Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Las Tontas no Van al Cielo: plot synopsis in English, 11/18/2008
How long can love last in a marriage? Three years? A month? A day?
Candy marries Patricio, the love of her life. She does not imagine that her happiness will last for only a few hours, since on her wedding day she discovers her husband kissing her sister Alicia.
A new life
Candy decided to break all ties with her old life, feign her own death, and take charge of her life. She moved to another town to live with Meño, her beloved uncle, without imagining that she is pregnant by Patricio.
What do you do when you hate men, but you know you need a partner?
Fast forward seven years. Candy has devoted herself to improving her life and raising her son Chava. She has transformed her life and now she is more secure and determined. That's when Santiago appears, an attractive plastic surgeon with a double life. On the one hand he is a loving father - he is raising his daughter alone because his wife left him to pursue her career in fashion design. On the other hand, he is an incorrigible womanizer.
Fear of love?
In addition to their fears, Candy and Santiago need to resolve many differences before they can start a relationship. One threat will be Patricio, now married to Candy's sister, Alicia.
What will happen to Candy? Will she bond with a man who has half the qualities that she needs, or forgive the love of her life and father of her child?
This and other answers will be in Las tontas no van a cielo, a different telenovela that addresses various modern conflicts:
- The emergence of a "new woman", independent and determined.
- The fear of commitment that precludes love.
- Plastic surgery as an option.
- Inner change as a way life.
Las tontas no van a cielo is the first telenovela of Televisa's vanguard, a fun offering that will surely catch your interest.
Labels: synopsis-cast, Tontas
Jaime is Santiago. Jackie B is Candy, and Valentino Lanus is Patricio, who cheats with Fabiola/Thelma as Alicia.
That's about all I figured out, the rest I'll learn as I watch.
Also, based on the photo on esmas, uncle Meno is this show's token gay character (all comedic novelas, and most others as well, must have one).
Also again - I saw that whoever Santiago (Jaime) was married to is the same actress who played the middle sister on Heridas de Amor, the one who had a baby during the show and was terminally ill or whatever.
Now from this synopsis, the main character, the supposed heroine, allows her parents to think she's dead....when she's not!!!!??? Good grief. As a mother, I'm sitting here having 12 kinds of fits. This is going to be one twisted tale.
Vanguard telenovela indeed. (Still having fits.)
Melinama, in addition to Jaime Camil who plays Santiago, there is also a lesser character named Jaime. He is a friend of Santiago's mother, Isabela (which is Jaime Camil's step-sister's name [a relationship Sergio Meyer likes to remind us of]).
From the Tontas Characters post, you'll see a link to Esmas with pictures of all the key characters. I wasn't sure about the particulars of posting Esmas photos to the blog, so I provided the link.
I thought I recognized Meester James from Destilando Amor.
La Paloma
The character who plays Raul (Meester James) is Carlos de la Mota. He also played Ed the Hippie on LFMB. IRL he is husband to Elizabeth Alvarez (Jimena of Fuego, Marcia of LFMB). Goole Images has some shots of him in sex-symbol poses, and I gotta' say, it's just not working for me!
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