¿Dónde Está Elisa?

¿Dónde Está Elisa?
Genre	Thriller, Action, Crime, Suspense, Mystery
Format	Telenovela
Created by	Telemundo
Developed by	Telemundo Studios, Miami TVN (Format)
Directed by	Leonardo Galavís Nicolás Di Blasi
Starring	Vanessa Pose Catherine Siachoque Sonya Smith Gabriel Porras Jorge Luis Pila
Theme music composer	Tulio Cremisini
Opening theme	Suspense theme
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	100
Production
Executive producer(s)	Aurelio Valcárcel Carrol
Producer(s)	Martha Godoy
Editor(s)	Macorix Perera
Location(s)	Miami, Los Angeles, Malibu
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	42-45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Telemundo
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Audio format	Stereophonic sound
Original airing	March 8, 2010 - August 10, 2010
Chronology
Preceded by	Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso
Followed by	La Diosa Coronada
External links
Website

¿Dónde Está Elisa? (English: Where is Elisa?) is a Spanish-language telenovela, written by Pablo Illanes, produced by TVN (Chile) and remade by the United States-based television network Telemundo and RCN, Colombia. The original mystery is a Chilean telenovela ¿Dónde Está Elisa? produced by TVN in 2009.

Telemundo began airing ¿Dónde Está Elisa? on March 8, 2010 airing weeknights at 10pm/9c over about 26 weeks during the 2010 season.^[1] As with most of its other telenovelas, the network broadcasts English subtitles as closed captions on CC3.^[2]

The first sneak peek of the production was shown on Tuesday in January 13, 2010. The series was produced in Miami Florida. The filming started on January 27 and ended in May, 2010. In July 26, the series shared the 1 hour time slot with another Telemundo telenovela La Diosa Coronada. The last episode of the series was aired on Tuesday in August 10, 2010.

A question is how much of DEE is based on the successful book The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (also known as Men Who Hate Women in English), a 2009 Swedish film adaptation of the novel Män som hatar kvinnor by the late Swedish author/journalist Stieg Larsson. DEE was written or adapted by Pablo Illanes, who wrote the Chilean version that preceded that of Telemundo. Illanes says that the inspiration of the story comes from the book and the real life drama of British native Madeleine McCann in Portugal. The list of suspects is long, and it includes family members, fellow students, and friends of the teenager who went to the same places that she used to go to before disappearing. There is a striking similarity between DEE and the previously aired Desaparecida, a relatively short telenovela aired in Spain.

Plot

The lives of the Altamira family are changed forever. Their lives are engulfed by the events in the disappearance of Elisa (Vanessa Pose), the oldest daughter of Mariano Altamira (Gabriel Porras) and Dana Riggs Altamira (Sonya Smith).

Once she disappears, we begin to learn the secrets of every member of the family and friends; the paranoias start, histories from the past, themes that were supposed to be buried. Then the recriminations among family members start.

In the midst of family conflicts many suspects come to light, among them family members (Elisa's parents, uncles, cousins) fellow students, former and present Altamira employees, as well as friends that used to go to the same places that Elisa would frequent. Eventually, Bruno Cáceres (Roberto Mateos) will emerges as the kidnapper....

Despite the continual efforts to find Elisa, a more prominent theme is the disintegration of the Altamira clan. In the initial episode they look like a one big happy clan, but there are many problems beneath that surface which come to light. A major theme of the story is the consequences of hypocrisy.

Cast

Main Cast In Order of Appearance

Special Participation

Secondary Cast

United States broadcast

• Release dates, episode name & length, and U.S. viewers based on Telemundo's broadcast.

Deceased characters

• Alberto Ventura - Commits suicide while the police is trying to arrest him - Episode 003
• Elisa Altamira - Dies in a hospital after being shot by Cecilia - Episode 066
• Isabel Ríos - Dies after her head being smashed brutally by Cecilia with a candlestick - Episode 088
• Bruno Cáceres - Shot in mouth after being sedated by Cecilia in order to make it look like a suicide - Episode 096

Broadcasters

Country	Alternate title/Translation	TV network(s)	Series premiere	Series finale	Weekly schedule	Timeslot
United States	¿Dónde Está Elisa?	Telemundo	March 8, 2010	August 10, 2010	Monday to Friday	10pm/9c(22:00)
Puerto Rico	¿Dónde Está Elisa?	Telemundo PR	March 8, 2010	August 10, 2010	Monday to Friday	20:00
Nicaragua	¿Dónde Está Elisa?	Televicentro Canal 2	May 31, 2010	October 20, 2010	Monday to Friday
Venezuela	¿Dónde Está Elisa?	Televen	July 29, 2010	November, 2010	Monday to Friday	17:00
Georgia	სად არის ელისა?	Rustavi 2	October 19, 2010	February 9, 2011	Everyday
France	Portée Disparue	Outremer 1ere	October 31, 2011	March 19, 2012	Monday to Friday
Spain	¿Dónde Está Elisa?	Antena 3 / Nova	August 8, 2010	December 10, 2010	Monday to Friday
Armenia	¿Dónde Está Elisa?/Vorteg e Elisan	Shanttv	August 10, 2010	January 12, 2011	Monday to Friday
Croatia	Nestala	RTL Televizija	June 14, 2010	October 29, 2010	Monday to Friday
Ecuador	¿Dónde Está Elisa?	Ecuavisa	June 29, 2010	October 29, 2010
Peru	¿Dónde Está Elisa?	ATV
Mexico	¿Dónde Está Elisa?	Galavision	September 20, 2010
Lithuania	Kur dingo Eliza?	LNK	September 8, 2010	February 10, 2011	Monday to Friday
Poland	Gdzie jest Elisa?	TV Puls	August 30, 2010	January 19, 2011	Monday to Friday
Iran	Missing	Farsi1	December 4, 2010	April 20, 2011	Saturday to Wednesday
Romania	Căutând-o pe Elisa	Acasă	January 17, 2011	May 10, 2011	Monday to Friday
Philippines	Nasaan Ka Elisa?	ABS-CBN	September 12, 2011	January 13, 2012	Monday to Friday	22:30
Hungary	Titkok hálójában	TV2	November 10, 2011	April 13, 2012	Monday to Friday	21:00
Czech Republic	Eliso, vrať se!	Prima love	November 17, 2011	April 4, 2012	Monday to Friday
Argentina	¿Dónde esta Elisa?	Canal 9	October 13, 2012	February 15, 2013	Monday to Friday	16:00
Philippines	¿Dónde Está Elisa?	Studio 23	January 14, 2013	July 10, 2013 (cancelled)	Monday to Friday	22:30
Argentina	¿Dónde está Elisa?	Magazine	May, 2013	September 24, 2013	Monday to Friday	19:00(17:00 June 17)

References

External links

• Seriesnow