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, Jaime Olías, Manu Fullola and

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, the two seasons of the series aired in 2011 on

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. The plot concerns a struggle between good and evil, pitting "

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s" against " fallen ones".

Premise

Valeria a 17-year-old student taking 2º de Bachillerato finds out she is not a common person but an angel. Caught in between an age-old war between good an evil, Valeria is initially tutored by the angel Natael, but she feels attracted to the mysterious Damián.

Cast

Besides the regular cast, the second season featured a number of cameos of popular actors and actresses, such as Natalia Sánchez,

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, Manuela Velasco,

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, Ana Rujas,

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, Arantxa del Sol, Luz Valdenebro,

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, Jan Cornet, Pau Colera, Aghnes Kiraly, Gorka Lasaosa, Eduard Farelo, Martjin Kuiper, Meghello Blanco and Marta Cruz.

Production and release

The series was produced by for

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. Following the merging of the companies operating Cuatro and

the latter channel eventually took on the series. The creators of the series were D.C. Torallas and Joaquín Górriz. An industrial estate in

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was used as filming set. The first episode of the series premiered on Telecinco on 1 February 2011. Starting with "adequate" audience scores in the opener (3,300,000 viewers; 15.9% share), the audience plummeted in the last episodes of the season, reaching its lowest point in the season finale (a 8.9% share), aired on 10 May 2011. The series had been renovated for an already filmed second season comprising 9 episodes, which was released without a halt on 17 May. The series ended on 13 July 2011, with 1,804,000 viewers and a 10,8% share, averaging the two seasons. Upon the time of its release, a number of notes observed that the series was riding the wave of ''The Twilight Saga'' fantasy romance film series in vogue at the time, whereas Jaime Olías (the actor playing the fallen angel Damián) was dubbed by fans as the "Spanish

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in the Twilight films. Reviewing the first episode, Alberto Rey (writing in '' El Mundo'' website) described the series as a "''Twilight'' without vampires" and as a ''

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'' adapted to the manual of the typical Spanish series.

References

External links

* {{authority control Spanish fantasy television series 2011 Spanish television series debuts 2011 Spanish television series endings 2010s Spanish drama television series Telecinco network series Spanish-language television shows Television shows filmed in Spain 2010s supernatural television series