Las Tontas No Van al Cielo
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Las tontas no van al cielo (Dumb Women Don't Go to Heaven) is an original Mexican telenovela
that began airing on Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas
, beginning 11 February 2008. The novela is a production of Rosy Ocampo and starring Jacqueline Bracamontes
, Jaime Camil
, and Valentino Lanús
.
with her uncle, Manuel. She decides to fake her death to her family and Patricio to start a new life. Later she realizes that she is pregnant with Patricio's child. After she finds out, her newborn son is what gives her hope for the future, and he becomes the reason she lives.
Meanwhile, Santiago López Carmona, a plastic surgeon, tries to build a family with his career-driven wife, Paulina. She leaves him with their daughter, Rocio, and he becomes highly disappointed in love. Therefore, he begins to sleep with many different women without making any emotional connection with them. When he meets Candy, he is determined to romance her in order to take her to bed, but he quickly discovers how special Candy really is and falls in love with her.
Though they first dislike each other, as time passes, Candy takes a liking to Santiago and attempts to have a relationship with him. However, this becomes difficult when their children, and their exes do everything in their power to prevent their happiness.
, invested 38 million Mexican pesos (3.5 million dollars) in order to help with the production of this telenovela, and also gave Televisa all facilities to develop the telenovela in Guadalajara
and other Jalisco towns (Tlaquepaque
and Chapala
, amongst others). The main reason was "Jalisco´s promotion".
The telenovela has shown various scenes taking place in Guadalajara and Jalisco, including the landscapes of Guadalajara and cameos of places like Guadalajara's Cathedral, the Arcos del Milenio and Lake Chapala
.
The telenovela also shows stamps from Mexico City, Acapulco and Las Vegas.
In the later episodes of the telenovela, very little footage of Guadalajara was shown. Indeed, in a chapter where Candy and Santiago went to see a concert of French singer Alizée
, they went to see her performance in Mexico City's Auditorio Nacional instead of Guadalajara
´s Auditorio Telmex.
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"...
that began airing on Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas
Canal de las Estrellas
Canal de las Estrellas is one of the cornerstone networks of Televisa, with affiliate stations all over Mexico, flagshipped at XEW-TV in Mexico City. Many of the programs of Canal de las Estrellas are seen in the United States on Univision, Telefutura, and Galavisión...
, beginning 11 February 2008. The novela is a production of Rosy Ocampo and starring Jacqueline Bracamontes
Jacqueline Bracamontes
Jacqueline Bracamontes van Hoorde is a Mexican actress, model and former winner of Nuestra Belleza México.-Biography:...
, Jaime Camil
Jaime Camil
Jaime Federico Said Camil de Saldaña da Gama is a Mexican actor, singer and host.-Biography:Born in Mexico City, Mexico, Camil is the son of Jaime Camil Garza, a very successful Mexican businessman, and Cecilia Saldaña Da Gama, a Brazilian singer...
, and Valentino Lanús
Valentino Lanús
Valentino Lanús is a Mexican actor.- Biography :Valentino's parents are Margarita and Luis Alberto. Valentino is the second of four siblings, and is also the only male. He began his career as a model, and later enrolled in Televisa's CEA...
.
Plot
Cándida "Candy" Morales Alcalde is a beautiful young girl filled with dreams and hopes for her future. At her 15th birthday party she meets the man of her dreams - Patricio Molina Lizárraga, who became later her husbend. On the day of their wedding, Candy finds out that Patricio cheated on her with her sister, Alicia. Angry and hurt, she leaves him and goes to GuadalajaraGuadalajara
Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...
with her uncle, Manuel. She decides to fake her death to her family and Patricio to start a new life. Later she realizes that she is pregnant with Patricio's child. After she finds out, her newborn son is what gives her hope for the future, and he becomes the reason she lives.
Meanwhile, Santiago López Carmona, a plastic surgeon, tries to build a family with his career-driven wife, Paulina. She leaves him with their daughter, Rocio, and he becomes highly disappointed in love. Therefore, he begins to sleep with many different women without making any emotional connection with them. When he meets Candy, he is determined to romance her in order to take her to bed, but he quickly discovers how special Candy really is and falls in love with her.
Though they first dislike each other, as time passes, Candy takes a liking to Santiago and attempts to have a relationship with him. However, this becomes difficult when their children, and their exes do everything in their power to prevent their happiness.
Cast
- Jaime CamilJaime CamilJaime Federico Said Camil de Saldaña da Gama is a Mexican actor, singer and host.-Biography:Born in Mexico City, Mexico, Camil is the son of Jaime Camil Garza, a very successful Mexican businessman, and Cecilia Saldaña Da Gama, a Brazilian singer...
as Santiago López Carmona - Main Male Protagonist - Jacqueline BracamontesJacqueline BracamontesJacqueline Bracamontes van Hoorde is a Mexican actress, model and former winner of Nuestra Belleza México.-Biography:...
as Cándida "Candy" Morales Alcalde - Main Female Protagonist - Valentino LanúsValentino LanúsValentino Lanús is a Mexican actor.- Biography :Valentino's parents are Margarita and Luis Alberto. Valentino is the second of four siblings, and is also the only male. He began his career as a model, and later enrolled in Televisa's CEA...
as Patricio Molina Lizárraga - Sabine MoussierSabine MoussierDiana Sabine Moussier is a German-Mexican actress who is best known for her work, frequently as a villainess, in numerous Mexican telenovelas such as El privilegio de amar, Entre el amor y el odio, and La madrastra.-Early life:...
as Marissa - Main Female Antagonist, Santiago's girlfriend - Julio AlemánJulio Alemán- Biography :After studying to be an Engineer Agronomist, he turned to show business. His first movie was El Zarco in 1957. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was the MC of the Mexican version of the Italian children's puppet show Topo Gigio....
as Arturo Molina - Father of Patricio - Manuel 'Flaco' Ibañez as Manuel 'Meño' Morales - Uncle of Candy
- Mauricio HerreraMauricio HerreraMauricio Herrera is an Mexican-American professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division.-Pro career:On January 7, 2011 Herrera beat the undefeated Ruslan Provodnikov on ESPN's Friday Night Fights to win the USBA Lightweight Championship.-External links:...
as Jaime - Ana Bertha Espin as Gregoria Alcalde de Morales - Mother of Candy and Alicia
- Silvia Mariscal as Isabel Carmona viuda de López - Mother of Santiago
- Rosángela Balbó as Margarita Lizárraga de Molina - Mother of Patricio
- Fabiola CampomanesFabiola CampomanesFabiola Campomanes is a Mexican actress who was born on July 30, 1972, in Mexico City.She is famous for performing for various Mexican telenovelas since 1993.-TV appearances:...
as Alicia Morales Alcalde - Older sister of Candy, main secondary villain - Alejandro Ibarra as Eduardo - Friend of Santiago
- Andrea Torre as Soledad - Best friend of Candy
- Jackie Garcia as Chayo
- Carlos de la Mota as Raúl - Brother of Marissa
- Luis Manuel ÁvilaLuis Manuel ÁvilaLuis Manuel Ávila is a Mexican actor, comedian and singer of film and television who is best-known for his roles of "Tomás Mora" in La fea más bella and "Junior P. Luche" in La familia P. Luche. Was named best actor in the First Festival of University Theatre UNAM He has worked in different...
as Zamora - Reynaldo Rossaldo as Toño
- Karla Álvarez as Paulina de López-Carmona - Mother of Rocio, villain
- Julio Vega as Donato
- Raquel Garza as Hortensia
- Lili Brillanti as Tina
- Gaby Platas as Bárbara
- Ginny Hoffman as Cecilia - Assistant of Candy
- Erik Guecha as Carlo
- Christina Pastor as Lulu
- Violeta IsfelVioleta IsfelVioleta Isfel , is a Mexican actress and singer. She played Antonella in the telenovela Atrevete a Soñar, and has performed in further telenovelas: Lola...Érase una vez Peregrina, Las Tontas No Van al Cielo, Atrevete a Soñar and Una familia con suerte.-External links:...
as Lucia - Eleazar GómezEleazar GómezEleazar Gómez Sanchez is a Mexican actor. He is noted for his performance in Mexican telenovelas. Gómez is the brother of actress Zoraida Gómez and actor Jairo Gómez.-Telenovelas:...
as Charly - Robin Vega as Chava - Son of Candy and Patricio
- Diego Ramirez as Beto - Son of Patricio and Soledad
- Mariana Lodoza as Rocio - Daughter of Santiago and Paulina
- Ivette Cordovez as Paty
Controversy
When the telenovela was presented to the media, local press revealed that Jalisco's Governor, Emilio González MárquezEmilio González Márquez
Emilio González Márquez is a Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party . He is the current Governor of Jalisco.-Political career:...
, invested 38 million Mexican pesos (3.5 million dollars) in order to help with the production of this telenovela, and also gave Televisa all facilities to develop the telenovela in Guadalajara
Tequila
Tequila is a spirit made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila, northwest of Guadalajara, and in the highlands of the western Mexican state of Jalisco....
and other Jalisco towns (Tlaquepaque
Tlaquepaque
Tlaquepaque , historically San Pedro or Georgetown, is a city and the surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco. During the 20th century it was absorbed by the outward spread of the state capital and is now a neighbourhood of the Guadalajara conurbation, lying only a few kilometres...
and Chapala
Chapala
Chapala is a city and municipality in the central Mexican state of Jalisco, located on the north shore of Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest freshwater lake. According to the 2005 census, its population is 43,345 for the municipality.-Geography:...
, amongst others). The main reason was "Jalisco´s promotion".
The telenovela has shown various scenes taking place in Guadalajara and Jalisco, including the landscapes of Guadalajara and cameos of places like Guadalajara's Cathedral, the Arcos del Milenio and Lake Chapala
Lake Chapala
Lake Chapala is Mexico's largest freshwater lake. It lies in the municipalities of Chapala, Jocotepec , Poncitlán, and Jamay, in Jalisco, and in Venustiano Carranza and Cojumatlán de Régules, in Michoacán.- Geographic Features :...
.
The telenovela also shows stamps from Mexico City, Acapulco and Las Vegas.
In the later episodes of the telenovela, very little footage of Guadalajara was shown. Indeed, in a chapter where Candy and Santiago went to see a concert of French singer Alizée
Alizée
Alizée Jacotey is a French singer, known professionally by her given name Alizée She was discovered by Mylène Farmer, following her winning performance in the talent show, Graines de Star, in 1999...
, they went to see her performance in Mexico City's Auditorio Nacional instead of Guadalajara
Guadalajara
Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...
´s Auditorio Telmex.
International broadcasts
- "Las Tontas", shortened from the original title, was successfully launched in ABS-CBNABS-CBNABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
in the Philippines last 21 July 2008 dubbed in Tagalog until 19 December 2008. Encore episodes also air on 5 January 2009 via Studio 23Studio 23Studio 23 is a Filipino television network owned by the ABS-CBN Corporation. The network is named for its flagship station in Metro Manila, DWAC-TV, which is carried on UHF channel 23...
an ABS-CBN UHF channel, after the finale of main channel. - It has also been available in Spain on AntenaAntena 3 (Spain)Antena 3 is a Spanish terrestrial television channel owned by Antena 3 de Televisión. Some of the more popular programmes broadcast by Antena 3 include Aquí no hay quien viva, El Barco, Los Protegidos, Los Simpson and El Internado....
- Las Tontas started airing in Hungary on Story 4 at 16:40 pm
- Las Tontas started airing in Rumania on AcasaTv at 10:30 pm
- Las Tontas started airing on UnivisionUnivisionUnivision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
after the finale of Querida EnemigaQuerida EnemigaQuerida Enemiga is a telenovela distributed by Televisa. It starts Ana Layevska, Gabriel Soto, Carmen Becerra and Jorge Aravena. The telenovela is a production of Lucero Suárez.-Synopsis:... - Las Tontas started airing on POP TV SloveniaSloveniaSlovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
after the finale of Marina - Las Tontas began airing on TV3 LithuaniaTV3 LithuaniaTV3 is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group and targeted at a Lithuanian-speaking audience. It was founded on May 7, 1992 and launched on April 11, 1993 as "Tele-3" before being renamed "TV3" in 1996....
since 17 March 2009 and it's called "Naivuolė". - Las Tontas began airing on Canal 2 of El Salvador since April 2008 after the finale of Yo amo a Juan QuerendónYo amo a Juan QuerendónYo Amo a Juan Querendón was a Mexican telenovela that aired on Univision at 7pm/6c for one year beginning in February 2007. The plot surrounded the story of Juan Dominguez and his interactions with the Cachon Family...
. - Las Tontas started airing on SBT in 19 April 2010 at 4:00 and it's called "As Tontas não Vão ao Céu".
- Las Tontas started airing in Serbia on TV AvalaTV AvalaTV Avala is a Serbian television network with national frequency. Registered as a limited liabilty company, the station was given a national TV frequency in Serbia in April 2006....
since 21 March 2011 at 5:00PM and it's called "Candy". Airing is canceled after 40 episodes, so much has been bought from a distributor.