''Montecristo: Un Amor, Una Venganza'' (''Monte Cristo: Love and Revenge'') is an

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which premiered April 25, 2006 on

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. Loosely based on the 1844

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novel, ''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (french: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (''père'') completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers''. L ...

'', ''Montecristo'' is Telefe's most popular novela and was called "the hottest telenovela in Argentina" by ''

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'' in 2007. Like Dumas' novel, the novela is a tale of revenge, with this version featuring "drug trafficking, kidnapping and military dictatorships." It was directed by Miguel Colom, and stars

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and

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.''Montecristo'' - Intra Communications
Retrieved October 10, 2008.

International sales and remakes

More than 40 international markets bought the Telefe-produced series in 2006, and later Telefe sold it to

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, Macedonia,

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, the

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, and the

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. In addition,

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's Caracol TV produced adaptations, and in February 2007 Telefe sold

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rights to Italy and Spain as well.

Plot

The story begins in 1995 as Santiago Díaz Herrera is hurt while fencing with his best friend Marcos Lombardo. Marcos wants to bring Santiago back to

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but his father, Alberto, commands him to leave Santiago in a Moroccan jail, and Santiago is declared dead. Eleven years pass, and in 2006 Santiago returns to Buenos Aires seeking revenge on the Lombardos for their crimes to himself, his father and other people who have stood in their way over the decades.

Cast

as Santiago Díaz Herrera *

as Laura Ledesma *

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as Marcos Lombardo * Viviana Saccone as Victoria Sáenz *

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as Helena Luján *

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as Lisandro Donosso *

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as León Rocamora *

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as Lola * Celina Font as Milena Salcedo *

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as Luciano Mazello *

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as Ramón Ortega * María Onetto as Leticia Monserrat * Horacio Roca as Padre Pedro * Maria Abadi as Érica Donosso * Victoria Rauch as Valentina Lombardo Other co-stars - Mario Pasik

References

External links

''Montecristo'' - IntraTV.net
{{DEFAULTSORT:Montecristo (Argentine Telenovela) Golden Martín Fierro Award winners 2006 telenovelas 2006 Argentine television series debuts 2006 Argentine television series endings Argentine telenovelas Telefe telenovelas Works about the Dirty War Television shows based on The Count of Monte Cristo Spanish-language telenovelas