigas y Rivales ("Friends and Rivals")
- Amor En Silencio ("Silent Love")
- Bodas de Odio ("Hate Weddings")
- Carrusel ("Merry Go Round")
- La Casa En La Playa ("The House on the beach")
- Clase 406 ("Classroom 406")
- Corazón Salvaje ("Savage Heart")
- Cuna de Lobos ("Den of Wolfes")
- Dos Mujeres, un Camino ("Two Women, One Path")
- El Derecho de Nacer ("The Right to Be Born")
- El Extraño Retorno de Diana Salazar ("The Strange Return of Diana Salazar")
- Entre el Amor y el Odio ("Between Love and Hate")
- Gitanas ("Gypsies")
- Huracán ("Hurricane")
- El maleficio ("The curse")
- Mariana de la Noche ("Mariana of the Night")
- Maria la del Barrio ("Maria from the Barrio")
- Mujer de Madera ("Woman of Wood")
- El Premio Mayor ("The Grand Prize")
- Ramona
- Rebelde ("Rebels")
- Rosa Salvaje ("Savage Rose")
- Rubí
- Tres Mujeres ("Three Women")
- Los Ricos También Lloran ("The Rich Also Cry")
- La Usurpadora ("The Supplanter")
- Volver A Empezar ("Starting Over")
- Yesenia
TV Azteca
- Azul Tequila ("Tequila Blue")
- Como En El Cine ("Like in the Movies")
- El Candidato ("The Candidate")
- La Chacala ("She-Jackal")
- La Hija del Jardinero ("The Gardener's Daughter")
- Mirada de Mujer ("Woman's Glance") and Mirada de Mujer:El Regreso ("Woman's Glance:The Comeback")
- Nada Personal ("Nothing Personal")
Argentina
- Amándote ("Loving You")
- Los Roldán ("The Roldans")
- Chiquititas ("Little Girls")
- Muñeca brava ("Wild Doll")
- Nino, las cosas simples de la vida ("Nino, the Simple Facts of Life")
- Pinina
- Grande Pá
- Erre-Way, very popular in the mideast and specially in Israel
- Son Amores
- Resistiré
Colombia
- Betty La Fea ("Ugly Betty")
- Pedro El Escamoso ("Pedro the Gigolo")
Chile
- La Madrastra
- Estúpido Cupido
- Iorana
- Romané
- Amores de Mercado
- Pampa Ilusión
- Los Pincheira
- Machos
- Hippie
- Destinos Cruzados
- Brujas
- Los Capo
- Ídolos
- 16
- 17
Peru
- Cazando a un millonario ("Hunting a Millionaire")
- Girasoles para Lucía (http://www.vencor.narod.ru/films/girasoles) ("Sunflowers for Lucía")
- Besos robados ("Stolen Kisses")
- Carmín
- El adorable profesor Aldao ("The Adorable Professor Aldao")
- Natacha
- Simplemente María ("Simply Maria")
- Travesuras del corazón ("Pranks of the heart")
- Luciana y Nicolás ("Luciana and Nicolás")
- Me llaman Gorrión ("They call me Gorrión")
- Nino...las cosas simples de la vida ("Nino...the simple things of life")
- Los de arriba y los de abajo ("Those up there and those down there")
- ¡Qué buena raza! ("Such a race!")
- Eva del Edén ("Eve of Eden")
- Hermanos Coraje ("Courage Brothers")
Telenovelasperu.com (http://www.telenovelasperu.com) information about peruvian telenovelas, history of latinoamerican television,links to latinoamerican tv stations and more. (in spanish)
Puerto Rico
- Laura Guzman, Culpable ("Laura Guzman, Guilty")
- Coralito
- Cristina Bazan
- Poquita Cosa ("Not Good Enough")
- Tanairi
- Vivir Para Ti ("Living for You")
- Yo Se Que Mentia ("I Know He Lied")
- Sabel
- Escandalo ("Scandal")
- Karina Montaner
- El Hijo de Angela Maria ("The son of Angela Maria")
- Ave de Paso ("Passing Bird")
- Aventurera
- Cuando Despierta el Amor ("When Love Awakens")
- Viernes Social ("Social Friday")
- Apartamento de Solteras ("Bachelorettes's Apartment")
- Tomiko
- El Idolo ("The Idol")
- La Verdadera Eva ("The Real Eve")
Currently,Puerto Rico is no longer producing telenovelas but watch other latinoamerican telenovelas. There are negotiations to reopen again the production of telenovelas in Puerto Rico. One of the new productions is going to be called "Dueña y Señora" and is going to be co-produced with Venevision Internacional and with a 90% puertorican cast.
Venezuela
- Amores de Barrio Adentro ("Romance Inside the Neighborhood")
- Amores de Fin de Siglo ("Romance at the End of the Century")
- Cara Sucia ("Dirty Face")
- Cristal
- Doña Bárbara
- La Hija de Juana Crespo ("Juana Crespo's Daugther")
- La Mujer de Rosa ("Woman in Pink")
- Kassandra
- Pobre Diabla
- Por estas calles ("By Those Streets")
- Raquel
- Rosario
- Señora de Cárdenas ("Mrs. Cardenas")
- Topacio ("Topaz")
- Juana La Virgen ("Juana the Virgin")
- Mi Gorda bella ("My Sweet,Fat Valentina")
- La Mujer de Judas ("Wife of Judas")
- Engañada/Deuda de Amor ("Debt of Love")
Venezuelan productions and peruvian-venezuelan productions are watched all over the world and traducted into russian,greek,thailandese,chinese,japanese,arabian and other languages.
Actors and actresses
Some of the famous actors and actresses who have made their mark in these shows include:
Argentina
- Arnaldo André
- Facundo Arana
- Gustavo Bermúdez
- Grecia Colmenares
- Gabriel Corrado
- Andrea Del Boca
- Araceli GonzálezTe amo mucho
- Daniel Guerrero
- Luisa Kuliok
- Saúl Lisazo
- Jorge Martínez
- Natalia Oreiro
- Romina Yan
Brazil
- Aline Moraes
- Ana Paula Arósio
- Antônio Fagundes
- Claudia Abreu
- Deborah Secco
- Denise Fraga
- Eva Todor
- Fernanda Montenegro
- Fernanda Torres
- Fábio Assunção
- Glória Menezes
- Glória Pires
- Grande Otelo
- José Lewgoy
- José Wilker
- Lima Duarte
- Lucélia Santos
- Maitê Proença
- Malu Mader
- Marco Nanini
- Marilia Gabriela
- Marilia Pera
- Matheus Nachtergaele
- Miguel Falabela
- Paulo Autran
- Raul Cortez
- Regina Duarte
- Reynaldo Gianecchini
- Rodrigo Santoro
- Selton Melo
- Silvia Pfeifer
- Sônia Braga
- Suzana Vieira
- Tarcisio Meira
- Taís Araújo
- Tony Ramos
- Vera Fischer
Colombia
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Mexico
- Adela Noriega
- Ana de la Reguera
- Angélica María
- Daniela Lujan
- Eduardo Palomo
- Ernesto Alonso
- Fernando Allende
- Fernando Colunga
- Juan Ferrara
- Juan Soler
- Kate del Castillo
- Lucero
- Lucia Mendez
- Ludwika Paleta
- Michelle Vieth
- Patricia Manterola
- Pilar Montenegro
- Salvador Pineda
- Salma Hayek
- Thalia Sodi
- Veronica Castro
- Victoria Ruffo
- Yolanda Ventura
Peru
- Gianella Neyra
- Jorge Aravena
- Silvana Arias
- Bernie Paz
- Ricardo Blume
- Gloria Maria Uretra
- Roberto Moll
- Yola Polastri
Puerto Rico
- Adamari Lopez
- Alida Arizmendi
- Chayanne
- Eric Estrada
- Von Marie
- Menudo
- Osvaldo Rios
- Gladys Rodriguez
- Braulio Castillo
- Braulio Castillo,Hijo
Venezuela
- América Alonso
- Caridad Canelón
- Gabriela Spanic
- Guillermo Davila
- José Bardina
- José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma"
- Lila Morillo
- Luis Jose Santander
- Lupita Ferrer
- Maricarmen Regueiro
- Marina Baura
- Martín Lantigua
- Miguel de Leon
- Rudy Rodríguez
- Sonya Smith
- Victor Camara
- Miguel de Leon
- Catherine Fulop
- Carlos Mata
- Jean Carlo Simanca
- Raul Amundaray
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