''Ciudad Bendita'' is a Venezuelan

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produced and broadcast by

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and distributed internationally by

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. The telenovela is an original story written by Leonardo Padrón.

Marisa Román María Román (born January 30, 1982 in Caracas, Venezuela as María Isabel Román Bianchetti) is a Venezuelan actress known for her role in various Venevisión telenovelas written by renowned writer Leonardo Padrón and various theater and fil ...

and

Roque Valero Roque Valero Pérez (born January 31, 1974) is a Venezuelan singer, actor and politician. Biography Roque was born to parents Roque Valero and Rosario Pérez. He began singing at the age of 7 when he joined the cast of a school play titled ''El ...

star as the main protagonists. Since January 9, 2012, the telenovela has aired in Venezuela through cable channel Venevision Plus to repeated 4pm at 11:30 pm. It is considered a most successful

written by Leonardo Padrón, after ''

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''.

Plot

Set in the heat of a popular market, Ciudad Bendita tells the love story between two peddlers, two losers, two people of the heap, as anonymous as any. Bendita Sanchez has a detail that obscures her beauty: a limp. On a bus trip back to Caracas she meets Juan Lobo, an ugly man that dreams of becoming a musician, and he instantly falls in love with her. However, Bendita happens to love another: Yunior Mercado, a metrosexual playboy, and only views Juan Lobo as a friend despite his composing of various songs to win her favor. Ciudad Bendita is a great tribute to unrequited love, as well as the story of a country, a people, an entire community living on poverty, and a handful of survivors who dream of learning the key to happiness in the muddy streets of a Latin American city.

Cast

Starring

as Bendita Sánchez *

as Juan Lobo

Also starring

* Juan Carlos García as Yúnior Mercado *

Alba Roversi Alba Roversi (born August 14, 1961) is a Venezuelan telenovela and theater actress who rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s for her role in telenovelas. Filmography References External links * fro 1961 births Living people People from ...

as María "Maga" Gabriela * Nohely Arteaga as Magaly de Mercado / Doble M *

Gledys Ibarra Gledys Ibarra (born November 19, 1960) is a Venezuelan television actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern m ...

as Mercedes Zuleta / La Diabla * Yanis Chimaras as Guaicaipuro Mercado / Puro *

Beatriz Valdés Beatriz Valdés Fidalgo (born May 12, 1963, in Havana) is a Cuban-Venezuelan actress. She was born in Cuba, where she studied drama and worked as an actress before she arrived to Venezuela as a guest at the Cinema Interamerican Forum in 1989. She ...

as Trina de Palacios * Caridad Canelón as Peregrina de Lobo * Henry Soto as Kike "Kikin" Palacios * Carlos Cruz as Baldomero Sánchez *

Carlota Sosa Carlota Sosa Pietri (born 21 February 1957) is a Spain, Spanish-born Venezuelan actress known for her participation in various RCTV and Venevisión telenovelas. She is currently married to fellow actor Rafael Romero. Filmography References ...

as Julia Barrios de Venturini * Lourdes Valera as Francisca * Luis Gerónimo Abreu as Jorge Venturini / Grillo * Milena Santander as Prudencia Barrios *

Guillermo Dávila Guillermo Dávila (born 18 March 1955, in Bailadores) is a Venezuelan actor and singer who has acted in many telenovelas. Biography After starting his career in theatre in the 1970s, Dávila first gained national fame in after starring in the ...

as Macario * Manuel Salazar as Rotundo Quiñones * Daniela Bascopé as Fedora Palacios * Elaiza Gil as Mi Alma * Ana María Simón as Mediática * Andreína Yépez as Zulay Montiel Barranco * Alejandro Corona as Etcétera * Jessica Grau as Marugenia "Maru" Torrealba * Yván Romero as Kenny G * María Cristina Lozada as Consuelo * Carlos Villamizar as Robinson Sánchez * Freddy Galavís as Ismael Lobo * Mirtha Borges as Bertha * Pedro Durán as Cafecito * Humberto García as Fausto * Martín Lantigua as Tobías * Jean Paul Leroux as Jerry Colón * Anastasia Mazzone as Kimberly Mercado * Laureano Olivares as Julio Augusto Sánchez * Susej Vera as Valentina * Josemith Bermúdez as Tiki * Antonio Delli as Gonzalo Venturini * Erika Pacheco as Vera * Adriana Romero as Yamilé *

Paula Woyzechowsky Paula Cristina Woyzechowsky Gutiérrez is a Venezuelan actress, who debuted on 1991 on ''La Pandilla de los 7''. She has worked on television, theater and film. Biography Woyzechowsky was born in Caracas, Venezuela. At age 12 she debuted on t ...

as Rosita * David Garcés as Ricardo * Simón Rojas as Cheo

Special participation

Carlos Montilla Carlos Montilla (born 21 August 1962) is a Venezuelan television and theater actor known for his roles in various telenovelas and theater productions. Biography He was born to Reina Isabel and Teófilo and is the second of three brothers. Carlo ...

as Darwin Manuel

References

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