Perro amor (American TV series)

Perro amor
Created by	Juana Uribe Andres Salgado
Developed by	Telemundo Studios, Miami
Directed by	David Posada Luis Manzo
Starring	Carlos Ponce Ana Lucía Domínguez Maritza Rodríguez Khotan Fernández
Theme music composer	Carlos Ponce Joel Someillan
Opening theme	"Perro Amor" interpreted by Carlos Ponce
Country of origin	Colombia (1998) - United States (2010)
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	129
Production
Executive producer	Aurelio Valcárcel Carrol
Producer	Jairo Arcila
Production location	Miami, Florida
Editors	Hader Antivar Duque Carlos Sarda
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	42-45 minutes
Original release
Network	Telemundo
Release	January 11 (2010-01-11) – July 19, 2010 (2010-07-19)

Perro Amor is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo that originally ran in the United States from January to July 2010.

This is a Colombian soap opera remake of the 1998 Cenpro Television daily telenovela Perro Amor, written by Natalia Ospina & Andrés Salgado. As with most of its other soap operas, Telemundo will broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3.This telenovela was sold to 19 countries around the world.

Plot

Perro Amor tells the story of two lovers: Antonio "el perro" Brando (Carlos Ponce) and Camila Brando (Maritza Rodríguez), who are also cousins. Since they were teens they have been playing at love. Now they are two lovers trying to live a life full of adventure, passion, conquests and bets. Anything Goes: making love in a window in the bathroom of their office, or on Camilla's bed. All under one condition: no love between them, nor for anyone else. Love is a game, and the one who falls in love loses.

Antonio is all set to marry Daniela (Maritza Bustamante), the daughter of his father's business partner. But on their wedding day Camila makes him one of her famous bets: he wouldn't dare leave the bride at the altar. Antonio accepts the bet and goes through with it, refusing to say "I do" regardless of the likely consequences: Daniela's dad is the largest investor in the Brando family's construction company. Antonio's offensive behavior jeopardizes an important development project in which the Brando family's fortune is tied up, leaving the Brandos on the brink of bankruptcy. Also, on the day of the wedding, while preparing for the wedding (and after making love to Camilla), he spots Sofia (Ana Lucía Domínguez), through the window, whose mother is the caterer for the wedding and Sofia her assistant.

Parallel to this, the cash-pressed Brando family business deceives and defrauds Dagoberto (Gerardo Riveron), who represents a group of poor homeowners, who are said to benefit from the project that Daniela's father is investing in, but the Brandos (notably Camilla, and her husband Gonzalo (Rodrigo de la Rosa) as the other members of the family are not familiar with the real master plan, as Camilla is the head of the project) take possession of the houses in the neighborhood and then refuse to pay for them. This drives Dagoberto to take his own life rather than face the neighbors who trusted him. His son, Rocky (Khotan Fernández) swears revenge. Rocky is an honest young man who dreams of being a musician, a promising pop singer who is in love with Sofia, offering her a sincere love without lies or bets.

But Antonio and Camilla have gone too far, regardless of Sofia. The economic future of the construction company is at stake, along with a whole neighborhood, a family and the happiness of Rocky. But something will change: Antonio's father, Pedro (Victor Camara), puts Antonio out on the street for being irresponsible. Antonio decides to marry Sofia and show his father that has matured, but Sofia already knows what he is, and does not want to have anything to do with him. Camilla, meanwhile, tries to recover Antonio by making life impossible for both him and Sofia, without acknowledging she is in love with him.

Meanwhile, behind the scenes it's discovered by some, that Camilla is NOT a Brando after all, and that her mother and "father" were just friends, as her "father" was in reality gay. Her biological father is a man named Luigi Dorado, who was a drifter who mostly would take advantage of women, and be a "playboy" of sorts. He was hidden for 30 years, despite apparently knowing the truth, blackmails her with money demands in return of his silence. At the same time, Luigi begins to have a relationship with Cecilia (Zully Montero), Antonio's grandmother, and matriarch of the Brando family, but this relationship was mostly as a ploy to scare Camilla, to avoid telling Cecilia the truth of Camilla's paternity. (Although, later in the novel, its revealed that Cecilia knew all along that her son wasn't Camilla's father). Cecilia suspecting that Luigi's intentions weren't genuine, asks Rosario (Sofia's mother and daughter of Cecilia's best friend Ligia)to act as a decoy, to try to find out what Luigi is up to. But, the plan gets exposed by Luigi, and he attempts to rape her, before police arrive. Luigi was sentenced to jail for the attempted rape, and Camilla, tired of Luigi's blackmails, decides to have him killed. As a result, he was attacked by Alejandro Vallejo, a fellow prisoner, who was contracted by Jairo Chaparro in exchange for his freedom. In the end, Luigi wasn't killed, though injured, and Chaparro never intended to free Vallejo, and used him for his "dirty work". Later on, Camilla unsuccessful with the plot to kill Luigi, pays for Luigi's bail, in hopes that he forgives and forgets about everything that transpired.

Around the same time, Antonio realizes he truly is in love with Sofia, and he no longer wants to have a relationship with Camilla, or any relationship with anyone else so he decides to go to counseling for his sex addiction. Six months pass, Sofia is ready to deliver her child (with Antonio), and Antonio returns from rehab and is seemingly cured from his addiction and is ready to be the model father and husband that Sofia dreamed he would be. But, Sofia has grown tired of Antonio's past antics and is determined to divorce him. But Nany comes back in town and discovers she has AIDS, causing a big problem as Antonio was one of her many partners. After a slight scare, and after several blood tests, it's discovered that everyone (Antonio, Gonzalo, Daniela, and Tamayo) is negative. (Camilla claims to be positive but that was just a plot to get Gonzalo closer to her, after he seemed to falling for Daniela). Camilla and Gonzalo realize that their scheming is catching up to them, so as a result they plan one final big heist, by selling multiple properties twice, and defrauding every 2nd buyer (being that the first buyer would be the legitimate buyer, and everyone after that, invalid) and keeping the money. But, the plot is exposed, as a result Gonzalo winds up in jail and Camilla is kept free, after she put the blame of the fraud all on him, when it reality it was more her idea, and he was just an accomplice. While Gonzalo is in jail, Camilla, now working alone, enlists the help of Chaparro once again. Chaparro decides they need to put all the fraud money that Camilla and Gonzalo embezzled and put it into a bank account in the Bahamas, under a fake name, the fake name being "Alejandro Vallejo", the same prisoner who he promised earlier to release from jail, and didn't. A problem arises, when the prisoner finds this information out, and blackmails Chaparro, as a result Chaparro calls for Vallejo's death, making it look like a suicide. Gonzalo who had just been in the room with Vallejo, realizes that it wasn't a suicide after all, and that he was ordered to be killed.

At the same time, Luigi who has since, struck a legitimate relationship with Clemencia (Antonio's mother and Pedro's estranged wife) and realizes that Camilla may be the real criminal of everything that's going on. The day Vallejo was murdered, Luigi visits the prison and talks to Vallejo, and Vallejo tells him everything he knows, and that if he's killed, it'd be Chaparro's doing, (being that he himself was asked to kill Luigi earlier in the novel, he was fully aware of what Chaparro was capable of) and wrote on a piece of paper thae proof that Chaparro is behind the money laundering scheme.

Also, in the past few months, Rocky Paris lets his fame go to his head, and he becomes arrogant to everyone he's dealt with in his life, only wanting two things, (1) Revenge on the Brandos for his father's suicide (which in reality was Camilla and Jairo Chaparro's doing) and (2) Sofia. Because, of this tired of Rocky's attitude, Benny quits the band.

Antonio, realizing Sofia doesn't want to be with him, and refusing to go back to Sofia, meets and falls in love with Miranda, a vetenerian (Angelica Celaya). Sofia also gives in to Rocky's advances and falls in love then later agrees to marry him. Also around this time, Cecilia is suffering from heart disease and is in need for a transplant, this results in Sofia and Pedro to run the company trying to undo the bad deeds of Camilla and Gonzalo. Gonzalo later turning face by exposing Camilla and Jairo's plan. When Camilla gets word of the developments, she decides she needs to kill Cecilia in the hospital, and nearly succeeds, but is saved by both Antonio and Miranda, only to now need the heart transplant more urgent.

Luigi, knowing all the truths, is ready to kill Jairo for all the missed deeds he committed, and it culminates into a shootout, where kills Luigi. Luigi turns out to be an organ donor, and his heart is given to Cecilia. Cecilia would fully recover, and is now ready for a new plan to fix the deception and resolve the issues of the poor homeowners.

Antonio then gets a call from Alejandro "Alejo" (Sofia's brother) who is desperate for drugs, he refuses, and insteads insists to help him overcome his drug habit. A first step being a concert that supports recovery, only problem is its booked on the same date and time as a concert Rocky is planning to hold, being that Antonio (who was business partners with Rocky) didnt file the papers for approval on Rocky's concert and filed the paper for his own papers. Rocky attempts to sabotage Antonio's concert.

Main cast

Actor	Character	Known as
Carlos Ponce	Antonio "El Perro" Brando	Main Hero, in love with Sofia
Ana Lucía Domínguez	Sofia Santana	Main Heroine, in love with Antonio
Maritza Rodríguez	Camila Brando	Main villain, cousin and lover of Antonio, later known that she is not his cousin, ex-wife of Gonzalo, villain commits suicide
Khotan Fernández	Rocky Perez	singer, in love with Sofia
Maritza Bustamante	Daniela Valdiri	Fernando's daughter, in love with Gonzalo
Zully Montero	Doña Cecilia de Brando	grandmother of Antonio
Elluz Peraza	Clemencia de Brando	mother of Antonio, in love with Luigi, wife of Pedro, villain, later good
Víctor Camara	Pedro Brando	father of Antonio, in love with Veronica, husband of Clemencia
Rodrigo de la Rosa	Gonzalo Caceres	Camila's ex-husband, in love with Daniela
Natalia Ramírez	Rosario Pinoz de Santana	Sofia's mother, in love with Angel
Raul Arrieta	Diego Tamayo	Antonio's friend, later his traitor, has his own radio show
Martha Picanes	Ligia de Pinoz	best friend of Cecilia, Sofia's grandmother
Rosalinda Rodriguez	Doña Beatriz Caparroso	Benny's mother, having Don Juaco's baby
Carlos Ferro	Benny Caparroso "El Pastelito"	singer, Rocky's best friend, in love with Veronica, Jenifer's ex lover
Dayana Garroz	Viviana	On-air DJ, in love with Juan Camilo
Silvana Arias	Veronica Jessica Murillo "La Vero"	best friend of Sofia, in love with Benny, had a fling with Don Pedro
Manolo Coego	Joaquin Valencia	father of Jennifer and Lorena Lopez, in love with Doña Beatriz
Fred Valle	Fernando Valdiri	Daniela's father
Roberto Huicochea	Giardinis Murillo	Veronica's father
Freddy Viquez	Jairo Chaparro	Camila's secret look out in Rocky's neighborhood, villain arrest by the cops
Roberto Levermann	Usnavy Murillo	Brother of Veronica Jessica Murillo
Frank Falcon	Juan Camilo Palacios	Lawyer of the Brando Family and boyfriend of Viviana
Carlos Garin	Angel Santana	Sofia's father
Adrian Carvajal	Alejandro 'Alejo' Santana	Sofia's brother and dated Lorena, drug addict
Marco Figueroa	Marc	sailor, husband of Jennifer
Veronica Montes	Lena	singer, friend of Rocky and Benny, in love with Rocky
Patricia de Leon	Jennifer Lopez	Marc's ex-wife, in love with Benny
Paola Campodonico	Lorena Lopez	Jennifer's sister and dated Alejo, has feelings for Benny

Special Cast

Actor	Character	Known as
Jencarlos Canela	Jencarlos Canela	himself
Raul Izaguirre	Luigi Dorado	father of Camilla, lover of Clemencia ( shot 5 times by jairo died in the hospital)
Yoly Dominguez	Perla Mathis	sex-therapist of Antonio
Angélica Celaya	Miranda	new girl of Antonio, gets attacked by Camila
Alcira Gil	Lidia	mother of Jennifer, first wife of Joaquin, alcoholic
Andres Mistage		Antonio's friend
Jessica Caldrello	Danira	Secretary in Brando Company
Hector Alejandro	Araújo	Lawyer
Charles de la Rosa	Robert Almanza
Charly Peña	George
Yami Quintero	Barbara
Ariel Diaz	Danilo de Mendoza
Marisela González	Maria
Jorge Celedon	Jorge Celedon	Himself
Jimmy Zambrano	Jimmy Zambrano	Himself
Carmen Olivares	Milena
Victor Corona	Enrique
Shafik Palis	Eduardo 'Lalo'	Son of Jennifer and Marc
Edna Roncallo	Cecilia	best friend of Rosario, has DEA
Yina Velez	Nany Mondragon	best friend of Camila, has AIDS

Release date

• Release dates and Ratings of U.S. premiere on Telemundo.

Air Date	Number	Episode Title	Rating	Duration
11.01.2010	001	Gran lanzamiento	N/A	57 minutes
12.01.2010	002	Amores de estafa	N/A	42 minutes
13.01.2010	003	Redes seductoras	N/A	42 minutes
14.01.2010	004	Juego de máscaras	N/A	42 minutes
15.01.2010	005	Ruegos ahogados	N/A	42 minutes
18.01.2010	006	Trueque de amor	N/A	42 minutes
19.01.2010	007	Rumbo a la desgracia	N/A	42 minutes
20.01.2010	008	Guerra sucia	N/A	42 minutes
21.01.2010	009	Ángel guardián	N/A	42 minutes
22.01.2010	010	Ilusión del corazón	N/A	42 minutes
25.01.2010	011	Apuesta sexual	N/A	42 minutes
26.01.2010	012	Promesas fallidas	N/A	42 minutes
27.01.2010	013	Trampa de virginidad	N/A	42 minutes
28.01.2010	014	Seducir al Perro	N/A	42 minutes
01.02.2010	015	Perro celoso	N/A	42 minutes
02.02.2010	016	¿Pelea de orgullo?	N/A	42 minutes
03.02.2010	017	Orgullo herido	N/A	42 minutes
04.02.2010	018	Juegos con Sofía	N/A	42 minutes
05.02.2010	019	Sueno de lobos	N/A	42 minutes
08.02.2010	020	Pruebas extremas	N/A	42 minutes
09.02.2010	021	Sorpresa de compromiso	N/A	42 minutes
10.02.2010	022	Viaje desesperado?	N/A	42 minutes
11.02.2010	023	Trampa en vivo	N/A	42 minutes
12.02.2010	024	Amor de un Perro	N/A	42 minutes
15.02.2010	025	Víctima de amor	N/A	42 minutes
16.02.2010	026	Reto de hombría	N/A	42 minutes
17.02.2010	027	Celos retadores	N/A	42 minutes
18.02.2010	028	Perder la partida	N/A	42 minutes
19.02.2010	029	Retar instintos	N/A	42 minutes
22.02.2010	030	Jugadas sucias	N/A	42 minutes
23.02.2010	031	Novia humillada	N/A	42 minutes
24.02.2010	032	Duda en el altar	N/A	42 minutes
25.02.2010	033	Suenos de amor	N/A	42 minutes
26.02.2010	034	Traición y juegos	N/A	42 minutes
01.03.2010	035	Venganza sensual	N/A	42 minutes
02.03.2010	036	Mundo ajeno	N/A	42 minutes
03.03.2010	037	Doble cara	N/A	42 minutes
04.03.2010	038	Guerra de fieras	N/A	42 minutes
05.03.2010	039	Escándalo y elección	N/A	42 minutes
08.03.2010	040	Sin censura	N/A	42 minutes
09.03.2010	041	Gira de discordia	N/A	42 minutes
10.03.2010	042	Trampa de estafas	N/A	42 minutes
11.03.2010	043	Noticia de un embarazo	N/A	42 minutes
12.03.2010	044	Decisión herida	N/A	42 minutes
15.03.2010	045	Estafas culposas	N/A	42 minutes
16.03.2010	046	Ojos de Brando	N/A	42 minutes
17.03.2010	047	Pasado de perros	N/A	42 minutes
18.03.2010	048	Víctima de chantaje	N/A	42 minutes
19.03.2010	049	Juego que enloquece	N/A	42 minutes
22.03.2010	050	Con la misma moneda	N/A	42 minutes
23.03.2010	051	Apuesta y fracaso	N/A	42 minutes
25.03.2010	052	Perro arrepentido	N/A	42 minutes
26.03.2010	053	Acoso sexual	N/A	42 minutes
29.03.2010	054	Secretos de Camila	N/A	42 minutes
30.03.2010	055	Alianzas por amor	N/A	42 minutes
31.03.2010	056	Redes de mentira	N/A	42 minutes
01.04.2010	057	Secreto sexual	N/A	42 minutes
02.04.2010	058	Juego Perdido	N/A	42 minutes
05.04.2010	059	Juego sucio	N/A	42 minutes
06.04.2010	060	Maldad castigada	N/A	42 minutes
07.04.2010	061	Apuesta pública	N/A	42 minutes
08.04.2010	062	Amores sin futuro	N/A	42 minutes
09.04.2010	063	Rivales humilladas	N/A	42 minutes
12.04.2010	064	Humillación ambiciosa	N/A	42 minutes
13.04.2010	065	Ley divina	N/A	42 minutes
14.04.2010	066	Chantaje sentimental	N/A	42 minutes
15.04.2010	067	Límite obsesivo	N/A	42 minutes
16.04.2010	068	Juego de aliados	N/A	42 minutes
19.04.2010	069	Trampas sexuales	N/A	42 minutes
20.04.2010	070	Riesgo y peligro	N/A	42 minutes
21.04.2010	071	Hora cero	N/A	42 minutes
22.04.2010	072	Presa de pánico	N/A	42 minutes

Broadcasting

Country	TV network(s)	Series premiere	Series end
United States		January 11, 2010	July 19, 2010
Albania		May 17, 2010	November 12, 2010
Armenia	TheShanttv	April 12, 2010	October 27, 2010
Serbia		June 28, 2010	December 7, 2010
Montenegro		August 11, 2010	February 7, 2011
Slovenia	POP TV	September 3, 2010	March 11, 2011
Croatia	Local station Net	September 27, 2010	March 24, 2011
Bulgaria	bTV	September 19, 2011	Present
Romania	Acasa TV	October 3, 2011	February, 2012
Lithuania	TV8	October 3, 2011	April, 2012

External links

• Lanzamiento de Perro Amor
• Seriesnow