El rostro de la venganza


El Rostro de la Venganza is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by United States–based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami. David Chocarro, Elizabeth Gutiérrez and Cynthia Olavarria starred as the protagonist, with the special participation of Maritza Rodríguez, while Saúl Lisazo and Marlene Favela starred as the antagonists.
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History

Telemundo announced a prime-time broadcast of El Rostro de la Venganza on May, as part of the 2012–2013 season. From July 30, 2012, to January 24, 2013, Telemundo aired El Rostro de la Venganza weeknights at 10:30pm/9:30c, following half-hour of Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal. From January 28, 2013, and onwards, Telemundo aired one-hour episodes, replacing Pablo Escobar. The last episode was broadcast on April 12, with El Señor de los Cielos replacing it. As with most of its other telenovelas, the network broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3.

Plot

El Rostro de la Venganza tells the story of Diego Mercader, an 8-year-old boy, bullied and harassed in school by his classmates. He suffers a breakdown and is urged by unknown persons to shoot 7 of his colleagues, being given access to a gun from a lockroom. Accused of the mass murder, he enters a prison for psychological diseases.
Twenty years later, psychiatrist Antonia Villaroel obtains his liberation by legal means and with the support of a generous benefactor Ezequiel Alvarado.
Diego is being given a new identity, the one of Martín Méndez and tries to renew his life under the employment of Ezequiel. He is put as the personal bodyguard of his fiancée, Mariana, compromised in an outrageous relationship with his son, Luciano.
He will find himself in a maze of intrigues and betrayal, sustained by Antonia's decision to find the truth about the murders and by Ezequiel's family. Later Mariana and Antonia are killed by Alicia and Alicia takes the lead role and it is later revealed that she is Eva Samaniego out for revenge.

Cast changes

The initial cast was announced to be Elizabeth Gutiérrez as Antonia, Iván Sánchez as Diego/Martín and Maritza Rodríguez as Mariana.
David Chocarro was originally to play Luciano Alvarado at the very beginning, nevertheless being rather proposed for the lead. The role of Luciano was given to the former leading actor Iván Sánchez, who was let out from the final production due to his constant discontent with the plot. Eventually, Jonathan Islas took the part.
Maritza Rodríguez and Elizabeth Gutiérrez exchanged roles; Rodríguez had been cast as Antonia, and Gutiérrez as Mariana.
After two weeks of broadcast, Gutiérrez announced she was leaving the production, thus letting the series without a female protagonist, as Rodríguez had only played a special role. The initial plot had to be changed, with her character getting killed halfway through.
Marlene Favela was cast in with a new role to substitute the lead. Marlene Favela's character was changed from a Protagonist to an Antagonist as the telenovela went on.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guest

Awards

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResult
2012Premios People en EspañolBest TelenovelaEl Rostro de la Venganza
2012Premios People en EspañolBest ActorDavid Chocarro
2012Premios People en EspañolBest ActressMaritza Rodríguez
2012Premios People en EspañolBest VillainSaúl Lisazo
2013Miami Life AwardsBest Lead ActressElizabeth GutiérrezWon
2013Miami Life AwardsBest Lead ActorDavid Chocarro
2013Miami Life AwardsBest Supporting ActressKimberly Dos RamosWon
2013Miami Life AwardsBest Supporting ActorJosé Guillermo Cortines
2013Miami Life AwardsBest Actress VillainMarlene Favela
2013Miami Life AwardsBest Actor VillainJonathan Islas
2013Miami Life AwardsBest First ActressFelicia Mercado
2013Miami Life AwardsBest First ActorSaúl Lisazo
2013Miami Life AwardsBest First ActorRoberto Mateos
2013Miami Life AwardsBest First ActorEduardo Serrano
2013Miami Life AwardsBest TelenovelaEl Rostro de la Venganza
2013Premios Tu MundoBest Supporting ActressKimberly Dos Ramos
2013Premios Tu MundoBest Supporting ActressCynthia OlavarríaWon
2013Premios Tu MundoBest Supporting ActressBrenda Asnicar
2013Premios Tu MundoThe Perfect CoupleMaritza Rodríguez & David Chocarro
2013Premios Tu MundoBest supporting villainIsabella Castillo, Vanessa PoseWon
2013Premios Tu MundoBest Bad Luck MomentAlicia learns that Tomás is hearing
the conversation she have with Natalia