''Camaleones'' (''Chameleons'') is a 2009/2010 Mexican

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produced by

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. The

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premiered on Mexico's

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, replacing the completed TV series '' Verano de Amor''. ''Camaleones'' is produced by Rosy Ocampo ( La Campestre or Rosy la del Campo), who has produced several popular telenovelas, such as ''

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'', '' Las Tontas No Van al Cielo'' and '' La Fea Mas Bella''. Filming took place in

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and

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in June 2009, and lasted approximately 7 months. The telenovela premiered on

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in the United States on May 4, 2010. Belinda,

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and

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star as the protagonists, while

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, Karla Álvarez and Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez star as the antagonists.

Plot and themes

''Camaleones'' is the story of Valentina and Sebastian, who are both skilled thieves. They are united when a man they call "El Amo" forces them to commit crimes posing as a prefect and an art teacher at the school of San Bartolome. They have to play along in order to protect their loved ones. They work together and say they are brother and sister. They become friends and then fall in love, although something always seems to come between them and their love. They discover many things about "El Amo", and they begin to hate each other because of the lies which "El Amo" had told them. Then, they decide to go separate ways: Sebastian with his father and Valentina as far away as she can. But before they can leave the area, the police arrive, and when they are about to take Valentina and Sebastian, she shouts Sebastian's name and says she is pregnant. While in jail, the captain receives a video saying Valentina and Sebastian are innocent, and they are scheduled for release. Valentina gets out a few hours earlier. When she sees one of the teachers on top of the roof of the school building crying, she goes up there to speak to her, and she says that "Augusto" killed many people. Augusto shows up on top of the roof and decides to kill Valentina with his gun. "El Amo" shows up too and tells him he is the father of the man whom he killed years ago, revealing himself to be Leonidas, the school gardener. When Leonidas fights off Augusto, Augusto shoots him, then Leonidas pushes Augusto off the roof, killing him. Leonidas (El Amo) also dies from the wound. Meanwhile, Solange's mom shows up with Sebastian, and she sees that Augusto and Leonidas are dead. Two months later, Valentina and Sebastian are finally together and happy because she is pregnant. Everyone is celebrating that everyone is graduating from school, and Solange decides to stay and not go to the United States for college, a decision that makes Francisca and Ulises happy. The soap opera ends with Valentina and Sebastian kissing, while the band Camaleones sings a song.

Cast

Main

as Francisca Campos * Belinda as Valentina Izaguirre *

as Augusto Ponce *

as Sebastián Jaramillo

Secondary

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as Leónidas * Ana Bertha Espín as Lupita Morán * Sherlyn as Solange Ponce de León * Pee Wee as Ulises Morán *

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as Armando Jaramillo * Luis Manuel Ávila as Eusebio Portillo *

as Pedro Recalde * Mariana Ávila as Carmen Castillo * Marisol Santacruz as Magdalena Orozco *

Ferdinando Valencia Ferdinando Martínez Valencia (born on April 15, 1982) also known as Ferdinando Valencia is a Mexican actor. Television roles Discography *'' Camaleones (band)'' References External links * Living people Male actors from Coli ...

as Patricio Calderón * Flor Rubio as Irene * Alberich Bormann as Féderico Díaz Ballesteros * Carla Cardona as Mercedes Márquez * Erik Díaz as Lucio Barragán * Juan Carlos Flores as Bruno Pintos Castro * Lucía Zerecero as Rocío Santoscoy *

Mariluz Bermúdez Mariluz Bermúdez is a Costa Rican television actress and model, known for her roles in the telenovelas '' Camaleones'', '' Mentir para vivir'', '' Corona de lágrimas'' and '' La Gata''. She has posed for magazines such as ''H''. In 2015, Ig ...

as Lorena González * Michelle Renaud as Betina Montenegro * Paul Stanley as Rolando Rincón * Taide as Cristina Hernández * Ricardo de Pascual as Conrado Tapia * Erik Guecha as Gerardo Zúñiga * Lilibeth as Sabrina * Eduardo Liñán as Víttorio Barragán * Esteban Franco as Señor Pintos * Ginny Hoffman as Gabriela * Jessica Salazar as Catalina de Saavedra * Jorge Alberto Bolaños as Vincente Villoro * Mónica Dossetti as Señora de Díaz * Queta Lavat as Graciela * Rafael del Villar as Efraín Castillo / Señor Montenegro * Ricardo Vera as Efraín Castillo * Renée Varsi as Norma de Pintos

Guest starts

* Roberto Blandón as Javier Saavedra * Karla Álvarez as Ágata Menéndez

Special participation

* Roberto Ballesteros as Ricardo Calderón * Amairani as Señora de Rincón * Anaís as Evangelina de Márquez * Eduardo Cáceres as José Ignacio Márquez *

as Silvana

Music

''Camaleones: Música de la Telenovela'' is the

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album for the Mexican telenovela ''Camaleones'' and the debut studio album by Camaleones. It was released in Mexico on November 24, 2009.

Track listing

Released on DVD

As they released a CD with the songs of the telenovela, the May 14, 2010 was released a

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.Camaleones en DVD
Mixup

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official website
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