El clon

El Clon (The Clone) is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the U.S.-based television network Telemundo, the Colombian network Caracol Television and the Brazilian network Globo.^[1] It is a remake of O Clone, a Brazilian telenovela that originally aired on Globo in 2001 and on Telemundo in 2002.^[1] This limited run melodrama, which starred Mauricio Ochmann and Sandra Echeverria,^[2] deals with topics such as drug trafficking, cloning and Islam.^[3]

Telemundo executive Mark Santana called El Clon "the most ambitious telenovela in the history of television."^[2] This melodrama features a love triangle featuring Lucas, a handsome hero, challenging his clone for the love of an enticing, exotic woman. Lucas is young when he falls for a young Arab girl named Jade. She is caught between modern values and her Islamic upbringing. They separate and two decades pass. Then a strange turn of luck brings the pair together. Then Jade meets the clone, who is just like Lucas, but twenty years younger. She must choose between the man she loved and the memory she cherishes.

History

The remake debuted on February 15, 2010.^[2] It is filmed in Fez, Morocco, with some scenes shot on location in the Middle East, and in Bogotá, where Girardot's city represents Fez and Miami,^[2] although the main setting is Miami.^[4] It includes several members of the original production team, including screenwriter Glória Perez and director Jayme Monjardim.^[5]

As part of the 2010 season, Telemundo aired the serial weeknights at 8pm/7c central, replacing Más Sabe el Diablo. The series ended with a two-hour finale on October 29, 2010 with Aurora replacing it. As with most of its other soap operas, the network broadcasts English subtitles as closed captions on CC3. As part of the production deal, Globo agreed to embargo distribution of the original Portuguese version for five years.

Plot

The telenovela tells the story of Jade and Lucas. Jade is a young woman of Arab descent, who is supposed to live with her father's family in Morocco after the death of her mother. Lucas is a young romantic, and son of a powerful businessman. When Lucas is on vacation in Morocco, he meets Jade, and the two of them fall in love. However, cultural differences will not allow them to be together. While they seek ways to realize their love, a pre-written destiny changes their lives forever.

Part One

After the sudden death of her mother, Jade returns to live in Morocco with her family. She feels forced into a Muslim culture that is foreign to her age, but thanks to the sensuality of her dancing, the owner of her heart becomes a stranger to fall in love at first sight. And so began the largest and most beautiful love.

Lucas is a man who lives among the luxuries for the success of Leonardo Ferrer, his father, and the influence of exporting firms. Lucas longs to be a musician, but his family tries to persuade him to become interested in their business. Lucas twin brother Diego, is the candidate to inherit Leonardo empire. Diego is a cheerful and enterprising conquistador that ends in a fight without truce with his father, because of his woman.

Jade's beauty and grace of her movements made at Lucas when sniffing out of curiosity ends at Uncle Ali, a very conservative defender of Muslim customs, capable of facing the world in order to oppose a union that is not blessed by their religion. Uncle Ali and Abdul, who is even more conservative and orthodox Ali will become enemies of love of Jade and Lucas, for as dictated by their culture, will not allow an outsider from breaking the rules of the Koran, and so arranged the marriage of his two nieces with Said and Mohamed, Abdul's nephews.

Unfortunately for Leonardo, Diego dies in an accident when he goes to visit his girlfriend Marisa, a situation that becomes the obstacle of a love that promised to deal with the designs of divine law. Lucas, on pain ends delay its love affair with Jade and forces in the midst of shame and hidden sin to marry Said.

Lucas and Jade are separated for the first time in a final attempt that seems under threat of death, and he takes the place of his brother in both the company and the hand of his girlfriend Marisa, whom he married shortly after. Meanwhile, in Miami, the scientist Augusto Albieri, upset by the death of Diego (which occurred on January 24, 1988), Lucas secretly cloned, thus creating the womb of a woman, Dora, whose infinite desire is to have a creature in her arms, an exact genetic clone Diego: Daniel. All that, indirectly, will put together the legendary love of Jade and Lucas to get to devote a magical legend, written by fate.

However, the mistakes of the past does not end with the love story between Lucas and Jade, and end up reliving a love match. Marisa Lucas and separate, until news of a daughter respective forces them to resume their marriage.

Part Two

The story has a twist 20 years later: Lucas, replacing his brother, had a daughter with his girlfriend Marisa called Natalia, who is a proud product of both her parents and her grandfather for her academic excellence, but she feels she lacks enjoy life more because while others take to the streets to have fun, she stays in her room alone, studying and amid all her troubles, was hired by her grandfather's chauffeur, ex-fighter, for she called Alexander's will have a great hatred to change gradually from an intense love until we have a relationship, but Marisa does not allow his daughter to marry someone of lower class and romance will oppose this, making attempts to cover their pain Natalia with alcoholism and drug abuse, taking a blow to his life.

Daniel, the clone has also grown, with great resentment to his mother for having Albieri away from that known as "Dad," Dora and her mother wanted a simple life rather than luxuries for him, then had to move away from child's doctor, so Daniel escapes to find Albieri and Dora will continue to answer all your questions.

Jade has become a mother and had to keep Said to educate her daughter to the customs of their culture provides, but Said will have a contract with Ferrer business, making business travel by Sa'eed with family, Jade and Lucas again have that thirst to be together, but to achieve the task will be to overcome several difficult tests and all downhill when Daniel appears in the life of Jade, making people swirling around Lucas and Daniel have serious problems in their lives...

Finale

Escobar cannot regain Clara, and after several attempts, gives up, then Anita's friend Louise, seduces him, plays with him and tells him to get one that's worth.

Natalia, after having her baby had trouble breathing, improved and remained healthy. Marisa asks that hospitalize her against addictions to avoid any harm to the baby. Natalian enter rehab and as months pass, she succeeds, she continues to struggle daily with the help of Alejandro, his family and his godfather, Enrique. Now recovered, along with Fernando, opened a clinic for drug addicts and put "Paula" which was the name of their drug-addicted friend who never saw again.

Marisa comprises all agree that Lucas go with Jade leaves the house on the road. At the beach, she meets a man who made her laugh while she was sad and so began a love sincere and very strong with she was happy.

Dora makes a demand for Leonardo and all celebrate in her house, but now Daniel is gone, then Miguel, Dora's new partner, says that trust because he always comes back. Daniel while in fear of being killed Albieri (as it sought to send him to prison), it follows Albieri in the desert where he says he let Daniel do not agree and both continue to walk through the desert, this being the last scene appearing in both.

Luisa and the reporter who wanted information about the clone, look for Albieri. Luisa wants to return with him and the reporter who no one believes that the clone exists, wants to prove herself, giving evidence to the world.

Alicia, now away from everyone, becomes a maid and tries to seduce her boss.

Mohamed and Latifa live happily with his family, Samira's boyfriend decides to become a Muslim to be with her, so he is taught by Mohamed, who accepts the relationship.

Nazira escapes with Pablo and live very happy with him.

Said wants to see Jadiya happy and lets her see Jade every week, but Said has another wife who daily fight with Ranya, but is equally happy in their own way.

Karla and her mother go to the beach, where they are choosing the next one to be cheated by them. Cristina and Leonardo have twins and everything starts again in the Ferrer house. Uncle Ali married Zoraida and both live happily together, she makes doesn't allow fighting at home but peace, in the end Ali accepts Jade back.

Jade and Lucas live happily, their love never broke, it was stronger than 20 years later ... and will remain so ...

Cast

Main Cast in order of appearance

Broadcasting

Country	TV network(s)	Series premiere	Series end	Weekly Schedule	Timeslot
United States	Telemundo	February 15, 2010	October 29, 2010
Colombia	Caracol Televisión	Unknown	Unknown
Mexico	Gala TV	March 8, 2010 September 3, 2012	January 14, 2011 May 16, 2013
Chile	Chilevision	April 7, 2010	December 13, 2010
Nicaragua	Televicentro	July, 2010	March 25, 2011
Argentina	América 2	September 6, 2010	May 6, 2011	Monday to Friday	01:00
Paraguay	Red Guaraní	August 2, 2010	April 15, 2011	Monday to Friday	16:00
Poland	TV Puls	August 30, 2010	May 20, 2011
Turkey	Fox	September 13, 2010	May 25, 2011
Spain	TVE 1	September 15, 2010	April 5, 2011
Lithuania	TV3 (Viasat)	September 27, 2010	June 17, 2011
Croatia	RTL Televizija RTL 2	October 11, 2010 January 2, 2012	March 2, 2011 September 13, 2012
Bulgaria	bTV bTV Lady	November 18, 2010 September 9, 2012	June 8, 2011 July 27, 2013
Serbia	RTV Pink Pink Soap	December 28, 2010 May 1, 2013	August 22, 2011 October 31, 2013
Hungary	Story 4	January 4, 2011	September 15, 2011
Namibia		May 2, 2011	January 11, 2012
Slovenia	Pink SI	January 31, 2011	October 12, 2011
Bosnia	Pink BH RTV BN	February 14, 2011 December 13, 2012	October 27, 2011 September 18, 2013
Montenegro	Pink M	March 10, 2011	November 23, 2011
Macedonia	Sitel	April 21, 2011	March 9, 2012
Iran	Farsi1	April 23, 2011	January 3, 2012
Israel	Viva	May 29, 2011 December 23, 2013	January 25, 2012
Georgia	Rustavi 2	September 26, 2011	June 7, 2012
Armenia	Armenia TV	September 2012	Cancelled
Spain	Nova	June 3, 2013	November 16 , 2013

References

External links

• Short Original Opening on YouTube
• Full Opening Theme Song on YouTube
• Opening 1 on YouTube