''Victoria'' is a 2007

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produced by

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and RTI Colombia. The series follows a woman who falls in love with a dashing younger man after she found out her husband's affair. This limited-run series aired in the U.S. from December 4, 2007, replacing '' La Esclava Isaura''. The series concluded on August 1, 2008. Filmed in Bogotá, it stars

Victoria Ruffo María Victoria Eugenia Guadalupe Martínez del Río Moreno-Ruffo (born May 31, 1962) better known as Victoria Ruffo is a Mexican actress notable for her roles in telenovelas. Biography 1980s Ruffo began her acting career in 1980, starrin ...

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, Arturo Peniche, and

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Story

At her 25th wedding anniversary party, Victoria Mendoza (Victoria Ruffo) finds out her husband Enrique Mendoza (Arturo Peniche) has a mistress, Tatiana López (Andrea Lopez). Suddenly Victoria's whole life crashes around her as she realizes her marriage is wrecked. As she tries to heal the pain of her husband's adultery, she meets the 33-year-old Jerónimo (Mauricio Ochmann) out of the blue.Llega 'Victoria' al horario estelar de Telemundo una hermosa historia donde el amor no tiene edad a partir del 4 de diciebre a las 9PM/8 c
Published: November 29, 2007 Victoria falls for this younger man, giving her a second chance at the true love and passion missing in her loveless marriage. Many of her loved ones oppose her relationship, including her daughters Paula (Geraldine Bazán) and Mariana (Laura Perico), her mother Mercedes (Margalida Castro) and her ex-husband. They blame her for the breakup. On the other hand, her son Santiago (Ricardo Abarca) offers unconditional support. Victoria has many problems but does she know she has those problems? Can she solve them? So Victoria faces a difficult decision: either fight to keep true love alive or surrender and let it slip away.

Production

''Victoria'' is a remake of ''

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'' (''The Gaze of a Woman'') hich is a remake of the lost 1993 Colombian telenovela Señora Isabeland of its sequel, ''El Regreso''. This show's working titles were ''Tiempos de Victoria'' (''Victoria's Times''), ''Señora Isabel'' and ''The Mauricio Ochmann Project''. The show's premiere on Telemundo reached 782,000 core adult (ages 18–49) viewers, according to NTI, and over 1.5 million total viewers overall. The expanded the series' run to about 160 chapters from the standard length, 120 shows. There was no question of announcing any plans to remake ''Miradas sequel, ''El Regreso'' (''The Return'') as ''Victoria'' covered ''El Regreso'' (both in one). Géraldine Bazán won a Latin ACE Award for "Best Inspiring Young Actress" during her role as Paula.

Broadcast

Victoria airs on

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in Colombia, on

in the United States, on

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, on Nova TV - September 26, 2008 and

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- January 5, 2009 in

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(on

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) in Mexico, on

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, on NTV Hayat in

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, on Acasă in

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, from August 2009 in

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on TV Doma, on Shant TV in Armenia and from August 2009 on

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later confirmed censoring some scenes including kisses and sexual actions in order to adapt the serial to Iranian culture).

Alternate ending

On August 4, 2008, Telemundo broadcast the alternate ending of Victoria through Yahoo! Telemundo. It was the first alternate ending of a Spanish Telenovela ever aired by Telemundo in the United States. The first ending was romantic; the second was realism. Victoria let Ochmann leave; then we saw her talking about how she's got everything (and doesn't need him): like her business, her grandchild, her amigas sinceras, etc. There was an off-stage third ending wherein Ochmann made a pareja with Adriana Campos ("Yumelay from Zorro"—cute little Indian), who played his middle-story girlfriend (Penelope) in Spain whom he eventually left to go back to Victoria.

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and Pledge. In some cases, Telemundo news programs can be seen or heard while characters are watching TV, even though this show is set in Bogota, Colombia.

Cast

as Victoria Santiesteban Estrada De Mendoza / De Acosta *

as Jerónimo Acosta * Arturo Peniche as Enrique Mendoza *

as Tatiana López De Mendoza * Roberto Manrique as Sebastian Villanueva * Diana Quijano as Camila Matiz * Javier Delgiudice as Gerardo Cárdenas * María Helena Doehring as Helena De Cárdenas *Camilo Trujillo as Arturo Cárdenas * Margalida Castro as Mercedes "Memé" Estrada Vda. De Santiesteban * José Julián Gaviria as Martín Acosta * Géraldine Bazán as Paula Mendoza Santiesteban De Villanueva * Ricardo Abarca as Santiago Mendoza Santiesteban * Laura Perico as Mariana Mendoza Santiesteban * Patricia Grisales as Carlota * Adriana Romero as Valeria *Andrés Felipe Martínez as Guillermo *Laura Londoño as Eliza *Ricardo González as Henry Irazábal * Liliana Calderón as Fernanda * Natalia Bedoya as Estrella

References

External links

Official "Victoria" Website
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