Aquí mando yo
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Aquí mando yo is a 2011 Chile
an telenovela
produced and broadcast by TVN
.
) is a successful executive, who is promoted to regional manager for Latin America
at the headhunting
company where she works. She has two daughters, Antonella (Catalina Castelblanco) and Chiara (Emilia Burr), with her ex-husband Diego Buzzoni (Jorge Zabaleta
), a radio personality
. Since her job now requires Sofía to travel constantly between New York
, Chicago
, and other U. S. cities and Santiago, Sofía decides to ask Diego to take care of their daughters. Though Sofía is dating Jorge Camacho (Cristián Riquelme), her boss, and has been separated from her ex-husband for 4 years, Diego is still in love with her.
pulled off its productions, and that even Mega
and Chilevisión
were considering competing with their own series. The critic at queveo.cl, a website by parents concerned with the media their children consume, praises the acting of Zabaleta and Swett and celebrates the "return" of family-oriented telenovelas.
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
produced and broadcast by TVN
Televisión Nacional de Chile
TVN is Chile's state-owned television station. Its inaugural transmission took place on 1969. TVN is owned, but not funded, by the state, and it functions independently from it; a very particular case of public television in South America...
.
Plot
Sofía Kuncar (María Elena SwettMaría Elena Swett
María Elena Swett Urquieta is a Chilean actress. She was born in Santiago on April 11, 1979. Formally married to the Chilean actor Felipe Braun. She is also known as "Mane" by friends and family. She studied at Colegio Nuestra Señora del Pilar and later at the Academia de Humanidades de Recoleta....
) is a successful executive, who is promoted to regional manager for Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
at the headhunting
Headhunting
Headhunting is the practice of taking a person's head after killing them. Headhunting was practised in historic times in parts of China, India, Nigeria, Nuristan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Borneo, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, Micronesia, Melanesia, New Zealand, and the Amazon Basin, as...
company where she works. She has two daughters, Antonella (Catalina Castelblanco) and Chiara (Emilia Burr), with her ex-husband Diego Buzzoni (Jorge Zabaleta
Jorge Zabaleta
Jorge Antonio Zabaleta Briceño is a prominent Chilean actor. He is the son of the musician Antonio Zabaleta and the nephew of Miguel Zabaleta, both members of the duo Red Juniors....
), a radio personality
Radio personality
A radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather,...
. Since her job now requires Sofía to travel constantly between New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, and other U. S. cities and Santiago, Sofía decides to ask Diego to take care of their daughters. Though Sofía is dating Jorge Camacho (Cristián Riquelme), her boss, and has been separated from her ex-husband for 4 years, Diego is still in love with her.
Cast
- Jorge ZabaletaJorge ZabaletaJorge Antonio Zabaleta Briceño is a prominent Chilean actor. He is the son of the musician Antonio Zabaleta and the nephew of Miguel Zabaleta, both members of the duo Red Juniors....
as Diego Buzzoni - Stephanie Vallejos as Constanza Kuncar
- María Elena SwettMaría Elena SwettMaría Elena Swett Urquieta is a Chilean actress. She was born in Santiago on April 11, 1979. Formally married to the Chilean actor Felipe Braun. She is also known as "Mane" by friends and family. She studied at Colegio Nuestra Señora del Pilar and later at the Academia de Humanidades de Recoleta....
as Sofía Kuncar, Diego's ex-wife - Cristián Riquelme as Jorge Camacho, Sofía's boss and boyfriend
- Carolina Varleta as Anita Bilbao, Sofía's neighbour and best friend, interested in Diego
- Coca GuazziniCoca GuazziniSilvia Beatriz Guazzini Monsalve , best known as Coca Guazzini, is a Chilean television, theatre and film actress. Studied theatre at Universidad de Chile. She appeared in some popular Chilean telenovelas like Sucupira, Aquelarre and Tic-Tac...
as Rocío Leighton, Sofía's mother - Jaime Vadell as Pedro Montenegro
- Fernando LarraínFernando LarraínFernando José Larraín de Toro is a Chilean comedian and film/television actor. He is of Basque descent.Fernando started his career with the humoristic trio "Fresco y Natural después del postre", along with his brother Nicolás Larraín and Felipe Izquierdo. He also recorded a CD with his musical...
as Maximiliano Montenegro, Pedro's son, María Carolina's ex-husband - Begoña Basauri as María Carolina Silva, Maximiliano's ex-wife
- Rodrigo Muñoz as Arnoldo Grez
- Yamila Reyna as Laura Mazza, Arnoldo's girlfriend
- Fernando Farías as Gino Buzzoni, Diego's father
- Loreto Valenzuela as Carmen Morales, Diego's mother
- Catalina Castelblanco as Antonella Buzzoni, Sofía and Diego's elder daughter
- Alonso Quinteros as Rodrigo Montenegro, Maximiliano's son
- Constanza Piccoli as Isabel Grez, Arnoldo's daughter
- Hernán Contreras as Cristián Grez, Arnoldo's son
- Catalina VallejosCatalina VallejosCatalina Alejandra Vallejos Sepulveda is a Chilean model,actress and television personality best known for winning Miss ATP in 2009, and for her involvement on Calle 7.-Career:...
as Josefina Egaña - Emilia Burr as Chiara Buzzoni, Sofía and Diego's younger daughter
- Nicolás Vigneaux as Franco Bilbao, Anita's son
- Antonella Castagno as Margarita Egaña
Reception
The telenovela was received with successful ratings. Terra.cl claims that this circumstance is "reactivating" the 20:00 weekday timeslot, when as of early 2011 only TVN was broadcasting telenovelas, after Canal 13Canal 13 (Chile)
Canal 13 , is the second oldest television station in Chile. It is owned by Luksic Group associated with the Papal Catholic University of Chile. Its inaugural transmission took place on August 21, 1959...
pulled off its productions, and that even Mega
MegaVision
MegaVision is an American company that manufactures high-end digital photographic equipment. It was founded in 1983 to create a state-of-the-art image processing computer...
and Chilevisión
Chilevisión
CHV, also known as Chilevisión, is the third oldest television station in Chile. Formerly called Teleonce and RTU , this TV station was owned by University of Chile, a Chilean state university...
were considering competing with their own series. The critic at queveo.cl, a website by parents concerned with the media their children consume, praises the acting of Zabaleta and Swett and celebrates the "return" of family-oriented telenovelas.