''Montecristo: Un Amor, Una Venganza'' (''Monte Cristo: Love and Revenge'') is an Argentine

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which premiered April 25, 2006 on

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. Loosely based on the 1844 Alexandre Dumas novel, '' The Count of Monte Cristo'', ''Montecristo'' is Telefe's most popular novela and was called "the hottest telenovela in Argentina" by ''

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'' in 2007. Like Dumas' novel, the novela is a tale of revenge, with this version featuring "drug trafficking, kidnapping and military dictatorships." It was directed by Miguel Colom, and stars Pablo Echarri and Paola Krum.''Montecristo'' - Intra Communications
Retrieved October 10, 2008.

International sales and remakes

More than 40 international markets bought the Telefe-produced series in 2006, and later Telefe sold it to

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, Macedonia,

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, the

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, and the

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. In addition,

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, Russia, and

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produced adaptations, and in February 2007 Telefe sold

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rights to Italy and Spain as well.

Plot

The story begins in 1995 as Santiago Díaz Herrera is hurt while fencing with his best friend Marcos Lombardo. Marcos wants to bring Santiago back to

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but his father, Alberto, commands him to leave Santiago in a Moroccan jail, and Santiago is declared dead. Eleven years pass, and in 2006 Santiago returns to Buenos Aires seeking revenge on the Lombardos for their crimes to himself, his father and other people who have stood in their way over the decades.

Cast

* Pablo Echarri as Santiago Díaz Herrera * Paola Krum as Laura Ledesma *

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as Marcos Lombardo * Viviana Saccone as Victoria Sáenz * Virginia Lago as Helena Luján * Roberto Carnaghi as Lisandro Donosso * Luis Machín as León Rocamora * Mónica Scapparone as Lola * Celina Font as Milena Salcedo * Esteban Pérez as Luciano Mazello * Maximiliano Ghione as Ramón Ortega * María Onetto as Leticia Monserrat * Horacio Roca as Padre Pedro * Maria Abadi as Érica Donosso * Victoria Rauch as Valentina Lombardo Other co-stars - Mario Pasik

References

External links

''Montecristo'' - IntraTV.net
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