Botineras
Encyclopedia
Botineras is an Argentine telenovela produced by Endemol
and Underground. Airing on Telefe
, it was premiered on November 24, 2009, and was broadcast until August 25, 2010. It works around football players, their mediatic romances and police investigations. In the beginning the telenovela had a comedy approach, but later shifted to give more prominence to the policial genre. The main actors at the beginning were Florencia Peña
and Nicolás Cabré
, Peña decided to resign some time after the genre shift as her character lost importance for the plot, whereas the ones played by Romina Gaetani and Isabel Macedo
gained notability.
; in everyday usage it is also a new term to denote a footballer's girlfriend or wife. The policial investigation of Laura Posse was used at first simply as a narrative tool to introduce the watcher into the context. The comedy also featured some celebrities from the Argentine football, like football agent Guillermo Cóppola, acting as themselves. One of the main assets of the comedy was the actress Florencia Peña
, who worked in many other successful comedies.
By January 2010 the telenovela made a genre shift, leaving the humoristic tone and giving instead a higher development to the policial genre, with higher roles for the Laura Posse and Arregui characters. The first story arc with the changed genre had the main character Cristian Flores being jailed for some weeks. The new genre had higher ratings than the comedy. The character of Florencia Peña was reformulated in the process, by going into bankrut and forced to work for the police as well. By February Florencia Peña announced that she would leave the program because of the changes; with actor Pablo Rago
joining the program instead. Rago would depart from the program as well near its end, in order to play the lead role in the film Manuel Belgrano
.
). The plot starts with the arrival to Buenos Aires of the football player Cristian Flores (Nicolás Cabré
), who is bent on getting married with his girlfrend, Marga Molinari (Isabel Macedo
). Flores was suspected of murdering Cappa, a rival player in Europe, and the police starts to investigate him. Laura Posse (Romina Gaetani) tries to investigate him by becoming a botinera and being near him. For this purpose she takes a secret identity
as Mía Alberdi. Flores was living with his agent, Tato Marín, so Mía managed to work as secretary for Tato. Tato had killed Alberto Flores (Cristian's father) in order to have control over him by acting as a parental figure. This was unknown by Flores, but not by Nino Paredes, Tato's lawyer. Paredes kept evidence of the crime to threaten him.
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Endemol
Endemol is an international television production and distribution company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Poland,...
and Underground. Airing on Telefe
Telefe
Televisión Federal S.A., best known as Telefe and later as TLF, is an Argentine television network. Formerly known as Canal Once , a state-run network, it was privatised and established as Telefe in 1989, when and News Corporation took over the channel...
, it was premiered on November 24, 2009, and was broadcast until August 25, 2010. It works around football players, their mediatic romances and police investigations. In the beginning the telenovela had a comedy approach, but later shifted to give more prominence to the policial genre. The main actors at the beginning were Florencia Peña
Florencia Peña
María Florencia Peña, is an Argentine actress, comedian and TV news presenter. She started in show business when she was four years old with the television program Festilindo...
and Nicolás Cabré
Nicolás Cabré
Nicolás Gabriel Cabré is an Argentine actor and television host. Known for his film, stage and television work, he has won ACE Award and earned four Martín Fierro Award nominations. Cabré is also a regular feature in Argentine press, and his off–screen life is widely reported.- Filmography :-...
, Peña decided to resign some time after the genre shift as her character lost importance for the plot, whereas the ones played by Romina Gaetani and Isabel Macedo
Isabel Macedo
Isabel Macedo is an Argentine actress. She is best known for her roles in the Argentine telenovelas Muñeca Brava, Verano del '98, Floricienta, Alma Pirata and Son de Fierro.- Career :...
gained notability.
Premise
Initially, the telenovela was intended to be a comedy about football. In Spanish, a botinera is literally a woman that wears a botín, a term that can denote both some High-heeled footwear or a Football bootFootball boot
Football boots, called cleats or soccer shoes in North America, are an item of footwear worn when playing association football. Those designed for grass pitches have studs on the bottom to aid grip...
; in everyday usage it is also a new term to denote a footballer's girlfriend or wife. The policial investigation of Laura Posse was used at first simply as a narrative tool to introduce the watcher into the context. The comedy also featured some celebrities from the Argentine football, like football agent Guillermo Cóppola, acting as themselves. One of the main assets of the comedy was the actress Florencia Peña
Florencia Peña
María Florencia Peña, is an Argentine actress, comedian and TV news presenter. She started in show business when she was four years old with the television program Festilindo...
, who worked in many other successful comedies.
By January 2010 the telenovela made a genre shift, leaving the humoristic tone and giving instead a higher development to the policial genre, with higher roles for the Laura Posse and Arregui characters. The first story arc with the changed genre had the main character Cristian Flores being jailed for some weeks. The new genre had higher ratings than the comedy. The character of Florencia Peña was reformulated in the process, by going into bankrut and forced to work for the police as well. By February Florencia Peña announced that she would leave the program because of the changes; with actor Pablo Rago
Pablo Rago
Pablo Rago is an Argentine actor. He has acted in the movies The Official Story and The Secret in Their Eyes, two Argentine movies that have both won Oscar awards, as well as many other local movies and productions....
joining the program instead. Rago would depart from the program as well near its end, in order to play the lead role in the film Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano (film)
Manuel Belgrano is an Argentine film, based on the life of the Argentine national hero Manuel Belgrano. It is being produced in the context of the Argentina Bicentennial, which raised the public interest in the May Revolution and the Argentine War of Independence. It is directed by Juan J....
.
Plot
The name of the comedy comes from an organization within the plot, where the botineras are women that use an agency to develop mediatic romances with football players. Such agency is managed by Giselle López (Florencia PeñaFlorencia Peña
María Florencia Peña, is an Argentine actress, comedian and TV news presenter. She started in show business when she was four years old with the television program Festilindo...
). The plot starts with the arrival to Buenos Aires of the football player Cristian Flores (Nicolás Cabré
Nicolás Cabré
Nicolás Gabriel Cabré is an Argentine actor and television host. Known for his film, stage and television work, he has won ACE Award and earned four Martín Fierro Award nominations. Cabré is also a regular feature in Argentine press, and his off–screen life is widely reported.- Filmography :-...
), who is bent on getting married with his girlfrend, Marga Molinari (Isabel Macedo
Isabel Macedo
Isabel Macedo is an Argentine actress. She is best known for her roles in the Argentine telenovelas Muñeca Brava, Verano del '98, Floricienta, Alma Pirata and Son de Fierro.- Career :...
). Flores was suspected of murdering Cappa, a rival player in Europe, and the police starts to investigate him. Laura Posse (Romina Gaetani) tries to investigate him by becoming a botinera and being near him. For this purpose she takes a secret identity
Secret identity
A secret identity is an element of fiction wherein a character develops a separate persona , while keeping their true identity hidden. The character also may wear a disguise...
as Mía Alberdi. Flores was living with his agent, Tato Marín, so Mía managed to work as secretary for Tato. Tato had killed Alberto Flores (Cristian's father) in order to have control over him by acting as a parental figure. This was unknown by Flores, but not by Nino Paredes, Tato's lawyer. Paredes kept evidence of the crime to threaten him.
Reception
On the day of the premiere the rival channel 13 scheduled a sketch with Francella, Adrian Suar and Tinelli, but "Botineras" had a higher rating, 27,3 against 22,3.Cast
Cast (in credits order)- Florencia Peña ... Giselle López
- Nicolás Cabré ... Cristian "Chiqui" Flores
- Romina Gaetani ... Laura Posse aka Mía Alberdi
- Damián de Santo ... Eduardo "Tato" Marín
- Gonzalo Valenzuela ... Nino Paredes
- Tomás Fonzi ... Adrián "Anguila" Muñiz
- Lola Berthet ... Catalina Bellagamba
- Christian Sancho ... Manuel "Flaco" Riveiro
- Luciano Cáceres ... Mono
- Lucas Ferraro ... Fernando Rodríguez
- Ezequiel Castaño ... Gonzalo "Lalo" Roldán
- Guillermina Valdez ... Liliana "Lili" Aramburu
- Alan Sabbagh ... Omar Torres
- Silvia Pérez ... Éthel Molinari
- Graciela Pal ... Mirta Rubinstein
- Roberto Carnaghi ... Humberto Arregui
- Isabel Macedo ... Margarita "Marga" Molinari
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
- Mario Alarcón ... Merlotti
- Matías Apostolo ... Vargas
- Mónica Ayos ... Celeste
- Leonora Balcarce ... Mercedes Moro
- Lola Banfi ... Analía Baldomero
- Emilio Bardi ... Felipe
- Max Berliner ... "GG"
- Ariel Bertone ... Pérez
- Luciano Cazaux ... D.T. Almada
- Agustina Córdova ... "Candy"
- Rita Cortese ... Emma Riganti
- Alejandro Cupito ... Máximo
- Diego Echegoyen ... Cárdenas
- Emme ... Solange Cuchi
- Maximiliano Ghione ... Marcos Ibarra
- Iván González ... Alfio Ochoa
- Rodrigo Guirao Díaz ... Walter Vazquez
- Juan Ignacio Machado ... Rafael "Mostaza" Gómez
- Alicia Muxo ... Emilia Roldán
- Adrián Navarro ... Andrés Cappa
- Laura Novoa ... Sofía Rubinstein
- Victoria OnettoVictoria OnettoVictoria Onetto is an Argentine actress who worked in many soap operas and films.Appeared on the April 2006 issue of Playboy Argentina.-Movies:* De mi barrio con amor * Carlos Monzón, el segundo juicio...
... Giselle Martino - Alejo Ortiz ... Román Lamas
- Susana Ortiz ... Hilda Gómez
- Pablo Rago ... Javier Salgado
- Diego Reinhold ... Paul
- Santiago Ríos ... "Gurka"
- Dolores Sarmiento ... Malena Salgado
- Jenny Williams ... Vanina Pandolfi
- Luis Ziembrowski ... Roca