''El corazón del océano'' is a Spanish period drama television series that originally aired on Antena 3 from January to March 2014. It stars Hugo Silva,

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, Clara Lago and

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, among others.

Premise

Set in the 16th century, the fiction follows the story of 80 maidens who were sent by the Hispanic Crown to the

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) to marry settlers and thus avoid

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, experiencing an odyssey on the high seas and beyond.

Cast

* Hugo Silva as

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. *

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. * as Clarita de Sanabría. * Clara Lago as Ana de Rojas. *

as Alonso. * as Pelayo. *

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as Guadalupe. * as María Sanabria. *

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as Hernando de Trejo. * as Sancha. * as Pola. *

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as Abana. *

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as Ulrico Schmidels. * Juan David Agudelo as Fray Carrillo. * as Isabel Contreras. *

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as Francisco Becerra. * as Rui Peña. * as Bernardí. * Raúl Gutiérrez as Maese Pedro. *

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as Capitán Bompere.

Production and release

Produced by Antena 3 Films in collaboration with , ''El corazón del océano'' is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by . The screenplay was written by Manuel Valdivia together with Pablo Barrera, Chus Vallejo, César Vidal Gil and Elena González de Sande. Following a time of shooting in several Colombian cities, production moved to

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. Filming wrapped in

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in July 2011. Pablo Barrera and directed the series. Consisting of 6 episodes with an accumulated running time of 420 minutes, ''El corazón del océano'' was presented at the

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in August 2011. It premiered in

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on Antena 3 on 27 January 2014. The unexpected release of ''Velvet'' on 17 February forced a reschedule from Monday to Wednesday. The broadcasting run ended on 5 March 2014, averaging 2.5 million viewers and a 13.2% audience share.

References

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