Floricienta

''Floricienta'' (; known in English as ''Flinderella'') is an Argentine juvenile musical telenovela based on the Cinderella story. It originally aired from 2004 to 2005, but since then it has been broadcast in many countries. Some international channels that have air ''Floricienta'' are TVE International, Disney Channel Latin America, Cartoon Network and Disney Channel Europe. It was also available in the United Kingdom on the Sky satellite lineup.

The lead roles were portrayed by two-time Martín Fierro-Award-winning actress Florencia Bertotti, Juan Gil Navarro, Isabel Macedo, Fabio Di Tomaso and Benjamín Rojas. The show was created by Cris Morena and was produced by Cris Morena Group in association with RGB Entertainment.

The series became an international phenomenon for children and teens throughout Latin America, Israel and parts of Europe.

The telenovela spawned over 200 licensed products. The tour was attended by over 1 million people in Latin America and Israel including over 100 concerts in Teatro Gran Rex, ten shows in Luna Park stadium and four at Estadio Vélez, all in Buenos Aires.

The show was adapted by Bandeirantes in Brazil (''Floribella''), SIC in Portugal, TVN in Chile, RCN Televisión in Colombia and Televisa in Mexico. In an interview with Radio 10, Cris Morena announced she sold the Latin American rights for Disney Channel.

Overview

The famous Argentinian producer Cris Morena presented her new project ''Floricienta'' in 2004, the show became one of her biggest international hits alongside ''Rebelde way''.

The title, Floricienta, is a mix of Flor (the main character, Florencia, nickname) with Cenicienta (Cinderella). ''Floricienta'' was a modern re-telling of Cinderella and ''The Sound of Music''. The story was especially developed by Morena as a starring-vehicle for Florencia Bertotti which was cherry-picked by the producer.

There are a few similarities between the show and another Cinderella modern re-telling, the movie ''A Cinderella Story'' such as the Converse sneakers instead of the glass slipper, but the movie and the show were in production at the same time. (''Floricienta'' premiered on Canal 13 in March 2004, while the movie debuted in the United States in July).

''Floricienta'' was critically acclaimed for its fun storyline, dialogue, creative editing, post-production and the charisma of the main actress, Florencia Bertotti. It became the biggest licensing brand in Argentina in 2004 and 2005. Over 300 licensed products were available during the shows two-years run and even ''Floricienta'' branded apples were put on market.

''Floricienta'' started with 14 points in its first episode. The show achieved ratings of over 30 points with the death of Federico at the end of the first season, being one of the most watched Morena’s hits in history. The first season was the highest-rated afternoon-slot show in Canal 13 history.

After the huge twist in the end of the first season, many fans of Federico did not liked how the story turned out after his death and drifted away from the show. The ratings for the second season suffered because of that, but the show continued to be huge and won its time-slot. The TV show ended with Florencia's marriage in front of a huge live audience and the finale was also a hit, with 25 points.

''Floricienta'', like most of Morena's productions, had a huge Broadway style live musical in Teatro Gran Rex during the Winter vacations. Demand for tickets were extremely high with some concerts selling out in less than five minutes. In 2004, to satisfy the demand, the cast played two concerts at Estadio Vélez Sarsifield with over 80,000 people attending.

In 2005, another musical was done and it was also a huge success with tickets selling out in minutes. Because of this, eight extra shows were played in Luna Park stadium in Buenos Aires. After the show ended, the complete cast (with the exception of Fabio Di Tomaso who pulled out after disagreements with the production company) waved goodbye in front of 40,000 people at another sold-out concert at José Amalfitani Stadium. The musical was also presented in Rosario, La Plata and Mar del Plata.

The two ''Floricienta'' albums were also very successful, with the first album being the third best-selling album in 2004 and the 10th best-selling album in 2005 and with the album from the second season being the biggest seller in 2005 according to CAPIF.

''Floricienta'' was also a huge success in most of Latin-America, where it was aired by many local channels and at the Disney Channel.

The cast made a series of successful shows all over Latin America. The show cast also made sold-out concerts in Tel-Aviv, Israel where they performed in front of thousands of fans. Over 1 million people attended ''Floricienta'' tour in Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Israel, Guatemala, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia among many other territories.

In 2004, a Brazilian version was produced, named ''Floribella''. It doubled the ratings of Rede Bandeirantes at its timeslot, over 40 products were released and the two CDs achieved platinum certifications. In 2006, a Portuguese version was also aired at SIC and was a massive hit. The first CD was one of the most CDs sold on the Portugal's story and over 150 products were released in the country. Because of the massive success of the show, SIC bought the rights to 3 other Cris Morena shows: ''Alma Pirata'', ''Rebelde Way'' and ''Chiquititas'' (aired in 2007).

A version from Chile (also called ''Floribella'') was also produced with great acceptance and the Mexican version ('' Lola...Érase una vez'') also did well. There was also a Colombian version and the rights were bought for Greece and Russia, among other countries.

In an interview with Radio 10 in February 2009, Morena revealed Disney had bought the rights for an American remake.

Background

''Floricienta'' is loosely adapted from the story of Cinderella (Cenicienta, in Spanish-speaking countries) and also presents some comparisons to the film ''The Sound of Music''. The plot revolves around Florencia (Flor), a poor dreamer. She is also a rash, vivacious, cheerful and happy Italian Argentine girl whose life changes when she meets Federico Fritzenwalden, the older son of a very rich German Argentine family whose parents died in an accident. Federico is the older brother and head of the family and has 5 younger siblings (Nico, Franco, Maia, Martín, Tomás) living under his responsibility in a big house with him. Fede has a bitter, cold, strict, rigid and lonely personality until he falls in love with Flor. But Fede has a girlfriend, Delfina, who wants Federico's money. Federico's brothers hate Delfina, but when Flor comes to the Fritzenwaldens' residence, hired by Fede as the nanny, everybody loves her.

''Floricienta'' was influenced by the original Cinderella story in many ways:
*Fede is referred to as "Flor's Prince Charming."
*Flor's trademark is her shoes (in the pilot, she loses one of her shoes at Fede's house when she is initially hired as a singer for a party, and Fede searches for her).
*Flor is helped by her godmother, Titina, throughout the series.
*One plot twist is that the villain, Malala, is revealed to be Flor's stepmother, making her rival, Delfina, her half-sister, and Sofía her other half-sister.
*Flor claims to see fairies throughout the series.
*The fact that Flor is a maid, who marries into wealth and nobility.

At the end of the first season, the show has a big twist.

Federico, after realizing that his girlfriend Delfina was lying to him all the time, leaves her at the church during their wedding and goes to Flor. He then dies in an accident while saving Máximo Calderón de la Hoya, who then gives his Body to Federico's soul. In the second season, Flor falls in love with Máximo and they get married in the end. They have three children and a very strong love that came from the part of Fede inside Max.

Plot

First season

Florencia Fazzarino, an orphan girl who tries to live and works in a greengrocery store, dedicating her free time to her friends in the band. When the singer leaves, Florencia takes her place in the group and they get a presentation at the party organized by the brothers Nicolás Fritzenwalden and Maia Fritzenwalden in their mansion. There his destiny will be united forever to that of that family. On the other hand, Federico Fritzenwalden, the older brother of the family, has to return from Germany in order to take over the family business and his four brothers who have been orphaned by parents. His arrival coincides with the party that his brothers have organized without his consent and there he meets Florencia among the foam and unable to recognize it. Soon clashes between him, serious and responsible with his little brothers will begin. And after the escape of the minor named Tomás there will be numerous misunderstandings that will eventually lead Florencia to the mansion to work as a nanny. In the mansion Florencia will win everyone's love. When Malala and Delfina learn that Florencia is not the biological daughter of Eduardo Fazzarino but Alberto Santillán they do the impossible so that Florencia does not find out. They create multiple situations that will face Delfina and Florencia but leaving Federico in between. However, Federico will always prefer Florencia. Finally, Florencia finds out but Delfina seems to have never known and Malala makes several excuses to avoid Florencia claiming her inheritance and being ruined. Florencia falls madly in love with Federico. Being reciprocated by him, they begin a very beautiful and secret love, which becomes impossible when the evil stepsister Delfina makes Federico believe she is pregnant. Then this is the cause of a very serious illness the gynecologist Claudio Bonilla and the real husband of Delfina named Lorenzo who pretends to be a Chinese doctor so that everyone thinks she is sick. There Florencia convinces Federico to marry Delfina to give her happiness before her death. Already at the altar, Federico humiliates her before everyone by refusing to marry her and announcing that he loves Florencia. They rejoin but their love has a tragic turn after Federico's heroic death in a car accident since he interposed to save the life of Conde Máximo Augusto Calderón de la Hoya. Federico will have time to say goodbye to his great, unique and painful love and leave his brothers in charge of Conde Máximo Augusto Calderón de la Hoya. Thus ends the season with the meeting in the foam of Florencia and Conde Máximo Augusto Calderón de la Hoya as happened when she and Federico met. Finally, all this happens when Federico leaves the body of Conde Máximo Augusto Calderón de la Hoya to go definitively to heaven.

Second season

After the death of Federico (Juan Gil Navarro), Florencia (Florencia Bertotti) meets the Count in foam that turns out to be the reason why Federico had died since he saved his life so that he would not be hit by a car. There is a video in which Federico had recorded the death of the Count on the ground saying that Federico "was" in Máximo (Fabio Di Tomaso) and had to wake up his sleeping heart. Máximo feels that something strange is happening to him because of the irremediable love he has for Flor as if he knew her from another life. Added to this is new ability to handle airplanes, use of foil and love for the Fritzenwalden family.

Florencia and Máximo face a series of funny situations which they will have to fight to defend their love since Delfina (Isabel Macedo) wants to conquer Máximo to keep his fortune and have any cravings he wants to be the Countess of Krikoragán, situations such as blackmail for alleged donation of marrow carried out by Delfina to Ana áximo's_mother_(Claudia_Lapacó).html" ;"title="Claudia_Lapacó.html" ;"title="áximo's mother (Claudia Lapacó">áximo's mother (Claudia Lapacó)">Claudia_Lapacó.html" ;"title="áximo's mother (Claudia Lapacó">áximo's mother (Claudia Lapacó)supposed disease with which she remains after this donation will be situations that must be overcome.

But Máximo falls in love with Florencia and Delfina will put a series of obstacles to prevent their happiness and that Florencia receives an inheritance from Santillán but she will not succeed. She will also confuse Florencia with these obstacles, making her feel guilty about her relationship with Máximo. But force of destiny, fairies and magic of Florence with them. In the end, he claims an inheritance and Malala (Graciela Stéfani), Delfina and Malala's husband, that is, Bonilla (Gerardo Chendo) end up in jail for hiding the truth and for the near-murder of Flor when they went on a camping day. Florencia becomes pregnant with the Count and triplets named Federico are born, (who is probably the reincarnation of Fede) Andrés and Margarita. Delfina kidnaps Margarita and realizes that that special being could have been hers if she had not been so bad and she did not hate her husband. She returns Margarita by ending great evil and turning good. In baby baptism she asks forgiveness for her wrongdoing. Franco (Benjamín Rojas) upon discovering that he is adopted, returns with Olivia (Brenda Gandini) and they go to a tennis tournament abroad. But after a fight, Olivia returns home. At the end when Franco returns home days later they reconcile. Finally Floricienta and Count Máximo get married in a beautiful wedding.

Cast

* Florencia Bertotti as Florencia Fazzarino Valente/Florencia Santillán Valente
* Juan Gil Navarro as Federico Fritzenwalden
* Fabio Di Tomaso as Máximo Augusto Calderón de la Hoya
* Isabel Macedo as Delfina Santillán Torres-Oviedo/Rosita Violeta Torres
* Benjamín Rojas as Franco Fritzenwalden/Franco Calderón
* Esteban Prol as Lorenzo "Lolo" Mónaco
* Nicolás Maiques as Nicolás Fritzenwalden/Lautaro Fritzenwalden
* Agustín Sierra as Martín "Tincho" Fritzenwalden
* Stéfano de Gregorio as Tomás Fritzewalden
* Graciela Stefani as María Laura "Malala" Torres-Oviedo Vda. de Santillán
* Ángeles Balbiani as Sofía Santillán Torres-Oviedo
* Brenda Gandini as Olivia Fritzenwalden
* Camila Bordonaba as Paloma Mónaco/Julieta Mónaco
* Mariana Seligmann as Clara Alcántara
* Lali Espósito as Roberta "Robertita" Espinosa
* María Eugenia Suárez as Paz Alcántara
* Henny Trayles as Greta Van Beethoven
* Zulma Faiad as Teresa "Titina" Ramos
* Hilda Bernard as Nilda Santillán
* Mariana Seligmann as Clara Alcántara
* Claudia Lapacó as Condesa Ana de la Hoya
* Isabel Sarli as Coca Torres-Oviedo
* Norberto Díaz as Eduardo Fazzarino
* Inés Palombo as Elena Herrera
* Guido Kaczka as Alejandro
* Diego Mesaglio as Damián
* Diego Child as Danilo
* Micaela Vázquez as Renata
* Catalina Artusi as Marina
* Gastón Soffritti as Thiago
* Felipe Colombo as Miki
* Gastón Dalmau as Joaquín
* María Fernanda Neil as Jazmín
* Jennifer Williams as Jimena
* Piru Sáez as Piru
* Jorge Maggio as Julián
* Mauricio Navarro as Gonzalo
* Alberto Anchart

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