Viudas e hijos del Rock & Roll

Viudas e hijos del Rock and Roll

Up: Rama Ferrer (Fernán Mirás), Miranda Bettini de Arostegui (Paola Barrientos), Pipo Roch (Mex Urtizberea). Middle: Sandra Cuevas (Julieta Ortega), Diego Lamas (Damián De Santo), Segundo Arostegui (Juan Minujín). Below: Vera Santoro (Celeste Cid)
Genre Telenovela
Created by Sebastián Ortega
Written by Ernesto Korovsky
Silvina Fredjkes
Alejandro Quesada
Directed by Miguel Colom
Starring Paola Barrientos
Damián De Santo
Theme music composer Tan biónica
Opening theme "Tus horas mágicas"
Country of origin Argentina
Original language(s) Spanish
No. of seasons 1
Production
Producer(s) Pablo Culell
Release
Original network Telefe
Original release August 18, 2014 (2014-08-18) – May 13, 2015 (2015-05-13)
External links
Official site

Viudas e hijos del Rock and Roll (Spanish: Widow and sons of Rock and Roll) is a 2014 Argentine telenovela, starred by Damián De Santo and Paola Barrientos. It includes several references to the Argentine Rock of the 1990s.

The show ended in May 13, 2015.

Plot

Diego Lamas and Miranda Betini were two rockers who met in Villa Gesell in 1992. Miranda was the daughter of Roby, a famous radio host, but concealed that information from Diego. They had a brief romance, and arranged to reunite in their native Buenos Aires, next to the Obelisco, the next month. Sandra, Miranda's best friend, started a romance with Roby, so she rejected them both. Diego had a car accident and could not meet Miranda at the agreed time, so she broke with him and with the whole rock and roll lifestyle.

The timeskip jumps to the modern day, Miranda is married to Segundo, and Diego is about to get married to Susana. Roby dies, and Diego briefly sees Miranda at his funeral, which was broadcast on TV, and is reunited with her. Miranda and Sandra met Vera as well, another daughter of Roby, who was born out of wedlock. As widow and daughters of Roby, Sandra, Miranda and Vera share each a fourth part of the shares of the radio, alongside Roby's assistant, Pipo. Vera convinces the others to give a radio program to Diego and his friend Rama.

Diego rejects Susana in their wedding and slowly starts a romance with Miranda. Both of their mothers (Titi and Gabriela, respectively) became friends and try to influence them to pursuit it. Segundo is a closeted gay, who develops a crush on his petisero Tony. Miranda and Segundo break up in good terms, and she also helps him to discover that his true mother is María Esther, a former maid of the Arostegui raped by Emilio. Sandra eventually amends her relation with Miranda, and gets pregnant from Rama. Rama, however, stays with Vera. With the exception of Miranda and Segundo, who had their own successful jobs, the Arostegui lost all their money and their mansion, and must move to a small apartment. The last episode featured the gay wedding of Segundo and Tony.

Production

The filming started on May 2014.[1]

Cast

Viudas e hijos del Rock and Roll is the first work of Paola Barrientos as a lead actress in television.[2] She had a long career in theater plays, and her character in Graduados got a lot of praise. Still, she clarified that both characters are different: her character in Graduados was formal, and her character in "Viudas..." is a rebel rocker. She accepted to work in the telenovela because she had a good relation with the other actors of the cast.[2]

Griselda Siciliani worked for Telefe for the first time. Although she worked several years at the competitor channel El Trece,[3] her husband Adrián Suar produces telenovelas at that channel, and is scheduled to appear in cameos in Guapas, Siciliani clarified that they had no conflictive views over that. Her work is limited to 18 episodes, as she had worked a full year in Farsantes and prefers to stay more time with her daughter.[4]

Music

The telenovela uses several references to the 1990s Argentine Rock, and uses the music both for character building and the plots. The telenovela is also set in a fictional radio. The first episodes featured as well other things from the 1990s, such as the "rolinga" urban tribe, the boom of radio stations airing rock, the popularity of Villa Gesell among the young people, and the creation of mixtapes in cassettes.[5] The starting point of the telenovela is the death of Roby, a character played by Lalo Mir, which is described as an icon of Argentine rock.[6]

Reception

The first episode was aired on August 18, with 24,3 rating points. It had the highest rating of the prime time on that day, over Showmatch.[7] The public praised the similarities with the telenovela Graduados, aired in 2012, both in the initial plot and the focus on nostalgia. "Graduados 2" became a trending topic in Twitter that night.[5]

Later on, Viudas... did not achieve the expected ratings, and had a lower success than the re-run of the Turkish Binbir Gece (translated as "Las mil y una noches").[8] The new time slots and the 80 guest stars did not help it to recover the initial ratings. It ended after 10 months, without living up to expectations.

Awards

Viudas... received seven nominations for the 45th Martín Fierro Awards: best daily fiction, lead actor of daily fiction (Damián de Santo and Juan Minujin), lead actress of daily fiction (Paola Barrientos), best new actor (Dario Barassi), best writers and best music theme.[9] Sebastián Ortega and Pablo Culell were surprised by the absence of Verónica Llinás and Luis Machín, and did not attend the ceremony.[10]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Ricardo Marín (April 26, 2014). "Un amor al compás del rock nacional de los 90" [A love that spins around the national rock of the 90s] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Paola Barrientos debuta con su primer protagónico televisivo en Viudas e Hijos del Rock and Roll" [Paola Barrientos starts her first work as lead actress in television at Viudas e hijos del Rock and Roll]. Telam (in Spanish). August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ "El pase: Griselda Siciliani y Sebastián Ortega juntos en Viudas e hijos del Rock And Roll" [The move: Griselda Siciliani and Sebastián Ortega together in Viudas e hijos del Rock and Roll]. La Nación (in Spanish). April 24, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Griselda Siciliani, sobre Facundo Arana: "Jamás dije nada para herirlo"" [Griselda Siciliani, about Facundo Arana: "I never said anything to hurt him"]. La Nación (in Spanish). August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Martín Fernández Cruz (August 19, 2014). "Viudas e hijos del Rock & Roll, el Graduados noventoso que promete convertirse en fenómeno" [Viudas e hijos del Rock and Roll, the nineties Graduados that promises to become a success]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Quién es quién en Viudas e hijos del rock and roll" [Who is who in Viudas e Hijos del Rock and Roll] (in Spanish). La Nación. August 18, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Los números del debut de "Viudas e hijos del Rock & Roll" ¿Por cuánto le ganó a Showmatch?" [The numbers of the debut of "Viudas e hijas del rock and roll". By how much did it prevail against Showmatch?]. La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ Antonela Minniti (May 14, 2015). "El amor triunfó en el final de Viudas e Hijas del Rock and Roll" [Love triumphed in the finale of Viudas e Hijas del Rock and Roll] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Premios Martín Fierro 2015: todos los nominados" [Martín Fierro Awards 2015: all the nominations] (in Spanish). La Nación. June 14, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  10. ↑ "¡Polémica! La productora Underground se baja de los premios Martín Fierro" [Scandal! Underground Productions steps down from the Martín Fierro Awards] (in Spanish). La Nación. May 17, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
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