Hombres de honor

For the movie, see Men of Honor.

Hombres de honor (Spanish: Men of honor) was a 2005 Argentine telenovela, produced by Pol-Ka and aired by El Trece. It was starred by Laura Novoa and Gabriel Corrado.

Premise

Hombres de Honor was produced by Pol-Ka in an attempt to emulate the success of Padre Coraje, a telenovela they had produced the previous year. It had a low rating, but the TV channel El Trece aired it anyway, refusing to cancel it.^[1] The last episode, with 14,7 rating points, had the highest rating of the programm's history.^[2]

Plot

The action is set in Argentina in the 1940s. There are two mafia families, the Patter Nostra and the Onoratto, who control the traffic of alcoholic beverages and gambling, and wage territorial disputes in other areas, such as prostitution. Luca Onoratto (Gabriel Corrado), jailed for the murder of Carlo Andrea Patter Nostra's twin brother (Gerardo Romano), served his time in prison. The Patter Nostra killed Lorenzo Onoratto (Arturo Puig), Luca's parent, during his wedding. Luca tried to be accepted as the head of the family, and secretly loved María Grazzia Patter Nostra (Laura Novoa), the daughter of the rival don.

Cast

Gabriel Corrado as Luca Onoratto
Laura Novoa as María Grazia Patter Nostra
Leonor Benedetto as Alberta Natale de Onoratto
Arturo Puig as Don Lorenzo Onoratto
Gerardo Romano as Carlo Andrea Patter Nostra
Juan Gil Navarro as Rocco Onoratto/Patter Nostra
Virginia Innocenti as Mónica Catalano
Agustina Cherri as Ángela Capello/Patter Nostra
Antonio Grimau as Comissair Mario Brusca
Selva Alemán as Carmela Catalano
Carina Zampini as Eva Hoffman
Carlos Portaluppi as Pío Molinaro
Alejandro Awada as Renato De Luca
Roberto Vallejos as Silvio Urzi
Carlos Kaspar as Dino Onoratto
David Masajnik as Bruno Anselmo
Fabiana García Lago as Amelia Bongiorno
Andrea Galante as Bella Brusca/La Loba
Lucas Ferraro as Danilo Onoratto
Marina Glezer as Beatrice Rossinni
Valeria Lorca as Andrea
Sergio Surraco as Ciro Patter Nostra
Elena Roger as Gabriela Onoratto
Jorge Nolasco as Nelo Calvi
Elvira Vicario as Stella Capello
Beatriz Thibaudin as Anunciata Patter Nostra "La Nona"
Magela Zanotta as Franca
Sandra Guida as La Madama

References

↑ "Otro día de finales" [Another day of endings] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
↑ "Lo más y lo menos visto de la TV" [The most and least watched of the TV] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

Pol-ka

Dramatic telenovelas	Verdad/Consecuencia (1996-1998) El hombre (1999) Por el nombre de Dios (1999) Vulnerables (1999) Ilusiones compartidas (2000) Primicias (2000) Culpables (2001) Soy gitano (2003) Locas de amor (2004) Padre Coraje (2004) El hombre que volvió de la muerte (2007) Mujeres de nadie (2007-2008) Socias (2008) Tratame bien (2009) Valientes (2009) Malparida (2010) Herederos de una venganza (2011) El puntero (2011) Lobo (2012) Tiempos compulsivos (2012) Sos mi hombre (2012-2013) Mis amigos de siempre (2013-2014)

Comedy telenovelas	Rodolfo Rojas D.T. (1997) Carola Casini (1997) Gasoleros (1998) Campeones de la vida (1999-2001) Calientes (2000) El sodero de mi vida (2001) Son Amores (2002-2003) Durmiendo con mi Jefe (2003) Los secretos de papá (2004) Los Pensionados (2004) Media Falta (2005) Una Familia Especial (2005) Amas de Casa Desesperadas (2006) Juanita la soltera (2006) Sos mi vida (2006) Son de Fierro (2007) Valentino, el argentino (2008) Por amor a vos (2008) Enseñame a vivir (2009) Para vestir santos (2010) Alguien que me quiera (2010) Los únicos (2011-2012) Condicionados (2012) Solamente Vos (2013-2014) Guapas (2014) Esperanza mía (2015)

Police procedurals	Poliladron (1995-1997) 22, El Loco (2001) 099 Central (2002) Sin código (2004-2005) Botines (2005) Hombres de honor (2005) Mujeres asesinas (2005-2008) Farsantes (2013) Noche y día (2014-2015)