''Amar y temer'' is a 2011

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

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 genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

produced and broadcast by

Caracol TV Caracol is a large ancient Maya archaeological site, located in what is now the Cayo District, of Belize. It is situated approximately south of Xunantunich, and the town of San Ignacio, and from the Macal River. It rests on the Vaca Plateau ...

and

Sony Pictures Entertainment Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony Pictures or SPE, and formerly known as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate that produces, ac ...

Synopsis

Alicia Aragón, a feminist in the 1950s, fakes her own death to escape from her husband, Pascual Ordóñez, and flees to

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

, where—disguised as Alberto, a man working at a newspaper—she meets Simón Oviedo, a boxer hoping to become Colombia's first world champion.

History

The series premiered on February 23, 2011; its title had been changed from ("The Times of Violence"), which reflected the

machismo Machismo (; ; ; ) is the sense of being " manly" and self-reliant, a concept associated with "a strong sense of masculine pride: an exaggerated masculinity". Machismo is a term originating in the early 1930s and 1940s best defined as hav ...

which was prevalent in Colombia during the decade. It was the second Caracol–Sony coproduction after ''

Los caballeros las prefieren brutas ''Los caballeros las prefieren brutas'' is a Colombian dramedy created and produced by Laberinto Producciones, and Sony Pictures Television for Sony Entertainment Television, and Caracol Televisión. The series is based on the Best-selling novel ...

'' (2008). The telenovela struggled in the ratings; at the time, Caracol's telenovelas were failing to draw viewers from rival RCN, and the channel was known at the time for its practice of moving the time slots of shows or cutting them back without further warning. This occurred to the show in May, when ''Amar y temer'' was moved to a midnight time slot. The program was nominated for a , for Best Telenovela, in 2012; Hoyos and del Solar were nominated for Best Lead Actress and Best Lead Actor, respectively. However, it did not win any of the awards.

Cast

Diana Hoyos Diana Hoyos (born Diana Patricia Hoyos Buenaventura; 22 April 1985) is a Colombian actress and singer, known for her starring role in the Caracol Televisión telenovela '' Oye bonita''. She is also known in her native country for other productions ...

as Alicia *

Salvador del Solar Salvador Alejandro Jorge del Solar Labarthe (; born 1 May 1970) is a Peruvian actor, director and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Peru from March to September 2019, in President Martín Vizcarra's administration. Born in Lima, from ...

as Simón "El Destructor" Oviedo *

Nicolás Montero Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...

as Pascual *

Salvatore Cassandro Salvatore may refer to: * Salvatore (name), a given name and surname, including a list of people with the name * "Salvatore" (song), by Lana Del Rey, 2015 * Salvatore (band), a Norwegian instrumental rock band * '' Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams' ...

as Duarte

References

External links

Official site
(in Spanish) {{Sony Pictures Television Latin America Productions 2011 telenovelas 2011 Colombian television series debuts 2011 Colombian television series endings Caracol Televisión telenovelas Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Bogotá Sony Pictures Television telenovelas