Ciudad Bendita

Ciudad Bendita
Genre	Telenovela, drama, Comedy
Created by	Leonardo Padrón
Directed by	César Bolívar
Starring	Marisa Román Roque Valero Juan Carlos García Carlos Montilla Alba Roversi
Opening theme	"Ciudad Bendita" by Roque Valero
Ending theme	"Ciudad Bendita" by Roque Valero
Country of origin	Venezuela
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	214
Production
Producer	Carolina De Jacovo
Production location	Caracas
Running time	40-44 minutes
Production company	Venevisión
Original release
Network	Venevisión
Release	July 25, 2006 – April 4, 2007

Ciudad Bendita is a Venezuelan telenovela produced and broadcast by Venevisión and distributed internationally by Venevisión International. The telenovela is an original story written by Leonardo Padrón.

Marisa Román and Roque Valero star as the main protagonists. Since January 9, 2012, the telenovela has aired in Venezuela through cable channel Venevision Plus to repeated 4pm at 11:30 pm.

Plot

Ciudad Bendita is a story of love set in the heat of a popular market, a love story between two peddlers, two losers, two people of the heap, as anonymous as any. Bendita Sanchez has a detail that obscures her beauty: she has a limp. On a bus trip back to Caracas she meets Juan Lobo, an ugly man that dreams of becoming a musician and he instantly falls in love with her.

The problem is that Bendita happens to love another: Yunior Mercado, a metrosexual playboy. And although Juan Lobo composes various songs to win her favor, she just sees him as a friend.

Ciudad Bendita is a great tribute to unrequited love, but It is also the story of a country, a people, an entire community living on poverty, a handful of survivors who dream of learning the key to happiness in the muddy streets of a Latin American city.

Cast

• Marisa Román as Bendita Sánchez
• Roque Valero as Juan Lobo
• Juan Carlos García as Yúnior Mercado.
• Alba Roversi as María Gabriela (Maga)
• Gledys Ibarra as Mercedes Zuleta (La Diabla)
• Nohely Arteaga as Magaly de Mercado (Doble M)
• Yanis Chimaras as Guaicaipuro Mercado (Puro).
• Denise Novell as Frida.
• Beatriz Valdés as Trina de Palacios.
• Caridad Canelón as Peregrina de Lobo.
• Henry Soto as Kike Palacios.
• Carlos Cruz as Baldomero Sánchez.
• Carlos Montilla as Darwin Manuel.
• Haydée Balza as Yajaira.
• Carlota Sosa as Julia Barrios de Venturini.
• Lourdes Valera as Francisca "Ñinguita" o Burusa
• Luis Gerónimo Abreu as Jorge Venturini (Grillo).
• Milena Santander as Prudencia Barrios.
• Guillermo Dávila as Macario.
• Manuel Salazar as Rotundo Quiñones.
• Daniela Bascopé as Fedora Palacios.
• Elaiza Gil as Mi Alma.
• Ana María Simons as Mediática.
• Andreína Yépez as Zulay Montiel(Barranco).
• Alejandro Corona as Etcétera.
• Jessica Grau as Marugenia Torrealba (Maru).
• Iván Romero as Kenny G
• María Cristina Lozada as Consuelo.
• Carlos Villamizar as Robinson Sánchez.
• Freddy Galavís as Ismael Lobo.
• Mirtha Borges as Bertha - Jacinta.
• Pedro Durán as Cafecito.
• Humberto García as Fausto.
• Jean Paul Leroux as Jerry Colón.
• Anastasia Mazzone as Kimberly Mercado (Ojos Grises).
• Laureano Olivares as Julio Augusto Sánchez (Cachete).
• Susej Vera as Valentina.
• Josemith Bermúdez as Tiki.
• Antonio Delli as Gonzalo Venturini.
• Erika Pacheco as Vera.
• Adriana Romero as Yamilé.
• Paula Woyzechowsky as Rosita.
• Eva Blanco as Greta.
• Simón Rojas as Cheo.
• Deive Garcés as Ricardo.
• Martín Lantigua as Tobias.
• Danayzet Faure as Rosalba.

International Broadcasts

• Novelisima
• Guatemala Guatevision
• Ecuador TC Televisión
• Colombia Caracol TV
• Honduras Canal 5 El Lider
• Paraguay Canal 13
• Mexico Galavision
• United States Telefutura
• Dominican Republic Antena Latina y Venevision+Plus Dominicana
• Venezuela Venevision Plus 09 de enero del 2012 4pm