Esperanza mía

Esperanza mía
Genre Telenovela
Created by Adrián Suar
Written by Lily Ann Martin
Claudio Lacelli
Directed by Sebastián Pivotto
Lucas Gil
Starring Mariano Martínez
Lali Espósito
Theme music composer Lali Espósito
Opening theme '"Esperanza mía"
Country of origin Argentina
Original language(s) Spanish
No. of seasons 1
Broadcast
Original channel El Trece
Original airing April 6, 2015
Chronology
Preceded by Guapas

Esperanza Mía (Spanish: Hope of Mine) is a 2015 Argentine telenovela, starred by Mariano Martínez and Lali Espósito.

Plot

Julia (Lali Espósito) is a girl from a small city, who witnessed a crime. The criminals noticed her, and started to hunt her. Desperately needing to get away, she boarded a random bus that was going to Buenos Aires. She sought the help of a relative in the city, who had become a nun. To give her a cover, she gave Julia nun's clothing, and introduced her to the other nuns as a novice. She also uses an alias, Esperanza. She met the priest Tomás, and became friend with him; but both of them ignore that Tomás brother leads the cartel that was hunting her.

Production

The production was halted on April 18, because of a labor strike of all Argentine actors, decided by the Asociación Argentina de Actores. Producer Adrián Suar criticized it, as the program had an expensive location shooting prepared for that day.[1]

The telenovela will have cameos of other actors. Valeria Lynch will play a "rocker" nun, who will become friend with Esperanza.[2] Jimena Barón will play a friend of Esperanza, who composes commercial jingles.[3]

Reception

As Lali Esposito has a big fanbase, the program was presented with a show in La Plata. It included a show by Luciano Pereyra, the author of a production theme. The show soon became a trending topic on Twitter.[4]

El Trece had good ratings in the prime time in 2015, thanks to the Turkish telenovela Binbir Gece (translated in Argentina as "Las mil y una noches"). Esperanza mía kept important ratings as well.[5]

Federico Kunz, a priest from the San Luis province, started an online petition asking for the removal of the program. He considers that the story of a romantic love between a priest and a fake nun is insulting for religious people. As the main characters would eventually kiss at some point, he considers as well that it would be insulting to clerical celibacy as well. The petition started on March 9, and have more than 5,000 supporters.[6] The TV channel El Trece is not concerned about the petition, and kept producing new episodes.[3]

Other media

Mariano Martínez reported in a radio interview that there are projects to make a theater adaption of the telenovela, during the 2015 winter season.[7]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Frenaron las grabaciones de Esperanza Mía" [They halted the filming of Esperanza Mía] (in Spanish). Tandil Diario. April 21, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Valeria Lynch la nueva incorporación de "Esperanza Mía"" [Valeria Lynch, the new actress in "Esperanza mía"] (in Spanish). El Intransigente. March 29, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Se gana enemigos" [They get enemies] (in Spanish). LM Neuquen. March 23, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Las fans de Lali, a full con "Esperanza mía"" [The fans of Lali, enjoying "Esperanza mía"] (in Spanish). Clarín. March 25, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Rating: Esperanza Mía vs. Master Chef, ¿qué programa ganó?" [Rating: Esperanza mía vs. Masterchef: who won?] (in Spanish). El Intransigente. April 9, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Mariano y Lali: la polémica está servida" [Mariano and Lali: the controversy has been cast] (in Spanish). Los Andes. March 23, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Mariano Martínez confirmó que Esperanza Mía llegará al teatro" [Mariano Martínez confirmed that Esperanza mía will make it to theaters] (in Spanish). MDZ. April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.

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