Venezuelan telenovela
Ciudad bendita Title card
Genre Telenovela Created by Leonardo Padrón Screenplay by
Camilo Hernández
Mariana Reyes
Doris Seguí
Directed by
Fabio Velásquez
Sergio Martínez
César Bolívar
Édgar Liendo
Creative director Yvo Hernández Starring Music by
Pablo Escalona
Víctor Escalona
Opening theme "Ciudad Bendita" by Roque Valero Country of origin Venezuela Original language Spanish No. of episodes214 Executive producer Carolina De Jacobo Producers
Juan Carlos Farfán
Damaris Padilla
Jesús Gavidia
Wilfredo Mast
Ángel Ruiz
Production location Caracas Cinematography José Pérez Editors
Antonio Parada
Orlando Manzo
Juan Silva
Camera setup Multi-camera Network Venevisión Release July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25 ) – April 4, 2007 (2007-04-04 )
Ciudad Bendita is a Venezuelan telenovela produced and broadcast by Venevisión and distributed internationally by Venevisión International . The telenovela is an original story written by Leonardo Padrón .[ 1]
Marisa Román and Roque Valero 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 telenovela written by Leonardo Padrón , after Cosita rica .[ 2]
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
Also starring
Juan Carlos García as Yúnior Mercado
Alba Roversi as María "Maga" Gabriela
Nohely Arteaga as Magaly de Mercado / Doble M
Gledys Ibarra as Mercedes Zuleta / La Diabla
Yanis Chimaras as Guaicaipuro Mercado / Puro
Beatriz Valdés as Trina de Palacios
Caridad Canelón as Peregrina de Lobo
Henry Soto as Kike "Kikin" Palacios
Carlos Cruz as Baldomero Sánchez
Carlota Sosa as Julia Barrios de Venturini
Lourdes Valera as Francisca
Luis Gerónimo Abreu as Jorge Venturini / Grillo
Milena Santander as Prudencia Barrios
Guillermo Dávila 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 as Rosita
David Garcés as Ricardo
Simón Rojas as Cheo
Special participation
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