Sin Senos no hay Paraíso
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| Format | Romance, Action, Telenovela |
| Created by | Gustavo Bolivar |
| Developed by | Telemundo Studios RTI Colombia |
| Directed by | Miguel Varoni Ramiro Meneses |
| Starring | Carmen Villalobos Catherine Siachoque Fabián Ríos Juan Diego Sánchez |
| Country of origin |  United States Colombia Mexico |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 120 (est.) |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Hugo León Ferrer Mary-Kathryn Kennedy |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Telemundo |
| Picture format | HDTV |
| Original run | June 16, 2008 – December, 2008 |
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| Related shows | :Without Breasts There Is No Paradise |
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| Official website | |
Sin Senos no hay Paraíso (literally, Without Breasts There Is No Paradise) is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo.[1] It is adapted from Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso, a 2006 Caracol TV serial, which was a hit in Colombia.
Paraíso's story is based on investigative journalist Gustavo Bolivar's eponymous debut novel. It features an attractive young prostitute who seeks massive breast implants to attract a rich cocaine smuggler.[2] The original version's finale scored a record 63 percent share of Colombian viewers.[3] Telemundo claims its version is "set to launch a new era in television"[4]
Sin Senos No Hay Paraíso replaces Pecados Ajenos in Telemundo's 10 p.m. (ET/PT) time slot on June 16, 2008.[5] Telemundo began shooting the series at Telemundo's production centers in Bogota and Girardot, Colombia, as well as its studio in Durango, Mexico,[6] on April 15, 2008. It euphemistically said this melodrama is about "a young woman "who makes the wrong decisions in order to escape poverty."[7]
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[edit] Story
Paraíso tells the story of 17-year-old Catalina (Carmen Villalobos), a gorgeous young girl who descends into a decadent world of easy money as a teen prostitute.[8] She comes from a poor single-parent family and her brother works as a hired killer for drug traffickers. The girl dreams of a life of luxury, but she is not bosomy enough to attract a wealthy pusher whom she can seduce into making her a pampered paramour.[9]
Sick of poverty, Catalina decides that plastic surgery will help her find a new life. During her pursuit, she is raped, gets an abortion and dives into the sex trade.[10] She sells her body to raise money for breast augmentation.[11] After five operations, she loses the will to live and considers suicide.[12]
[edit] Origins
Gustavo Bolivar's heroine is a prepago, or "pre-paid girl," which means she sells her services around-the-clock for a set period, hoping to make extra money. [13] The screenwriter says Parasio highlights an unflattering part of his country: teenagers in the Colombian narco-culture getting the breast implants. He explained in July, 2007,
When I wrote it, I never imagined that such a local story could transcend. What happens is that it touches a theme that is indeed universal: the beauty based in vanity and its connection with money.... No book before had denounced in such bad terms the drug dealers, the ignorant mothers who confuse the love for their daughters with pimping, and the unscrupulous plastic surgeons.[14]
Bolívar says the story is based on real-life conditions facing child prostitutes in the town of Pereira. There he met two girls who were desperate for silicone breasts. One told him that she got her operation in exchange for sex. Unfortunately, the doctor used a pair of used implants that led to allergic reactions and infection.[15]
[edit] Cast
- Carmen Villalobos .... Catalina Santana - main heronie
- Catherine Siachoque .... Doña Hilda de Santana - Catalina's mother, loves Albeiro
- Fabián Ríos .... Albeiro - Catalina's fiancy and Hilda's lover
- Juan Diego Sánchez .... Bayron Santana - Hilda's son, Catalina's brother, loves Ximena
- María Fernanda Yépez .... Yésica "La diabla" - Catalina's friend, bad person, pre-paid girl
- Aylin Mujica .... Lorena - Works with Martínez, mother of Julieta
- Gregorio Pernía .... Aurelio "Titi" Jaramillo - Drugdealer, in love with Catalina
- Carolina Sepúlveda .... Ximena - Catalina's friend, in love with Byron, pre-paid girl
- Alejandra Pinzón .... Paola - Cataina's friend, pre-paid girl
- Carolina Betancourt .... Vanesa - Catalina's friend, pre-paid girl
- Danilo Santos .... Cardona - Chief of Titi, partner of Morón, intereses in Catalina
- Guillermo Quintanilla .... Mariño Martínez - Plastic seurgen, former partner of Morón and Cardona
- Gabriel Porras .... José Miguel Cárdenas
- Roberto Mateos .... Fernando Rey
- Linda Baldrich
- Linda Lucía Callejas
- Margarita Giraldo
- Alí Humar .... Morón
- Aurelio Jaramillo
- Laura Londoño
- Jhon Alexander Ortiz Paez
- Víctor Rodríguez .... Jorge
- Edmundo Toya
- Emerson Yañez .... Balin
- César Mora .... Marcial
- Rafael Uribe Ochoa .... Orlando
- Nestor Alfonso Rojas .... Caballo[16]
[edit] Development
Telemundo is expected to air the serial from Monday to Friday over about 26 weeks. It will be an extended version of the story, which only ran 30 episodes in Colombia.[17] As with most of its soap operas, the network will likely broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3. After this show was unveiled at Telemundo's May 2008 upfront, Bob Sassone of AOL Television remarked that this show "gives the term 'upfront' a whole new meaning."[18]
Telemundo originally billed the show as "Sin Tetas No Hay Paraíso," [19] but softened the title, apparently because many consider the word tetas a vulgar equivalent of the English word "tits."[20] The network had talked about adding a major co-production partner to the telenovela.[21]
[edit] English Version
NBC Universal commissioned both English and Spanish versions of the Colombian serial to be produced independently.[22] The English version, produced by Universal Media Studios with a different cast and script, is in development for NBC[23] during the 2008-2009 season[24]. It will likely deviate from the usual telenovela format, along the lines of Ugly Betty.[25][26]
[edit] Book Release
Random House Spanish owns the US rights to Bolivar’s original. It plans to work with Telemundo to cross-promote the book and the series. The publisher acquired the best-seller from Colombian publisher Oveja Negra Editores earlier in 2007.[27]
[edit] Book
- Bolivar, Gustavo (2006). Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso. Bogotá: Oveja Negra, 300 pp. ISBN 84-934791-3-6.
[edit] External links
- Telemundo teaser trailer (Spanish dialogue with English voiceover and subtitles)
- Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso Official Canal Caracol Website (Spanish)
- Measuring the Cost of Paradise by Cup Size
- Breast-Obsessed TV Show a Colombian Hit
- Webpage from the actor Miguel Angel Silvestre
- Telenovela-World Bi-lingual Forum
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