''Sos mi hombre'' () is an Argentine telenovela, which aired on

El Trece Canal 13 (known by its current brand name El Trece, stylized as eltrece) is an Argentine free-to-air television network and the flagship station of the network of the same name, located in the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires. It is owned by ...

in 2012-2013. It starred

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 ...

and

Celeste Cid María Celeste Cid (born 19 January 1984) is an Argentine actress. Early life María Celeste Cid was born on January 19, 1984, and grew up in the San Cristóbal, Buenos Aires, San Cristóbal neighborhood of the City of Buenos Aires. Career ...

Premise

The two telenovelas made by Pol-Ka at the beginning of 2012, '' Lobo'' and the second season of ''

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'', were cancelled because of poor ratings. ''

Graduados ''Graduados'' () is a 2012 Argentine telenovela that was broadcast by Telefe from March 12 to December 19. The plot concerns a group of people who graduated from high school in 1989 and reunite twenty years later. The main character, Andrés G ...

'', a fiction aired in the rival channel

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, became a huge success. As a result, Pol-Ka rushed the creation of a new telenovela, ''Sos mi hombre'', that filled the timeslot of ''Lobo''. The main actors were

and

. Although ''Sos mi hombre'' did not prevail against ''Graduados'' either, it had better rating than the previous telenovelas. The last episode had 12,8 rating points. The program was nominated for the 2013 edition of the

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, as best daily fiction. Other nominations are: Luciano Castro as best lead actor of daily fiction, Celeste Cid as lead actress in fiction,

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as best guest star,

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as secondary actor in daily fiction, and

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as secondary actress in daily fiction.

Controversy

The writer Adriana Lorenzón (who wrote ''

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'', '' Por amor a vos'' and ''

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'') and the actor

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accused the program of being similar to another one they wrote 2 years before. Their program, called "Fuego en tu boca" (), only had a

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and was never aired. The plot was about a boxer from the

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neighbourhood, who also works as a firefighter. Actors

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and

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worked in that production as well. The TV channel

replied that the main idea of the telenovela had already been proposed to actor

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in 2004, predating both series. The portrayal of the world of box is also similar to previous productions from Pol-Ka, such as '' Campeones''.

Plot

Ringo is a retired boxer, facing economic problems and trying to gain the child custody of his son. He works as a volunteer firefighter. Camila is a young doctor, who works in public hospitals and helps in social diners.

Cast

as Juan José "Ringo" Di Genaro *

as Camila Silvia Garay *

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as Oscar "Oso" Villar *

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as Alejo Correa Luna * Ludovico Di Santo as Diego Hernán Jáuregui *

as Gloria Calazán *

Jimena Barón Jimena Valentina Guevara Barón (born 24 May 1987), better known as Jimena Barón or J Mena, is an Argentine actress and singer.Gimena Accardi María Gimena de los Milagros Accardi (born 27 May 1985), better known as Gimena Accardi, is an Argentine actress. Biography María Gimena de los Milagros Accardi was born on May 27, 1985, in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. Car ...

as Brenda Garay *

Lito Cruz Lito Cruz (May 14, 1941 – December 19, 2017) was a prominent Argentine stage director and motion picture actor. Life and work Lito was born Oscar Alberto Cruz in the working-class La Plata suburb of Berisso in 1941, and began performing in lo ...

as Manuel Ochoa *

as Ariel Yamil "Turco" Nassif *

Felipe Colombo Felipe Colombo Eguía (born January 8, 1983, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican and Argentine actor, singer and songwriter. He was part of the pop-rock band Erreway together with Camila Bordonaba, Benjamín Rojas and Luisana Lopilato. B ...

as Máximo Duarte * María Rosa Fugazot as Jesusa García García *

Pablo Cedrón Pablo Cedrón (January 7, 1958 – November 1, 2017) was an Argentina, Argentine actor. In 2005, he starred in the ''El Viento (film), El Viento''. In 2006, he prominently featured in some 58 episodes of the TV series ''Sos mi vida'' as Féli ...

as Damasio Flores *

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as Eva Catalina Ochoa *

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as Guadalupe Llorente *

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as Rafael Villar Medina * Abel Ayala as Diego Armando "Guachín" Carrazco *

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as Pepe * Juan Alari as Ismael "Cachito" Delgado * Ian Acevedo as Santino Di Genaro *

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as Sandra Medina *

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as Jorge Carrizo *

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as Juana "Zorra" Torres * Raúl Rizzo as Iván Garay *

as Guido Guevara *

Andrea Pietra Andrea Pietra is an Argentine actress. She worked with Nancy Dupláa as the lead actresses of '' Socias''. She suggested her to hire the actress Paola Barrientos for her new telenovela, ''Graduados''. In 2012 she joined the telenovela ''Sos mi hom ...

as Verónica Santiago *

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as Marisa *

Diego Alonso Gómez Diego Alonso Gómez (born 10 March 1972) is an Argentine actor, mostly known for his roles in telenovelas. He rose to fame for his starring role as Sergio "El Pollo" in the 2000 Canal 7 series '' Okupas''. Early life Alonso Gómez was born in th ...

as Garza "Garcés"

Awards

Nominations

* 2013

** Best actress of daily drama (

)

References

External links

Sos mi hombre
* {{Pol-ka 2010s Argentine television series 2012 telenovelas 2013 telenovelas Pol-ka telenovelas Sports fiction 2012 Argentine television series debuts 2013 Argentine television series endings