''Esperanza mía'' (''Hope of Mine'') is a 2015 Argentinean telenovela. With script by Lily Ann Martin, Claudio Lacelli and Marta Betoldi] with production of

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was issued by Canal 13 between April 6, 2015 and January 14, 2016. For its recording, the producer acquired resolution cameras 4K UHD. It stars Mariano Martínez and Mariana Espósito. It also has the performances of Tomás Fonzi,

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, Ángela Torres,

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, Natalie Pérez and Franco Masini. In July 2015, a theatrical adaptation was presented at the Teatro Ópera in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Story

Julia Albarracín ( Mariana Espósito)is a 21-year-old girl who lives in Colonia La Merced, a small town in the

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, along with Blanca, her adoptive mother. The pollution generated by the plant where Blanca works makes her extremely sick, resulting in her eventual death. Before she dies, she gives her daughter the necessary evidence to prove the responsibility of the factory and therefore, of its owners. When Julia tries to resort to justice, two thugs sent by one of the owners of the company begin to persecute her, so she escapes to Buenos Aires, Argentina to ask for help from an old friend of her mother, Concepción ( Ana Maria Picchio). Concepción is the superior mother of the Santa Rosa Convent and decides to pass Julia as a novice and changing her name to "Esperanza", to hide her identity and protect her. The young woman enters the convent, but her arrival generates several conflicts with the rest of the nuns. There she meets Clara Anselmo (

), a nun who turns out to be her biological mother. Tomás Ortiz ( Mariano Martínez)is a young priest who returns to Buenos Aires, Argentina, his hometown. Together with his brother Máximo ( Tomás Fonzi) owns the factory that Julia tries to denounce. Máximo is the one who is in charge of the company and is aware of the contamination complaints. He is engaged to Eva Monti ( Natalie Pérez), his brother's ex girlfriend. Tomás begins to help Santa Rosa Convent, which leads him to establish a very special bond with Esperanza. Both begin to fall in love, but his religious vocation and her supposed novice role make them live a forbidden romance.

Production

The production was halted on April 18, 2015, because of a

labor strike Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became common during the I ...

of all Argentine actors, decided by theAsociación Argentina de Actores. Producer Adrián Suar criticized it, as the program had an expensive

location shooting Location shooting is the shooting of a film or television production in a real-world setting rather than a sound stage or backlot. The location may be interior or exterior. The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for e ...

prepared for that day. The telenovela will have cameos of other actors. Valeria Lynch played a "rocker" nun, who became friend with Esperanza. Jimena Barón, Esperanza's cousin and best advisor, who composes commercial jingles. She joined the cast during a controversial break up with soccer player Daniel Osvaldo. She was planning by then to move to Europe, but eventually gave up those plans and stayed in Argentina. As a result, she asked to join the cast again.

Reception

As Lali Esposito has a big fanbase, the program was presented with a show in

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. It included a show by

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, the author of a production theme. The show soon became a trending topic on Twitter.

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had good ratings in the prime time in 2015, thanks to the Turkish telenovela '' Binbir Gece'' (translated in Argentina as "Las mil y una noches"). ''Esperanza mía'' kept important ratings as well. Federico Kunz, a priest from the

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, started an

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asking for the removal of the program. He considers that the story of a romantic love between a priest and a fake nun is insulting for religious people. As the main characters would eventually kiss at some point, he considers that it would be insulting to

clerical celibacy Clerical celibacy is the requirement in certain religions that some or all members of the clergy be unmarried. Clerical celibacy also requires abstention from deliberately indulging in sexual thoughts and behavior outside of marriage, because thes ...

as well. The petition started on March 9, and have more than 5,000 supporters. The TV channel

is not concerned about the petition, and kept producing new episodes.

Other media

Mariano Martínez reported in a radio interview that there are projects to make a theater adaption of the telenovela, during the 2015 winter season. The actresses of the telenovela appeared in the first program of Showmatch in 2015, characterized as the monks, and made a musical show. They made similar musicals in the program afterwards.

International releases

The series was released in Chile in December 2016 by Chilevision. Although the original series is in Spanish, it was dubbed by local actors. This proved to be controversial among the Chilean audiences, so Chilevision clarified that the intention was to remove the Argentine local slang, as the jokes may be otherwise difficult to be understood by non-Argentine audiences. This dubbing was criticized because the voices got out of synch with the action, and because the lead voice actress would lack the humorous tone of Lali Espósito.

Cast

* Mariano Martínez as Tomás Ortiz * Mariana Espósito as Julia Albarracín / Esperanza / Esperanza Julia Correa Anselmo de Ortiz *

as Clara Anselmo de Correa *

as Jorge Correa * Tomás Fonzi as Máximo Ortiz * Ángela Torres as Lola Fiore * Jimena Barón as Gilda Albarracín * Stefano de Gregorio as Federico Minelli * Michel Noher as Nicolás Aguilera * Paula Chaves as Paula Gatica * Alejandro Fiore as Germán Pereyra * Alberto Fernández de Rosa as Bishop Marcucci * Diego Martín Vásquez as Tinieblo * Ana Maria Picchio as Madre Concepción *

as Sor Beatriz * Leticia Siciliani as Sor Nieves * Valeria Lynch as Sor Celeste *

Mónica Cabrera Mónica Cabrera (born 26 April 1958) is an Argentine director, playwright, and actress of film, television, and theater. Among other films, she has appeared in '' Son of the Bride'' (2001), ''Lost Embrace'' (2004), and ''El infinito sin estrellas ...

as Juana *

as Joaquín * Manuel Ramos as Santiago * Natalie Pérez as Eva Monti de Ortiz * Franco Masini as Pedro Correa * Federico Barga as Óscar "Osqui" Fiore * Pedro Alfonso as Esteban "Gato" Méndez * Mercedes Funes as Leticia Sosa * Minerva Casero as Dominga Contreras * Abril Sánchez as Julieta Arrain * Bárbara Vélez as Milagros "Mili" del Pombo * Lucas Velasco as Ángel "Monito" Marrapodi * José María Listorti as Toty Garibaldi *

as Sor Genoveva * Karina K as Sor María * Laura Cymer as Sor Diana * Gipsy Bonafina as Sor Suplicio * Vanesa Butera as Sor Carmela * Florencia Ortiz as Alicia * Margarita Molfino as Corina * Virginia Kaufmann as Pilar * Camila Mateos as Valentina * Lucía Pecrul as Mercedes * Malena Luchetti as Pato * Eliseo Barrionuevo as Miguel * Alejandra Majluf as Débora * Paula Brasca as Cynthia * Alejandro Botto as Sergio * Belén Pasqualini as Emilia * Andrea Garrote as Graciela * Anita Gutiérrez as Inés * Sabrina Rojas as Faustina * Santiago Vázquez as Juanjo * Carlos Kaspar as Fortunato * Nicolás Riedel as Student of the Santa Rosa Convent

Music

Awards

* 2015 Martín Fierro Awards ** Best daily fiction ** Best new actress ( Leticia Siciliani)

Release history

References

External links

Official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Esperanza mia Catholic drama television series 2015 telenovelas Argentine telenovelas Pol-ka telenovelas 2015 Argentine television series debuts 2016 Argentine television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas