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Montecristo
Format	telenovela
Created by	Marcelo Camaño, Adriana Lorenzón, Bethel Flores
Starring	Silvia Navarro, Diego Olivera, Omar Germenos
Theme music composer	David Bolzoni
Opening theme	"Yo Soy Aquel" "Hazme"by David Bolzoni
Country of origin	Mexico
Language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	185
Production
Executive producer(s)	Rita Fusaro, Emilia Lamothe
Producer(s)	Martin Luna
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	TV Azteca currently on ntv7, Malaysia
Picture format	Color
Original run	August 14, 2006 – April 27, 2007

Montecristo is a Spanish language telenovela that aired on TV Azteca. It premiered on August 14, 2006. The final original episode aired April 27, 2007.

Contents 1 Story 2 Cast 3 Fact Sheet 4 Ntv7

[edit] Story

Montecristo is the story of Santiago Diaz Herrera(Diego Olivera), a young man who apparently seems to have it all: love, a future, family, success. Life has been kind of him, the doors of the whole world are opened to him. But the treachery of those around will turn everything into hell.

Santiago, the son of an outstanding national judge, has just been appointed secretary of the court. He has plans to marry Laura, the woman of his dreams.

Santiago feels a great devotion for law but he also loves fencing, a passion he shares with Marcos Lombardo(Omar Germenos), his close friend. The story begins when Santiago and Marcos travel to Morocco to take part in a fencing tournament. However, this trip will not lead him to victory but to sheer disgrace since he will be involved in a terrible act of treachery, plotted by a wicked environment.

Some days before setting off, Santiago receives some tragic news; his father, Horacio Diaz Herrera(Jose Alonso), discovers that Alberto Lombardo (Marcos' father) has committed a very serious crime during the times of the military regime in Mexico for which he will be arrested and taken to court. Santiago gets so distressed by this terrible news that he decides not to say a word to Marcos. But he doesn't take into account Luciano's envious essence, a man that had unsuccessfully tried to get Santiago's position and who is fully convinced that the judge, his superior, has helped his son reach his post at court. Alberto Lombardo(Fernando Lujan), a man trained to do evil, asks his son Marcos to get rid of Santiago while they are in Europe, as he will do the same with Horacio in Mexico.

Almost immediately, Judge Herrera dies in a terrible accident caused by Leandro, Laura's uncle (Santiago's fiancee) and Alberto's accomplice. He also plots a setup to involve Santiago in his father's death. For this reason, Santiago is arrested in Morocco, accused of a crime he has not committed. Marcos returns from Europe alone and makes Laura believe that Santiago has killed a man. Laura(Silvia Navarro) gets desperate and tries by all means to travel to Morocco but she is told that Santiago has been killed in jail. Laura falls into a terrible depression and decides to put an end to her life. But she also finds out that she is expecting a baby from Santiago. Feeling devastated and totally at a loss, she agrees to marry Marcos, who has always loved her in silence.

In the meantime, in a far-off jail in Morocco, Santiago meets Ulises(Alfredo Sevilla), an old art dealer that has been in prison for many years. Ulises helps Santiago recover. Together, they discover Marcos' treachery. From then on, Santiago has only one thing on mind: to take revenge on those who have snatched his happiness and life.

[edit] Cast

Laura - Silvia Navarro

Santiago - Diego Olivera

Marcos - Omar Germenos

Victoria - María Renée Prudencio

Ramón - Luis Felipe Tovar

Lola - Leticia Huijara

Alberto - Fernando Luján

Leticia - Margarita Sanz

Leandro - Alvaro Guerrero

Erika - María Fernanda Quiroz

Luciano - Pedro Sicard

Milena - Tania Arredondo

Rocamora - Víctor Hugo Martín

Mariana - Sophia Alexander

Matias - Carlitos Hays

Sara Carusso - Julieta Egurrola

Camila - Julia Rosario Urbini

Valentina - Erika de la Rosa

Clemente - Enrique Muñoz

Helena - Carmen Delgado

Horacio Díaz Herrera - José Alonso

Padre Pedro - René Gatica

Ulises - Alfredo Sevilla

Lic.Medina - Ana Karina Guevara

[edit] Fact Sheet

General Director: Martin Luna

Executive Producer: Emilia Lamothe

General Producer: Rita Fusaro

Director: Eduardo Ripari

Unit Directors: Daniel Aguirre, Carlos Guerra

Illuminators: Manuel Palacios, Alfredo Villa Tenorio

Original Story: Adriana Lorenzon, Marcelo Camaño

Adaptation and editing literary: Bethel Flowers

Incidental Music: Camilo Froideval

Post-Production Coordinator: Hernan Luna

Edition: Mónica Rodríguez Carillo

Production Manager: Miguel Angel Lopez Fuentes

Arts & ambiance: Gerardo Hernandez

Set: Guillermo García

Costumes: Bianca Castañon

Image: Arturo Flanders

Casting: Gerardo Rodriguez

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