El Rostro de la Venganza (Lit: The Face of Vengeance / English: Facing Destiny) is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by United States–based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami. David Chocarro, Elizabeth Gutiérrez and Cynthia Olavarria starred as the protagonist, with the special participation of Maritza Rodríguez, while Saúl Lisazo and Marlene Favela starred as the antagonists.
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| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by | Sebastián Arrau |
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| Story by | Sebastián Arrau |
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| Creative director | Óscar Cortés |
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| Theme music composer | Tulio Cremisini |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 173 |
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| Executive producer | Aurelio Valcárcel Carroll |
| Producer | Jairo Arcila |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
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| Network | Telemundo |
| Release | June 23, 2012 – April 12, 2013 |
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History
editTelemundo announced a prime-time broadcast of El Rostro de la Venganza on May, as part of the 2012–2013 season.[1][2] From June 23, 2012, to January 24, 2013, Telemundo aired El Rostro de la Venganza weeknights at 10:30pm/9:30c, following half-hour of Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal.[3][4] From January 28, 2013, and onwards, Telemundo aired one-hour episodes, replacing Pablo Escobar. The last episode was broadcast on April 12, with El Señor de los Cielos replacing it.[5] As with most of its other telenovelas, the network broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3.
Plot
editEl Rostro de la Venganza tells the story of Diego Mercader (Jorge Eduardo García), an 8-year-old boy, bullied and harassed in school by his classmates. He suffers a breakdown and is urged by unknown persons to shoot 7 of his colleagues, being given access to a gun from a lockroom. Accused of the mass murder, he enters a prison for psychological diseases.
Twenty years later, psychiatrist Antonia Villaroel (Maritza Rodríguez) obtains his liberation by legal means and with the support of a generous benefactor Ezequiel Alvarado (Saúl Lisazo).
Diego is being given a new identity, the one of Martín Méndez (David Chocarro) and tries to renew his life under the employment of Ezequiel. He is put as the personal bodyguard of his fiancée, Mariana (Elizabeth Gutiérrez), compromised in an outrageous relationship with his son, Luciano (Jonathan Islas).
He will find himself in a maze of intrigues and betrayal, sustained by Antonia's decision to find the truth about the murders and by Ezequiel's family. Later Mariana and Antonia are killed by Alicia and Alicia takes the lead role and it is later revealed that she is Eva Samaniego out for revenge.
Cast changes
editThe initial cast was announced to be Elizabeth Gutiérrez as Antonia, Iván Sánchez as Diego/Martín and Maritza Rodríguez as Mariana.
David Chocarro was originally to play Luciano Alvarado at the very beginning, nevertheless being rather proposed for the lead. The role of Luciano was given to the former leading actor Iván Sánchez, who was let out from the final production due to his constant discontent with the plot. Eventually, Jonathan Islas took the part.
Maritza Rodríguez and Elizabeth Gutiérrez exchanged roles; Rodríguez had been cast as Antonia, and Gutiérrez as Mariana.
After two weeks of broadcast, Gutiérrez announced she was leaving the production, thus letting the series without a female protagonist, as Rodríguez had only played a special role. The initial plot had to be changed, with her character getting killed halfway through.
Marlene Favela was cast in with a new role to substitute the lead. Marlene Favela's character was changed from a Protagonist to an Antagonist as the telenovela went on.
Cast
editMain
edit- Saúl Lisazo as Ezequiel Alvarado. Antagonistic protagonist, later becomes good
- Maritza Rodríguez as Antonia Villarroel. Co-protagonist. Killed by Valeria Samaniego
- Elizabeth Gutiérrez as Mariana San Lucas. Co-protagonist. Killed by Alicia
- David Chocarro as Diego Mercader / Martín Méndez. Main protagonist character
- Marlene Favela as Alicia Ferrer / Eva Samaniego. Main villain character, mysterious killer, killed 6 children in the past, loves Martín, ends up in jail
Recurring
edit- Jonathan Islas as Luciano Alvarado.
- Felicia Mercado as Valeria Samaniego.
- Roberto Mateos as Federico Samaniego
- Kimberly Dos Ramos as Katerina Alvarado
- José Guillermo Cortines as Alex Maldonado
- Cynthia Olavarría as Diana Mercader
- Gabriela Rivero as Laura Cruz
- Eduardo Serrano as Juan Mercader
- Rebeca Manríquez as Sonia Castro
- Jacqueline Márquez as Tania Stuardo
- Dayana Garroz as Carolina Pinto
- Paloma Márquez as Natalia García
- Wanda D'Isidoro as Verónica Baeza
- Chela Arias as Eliana Alvarado
- Martha Mijares as Manuela Cruz
- Héctor Fuentes as Salvador Casas
- Rafael León as Marcos Alvarado
- Cristian Carabias as Omar Mercader
- William Valdés as Miguel Ángel Samaniego
- Jorge Eduardo García as Juan "Juanito" Mercader / Young Diego Mercader
- Paulo Quevedo as Tomás Buenaventura
- Rodrigo de la Rosa as Víctor Leytón
Guest
edit- Adriana Bermudez as Leticia "Lety"
- Sandra Destenave as Sol Luisa / Marcia Rey
- Lorena Gómez as Sandra Arriagada
- Emily Alvarado as Young Carolina Pinto
- Ginna Rodriguez as Young Diana Mercader
Awards
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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| 2012 | Premios People en Español | Best Telenovela | El Rostro de la Venganza | Nominated[6] |
| Best Actor | David Chocarro | Nominated[6] | ||
| Best Actress | Maritza Rodríguez | Nominated[6] | ||
| Best Villain | Saúl Lisazo | Nominated[6] | ||
| 2013 | Miami Life Awards | Best Lead Actress | Elizabeth Gutiérrez | Won[7] |
| Best Lead Actor | David Chocarro | Nominated[7] | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Kimberly Dos Ramos | Won[7] | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | José Guillermo Cortines | Nominated[7] | ||
| Best Actress Villain | Marlene Favela | Nominated[7] | ||
| Best Actor Villain | Jonathan Islas | Nominated[7] | ||
| Best First Actress | Felicia Mercado | Nominated[7] | ||
| Best First Actor | Saúl Lisazo | Nominated[7] | ||
| Roberto Mateos | Nominated[7] | |||
| Eduardo Serrano | Nominated[7] | |||
| Best Telenovela | El Rostro de la Venganza | Nominated[7] | ||
| Premios Tu Mundo | Best Supporting Actress | Kimberly Dos Ramos | Nominated[8][9] | |
| Cynthia Olavarría | Won[9] | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Brenda Asnicar | Nominated[8][9] | ||
| The Perfect Couple | Maritza Rodríguez & David Chocarro | Nominated[8][9] | ||
| Best supporting villain | Isabella Castillo, Vanessa Pose | Won[9] | ||
| Best Bad Luck Moment | Alicia learns that Tomás is hearing the conversation she have with Natalia |
Nominated[8][9] |
References
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- ^ Upfronts 2012: Telemundo Doubles Down on Original Programming
- ^ ""El rostro de la venganza" se estrena el 30 de julio". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
- ^ "THE GRAND PREMIERE OF "EL ROSTRO DE LA VENGANZA" COMES TO TELEMUNDO ON MONDAY, JULY 30 AT 10:30PM/9:30C". Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
- ^ "EL SEÑOR DE LOS CIELOS, Gran Estreno". Archived from the original on 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- ^ a b c d "PREMIOS PEOPLE EN ESPAÑOL 2012". PeopleEnEspañol.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "GANADORES Y NOMINADOS A LOS MIAMI LIFE AWARDS 2013". MiamiLifeAwards.
- ^ a b c d "Listado completo de finalistas Premios Tu Mundo 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
- ^ a b c d e f "Premios Tu Mundo 2013: lista de ganadores (FOTOS)". Huffington Post. August 16, 2013.