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Newly Rich, Newly Poor (2007 TV Series)
''Nuevo Rico Nuevo Pobre'' is a Colombian telenovela produced and broadcast by Caracol TV starring Martín Karpan, John Alex Toro (well known by his participation in ''Maria Full of Grace''), Maria Cecilia Botero, Carolina Acevedo, Hugo Gómez, former Miss Colombia Andrea Nocetti and Andrés Toro (from ''Sin Tetas No Hay Paraíso''). The show started on 16 July 2007 on Caracol TV and it is also broadcast on Ecuador's Teleamazonas in primetime. Caracol TV has sold the rights of the show to Telemundo and Fox. It is, as of May 2008, one of the highest rated TV shows in Colombia. Plot The telenovela follows the lives of Andrés Ferreira and Brayan Galindo, who were switched at birth. Andrés, born to a poor couple, was raised by a wealthy family, while Brayan, born into wealth, was raised by a poor couple. After 30 years, the mistake is discovered, and the two adults are forced to switch places. Andrés moves in with his biological father at the pension where Brayan had lived a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 world include ''Turkish television drama, dizi'' (Turkey), ''Indian television drama, serial'' (India), ''teleserye'' (Philippines), ''lakorn'' (Thailand), ''teleromanzo'' (Italy), ''téléroman'' (Canada, specifically Quebec), ''Korean drama, K-drama'' (South Korea), ''Japanese television drama, J-drama'' (Japan), ''Chinese television drama, C-drama'' (China) and ''sinetron'' (Indonesia). Commonly described using the American colloquialism Spanish soap opera, many telenovelas share some stylistic and thematic similarities to the soap opera familiar to the English-speaking world. The significant difference is their series run length; telenovelas tell one self-contained story, typically within the span of a year or less whereas soap operas t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |