''Lalola'' is an Argentine television

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. Directed by Gustavo Luppi, Diego Suárez, Marcelo Suárez, Mariano Ardanaz and Nicolás Mazzi, it stars Carla Peterson,

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, Rafael Ferro, Agustina Lecouna and Sandra Ballesteros. It aired from August 28, 2007 to April 29, 2008. The show won nine

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for 2007, and also the Gold Prize. A pilot for an American version, entitled "Eva Adams", was filmed for

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, and

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starring

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and

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in 2009. It was envisioned as a dramedy, in the vein of how ''Yo soy Betty la fea'' was adapted for American audiences as ''

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'', but wasn't picked up for a regular series.

Synopsis

Ramiro "Lalo" Padilla (played by

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) is the director of the media company "High Five", editor of the famous magazine ''Don'', and has many women around him. Romina (played by

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), who is in

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with Lalo, decides to punish his lack of commitment to her. She hires a witch to cast a spell on him, which turns him into a very

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, as Romina wanted him to know what it is like for a woman who is being harassed. Lalo (now played by Carla Peterson) awakes as a woman, in a state of utter confusion. However, Lalo's friend Graciela ("Grace") Neira (played by

) believes what happened as she heard Romina's phone call to Lalo's home saying what she did. As it seems unlikely anyone else will believe that Ramiro has been magically transformed, so Ramiro assumes a new identity: Dolores "Lola" Padilla, cousin of Lalo. Lalo "had to make an urgent trip to Germany because his father became ill", and has appointed Lola to take his place. While trying to find a way to change back, there are a whole new set of challenges to face that Lalo didn't have to experience before, both within and outside the workplace.

Cast and characters

Theme Songs

This telenovela has two theme songs, "Hola" and "Enamorada", both are sung by

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International remakes

The show has been officially remade in 13 other countries: Chile, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Belgium, Philippines, Russia, India, Vietnam, Portugal, Indonesia, Peru, and Mexico. And, a pilot was produced in 2009 by Fox and Sony for a version in the United States. The pilot was not picked up. All of these remakes start with mostly the same initial premise but many of them head in very different narrative directions and ultimate conclusions than the original show. The latest version (Mexico) is still in production, airing on Vix.

International broadcast

The original Argentine version of the series was also dubbed in 17 languages - Egyptian Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Georgian, Malay, Tagalog, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Serbian, Croatian, Turkish, English, Armenian, Hindi, and Vietnamese to be broadcast worldwide.

References

{{reflist Golden Martín Fierro Award winners 2007 telenovelas 2007 Argentine television series debuts 2008 Argentine television series endings 2000s Argentine television series Argentine telenovelas América TV original programming Spanish-language telenovelas