Sunday, April 01, 2007
Destilando Amor 3/30/07: Hooking-up in Paris
After finishing the great photo shoot, Rolando tells Gavi to get her birth certificate and he'll get the people in Paris (capital of France) to arrange for her passport and they'll fly her there.
Ofelia tells Roman that she thinks Gavi is pregnant from Rodrigo and she is certain he's such a good man that he'll want to know about the child. Roman says he's certain when they tell him he'll do the right thing and not abandon her.
When Gavi leaves to get her birth certificate, Rolando makes a call to Colette, the contact in Paris (capital of France), and tells her he hooked a country girl for her and as beautiful as she is they're going to be covered in cash.
Gavi returns with her birth certificate for Rolando. He gives them a big line about how she'll be signing a contract with the biggest and most respected modeling outfit in Paris (capital of France) and she'll make $5,000 Euros/month (60,000 pesos). The women are beside themselves with excitement. So Gavi must meet Rolando the next day at the airport in Guadalajara. He tells her to buy a dress for the flight to show off her figure "to get her through immigration and customs" easier.
That night Clara realizes she's going to be alone now. Gavi promises to write to her in care of Roman since that's the only person they can trust to keep her mail. Gavi also promises to send back half her salary once she's situated so her mother can finally stop working as a day-laborer.
When Gavi and Clara get to the airport at Guadalajara, Rolando is waiting with her passport. The picture is right, but the name is changed to "Mariana Franco Villarreal". He makes up a story that it sounds more sophisticated and is sure to get her more work. Then he introduces Colette to them and Clara tells her she's relieved to find her chaperoning her daughter--not knowing she's actually sending her little lamb into the lion's den.
Clara gives Gavi a small roll of Mexican bills to help avoid "hardships" while Rolando warns Colette she'll have to use her powers of persuasion to get Gavi to comply since the girl is skittish, strong-willed and unruly and she has no idea what this job really is all about.
Back over the ocean in London, capital of England, Rod continues to listen to Gavi's cassette tape and to pine away for her day and night. Aarón comes by and says if he didn't know about his "situation" he'd think Rod's problem was a woman. "But, hey, cheer up, Cuz."
At the hacienda, Clara tells Roman and Ofelia about Gavi's new job and why she's gone to Europe alone and that she'll be writing letters to her there. Roman promises to keep them for her. She tells them after she finishes at the grain harvesting she'll be back. Ramon tells his wife that she shouldn't worry about Gavi. She's cool-headed and strong, but once she gets an idea in her head she cannot be stopped.
Gavi and Colette finally arrive at their destination. It's a huge mansion. Up in Gavi's room, Colette pulls out a beautiful black and gold lamee dress for her to put on later that night. First she should take a bath, relax and sleep, though. She can sleep as long as she likes. (Wrong!).
Gavi thinks she's hit the jackpot when she sees those gorgeous digs and the clothes. She goes to sleep, naively thinking again about how happy and excited Rod will be when she finally tells him about their child.
Late in the evening Colette brings Albertina, one of the Latina working girls, to wake up Gavi and get her dressed. Upstairs in the dressing room, she hears one of the other Latina girls talk about the beautiful necklace one of the men just gave her after doing all the crazy little things he asked of her.
All of a sudden it hits Gavi that she's actually in some high-class hooker hotel. She immediately runs down to complain to Colette, who turns out to be the madame there, and who has already offered her to a hell of a high-paying client, not to mention the fact that she's "invested a fortune" (yeah, sure, one plane ticket and a measely finder's fee) to bring her over to Paris (capital of France).
Gavi tells Colette she's not going to sell herself to any guy because, well, because...... she is pregnant! Colette tells her fine, she'll take her to a doctor in the morning to get rid of the baby and then calls the guards to take Gavi away and lock her in her room. Gavi thinks fast and pretends to give in to Colette. She goes back up to supposedly finish getting herself dressed, but instead Gaviota throws on her jeans and boots and runs to the terraced rooftop, 6 stories up, looking for a way to escape. (She's named after a bird, so think wings, okay?)
She hides from the guards and Colette by hanging, untill they leave, on the outside of the guard rail that's covered over by bushes . Once they are gone she climbs back over it and she finds the entrance to the laundryroom. She takes a load of sheets from in there and turns them into a long rope, then escapes down it onto the street below. Eventually, worn out from running, she spends the night asleep on a parkbench.
Rod can't sleep again and tries to write her a love letter. We are treated to another sappy daydream about the two of them together and ending up in passionate kisses.
The next morning Gavi traipses one heck of a long way through the streets of Paris, "capital of France", and we get to see glimpses of Monmartre, The Louvre, The Arc de Triomphe, the Champs Elysees, The Trocadero and the Eiffel Tower. (Yep, we're definitely in Paris, "capital of France".)
Somewhere along the way, pregnant, and so, no doubt dying from hunger (as anyone of us who's ever been pregnant can appreciate) she starts to buy a ham and cheese crepe (a difficult scene for me to watch, I gotta admit). However, they won't accept the Mexican pesos and refuse to sell her anything to eat after all. (Unfortunately, street-smart as she is, she doesn't stop think to stomp her foot and ask them then how can somebody trade them for French money --or at least to go look for a bank. Aparrently back in P/pueblo she never heard of banks and bankers who know all sorts of things to do with money.)
Rodrigo calls up his little sister, Dani, to congratulate her on the premier of her Broadway show. Dani jokes to him about Aarón's designs on their granddad's fortune, but Rod doesn't seem worried since he knows Aarón doesn't know the first thing about running the hacienda. She also mentions that their Uncle Bruno and nasty Aunt Fedra will be attending her premier.
Nasty Aunt Fedra, it seems, is a snob and hates the fact that their poorer country relations are allowed to use her family's corporate jet. Aparrently Bruno sees this as an endearing trait in his wife and gives her a big smooch and hug for it.
That night Gavi walks by a restaurant and nearly passes out from her hunger and nausea. The Italian restaurant owner starts asking her in Spanish what the matter is and she bursts out in a fit of crying what all had happened to her that day. He feeds her and she tells him her story about being tricked into coming to Paris, "capital of France", to the bordello and how she had escaped from it. She tells him she needs to get to London, "capital of England", to find her Rodrigo, the father of the baby she's carrying. The restaurant owner wants to take her to make a statement to the police, but she refuses because she doesn't want anymore trouble. (Smart move, considering she doesn't have any papers now.)
Across the channel in London, capital of England, Aarón comes back to their apartment late and asks Rod to have a drink with him. Rod says no he's tired and isn't interested in drinking right then. Aarón gets bugged and says Rod has really changed towards him, and he wants to know what he did to make him act so distant.
Rod says they just see the world differently, but it is no big deal. Aggravated, Aarón starts needling Rod about his masculinity again and says, well, maybe since Rod's failed with women it's made him look for other "alternatives." Rod finally has had enough after hearing that and slugs his cousin. The two of them start wailing on each other.
Ofelia tells Roman that she thinks Gavi is pregnant from Rodrigo and she is certain he's such a good man that he'll want to know about the child. Roman says he's certain when they tell him he'll do the right thing and not abandon her.
When Gavi leaves to get her birth certificate, Rolando makes a call to Colette, the contact in Paris (capital of France), and tells her he hooked a country girl for her and as beautiful as she is they're going to be covered in cash.
Gavi returns with her birth certificate for Rolando. He gives them a big line about how she'll be signing a contract with the biggest and most respected modeling outfit in Paris (capital of France) and she'll make $5,000 Euros/month (60,000 pesos). The women are beside themselves with excitement. So Gavi must meet Rolando the next day at the airport in Guadalajara. He tells her to buy a dress for the flight to show off her figure "to get her through immigration and customs" easier.
That night Clara realizes she's going to be alone now. Gavi promises to write to her in care of Roman since that's the only person they can trust to keep her mail. Gavi also promises to send back half her salary once she's situated so her mother can finally stop working as a day-laborer.
When Gavi and Clara get to the airport at Guadalajara, Rolando is waiting with her passport. The picture is right, but the name is changed to "Mariana Franco Villarreal". He makes up a story that it sounds more sophisticated and is sure to get her more work. Then he introduces Colette to them and Clara tells her she's relieved to find her chaperoning her daughter--not knowing she's actually sending her little lamb into the lion's den.
Clara gives Gavi a small roll of Mexican bills to help avoid "hardships" while Rolando warns Colette she'll have to use her powers of persuasion to get Gavi to comply since the girl is skittish, strong-willed and unruly and she has no idea what this job really is all about.
Back over the ocean in London, capital of England, Rod continues to listen to Gavi's cassette tape and to pine away for her day and night. Aarón comes by and says if he didn't know about his "situation" he'd think Rod's problem was a woman. "But, hey, cheer up, Cuz."
At the hacienda, Clara tells Roman and Ofelia about Gavi's new job and why she's gone to Europe alone and that she'll be writing letters to her there. Roman promises to keep them for her. She tells them after she finishes at the grain harvesting she'll be back. Ramon tells his wife that she shouldn't worry about Gavi. She's cool-headed and strong, but once she gets an idea in her head she cannot be stopped.
Gavi and Colette finally arrive at their destination. It's a huge mansion. Up in Gavi's room, Colette pulls out a beautiful black and gold lamee dress for her to put on later that night. First she should take a bath, relax and sleep, though. She can sleep as long as she likes. (Wrong!).
Gavi thinks she's hit the jackpot when she sees those gorgeous digs and the clothes. She goes to sleep, naively thinking again about how happy and excited Rod will be when she finally tells him about their child.
Late in the evening Colette brings Albertina, one of the Latina working girls, to wake up Gavi and get her dressed. Upstairs in the dressing room, she hears one of the other Latina girls talk about the beautiful necklace one of the men just gave her after doing all the crazy little things he asked of her.
All of a sudden it hits Gavi that she's actually in some high-class hooker hotel. She immediately runs down to complain to Colette, who turns out to be the madame there, and who has already offered her to a hell of a high-paying client, not to mention the fact that she's "invested a fortune" (yeah, sure, one plane ticket and a measely finder's fee) to bring her over to Paris (capital of France).
Gavi tells Colette she's not going to sell herself to any guy because, well, because...... she is pregnant! Colette tells her fine, she'll take her to a doctor in the morning to get rid of the baby and then calls the guards to take Gavi away and lock her in her room. Gavi thinks fast and pretends to give in to Colette. She goes back up to supposedly finish getting herself dressed, but instead Gaviota throws on her jeans and boots and runs to the terraced rooftop, 6 stories up, looking for a way to escape. (She's named after a bird, so think wings, okay?)
She hides from the guards and Colette by hanging, untill they leave, on the outside of the guard rail that's covered over by bushes . Once they are gone she climbs back over it and she finds the entrance to the laundryroom. She takes a load of sheets from in there and turns them into a long rope, then escapes down it onto the street below. Eventually, worn out from running, she spends the night asleep on a parkbench.
Rod can't sleep again and tries to write her a love letter. We are treated to another sappy daydream about the two of them together and ending up in passionate kisses.
The next morning Gavi traipses one heck of a long way through the streets of Paris, "capital of France", and we get to see glimpses of Monmartre, The Louvre, The Arc de Triomphe, the Champs Elysees, The Trocadero and the Eiffel Tower. (Yep, we're definitely in Paris, "capital of France".)
Somewhere along the way, pregnant, and so, no doubt dying from hunger (as anyone of us who's ever been pregnant can appreciate) she starts to buy a ham and cheese crepe (a difficult scene for me to watch, I gotta admit). However, they won't accept the Mexican pesos and refuse to sell her anything to eat after all. (Unfortunately, street-smart as she is, she doesn't stop think to stomp her foot and ask them then how can somebody trade them for French money --or at least to go look for a bank. Aparrently back in P/pueblo she never heard of banks and bankers who know all sorts of things to do with money.)
Rodrigo calls up his little sister, Dani, to congratulate her on the premier of her Broadway show. Dani jokes to him about Aarón's designs on their granddad's fortune, but Rod doesn't seem worried since he knows Aarón doesn't know the first thing about running the hacienda. She also mentions that their Uncle Bruno and nasty Aunt Fedra will be attending her premier.
Nasty Aunt Fedra, it seems, is a snob and hates the fact that their poorer country relations are allowed to use her family's corporate jet. Aparrently Bruno sees this as an endearing trait in his wife and gives her a big smooch and hug for it.
That night Gavi walks by a restaurant and nearly passes out from her hunger and nausea. The Italian restaurant owner starts asking her in Spanish what the matter is and she bursts out in a fit of crying what all had happened to her that day. He feeds her and she tells him her story about being tricked into coming to Paris, "capital of France", to the bordello and how she had escaped from it. She tells him she needs to get to London, "capital of England", to find her Rodrigo, the father of the baby she's carrying. The restaurant owner wants to take her to make a statement to the police, but she refuses because she doesn't want anymore trouble. (Smart move, considering she doesn't have any papers now.)
Across the channel in London, capital of England, Aarón comes back to their apartment late and asks Rod to have a drink with him. Rod says no he's tired and isn't interested in drinking right then. Aarón gets bugged and says Rod has really changed towards him, and he wants to know what he did to make him act so distant.
Rod says they just see the world differently, but it is no big deal. Aggravated, Aarón starts needling Rod about his masculinity again and says, well, maybe since Rod's failed with women it's made him look for other "alternatives." Rod finally has had enough after hearing that and slugs his cousin. The two of them start wailing on each other.
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Thanks, Jardinera~~~Gee, Aaron is playing with fire. Rodrigooo does not seem to be the kind of guy he should be provoking...especially about his manhood and alternative lifestyles. WHAM!!! and Aaron goes flying. It reminded a lot of the end of ''Heridas'' when Cesar got hit by the car. I knew thatwe would get to see a big hombre knock the stuffing out of Cesar in this one. Go, Rodrigoooo!!! Hit him again! Touchdown! I wonder if Rodrigoo will let Aaron know that the equipment is working and all systems are GO! The race for a varon is on. I wonder what Aaron will do when [or if??] he discovers the bun is already in the oven??? I seems strange to see Felipe [Bruno] and Asuncion [Fedra] playing the villain parts. And Rodrigo in his jammies...how cute is that? ^^^^ Susanlynn, waiting for Isadora to get into the mix
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: Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 11:28:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 11:28:00 AM EDT
This is my new guilty pleasure...I love these two middle age virgins...they just make me smile, they are kinda schmucky, but in a good way. I am so over LFMB, that one drained me, but it is spring and I feel renewel of the agave plants. Sorry Aaron, you got smacked for saying what I was thinking, earlier in the week.
Anybody see the blue agave sweeteners they now have in the special diet sections of the supermarkets? That was a timely surprise.
Yeah, Rodrigoooo is the gentle giant you don't want to get really mad at you--ever......
Yeah, Rodrigoooo is the gentle giant you don't want to get really mad at you--ever......
thanks for the great recap jardinera!
Woo-hoo! Aaron finally got slugged -- and by Rod no less.
J.R. :)
Woo-hoo! Aaron finally got slugged -- and by Rod no less.
J.R. :)
Thanks so much for doing TWO recaps in a row, and without any warning!
I'm glad they got that bordello out of the way in a hurry.
I enjoyed Rod hitting Aaron but I wish there had been more of a thudding oofing soung.
I'm glad they got that bordello out of the way in a hurry.
I enjoyed Rod hitting Aaron but I wish there had been more of a thudding oofing soung.
I recognized the restaurat guy who gave a helping hand [and a plate of spaghetti] to our little seagull. It was Antonio's best bud in ''Alborada.''I enjoyed the scenes of Paris, a place I have always wanted to visit. The Brazilian woman whom I tutored last summer said that of the 50 countries she had traveled to, Paris was her favorite place .^^^Susanlynn, on the lookout for familiar faces
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 10:41:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 10:41:00 PM EDT
p.s. Melinama--I would like to hear AAron YELP!^^^Susanlynn
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 10:42:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 10:42:00 PM EDT
Jardinera, thanks for the recap.
Susanlynn, thanks so much for saying who the Spanish speaking Italian resturant owner was. I kept saying I know him and could not place it. (oh Alborada!!)
Like Beckster, this is my guilty pleasure. I hope things don't get crazy with this one as good ratings have caused them to extend it.
Karen
Susanlynn, thanks so much for saying who the Spanish speaking Italian resturant owner was. I kept saying I know him and could not place it. (oh Alborada!!)
Like Beckster, this is my guilty pleasure. I hope things don't get crazy with this one as good ratings have caused them to extend it.
Karen
Permalink posted by : Monday, April 2, 2007 at 12:27:00 AM EDT
: Monday, April 2, 2007 at 12:27:00 AM EDT
Thankyou, ladies and gents.
I guess I am just more of an action viewer than a replay lover. I realize those love scenes are the raison d'etre for our heroine, and probably the glue to keep the love affair up front in the minds of those of us faithfully tuning in every night, and to bring up to speed those who unfortunately cannot. I stand my ground, however, and tip my hat to the gent who once said, "If a little salt is good in the stew, adding more doesn't always make it better." Just consider me one of those people on a low-sodium diet. ; ? )
I guess I am just more of an action viewer than a replay lover. I realize those love scenes are the raison d'etre for our heroine, and probably the glue to keep the love affair up front in the minds of those of us faithfully tuning in every night, and to bring up to speed those who unfortunately cannot. I stand my ground, however, and tip my hat to the gent who once said, "If a little salt is good in the stew, adding more doesn't always make it better." Just consider me one of those people on a low-sodium diet. ; ? )
I almost watched it, and if I'd seen the Paris scenes, I'd be hooked. I don't want to watch it because I have too many novelas in my life as it is.
These great recaps are keeping me in the loop.
These great recaps are keeping me in the loop.
Permalink posted by : Monday, April 2, 2007 at 12:54:00 PM EDT
: Monday, April 2, 2007 at 12:54:00 PM EDT
Wonderful recap Jardinera. I was at a friend's house in Denver Friday night. I wanted to watch Zorro but she didn't get Telemundo so we watched Destilando instead. It is the first telenovela she's ever watched and she's hooked,(we can thank Rodrigo for that!). The recaps will be a lifesaver for her as she hasn't spoken Spanish since her school days.
I think I'm going to have to rescind my wisecrack about Gaviota's nose being like Karl Malden's. Even if she has been under the knife she is incredibly beautiful. I was proud of her, the way she escaped from the creepy brothel! You go Gaviota!!
I have used the agave sweetener. It's good stuff.
I think I'm going to have to rescind my wisecrack about Gaviota's nose being like Karl Malden's. Even if she has been under the knife she is incredibly beautiful. I was proud of her, the way she escaped from the creepy brothel! You go Gaviota!!
I have used the agave sweetener. It's good stuff.
Permalink posted by : Monday, April 2, 2007 at 2:33:00 PM EDT
: Monday, April 2, 2007 at 2:33:00 PM EDT
Great recap! I agree, don't mess with Rod---I hope one day Aaron will get punished and become impotent! Hee Hee! Would make a good ending for him. -Becky T, in love with Rod's smile......
Permalink posted by : Monday, April 2, 2007 at 5:46:00 PM EDT
: Monday, April 2, 2007 at 5:46:00 PM EDT
Anya, this novela is pretty good so far. I don't know which others you're watching, but I'd recommend this one and Zorro. Of course, I'm hopelessly hooked. jb
Permalink posted by : Monday, April 2, 2007 at 5:59:00 PM EDT
: Monday, April 2, 2007 at 5:59:00 PM EDT
Regarding the race for a varon, with all the talk about Rod's manhood, I think it would really make Aaron's day if his fiancee (I forgot her name) was not able to get pregnant or that he was sterile, although I doubt he would get himself checked for that. I think that scenario would work best at least for me.
Permalink posted by : Monday, April 2, 2007 at 6:41:00 PM EDT
: Monday, April 2, 2007 at 6:41:00 PM EDT
jb - anon 5:59 - I am watching & loving Zorro. You're just reeeaaallllyyyy lucky you didn't get me to watch something new....if I watch one more novela, I won't have time to go to work. You'd have to support me! Ha!
Permalink posted by : Monday, April 2, 2007 at 9:15:00 PM EDT
: Monday, April 2, 2007 at 9:15:00 PM EDT
yeah that would jardinera work but the fact that he was so insisent that she get checked by doctor to make sure everything works just made want to hope for sterlity on either of them.
Although no varon, would just leave an opening for a taking a baby that doesn't belong to you plot and of course since technically it is a Montalvo(that's it right?) it wouldn't be a lie.
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Although no varon, would just leave an opening for a taking a baby that doesn't belong to you plot and of course since technically it is a Montalvo(that's it right?) it wouldn't be a lie.
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