El País de las mujeres
| El País de las mujeres | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre |
Telenovela Romance Drama |
| Created by | Leonardo Padrón |
| Written by |
Leonardo Padròn Mònica Montañès Doris Segui Mariana Reyes |
| Directed by | Carlos Izquierdo |
| Starring |
Ana Karina Manco Víctor Cámara Caridad Canelón Jean Carlo Simancas Viviana Gibelli Carolina Perpetuo |
| Opening theme | "Ruleta Rusa" by Enrique Iglesias |
| Ending theme | "Esperanza" by Enrique Iglesias |
| Country of origin | Venezuela |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 188[1] |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sandra Rioboo |
| Producer(s) | Carolina de Jacovo |
| Location(s) | Caracas |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Venevisión |
| Distributor | Venevisión International |
| Release | |
| Original network | Venevisión |
| Original release | 1998 – 1999 |
El País de las mujeres (1998) (meaning "The Country of Women") is a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venevisión. It was written by Leonardo Padrón and directed by Carlos Izquierdo. This telenovela lasted 188 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International.
Ana Karina Manco and Víctor Cámara starred as the main protagonists.
Synopsis
On the day that Arcadia Gómez summons her five nieces to inform them that she will soon be dead, she receives a surprise of devastating proportions: all of them, without exception, have come down with a virus called "impossible love". Mariana, Miranda, Pamela, Julia and Chiqui - modern, enterprising, independent, young women - have all their hearts shattered to pieces by men.
Realizing the degree of destruction caused by the opposite sex, Arcadia decides to take drastic measures. Along with her nieces, she enters the battlefront declaring open war on all the shameless, cunning and unfaithful men who have made them suffer. Now, living under one roof and with one purpose in mind, these six beautiful women, will become a unique army that will use the mightiest weapon nature has given them: the power of their feminine charms. It is an army of women ready for anything... and the war has just begun.[2]
Cast
- Ana Karina Manco as Mariana Campos Gómez
- Víctor Cámara as Camilo Reyes
- Jean Carlo Simancas as Fabian Aristimuño
- Viviana Gibelli as Pamela Fuentes Gómez
- Carolina Perpetuo as Miranda Fuentes Gómez
- Orlando Urdaneta as Jacobo Reyes
- Nohely Arteaga as Julia Gallardo Gómez
- Aroldo Betancourt as Rodolfo Matamoros
- Lourdes Valera as Chiqui Gallardo Gómez
- Caridad Canelón as Arcadia Gómez de Peña
- Miguel Angel Landa as Arsenio Peña
- Elba Escobar as Catalina de Falcón
- Gustavo Rodríguez as Lucas Falcón
- Pedro Lander as Manrique
- Gabriela Vergara as Almendra Sánchez
- Roberto Lamarca as Tino Urutia
- Elisa Escámez as Cien Fuegos
- Yanis Chimaras as Productor
- Luis Gerónimo Abreu as Salvador Falcón
- Ana Castell as Sagrario de Sánchez
- Pedro Durán as Prospero Sánchez
- Vicente Tepedino as Diego
- Tania Sarabia as Josefina Beltrán de Negretti
- Raúl Amundaray as Cuenca
- Maria Fabiola Colmenares as Sandra
- Tatiana Capote as herself
- Mauricio González as Mariana's father
- Amanda Gutiérrez as Natalia
- Rafael Romero as Javier
- Alberto Alifa as Daniel
- Gigi Zancheta as Greta
- Mimi Lazo as herself
- Gioconda Belli
Theme song
The theme songs to El Pais de las Mujeres is "Ruleta Rusa" and "Esperanza", both performed by Enrique Iglesias.
Bibliography
- Acosta-Alzuru, Carolina (2003). "Tackling the Issues: Meaning Making in a Telenovela". Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture 1 (4): 193–215. doi:10.1207/S15405710PC0104_1.
- Acosta-Alzuru, Carolina (2003), Fraught with contradictions: The production, depiction, and consumption of women in a Venezuelan telenovela, Global Media Journal 2(2)
