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Amantes del Desierto
Amantes del Desierto (Desert Lovers), is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo, RTI Colombia and Caracol Television. This limited-run series ran for 121 episodes from March 19, 2001 to September 04, 2001.
Story
A man and a woman who love each other have to confront the world, in order to defend their feelings. Andres Bustamante has been sentenced to twelve years in the gloomy cliff jail. Colonel Miguel Santana's daughter Barbara helps him escape from jail and takes him to the arid desert to hide. They are chased by Miguel Santana who makes them go through many dangerous adventures in search for freedom.
Desert Lovers is a passionate and adventurous love stoy that takes place between the 50's and 60's. It is starred by Andres Bustamante, a young, modestdoctor, and Barbara Santana, a woman who was born in a time when very conservative ideas ruled society.
Cast
Francisco Gattorno .... Andres Bustamante - main hero
Maritza Rodriguez .... Barbara Santana - main heroine
Roberto Escobar .... Miguel Santana - father of Barbara
Catherine Siachoque .... Micaela Fernandez - wife of Miguel after Esther, main villain
Ana Soler .... Esther de Santana - ''1st wife of Miguel, Barbara's mother, gets killed by Micaela
Edgardo Roman .... Leutenante Idelfonso Cubillos - villain
Juan Pablo Shuk .... Bruno Salegue - lover of Micaela, villain, gets killed by Micaela
Rolando Tarajano .... Santos Libardo / Satanas - real brother of Andres
Helios Fernandez .... Padre Moran - priest of the Farallon prison
Carlos Barbosa .... Pancho Fonseca - husband of Bertha
Maria Cristina Galvez .... Bertha de Fonseca - wife of Pacho
Ricardo Gonzalez .... Tomas Tomasito Fonseca - son of Pacho and Bertha
Agmeth Escaf .... Javier Negrete - son of Rafael, Barbara's 2nd boyfriend, villain
Victor Cifuentes .... Leutenante Abelardo Mejia - Griselda's husband
Ivette Zamora .... Griselda - Barbara's maid and friend
Margalida Castro .... Madre Magdalena Libardo Tania - mother of Santos
Lucy Martinez .... Nemesia - Barbara's helper witch
Patricia Tamayo .... Isabel - in love with Javier
Carlos Hurtado .... Tono - owner of the bar in the village Esmeralda
Raul Gutierrez .... Sergio Gongora - Rafael's real killer, Javier's lawyer
Maria Luisa Rey .... Maria Gracia - in love with Santos
Liliana Gonzalez .... Josefina - in love with Javier
Carolina Gonzalez
Alberto Leon Jaramillo .... Khalil - owner of the moving circus
Luis Fernando Ardilla
Santiago Bejarano .... Agustin Santana - brother of Miguel, real father of Barbara
Martha Suarez
Guilied Lopez
Vilma Vera .... Gertrudis - sister in chapel
Paola Diaz .... Sabrina Montenegro - workwoman of Khalil, Tomas's lover
Andrea Lopez .... Camila Santana - Agustin's daughter, Barbara's real sister
Roxana Montoya
Julio Echeverri
Julio Cesar Pachon
Julio del Mar .... Aurelio Leon - General of Cliff jail
Roberto Mateos .... Alejandro Garcia - Barbara's doctor, in love with her
Claudia Garcia .... Andrea Bustamante Santana - daughter of Andres and Barbara
Sandra Perez .... Trinidad - member of Bruno's gang
Juan David .... Carlos - Tono's friend
Jose Fernando Perez .... Adrian Fonseca - brother of Pacho
Fernando Corredor .... Procuror Guillermo Munoz - Sergio's accomplice, gets killed by Micaela
Alfonso Rojas .... El Pulgarcito - in love with Filomena, workman of Fonseca's mine
Alejandro Tamayo .... a driver, gets killed by Micaela
Carlos Zerrato .... El Raton - prisoner of Cliff jail, Lucia's brother
Sigifredo Vega .... Don Carlos - Sara's husband
Luz Mary Arias .... Sara - wife of Carlos''
Jairo Camargo
Xiomara Segura
Crew
Original Idea:
Julio Jimenez
Adaptation:
Humberto 'Kico' Olivieri
Screenplay by:
Jose Fernando Perez
Ana Martinez
Director of Art:
Piedad Arango
Director of Photography:
Mauricio Cadavid
Costume Designer:
Raul Sanchez
Make-up:
Alfredo Salamanca
Ambientation and Utilities:
Patricia Hoyos
Music Composer:
Miguel de Narvaez
'''''Music Theme 'Dos Corazones Dos Historias' Interpreted:
Julio Iglesias
Alejandro Fernandez
Production:Andres Santamaria
Lucero Venegas
Editor:Alba Merchan Hamann
Camera Directors:Cesar Contreras
Orlando Pirela
Directors:David Posada
Agustin Restrepo
General Production:Arnaldo Limansky
Hugo Leon Ferrer
General Director:'''''Aurelio Valcarcel Carrol
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