''Oye bonita'' (''Hey Beautiful'') is a Colombian
telenovela produced by
Colombiana de Televisión for
Caracol Televisión.
It was directed by Williams Gonzalez and Katalina Hernandez.
''Oye bonita'' had good ratings during its airing.
''Oye bonita'' stars
Karoll Márquez and
Diana Hoyos in the lead roles; Nicolás Nocetti and
Alejandro Palacio
Alejandro Palacio is a Colombian musician and singer of vallenato music, actor and TV host. Palacio was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined in 2004 after many singers passed through the musical ...
(in his acting debut) feature among the cast.
The story is musicalized with the ''
vallenato'' musical genre
and its main theme revolves around disgruntled love.
Synopsis
The story mainly revolves around Monchi Maestri, an aspiring musician in his 20s, loosely written after
Diomedes Diaz
Diomedes (Jones, Daniel; Roach, Peter, James Hartman and Jane Setter, eds. ''Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary''. 17th edition. Cambridge UP, 2006.) or Diomede (; grc-gre, Διομήδης, Diomēdēs, "god-like cunning" or "advised by ...
, minus the negative events of his life.
He lives in the El Carrizal town and falls in love with Diana Lacouture despite their families having a conflicted background. Monchi's family, the Maestres, was exiled from its home due to the influence of the Isazas, a powerful family in the
Caribbean region of Colombia, and of a close associate and Diana's father, Antoine Lacouture, who regrets having taken the lands of the Maestres.
Monchi and Diana Lacouture fall in love, only for it to be revealed that Diana was to be engaged to Fito (Nicolás Nocetti), an ambitious Argentinian who seeks to marry her for his own obscure intentions.
Production
''Oye bonita'' was produced by ''Colombiana de TV''. Preproduction lasted five years. Shooting began on July 14, 2008 and ended on November 20, 2009. The show's premiere was on October 27, 2008.
The script for ''Oye bonita'' was written by Arleth Castillo.
The main location of the telenovela was Girardot,
though other locations in Tolima and
Caribbean region were also used.
Cast
*
Karoll Márquez - Ramón Segundo "Monchi" Maestre Urbina
*
Diana Hoyos - Diana Lacouture Murgas "La Bonita"
* Félix Antequera - Ramón "Moncho" Maestre
* Patricia Ércole - Elvia Urbina de Maestre
* Maribel Abello - Josefa Murgas
*
Alejandro Palacio
Alejandro Palacio is a Colombian musician and singer of vallenato music, actor and TV host. Palacio was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined in 2004 after many singers passed through the musical ...
- Manuel "El Duro" Isaza
*
Eileen Moreno - Macarena Maestre Urbina / "Clara Inés"
*
Ana María Estupiñán
Ana María Estupiñán García (born April 7, 1992 in Bogotá, Colombia), is a Colombian actress and singer.
Biography
Ana María Estupiñán is the daughter of Juan Carlos Estupiñán and Liliana García. Since childhood she has participat ...
- Chiquinquirá Maestre Urbina
* Lorena Álvarez - Carmen Maestre Urbina
* Margoth Velásquez - Mama Petra
* Eileen Roca - La Nena
* Beto Villa Jr - Elías
* Nicolás Nocetti - Fito Pérez
* Diego Camacho Fallon- The Turkish Guy
* Diana Santamaria - Zunilda
Music
The main song of ''Oye Bonita'', is the eponymous work interpreted by Karoll Márquez.
Awards and nominations
''Oye bonita'' received nominations for the
TVyNovelas Awards Colombia.
Tv y Novelas awards Colombia
India Catalina Awards
References
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2008 Colombian television series debuts
2009 Colombian television series endings
Caracol Televisión telenovelas