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El Cuerpo del Deseo
El cuerpo del Deseo (The Body of Desire) is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Telemundo and RTI Colombia. This limited-run series is about a man who comes back from the dead and discovers dark secrets about his beautiful ex-wife and daughter. It first aired in 2005 and was a smash hit on Telemundo. [*]
Major characters
Pedro Jose Donoso - a wealthy industrialist who, at 67, thinks he has everything he ever wanted. He has a gorgeous young wife, despite the age difference and opposition from his only daughter, Angela.
Salvador Cerinza - a farmer who lives a sad life with his stingy wife Cantalicia and their son Moncho. Then everything changes when he suffers a mysterious accident.
Isabel Arroyo - a sensual, ambitious woman who loves her husband, Pedro Jose, at least on the surface.
Andres Corona - Pedro Joses right hand man and Isabels secret lover. Two-faced, astute and ruthless, he will do anything to take everything Pedro Jose owns.
Angela Donoso - the only daughter of Pedro Jose, who returns from abroad when she discovers his engagement to Isabel. She also has feelings for Andres.
Story and production
The story features Pedro Jose Donoso (Andres Garcia), a wealthy old man in love with a gorgeous younger woman, Isabel Arroyo (Lorena Rojas). He dies suddenly, but returns to Earth through transmigration: (the passing of a soul into another body after death), in the body of Salvador Cerinza (Mario Cimarro), a handsome (yet poor) family man. Pedro Jose searches for everything he lost, uncovering secrets, truths and deceptions. Ultimately, he must set things straight and save those who truly loved him.
This melodrama about wealth, youth and power was filmed in Miami. It is a remake of Julio Jimenez's En Cuerpo Ajeno ("In a Foreign Body"), a 1992 RTI Colombia serial. In 2006, NBC commissioned Cuban author Erick Hernandez Mora to write a follow-up novel, El deseo ajeno (Possessed By Desire), which was published by Simon & Schuster.
Universal Studios released an abridged 720-minute version of the saga on DVD in 2006. Telemundo announced an encore of the complete run beginning May 29, 2007 on its daytime lineup, but decided not to air it.
Proposed English version
In early 2006, NBC announced plans to develop Body of Desire, an English-language version of the series, [*] with Julio Jimenez as executive producer [*]. That same year, it inked a two-year deal with Los Angeles-based production company Galan Entertainment to adapt Deseo and other Spanish serials for use on NBC, Bravo and USA Network. [*]. None of the productions have aired. In 2007, NBC announced another try at adapting the genre: Without Breasts There Is No Paradise
Cast
Andres Garcia .... Pedro Jose Donoso - main hero
Mario Cimarro .... Salvador Cerinza / Pedro Jose Donoso - main hero
Lorena Rojas .... Isabel Arroyo - main heroine, villain
Martin Karpan .... Andres Corona - lover of Isabel, villain
Vanessa Villela .... Angela Donoso - daughter of Pedro Jose
Anna Silvetti .... Abigail Dominguez - housekeeper at Donoso mansion, mother of Antonio and Simon
Erick Elias .... Antonio Dominguez - in love with Angela
Sonia Noemi .... Pilar - friend of Rebecca
Pablo Azar .... Simon Dominguez - in love with Valeria
Roberto Moll .... Walter Franco - butler at Donoso mansion,villan
Jeannette Lehr .... Gayetana Charlie - witch, friend of Pedro Jose
Martha Picanes .... Rebecca Macedo - aunt of Isabel and Valeria
Diana Osorio .... Valeria Guzman - cousin of Isabel
Yadira Santana .... Victoria - maid at Donoso mansion
Liz Coleandro .... Nina Arroyo - mother of Isabel
Rosalinda Rodriguez .... Cantalicia Muneton - wife of Salvador
Vivian Ruiz .... Guadalupe - friend of Gaetana
Eduardo Serrano.... Felipe Madero -
Arianna Coltellacci .... Consuelo Guerrero -
Sabrina Olmedo .... Matilda Serrano -
Alcira Gil .... Dona Lilia -
Tania Lopez .... Inirida Fernandez -
Marella Mata .... Juanita - maid at Donoso mansion
Carlos Pittella .... Cura Parroco
Links
Orange.es synopses (Spanish)
Telenovela World (bilingual)
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