Victoria (2007 TV series)

*Victoria*
Victoria
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Lina Uribe; Jimena Romero;
Based on	Señora Isabel; by Mónica Agudelo and Bernardo Romero Pereiro
Story by	Mónica Agudelo; Bernardo Romero Pereiro;
Directed by	Andrés Bermann; Rodolfo Hoyos;
Creative director	Piedad Arango
Starring	Victoria Ruffo; Arturo Peniche; Mauricio Ochmann;
Music by	Miguel de Narváez
Opening theme	"Desde que te conocí" by Alejandro Fernández and Rocío Banquells
Country of origin	United States
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	171
Production
Executive producer	Hugo León Ferrer
Cinematography	Mauricio Cadavid; Roberto Cortés;
Editors	Diego René García; Mauricio González;
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production companies	RTI Producciones; Telemundo Studios;
Original release
Network	Telemundo
Release	December 4, 2007 –; August 1, 2008
Related
	El Zorro, la espada y la rosa; Doña Bárbara; Mirada de mujer; Mirada de mujer, el regreso;

Victoria is a 2007 telenovela produced by Telemundo 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, Mauricio Ochmann, Arturo Peniche, and Andrea López.

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.^[1]

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.^[1] 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 Mirada de mujer (The Gaze of a Woman) [which is a remake of the lost 1993 Colombian telenovela Señora Isabel] and 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.^[2] 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 Mirada's sequel, El Regreso (The Return) as Victoria covered El Regreso (both in one).^[3] Géraldine Bazán won a Latin ACE Award for "Best Inspiring Young Actress" during her role as Paula.^[4]

Broadcast

Victoria airs on Caracol TV in Colombia, on Telemundo in the United States, on Fox televizija in Serbia, on Nova TV - September 26, 2008 and Diema Family - January 5, 2009 in Bulgaria, Televisa (on Galavisión) in Mexico, on POP TV in Slovenia, on NTV Hayat in Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Acasă in Romania, from August 2009 in Slovakia on TV Doma, on Shant TV in Armenia and from August 2009 on Farsi1 EutelSat Satellite TV Channel (Farsi1 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.^[5]

Cast

Victoria Ruffo as Victoria Santiesteban Estrada De Mendoza / De Acosta
Mauricio Ochmann as Jerónimo Acosta
Arturo Peniche as Enrique Mendoza
Andrea López 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

^ ^a ^b 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
^ Video. Published: December 5, 2007.
^ Telemundo (2007–2008).
^ Latin New York ACE Awards Recognizes Geraldine Bazan as Best Impact of the Year.
^ "Adriana Campos y Mauricio Ochmann". www.actuemos.net. Archived from the original on 2010-05-23.

External links

[tele-1] 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

[2] Video. Published: December 5, 2007.

[3] Telemundo (2007–2008).

[4] Latin New York ACE Awards Recognizes Geraldine Bazan as Best Impact of the Year.

[5] "Adriana Campos y Mauricio Ochmann". www.actuemos.net. Archived from the original on 2010-05-23.

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