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Verano del '98 is an Argentine telenovela, produced by Cris Morena. It was broadcast on Telefe television in the period January 12, 1998-November 17, 2000. The telenovela had three seasons, and changed its cast many times. Cris Morena also composed songs for Verano del '98 soundtrack.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: soap opera, telenovela
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Tiny Angels (1995)
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Chiquititas is a successful children's musical telenovela from Argentina. Created and produced by Cris Morena, starring her daughter Romina Yan, it aired on Telefé from 1995 until 2001. The series focuses about orphans living in a manor, known as Rincón de Luz, where they're guided by a young woman that represents a maternal figure for them. The story explores their experiences such as discovering first love, deceptions, loneliness and friendship. The story is followed by musical themes and videos. There were two spin-offs and a film based on Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz, which aired in 2003 on Canal 9 and a 2006 production, Chiquititas Sin Fin, which aired in Telefe. This season was created to celebrate the 11th anniversary of the series, and was later adapted in Portugal and Romania. A game based on Sin Fin was also released for PS2 and Wii in 2009. The show's feature film Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz was released in 2001.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 532
Genere: Musical, Family, Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: soap opera, telenovela
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When You Smile (2011)
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When you smile at me, he tells how the structured life of Gastón Murfi (Facundo Arana) changes overnight with the appearance of his father, Juan (Mario Pasik), whom he stopped seeing when he was a teenager; and his brother who he did not know, Juanse (Benjamin Rojas) who together make Gastón believe that Juanse is his son. Also in Gastón's life is his new neighbor Luna (Julieta Díaz), who has just arrived in the neighborhood after a love disappointment to set up a bar.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: soap opera, telenovela
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Doce Tentação (2012)
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Doce Tentação is a Portuguese telenovela that started airing on TVI on 8 January 2012.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal
Duration:
Plot tags: telenovela
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Nurses (2019)
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A story of women in which María Clara, the main character, is responsible for driving the main plot: a love story full of ups and downs. A failed marriage, a divorce, raising her two children and falling in love again with a man younger than her.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Colombia
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Plot tags: soap opera, telenovela
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Destino (2013)
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Destino is a Mexican telenovela produced by Maricarmen Marcos for Azteca. Paola Nuñez and Mauricio Islas star as the protagonists.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: soap opera, telenovela
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Second chance (2005)
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El cuerpo del Deseo also known as Second Chance is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Telemundo and Film in Florida. This limited-run series is about a man who comes back from the dead and discovers dark secrets about his beautiful widow. The first version of El cuerpo del Deseo was En Cuerpo Ajeno produced by RTI Colombia in 1992.This telenovela was aired in 25 countries around the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 850
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, psychological, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
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Ana de nadie (2022)
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IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: soap opera, telenovela
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The Other Woman (2002)
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La Otra is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and aired on El Canal de las Estrellas from 20 May through 20 September 2002. It aired on Univision in the United States from October 14, 2002 through February 28, 2003. It stars Yadhira Carrillo as both Carlota Guillen Sáenz and Cordelia Portugal, identical strangers whose lives collide upon becoming involved with Álvaro Ibáñez. "The Best Telenovela of the Year".
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: novela, telenovela
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Corazón guerrero (2022)
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After the death of their father, brothers Jesús, Damián, and Samuel are separated and adopted by different families. They reunite as adults and swear on their father's grave to seek vengeance against their enemy, the Ruíz Montalvo family.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: soap opera, telenovela
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Tierra de Pasiones (2006)
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In a beautiful valley where the most exquisite grapes are farmed, an intense and sizzling love story will flourish between Valeria San Roman, a beautiful woman with a strong character, which has given her the strength to face life's deceptions, and Francisco Contreras, renowned publisher, widower and a man of will. Valeria, who manages the San Roman vineyard, hasn't had an easy life. Her own father, Jose Maria 'Chema' San Roman, the family's patriarch, has always hated her because she is the only one who doesn't obey him. A man without scruples, selfish and womanizing, Chema arrived to the United States, married Valeria's mom to steal everything from her and later disposed of her. If that weren't enough, Chema schemes a hideous plan causing Valeria to experience a horrible betrayal. Meanwhile, Francisco arrives to visit his father at the ranch only to learn that he has married Marcia, a woman much younger than he who leads him to the brink of bankruptcy and drives him to suicide.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, telenovela
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River of Intrigues (2010)
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River of intrigues is a historic town with beautiful landscape and a river where people practice sports. Despite its beautiful scenery, the city`s main asset is its different inhabitants. Intrigue, confusion and a lot of passion heat up / warm up the plot. Everything in this quiet town is transformed with the arrival of a mega-project, which causes an impact on all aspects of social life of each resident.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: soap opera, novela, telenovela
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Beyond the Horizon (2013)
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, telenovela
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Hearts to the Limit (2004)
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Corazones al límite is a Mexican telenovela about a teenage girl named Diana who was emotionally neglected from her parents, and felt unwanted. After being expelled from her boarding school in Switzerland, Diana goes back to live with her parents.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Romance, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: soap opera, novela, telenovela
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The Rich Do Not Ask for Permission (2016)
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This series narrates the story of the Villalba's ares, owners of a huge estate named Santa Elena, after their mother suspiciously dies. The three siblings will try and figure this mystery out along with the house employees. Greed and pride will tear them apart, but love will try and reunite them.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, soap opera, telenovela
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Stepmother (2005)
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La Madrastra is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 7 February 2005 through 29 July 2005. The program became an unexpected success, garnering ratings in excess of 30 points. Starring Victoria Ruffo and César Évora, who last appeared together in 2000's Abrázame muy fuerte, La madrastra tells the story of María, a woman who lost twenty years of her life after being falsely accused of murder and who returns to Mexico to exact revenge on her husband and friends who abandoned her and to see her beloved children once more. La Madrastra is fourth in a series of remakes of the 1981 Chilean production of the same name. The program aired five nights a week, Monday through Friday, at 9 pm for 25 weeks. A follow-up special, La madrastra: años después, aired shortly after the finale on 30 July 2005.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 609
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: soap opera, novela, suspense, hispanic, telenovela
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Seven Sins (2007)
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Sete Pecados is a Brazilian telenovela airing at 7:00 pm, which replaced Pé na Jaca of Carlos Lombardi. The telenovela was written by Walcyr Carrasco, with the collaboration of Claudia Soto and Andre Ryoki. The directors were Jorge Fernando, Pedro Vasconcelos and Fred Mayrink. Jorge worked with the same directing cast on his previous telenovelas Chocolate com Pimenta and Alma Gêmea. Seven Sins debuted on June 18, 2007. and last aired on February 15, 2008, with 209 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, humorous, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
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Dumb Girls Don't Go to Heaven (2008)
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Las tontas no van al cielo is an original Mexican telenovela that began airing on Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas, beginning 11 February 2008. The novela is a production of Rosy Ocampo and starring Jacqueline Bracamontes, Jaime Camil, and Valentino Lanús.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: soap opera, novela, telenovela
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Dare to Dream (2009)
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Danna Paola stars as Patito, Eleazar Gómez as Mateo, Violeta Isfel and Cynthia Klitbo, play antagonist roles as Antonella and Bianca. The telenovela features adult protagonists also, René Strickler and Vanessa Guzmán. It first aired on Sunday, 8 March 2009, as the first telenovela to debut on a Sunday in Mexico. After a year of success, becoming a major hit in Mexico, especially among children, its final episode was also on a Sunday, 7 March 2010.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, soap opera, telenovela
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My Lovely Hope (2015)
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Julia Albarracín (Lali Espósito) is a girl from La Merced, a small town. Her adoptive mother Blanca used to work in a factory; she was contaminated on the job and dies sometime later. Before she dies, she gives Julia the proof of the contamination that killed her. The factory owner knew about it and stalked her so she couldn't give the proof to the police. Desperately needing to escape, she boarded a random bus to Buenos Aires, where she sought help from her mother's old friend Concepción (Ana Maria Picchio), who had become a nun and is also Santa Rosa Convent's Mother Superior. She gives Julia a nun's habit and introduces her to the other nuns as novice Sister Esperanza. Sister Clara (Gabriela Toscano) becomes her best friend and advisor, but what she doesn't know is that Clara is her biological mother. Clara realizes that Esperanza is her daughter, but becomes afraid of telling her the truth because she is afraid of losing her forever. Esperanza also meets the young priest Tomás (Mariano Martinez) and becomes friends with him; eventually she falls in love with him although she knows it's impossible. Tomás also develops feelings for her but tries to hide them because of his position as priest. Both of them are unaware that Tomás and his brother Máximo (Tomás Fonzi) lead the business that killed her mother.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration:
Plot tags: light, touching, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, soap opera, telenovela
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Casi ángeles (2007)
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'Casi Ángeles' is an Argentinian series targeted at teenagers. The show had four seasons and leaded its time-slot for three of those seasons, spawning over 100 licensed products, an official magazines, a tour and four seasons of a musical at Teatro Gran Rex. It started airing on 21 March 2007 and ended its run on 29 November 2010 on Telefe.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 803
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, entertaining, humorous, captivating, soap opera, novela, telenovela
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Melrose Place (2009)
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In an elegant Spanish-style apartment building in the trendy Melrose neighborhood of Los Angeles, a diverse group of 20-somethings have formed a close-knit surrogate family. However, when a bloody body is found floating in the courtyard pool, the police soon discover that almost everyone had a reason to want the deceased out of the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, stylized, captivating, sexy, soap opera, teen, realistic, telenovela
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Head over Heels (2013)
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De que te quiero, te quiero is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucero Suárez for Televisa. It is a remake of Carita pintada, a Venezuelan telenovela written by Valentina Párraga. Livia Brito is the protagonist, with Juan Diego Covarrubias as the dual protagonist/antagonist. Esmeralda Pimentel stars as the antagonist.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, serious, realistic, novela, soap opera, telenovela
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Humble Maria (1995)
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María la del barrio, the third telenovela in the Las Tres Marías trilogy, is a Mexican telenovela starring Thalía, Fernando Colunga, Itatí Cantoral, Ricardo Blume, Irán Eory and the young actors Ludwika Paleta & Osvaldo Benavides. It was produced and broadcast on Televisa in 1995–1996. The series is a remake of Los Ricos También Lloran, which featured Verónica Castro, Rogelio Guerra and Rocío Banquells. María la del barrio is considered one of the most popular and successful telenovelas ever, having been broadcast in over 180 countries and watched by more than two billion people.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, soap opera, hispanic, serious, emotional, realistic, telenovela
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Lalola (2007)
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Lalola was an Argentine television Comedy show that aired from 28 August 2007 to 29 April 2008. It was broadcast by TV channel América 2. It starred Carla Peterson and Luciano Castro as protagonists. The show won nine Martín Fierro Awards for 2007, and also the Gold Prize. A pilot for an American version, entitled "Eva Adams", was filmed for the Fox network starring James Van Der Beek. It was envisioned as a dramedy, in the vein of how Yo soy Betty la fea was adapted for American audiences as Ugly Betty, but wasn't picked up for a regular series.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 391
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: novela, funny, light, romantic, sweet, entertaining, soap opera, telenovela
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Devious Maids (2013)
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The series centers on four Latina maids working in the homes of Beverly Hills’ wealthiest and most powerful families, and a newcomer who made it personal after a maid was murdered and determined to uncover the truth behind her demise, and in the process become an ally in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, humorous, entertaining, enigmatic, tense, offbeat, soap opera, deep
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Wild Angel (1998)
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Muñeca Brava is an award-winning Argentine telenovela, produced by Telefe in 1998 - 1999. The television series was broadcast in more than 80 countries over the world, enjoying high ratings. The show was written by Enrique Oscar Torres and directed by Hernán Abrahamnsohn, Gaita Aragona and Víctor Stella First episode was aired in Argentina on 10 October 1998 on channel Telefe The play was filmed mainly in Argentina. Some of the episodes were filmed in Italy and Spain. The programme is known for launching the international career of Natalia Oreiro.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, light, soap opera, funny, humorous, novela, telenovela
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Violetta (2012)
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Violetta is an Argentine telenovela filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina and developed by Disney Channel Latin America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and production company Pol-ka, debuted in its country of origin, Latin America and Italy on May 14, 2012. Violetta tells the story of a musically talented teenager (played by Argentine actress Martina Stoessel) who returns to her native Buenos Aires with her father, Herman, (played by Diego Ramos) after living in Europe for several years, navigating the trials and tribulations of growing up. Each episode includes original musical numbers from diverse musical genres such as pop music and popular music.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, telenovela
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90210 (2008)
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90210 revolves around several students at the fictional West Beverly Hills High School, including new Beverly Hills residents Annie Wilson and Dixon Wilson. Their father, Harry Wilson, has returned from Kansas to his Beverly Hills childhood home with his family to care for his mother, former television and theater actress Tabitha Wilson, who has a drinking problem and clashes with his wife Debbie Wilson. Annie and Dixon struggle to adjust to their new lives while making friends and yet adhering to their parents' wishes.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, romantic, captivating, teen, humorous, entertaining, serious, sentimental, telenovela, teen comedy
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Freeridge (2023)
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Four teen friends work to reverse a curse after a peculiar old box seems to bring misfortune — and more — into their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: teen comedy
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Rebelde Way (2002)
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Rebelde Way is a Martín Fierro Award—nominated Argentine soap opera created and produced by Cris Morena. It originally aired from 26 May 2002 to 18 December 2003. The series was broadcast in many countries worldwide, including Peru, Germany, Israel, Spain and Uruguay, achieving widespread success. In addition, numerous remakes of Rebelde Way have been made, most notably Rebelde by Mexican Televisa. In 2009, Jennifer Lopez bought the rights for an U.S. adaptation. Rebelde Way is set in the Elite Way School, a prestigious private boarding high school near Buenos Aires. The students of the school are the members of Argentine wealthiest families, as well as gifted students with scholarships. The series follows the lives of Elite Way students, their parents and their professors, and it also features the regular use of English language and phrases by the upper class. Its central characters are Marizza Pía Spirito, Mía Colucci, Pablo Bustamante and Manuel Aguirre, portrayed by, respectively, Camila Bordonaba, Luisana Lopilato, Benjamín Rojas and Felipe Colombo. The four form a band named Erreway, in order to pursue their dreams. The band enjoyed a great success throughout Latin America, Europe and Israel, selling over 3 million records and achieving several Platinum records. Along with spawning a series of merchandising, Cris Morena Group also released a spin–off movie Erreway: 4 Caminos in 2004.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: soap opera, semi serious, humorous, novela, realistic, sentimental, romantic, feel good, entertaining, telenovela