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Café, con aroma de mujer ("Coffee, with the scent of a woman") was probably one of the most popular telenovela
Telenovela

A telenovela is a limited-run Serial melodrama of the type made famous in Latin America. The word is a portmanteau of tele, short for television, and novela ....
s on Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
n television. It was created by Fernando Gaitan
Fernando Gaitán

Fernando Gait?n Salom is a Colombian people TV series and telenovelas screenwriter as well as a producer....
.

telenovela marked a difference in Latin American soap opera
Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
s and the way they were created. The story involved both typical and modern parts of Colombia, taking place in the heart of Colombian coffee
Coffee

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the Coffea. Caffeinated coffee has a stimulating effect in humans....
 plantations and in an important coffee export company.

afé, con aroma de mujer is about Gaviota (Margarita Rosa de Francisco
Margarita Rosa de Francisco

Margarita Rosa de Francisco Baquero also known as La Mencha is a Colombian Telenovela, movie actress, singer and TV presenter....
), a woman who works as a harvester on a plantation
Plantation

A plantation is usually a large farm or Estate , especially in a tropical or semitropical country, like Brazil or Nicaragua on which cotton, tobacco, lice coffee, sugar cane and the like are cultivated, usually by resident laborers....
 and Sebastian Vallejo (Guy Ecker
Guy Ecker

Guy Ecker is a Brazilian-born actor better known for his work in telenovelas. He was born third out of five children to American parents Marion and Bob Ecker....
), the grandson of a powerful coffee businessman.






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Café, con aroma de mujer ("Coffee, with the scent of a woman") was probably one of the most popular telenovela
Telenovela

A telenovela is a limited-run Serial melodrama of the type made famous in Latin America. The word is a portmanteau of tele, short for television, and novela ....
s on Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
n television. It was created by Fernando Gaitan
Fernando Gaitán

Fernando Gait?n Salom is a Colombian people TV series and telenovelas screenwriter as well as a producer....
.

Plot


Synopsis

This telenovela marked a difference in Latin American soap opera
Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
s and the way they were created. The story involved both typical and modern parts of Colombia, taking place in the heart of Colombian coffee
Coffee

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the Coffea. Caffeinated coffee has a stimulating effect in humans....
 plantations and in an important coffee export company.

Story line

Café, con aroma de mujer is about Gaviota (Margarita Rosa de Francisco
Margarita Rosa de Francisco

Margarita Rosa de Francisco Baquero also known as La Mencha is a Colombian Telenovela, movie actress, singer and TV presenter....
), a woman who works as a harvester on a plantation
Plantation

A plantation is usually a large farm or Estate , especially in a tropical or semitropical country, like Brazil or Nicaragua on which cotton, tobacco, lice coffee, sugar cane and the like are cultivated, usually by resident laborers....
 and Sebastian Vallejo (Guy Ecker
Guy Ecker

Guy Ecker is a Brazilian-born actor better known for his work in telenovelas. He was born third out of five children to American parents Marion and Bob Ecker....
), the grandson of a powerful coffee businessman. When the two meet in a coffee plantation, they begin a passionate affair. Their first encounter end with them having sex for the first time in a coffee plantation and without knowing Sebastian leaves her pregnant and travel to London next morning to continue his studies. However they made a promise, they would meet each other the next year on October(time of the new coffee harvest). But as soon as Sebastian is away in Europe Gaviota finds out she's pregnant. She, then enrolles in a so-called Model Agency with the idea of traveling to Europe and finding Sebastian. But she's fooled by the man who's secretly running a agency of prostitution and human trafficking.Eventually, Sebastian marries another woman. Gaviota decides to enter the mainly male-dominated coffee business empire. She succeeds as the first woman to work in this area. When Gaviota and Sebastian meet again, they find that their passion for each other never died. Their scenes are bittersweet, touching, romantic and humorous.

The show is especially famed for showing a panoramic and authentic view of the culture of Colombian coffee growers and the traditional heartland of Colombia's coffee-growing highland
Highland (geography)

The term highland or upland is used to denote any mountainous region or elevated mountainous plateau.The Scottish Highlands refers to the mountainous region north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault....
s.

Impact

In a short time, Café, con aroma de mujer became popular among audiences of all ages and genders, to the point that anecdote
Anecdote

An anecdote is a short Narrative narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident. It may be as brief as the setting and provocation of a List of French phrases#B....
s are popularly told about how the whole country would "come to a standstill" when the show came on the air. The main actress, Margarita Rosa de Francisco
Margarita Rosa de Francisco

Margarita Rosa de Francisco Baquero also known as La Mencha is a Colombian Telenovela, movie actress, singer and TV presenter....
 already popular for her roles in Gallito Ramirez (1986) and Pecados de Inés de Hinojosa, Los (1988) and for being a former Miss Colombia (second place in Miss World 1985), gave life to "Gaviota", one of the most popular characters in Colombian television and Margarita's most important work. The story concerns a woman who works as a harvester on a plantation, who falls in love with the son of the plantation owner. The show is especially famed for showing a panoramic and authentic view of the culture of Eje cafetero, the traditional heartland of Colombia's coffee-growing highlands.

Cast


Main Cast

  • Margarita Rosa de Francisco
    Margarita Rosa de Francisco

    Margarita Rosa de Francisco Baquero also known as La Mencha is a Colombian Telenovela, movie actress, singer and TV presenter....
     ... Teresa "Gaviota" Suarez / Carolina Olivares
  • Guy Ecker
    Guy Ecker

    Guy Ecker is a Brazilian-born actor better known for his work in telenovelas. He was born third out of five children to American parents Marion and Bob Ecker....
     ... Sebastian Vallejo
  • Alejandra Borrero ... Lucia Sandoval de Vallejo
  • Cristobal Errazuriz ... Ivan Vallejo
  • Sylvia de Dios ... Lucrecia de Vallejo
  • Constanza Duque ... Carmenza Suarez


Suporting Cast


  • Sílvio Ángel ... Buitrago
  • Juan Carlos Arango ... Aurelio
  • Santiago Bejarano ... Miguel Alfonso Tejeiros de Caballero
  • Óscar Borda ... Harold McLein
  • Alejandro Buenaventura ... Dr. Roberto Avellaneda
  • Manuel Busquets ... Dr. Jorge Latorre
  • Gustavo Corredor ... Rafael Vallejo
  • Juan Ángel ... Dr. Mauro Salinas
  • Luz Dary Beltrán ... Ursula
  • Gloria Amparo Carmona ... Daniela
  • Gerardo De Francisco ... Francisco Vallejo
  • Kenny Delgado ... Dr. Victor Ángel
  • Myriam De Lourdes ... Ángela Sáenz de Vallejo
  • Tania Fálquez ... Martha Benavides
  • Danna García
    Danna García

    Danna Garc?a is a Colombian actress and singer.The daughter of Colombian singer Claudia Osuna, she began her career at the age of four. In 1994, along with her sister Claudia, she formed the band Caf? Moreno and recorded the triple-platinum album "Momposino." That same year, she appeared in her first major role in the Colombian telenovela...
     ... Marcela Vallejo Cortez
  • Harry Geithner ... Dr. Carmona
  • Claudia Liliana Gonzalez ... Daniela Reyes
  • Jacqueline Henríquez ... Graciela
  • Lina María Navia ... Paula Vallejo Cortez
  • Haydee Ramírez ... Marcia Pontalvo
  • Iván Rodríguez
    Iván Rodríguez

    Iv?n Rodr?guez Torres , commonly nicknamed "Pudge" and "I-Rod", is a Major League Baseball catcher who is currently a free agent. In his career, he has played for the Texas Rangers , Florida Marlins, Detroit Tigers, and New York Yankees....
     ... Reinaldo Pérez
  • Andrei Satora ... Arthur
  • Rey Vásquez ... El Galtero
  • Guillermo Vives ... Bernardo Vallejo Sáenz
  • Dora Cadavid ... Cecilia de Vallejo


Soundtrack


  • Gaviota


  • Aroma de mujer - "Scent of a woman"


  • Entre dos fuegos - "Between two fires"


  • Volveran las Obscuras Golondrinas - "The dark swallows will return"


  • Mal Amor - "Bad love"


  • Sangra un corazón - "A heart bleeds"


  • A mi pesar - "To my regret"


  • As de Corazones - "Ace of hearts"


  • Como si nada - "Like if nothing"


  • Como un cristal - "Like a glass"


  • Vuelve - "Come back"


  • Café café - "Coffee - coffee"


  • Ni soy río, ni soy flor - "Neither am river, nor a flower"


  • Chapolera


  • Inquietud - "Concern"


Sings Margarita Rosa de Francisco

Remakes planned

An article in Variety
Variety (magazine)

Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Hollywood, was founded by Silverman in 1933....
 reported that the success of Yo soy Betty, la fea spin-offs has led to the search for other telenovelas being planned for the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Other shows developed by Fernando Gaitán are in production for 2007. While some characters remain and new ones have been added, I think that the U.S. version preserves the spirit of the original 'Betty la fea,' Gaitán says.

His Cafe con Aroma de Mujer (Coffee With the Scent of a Woman), a hit for Colombia's RCN TV
RCN TV

This article is about the Colombian broadcasting company. For the American telecommunications company, see RCN CorporationRCN Televisi?n is a Colombian private television network....
 in 1994, is being redone for Mexico twice. First TV Azteca
TV Azteca

TV Azteca is the largest Mexico television network. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisi?n , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993....
 produced Cuando Seas Mía
Cuando Seas Mía

Cuando Seas M?a is a Mexico telenovela about Elena Olivares Paloma, a young coffee collector. The main character is played by Silvia Navarro....
, an adaptation of the original Colombian telenovela starring Silvia Navarro
Silvia Navarro

Silvia Angelica Navarro Barva, better known as Silvia Navarro is a Mexican actress who was last seen in the "telenovela" "Montecristo" on TV Azteca....
 and Sergio Basañez
Sergio Basañez

Sergio Basa?ez is a telenovela actor. He started his acting career at an early age. Before he got leading roles in soap operas, he made special appearances in them, while he studied acting at the "Centro de Educaci?n Art?stica" of Televisa in Mexico....
 as 'Paloma' and 'Diego'.Televisa
Televisa

Televisa is a Mexico multimedia company, the largest Mass media company in the Spanish language-speaking world. It is a major nternational entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract....
 has just begun shooting its own Cafe con Aroma de Mujer with the working title "Destilando Amor
Destilando Amor

'Destilando Amor' is a telenovela remake of caf?, con aroma de mujer. It premiered on January 22, 2007, and in the USA on March 26, 2007 taking the place of the Mexican version of Mundo de Fieras in both countries....
".

The remake has been released as Destilando Amor
Destilando Amor

'Destilando Amor' is a telenovela remake of caf?, con aroma de mujer. It premiered on January 22, 2007, and in the USA on March 26, 2007 taking the place of the Mexican version of Mundo de Fieras in both countries....
 .

DVD Release

There are no plans to release the novela on DVD. There are however bootleg copies of the novela on DVD.

Sources

  • Original Spanish article.


External links

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