Serial "Unforgettable" and "Queen of Hearts" brought to the attention of digital TV owners new channel RTV, become a discovery for those who first saw almost no Venezuelan production. And I must admit that most of the audience had the first opportunity to meet not with the best examples of it - as "Seeking Truth" or "Luisa Fernanda". Against this background stood out "Cassandra" undeniable success of Venezuelan artists.
"Reina de Corazones", RCTI, Venezuela, 1998, 120 series
Scriptwriter - Umberto (Kiko) Olivieri
Directed by Tony Rodriguez
Composer Francisco Kabruhas
Pablo Gonzalez Song "Vuelan" takes Mulato

The Venezuelan hit

Breakthrough made telenovela "Morena Clara" and "Revenge." Instead of monotonous rooms with standard interior and sad individual actors, repeating from series to series of the same words and actions, we saw the real action, a mixture of different genres, ever-changing landscapes, exotic nature and unfamiliar customs - in short, full life.
In the first half of the 90 Venezuelan owned about 60% of the European market. She won the recognition of the audience hits such as "Topaz," "most beautiful", the same "Cassandra" and many others. The success prompted Venezuelan companies to large investments in production and continuous improvement of the quality of their shows. As a result of increased prices. So there is nothing strange in the fact that Venezuela bypass Sales less expensive countries. And we suffer from it, we - the viewers.

Today's two series - they are very similar, although narrate seemingly on different eras - deserve that we should not have neglected them, in spite of the terrible sound. "Queen of Hearts" - an absolute hit, award-winning, like the actors that played in it. The particular its value lies in the fact that the script was written by the famous master of his craft Kiko Olivieri based on real events, considered to be the prototype of the protagonist Irene Saez, who gained international fame after winning the Miss Universe pageant in 1981. After working as a model a lot of it in the mid-90s to enter politics. Irene even participated in the presidential elections, but the highlight of her career was the post of the head of the municipal council of one of the districts of Caracas.

In the series, starring many famous actors, and in this connection I wish to recall that Venezuela is a smithy of staff acting for the Americas, including the "Televisa" and Hollywood. A representative of a country periodically become Miss World and the Universe? That's right, Venezuela. For example, starred in "Queen of Hearts" Emma Rabbe began her career with the fact that in 1988 won the title of Miss Venezuela and almost grabbed the crown of Miss World - stood in third place. Unlike other actresses moms series - Dad Jager (Katie, she's a fortune teller, a thief in the Asus "Unforgettable") that sat on this throne in 1956. By the way: Dad Jager - the wife of the director Tony Rodriguez telenovela. Roberto Mateos, which we now see in the TV series "Miracles", received a "Queen of Hearts" award for best actor.

The nightmare of the past

A small provincial town of Solomon. At night, armed men on horseback rode to the house of Armando Paez and killed his entire family: Armando himself, his wife and their son, the firstborn. Their bodies were then hung all. He survived a five-year baby Marlene (Emma Rabbe), which managed to hide. She saw everything, and this scene is etched in her memory forever. Orphaned, the girl was on the street. But the neighbors did not give the child the abyss - many tried to help her, but more than all been good to Marlene black Dolores (Haidi Velasquez). She practically adopted her, helped graduate from school, but barely reached 17 years old, she went to the capital. She began modeling agency Model Agencies: Management beauty   not lost: very soon, a dazzling blonde with blue eyes noticed she became a model known and famous perfume company made her the face of its new product - perfume called "Queen of Hearts".

But Marlene was the girl is not only beautiful but also intelligent: she went to study and eventually received a degree in engineering. Dolores, who all these years did not take money from the foster daughter (she only allowed her to buy a house in Solomon) saw the graduation ceremony of the Queen of Hearts, his Marlene, was happy - Marlene Paes thanked the Prince for the cameras Dolores for her love and care. Shortly thereafter, Dolores dies at the hands of his neighbor Solvensii (Amalia Perez Diaz), and Marlene, who, taking faithful girlfriend Katie (DBP Dadzher), returned to their homes after ten years of absence, has time only for the funeral of an old woman, which she says sister Solvensii - Socorro (Maria Luisa Lamata).

And here begins the miracle in the town, where for ten years there was no rain, burst into tears as soon as the Queen of Hearts, was a terrible downpour. People in shock felt that Marlene - holy. Over all I believed in it Zoilo Guerra (Tania Sarabia), wife Huvenala (Freddie Galavis), son Solvensii. In her hands was a snapshot of a local photographer, where the queen of hearts turned around for a glow, an aura of light. What then can be no doubt have a very dark and undeveloped public Solomon ?!

And how ignorant her countrymen, Malene had to make very soon .  First of all, it is learned that recently, the town was divided into two - Solomon del Pozo del Solomon Kanuko .  It's all about two ambitious local politicians - Ramiro Vega (Daniel Lugo) and Odilo Santos (Roberto Mall), both want to become mayors and such a strange way solved the problem .  Pozo - agricultural part and Kanuko - Industry, since its territory is mined oil .  That black gold made once Ramiro Odilo and get rid of Marlene family, but that, apart from them, knows only one man, the old man Flores (Zhino Francisco), who participated in the massacre .  Of course, both the mayor concerned about the arrival of the surviving orphans, she can start digging up the past! Meanwhile, this is Marlene and intends to do - find out who is assigned a plot of land that belonged to her father, who all these years in the enriched oil in a place where their house stood before .  She has no idea that this person is Ramiro Vega, whose daughter Hulietu (Jennifer Rodriguez) Paes orphan nursed once . 

Both the mayor once married girlfriends each other, but the wife - Salome de Santos (Beatriz Valdés) and Virtudes de Vega (Alicia Plaza) - not a little over dedicated them to the details of his intimate life, but because none of them knew, that Julieta and Federico (Albi de Abreu), the son of Odilo - not their conception. Mayors associated criminal past, but are arch-rivals, enemies. Because their children, love each other, we have to hide their feeling from others.

The Mystery of the Devil

Marlene's arrival coincides with the arrival in the Solomon another man - Padre Santiago Porasa (Roberto Mateos) .  This young and very handsome man recently graduated from the seminary to become an assistant old priest .  Eight years ago, he never thought of dignity - Santiago was engaged to Marlene, but just about the wedding, the groom suddenly disappeared, without informing the bride .  All these years she continued to love him and hope for the meeting .  His appearance in the Solomon causes suffering girl, even more so - he refuses to tell her the real reason for his disappearance: the life of Santiago collapsed at one point, when he learned that his father, Fulhensio Cruz (Thomas Henriques) mob lynched for the murder of the parents of his beloved (Ramiro Odilo and provoked the murder to make a scapegoat Cruz and, in addition, to get rid of a competitor in the oil business) .  It was invented by cunning: his father and his father Marlene Santiago were endless dispute over land, his "guilt" was easy to find . 

Unable to stay with the victim (as he thinks) his father, Santiago begins a new life, retiring from the world. He was quite a boy, but I remember how my father before his death, his mother told him to flee the city, where everyone began to call Fulhensio "Devil" and change the name. Santiago and Mexico came from an old friend of his father, Espirito Santo (Carlos Marquez), harbor the hope that Cruz was framed, and want to hold a secret investigation.
Due to the fact that the city is growing hysteria about the "sanctity" Marlene, in the dilapidated church people began to come back. With the same linked persecutions heaped on the head of Father Santiago, who dared as deemed parishioners to offend the Queen of hearts. In fact, Marlene, angry that ex-boyfriend hiding from her the reason for his disappearance, quarreled with Father, for which he was stoned.

From the angry crowd saved the eldest daughter of Santiago and Huvenala Zoilo - Mesalina (Carolina Tejera). She fell in love with at first sight of the new priest, and now watching his every move. Her younger sister, 10-year-old Dulce (Paola Iglesia) does the same in relation to their subject of passion - Federico, and, of course, catches him on the hot - while meeting with Hulietoy. Together with her in the surveillance involved another interested party - the speaker of the local radio station Bartolo (Luke Grande), in love with Hulietu.
Espiritu Santos Ramiro opens his eyes and his manager called Mosquera (Manuel Salazar) that their oil wells dry up soon, you need to drill a new, and this they can tell when he - the best expert in the field. But Santo refuses to work for a salary - it requires a stock as payment for his services, hoping that, once inside, find out the truth about the death of a friend.

So Marlene and Santiago independently of each other, without saying a word, start a crusade against the killers. They do not yet know that they are one and the same people. They will have to go through a lot to reach an understanding. And, of course, they have to reveal all the secrets, enveloped in their home town, to reconcile feuding families.

In the series, a lot of minor characters, and the actors who played them, worked on conscience, even got a tiny role. Suffice it to recall the two assistant mayors - Berenseho (Cesar Bensid) and Matute (Marcos Campos), model Maria Gracia (Desiderio savages), carousing and Player Player in the family: safety rules   Jean-Paul Lavier (Ricardo Alamo), the driver fouetté (Reinaldo Jose Perez), as well as many others. All of them have tried to make this series has become one of your favorites.

Irina Grushin