Bella Calamidades

Bella Calamidades
Format	Telenovela, Drama
Created by	Julio Jiménez
Developed by	Telemundo Studios; RTI Colombia
Directed by	Mauricio Cruz; Agustin Restrepo
Starring	Danna García; Segundo Cernadas
Theme music composer	Nicolas Uribe; Oliver Camargo; Jose Carlos Maria
Opening theme	Paola Vargas y David Castro - No me dejes
Country of origin	United States; Colombia
Language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	140
Production
Executive producer(s)	Hugo León Ferrer
Editor(s)	Jose Luis Varon
Location(s)	Bogotá, Subachoque, Simijacá, Villa de Leyva
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	42-45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Telemundo
Picture format	HDTV, 1080i
Audio format	Stereophonic sound
Original run	February 24, 2010 – July 28, 2010

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Bella Calamidades (Beautiful But Unlucky) is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by RTI Colombia for Telemundo.^[1] A tongue-in-cheek romance story, it features a ravishing beauty plagued by bad luck.^[2] The tentative stars are Danna Garcia and Segundo Cernadas.

[edit] Plot

The story involves a beautiful, passionate woman named Lola, who is an outcast in a town dominated by superstition. Convinced that she brings misfortune to everyone, Lola shies away from other people. When her hiding place is discovered, she returns to her home town, when a series of freakish events inevitably lead to tragedy. Heartbroken and fearing for her life at the hands of the villagers, Lola loves hope one man's love and another's generosity change her life. No one trusts her except for the man who truly loves her.^[3]

[edit] Cast

Main Cast in Order of Appearance

Actor	Character	Known as
Danna Garcia	Dolores "Lola" Carrero	main heroine, in love with Marcelo
Segundo Cernadas	Marcelo Machado	main hero, in love with Lola
Gustavo Angarita	Aquiles Barraza	terrors Lola, Lola's grandfather
Katie Barberi	Silvana Barbosa de Cardona	mother of Priscilla, villain
Rosemary Bohorquez	Virginia Vidal	friend of Esperanza, villain
Tiberio Cruz Fortunato	Román Galeano	Regina's son
Adriana Campos	Priscila Cardona	cousin of Marcelo, and she loves him, villain
Claudia Rocio Mora	Juana Palomino	maid in Machado's house
Gary Forero	Fabián Poncela	owner of the village bar Los Gozosos
Mimi Morales	Esperanza Capurro	Dancer in Fabian's bar
Herbert King	Elias Romero	Captain of police in the village Orneros
Pedro Roda	Pablo Avila	Cemetery guard, friend of Lola
Daniela Tapia	Nicolasa Fragoso	maid in Galeano's house
Maria Helena Doering	Lorenza Cardona de Machado	Marcelo's mother, godmother of Lola
Ilja Rosendahl	Rody Walpole	Silvana's friend from England
Diana Quijano	Regina de Galeano	Galeano's family head, mother of Romano, Renato, Ricardo and Rene
Pablo Azar	Renato Galeano	Regina's son
Santiago Gómez	Rene Galeano	Regina's son
Jonathan Islas	Ricardo Galeano	Regina's son
Rodolfo Valdes	Nacho Mendoza	Machado's workman
Alejandra Miranda	Martha Carrero	Lola's aunt, Jose's sister

[edit] Production

This show was originally planned for the 2008–2009 season.^[2] The first pilot, titled "Lola Calamidades", was filmed in 2008 with Christian Meier, Danna Garcia, Kristina Lilley and Andrea Lopez. Meier eventually left Telemundo to pursue other things. From the pilot's cast only Garcia, Maria Helena Doering, and Tiberio Cruz will appear in the series. When the filming began on August 17, 2009 Telemundo had not yet cast the male lead. Martin Karpan was suggested, but due to the lack of chemistry between two leads his participation was reconsidered. At the end was the argentinian actor Segundo Cernadas ("Muñeca brava" leading man) who got the role. And they look very believable together too.

Also, Elizabeth Gutiérrez was to play at first Priscilla, but refused the role in favour of other production. The role was eventually taken by Adriana Campos.

[edit] Broadcasting

Country	TV network(s)	Series premiere	Series ending
Spain	TVE 1	February 24, 2010	July 28, 2010
Bulgaria	bTV	March 8, 2010	September 28, 2010
Croatia	RTL Televizija	March 29, 2010	August 18, 2010
Croatia	RTL 2	July 4, 2011	December 30, 2011
Serbia	RTV Pink	June 16, 2010	November 12, 2010
Lithuania	LNK	June 23, 2010	December 30, 2010
Armenia	ShantTv	Septembre 14, 2010	March 26, 2011
Montenegro	Pink M	June 28, 2010	January 7, 2011
Slovenia	Pink SI	September 30, 2010	April 13, 2011
Slovenia	Pink SI	September 27, 2011
Iran	Farsi1	October 16, 2010	April 27, 2011
Georgia		October 18, 2010	April 29, 2011
Russia	Mnogo TV	August 27, 2011
Bosnia	Pink BH	January 26, 2011	August 11, 2011
Romania	Acasa TV	February 26, 2011
Vietnam	VBC	November 28, 2010
Argentina	Canal 9	September 27, 2010	March 28, 2011
Malaysia	TV3 (Malaysia)^[4]	July 19, 2011	2012
Honduras	HTV-Honduras Television	November 7, 2011	February 24, 2012
Kenya	NTV-Kenya	January 16 , 2012	Present
Latvia	LNT	January 16, 2012	Present