''Herederos de una venganza'' (International Title: ''Legacy of Revenge'') is a 2011 Argentine
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...
prime time
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. The characters inhabit a small fictional village named Vidisterra. The cast includes
Luciano Castro
Luciano Daniel Castro (born 16 March 1975) is an Argentine actor. He has worked as the lead actor in several successful telenovelas, such as '' Valientes'', '' Herederos de una venganza'' and ''Sos mi hombre''.
Biography
He was born in the Bu ...
Marcela Kloosterboer
Marcela Kloosterboer (born July 5, 1983 in Vicente López, Argentina) is an Argentine actress and occasional singer and businesswoman. She won Martín Fierro Award for Best New Actress in 1998 for '' Verano del '98'' and was nominated for Arg ...
Leonor Benedetto
Leonor or Léonor is the Spanish form of the given name Eleanor.
People bearing the name include:
* Leonor Acevedo Suárez (1876–1975), Argentine translator and mother of Jorge Luis Borges
* Leonor Allende (1883–1931), Argentine writer and j ...
,
Rodolfo Ranni
Rodolfo Ranni (born 31 October 1937 in Trieste) is an Italian-Argentine actor.Rodolfo Ranni at the
Daniel Kuzniecka
Daniel Kuzniecka (born 30 November 1965 in Panama) is an Argentine screenwriter, producer and actor.
Television
Film
As of 2014, Kuzniecka has taken part in 9 films:
Theatre
* ''El espacio entre tú y yo''
* ''Quetza, el conquistador'' (ada ...
Betiana Blum
Betiana Blum (born 1939 in Charata, Chaco as Betty Ana Blum) is an Argentine actress.
Filmography
*So Much Love to Give (2020)
*Esperando la carroza 2: se acabó la fiesta (2009)...Nora
* Touch the Sky (2007)...Gloria
*Ciudad en celo (2006).. ...
.
Creation
Channel 13 had great success in 2009 and 2010 with ''
Valientes
''Valientes'' (in Spanish, "''The braves''") is a telenovela from Argentina, aired by Canal 13 at the prime time and produced by Pol-Ka. Main actors are Luciano Castro, Julieta Díaz and Arnaldo André, and it is one of the most successful TV pr ...
'' and ''
Malparida
''Malparida'' (''The Wicked Girl'') is a 2010 Argentine telenovela aired by Canal 13 (Argentina), Channel 13 in the prime time. It ran from April 2010 to February 2011. It is protagonized antagonistically by ''Renata'' (played by Juana Viale), a c ...
'', primetime telenovelas with vengeance plots and a dramatic genre.
Luciano Castro
Luciano Daniel Castro (born 16 March 1975) is an Argentine actor. He has worked as the lead actor in several successful telenovelas, such as '' Valientes'', '' Herederos de una venganza'' and ''Sos mi hombre''.
Biography
He was born in the Bu ...
, lead actor from ''Valientes'', was again lead actor for this project, along with Romina Gaetani, who worked at another successful 2010 dramatic telenovela, ''
Botineras
''Botineras'' ('' WAGs: Love for the Game'') was an Argentine telenovela produced by Underground Contenidos and Telefe Contenidos in association with Endemol. It starred Nicolás Cabré and Romina Gaetani, with the antagonistic participation of ...
''.
Production started in November 2010. The initial scenes in the highway were filmed at the highways near Pilar. The wedding of Antonio and Angie, one of the plot starting points, was filmed during three days at Bella Vista, and was followed by filmings at scenarios.
Plot
The telenovela takes place in the fictional Argentine village of Vidisterra. All local
wineries
A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the cultivation and production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feat ...
were combined into a single one, owned by Regina Piave and the mayor Octavio Capogreco.
Wine
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is the village's most important product, giving great power to the owners of the winery. Regina, Octavio and other influential people of the village are also members of a secret lodge aiming to survive a potential end of the world. The main male character, Antonio Puentes, was about to get married at Vidisterra, but his wife died in an unclear murder promoted by the lodge. He finally stays in the village, as heir of his fiancee's sharings in the winery. The main female character is Mercedes Leiva, who was in prison for killing an abusive spouse, but as her husband was popular in the village, she is rejected by most people once released from prison.
Reception
The telenovela was first aired on January 17, 2011.
Telefe
Telefe (acronym for Televisión Federal) is a television station located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The station is owned and operated by Paramount Global through Televisión Federal S.A. Telefe is also one of Argentina's six national televisio ...