| Las tontas no van al cielo | |
|---|---|
| Format | Telenovela |
| Created by | Enrique Torres |
| Written by | Enrique Torres Miguel Vega Palmira Olguín |
| Directed by | Felipe Nájera Rodrigo Hernández |
| Starring | Jaime Camil Jacqueline Bracamontes Valentino Lanús Sabine Moussier Julio Alemán Manuel 'Flaco' Ibañez |
| Opening theme | Esto es lo que Soy by Jesse & Joy |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 140 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Rosy Ocampo |
| Editor(s) | Norma Ramirez Crolina Lopez |
| Cinematography | Alejandro Álvarez Ceniceros Gabriel Vázquez Bulman |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Canal de las Estrellas |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV 1080i HDTV |
| Original run | February 11, 2008 – August 22, 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Yo amo a Juan Querendón |
| Followed by | Un gancho al corazón |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Las tontas no van al cielo (Spanish pronunciation: [las ˈtontas no ˌβ̞an al ˈsjelo], Dumb Women Don't Go to Heaven) is an original Mexican telenovela that began airing on Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas, beginning 11 February 2008. The novela is a production of Rosy Ocampo and starring Jacqueline Bracamontes, Jaime Camil, and Valentino Lanús.
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Cándida "Candy" Morales Alcalde is a beautiful young girl filled with dreams and hopes for her future. At her 15th birthday party she meets the man of her dreams - Patricio Molina Lizárraga, who became later her husbend. On the day of their wedding, Candy finds out that Patricio cheated on her with her sister, Alicia. Angry and hurt, she leaves him and goes to Guadalajara with her uncle, Manuel. She decides to fake her death to her family and Patricio to start a new life. Later she realizes that she is pregnant with Patricio's child. After she finds out, her newborn son is what gives her hope for the future, and he becomes the reason she lives.
Meanwhile, Santiago López Carmona, a plastic surgeon, tries to build a family with his career-driven wife, Paulina. She leaves him with their daughter, Rocio, and he becomes highly disappointed in love. Therefore, he begins to sleep with many different women without making any emotional connection with them. When he meets Candy, he is determined to romance her in order to take her to bed, but he quickly discovers how special Candy really is and falls in love with her.
Though they first dislike each other, as time passes, Candy takes a liking to Santiago and attempts to have a relationship with him. However, this becomes difficult when their children, and their exes do everything in their power to prevent their happiness.
When the telenovela was presented to the media, local press revealed that Jalisco's Governor, Emilio González Márquez, invested 38 million Mexican pesos (3.5 million dollars) in order to help with the production of this telenovela, and also gave Televisa all facilities to develop the telenovela in Guadalajara and other Jalisco towns (Tlaquepaque and Chapala, amongst others). The main reason was "Jalisco´s promotion".
The telenovela has shown various scenes taking place in Guadalajara and Jalisco, including the landscapes of Guadalajara and cameos of places like Guadalajara's Cathedral, the Arcos del Milenio and Lake Chapala.
The telenovela also shows stamps from Mexico City, Acapulco and Las Vegas.
In the later episodes of the telenovela, very little footage of Guadalajara was shown. Indeed, in a chapter where Candy and Santiago went to see a concert of French singer Alizée, they went to see her performance in Mexico City's Auditorio Nacional instead of Guadalajara´s Auditorio Telmex.