Romané
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Romané is a Chilean soap opera that was first aired on March 6, 2000 as part of the first semester prime-time lineup of soap operas on TVN. It competed against Canal 13’s Sabor A Ti.
The day they had planned to runaway together Raphael doesn’t show and Jovanka leaves Mejillones alone never to tell him she is pregnant. She ends up in Spain where she has a baby girl and marries a wealthy and good gypsy. They adopt two other girls, and the three of them grow up believing they all adopted.
Jovanka has now returned to Chile, with her daughters and now a widow, after 25 years to attend her father’s wedding. Her father, Melquíades (Héctor Noguera) has brought his whole tribe with him to Mejillones where he plans on marrying the young beauty Milenka California (Blanca Lewin). Jovanka finds herself once again in this town that brings back so many memories.
It’s not long before Jovanka runs into Raphael again, and Victoria comes to tell her to leave. Remembering all the pain of the past, still hurt and humiliated from Raphael’s abandonment, she shouts for the whole town to hear and know that the day Raphael Dominguez dies she will share her fortune and gold with everyone in the town.
Many of the townspeople like Victoria North have an adverse hatred and prejudice towards gypsies, but the town itself is doing poorly with many businesses on the verge of bankruptcy, and the arrival of the gypsies will change all that. It’s not long before Jovanka runs into Raphael again, and Victoria afraid that she’ll be found out asks Jovanka to leave. This only provokes Jovanka to shout out for the whole town to hear and know that the day Raphael Dominguez dies she will share her fortune and gold with everyone in the town.
From here is where things get complicated. People start attempting plots against Raphael. Victoria and Drago once again plot together to get rid of Jovanka. And Drago has his own plans to get rid of his best friend Melquiades so that he can become the leader of the tribe. Jovanka meanwhile starts to fall in love with Raphael’s brother Juan (Francisco Reyes) who unlike his brother has a great affection for the gypsies. However, he happens to be a priest. And his nephew and Raphael’s son, Sebastián (Ricardo Fernández) becomes enamored with Maria Salomé (Francisca Imboden), Jovanka’s daughter, who may or may not be his sister….
Plot
The last time Jovanka Antich (Claudia di Girólamo) was in Chile, she was a teenager and had a secret, torrid affair with Raphael Dominguez (Francisco Melo) the son of a local well-to-do family. The affair ended badly, with both of them believing that the other betrayed them when really it was Raphael’s mother Victoria North (Marés González) with the help of the power hungry gypsy Drago (José Soza) who tricked the young lovers into hating each other and separating.The day they had planned to runaway together Raphael doesn’t show and Jovanka leaves Mejillones alone never to tell him she is pregnant. She ends up in Spain where she has a baby girl and marries a wealthy and good gypsy. They adopt two other girls, and the three of them grow up believing they all adopted.
Jovanka has now returned to Chile, with her daughters and now a widow, after 25 years to attend her father’s wedding. Her father, Melquíades (Héctor Noguera) has brought his whole tribe with him to Mejillones where he plans on marrying the young beauty Milenka California (Blanca Lewin). Jovanka finds herself once again in this town that brings back so many memories.
It’s not long before Jovanka runs into Raphael again, and Victoria comes to tell her to leave. Remembering all the pain of the past, still hurt and humiliated from Raphael’s abandonment, she shouts for the whole town to hear and know that the day Raphael Dominguez dies she will share her fortune and gold with everyone in the town.
Many of the townspeople like Victoria North have an adverse hatred and prejudice towards gypsies, but the town itself is doing poorly with many businesses on the verge of bankruptcy, and the arrival of the gypsies will change all that. It’s not long before Jovanka runs into Raphael again, and Victoria afraid that she’ll be found out asks Jovanka to leave. This only provokes Jovanka to shout out for the whole town to hear and know that the day Raphael Dominguez dies she will share her fortune and gold with everyone in the town.
From here is where things get complicated. People start attempting plots against Raphael. Victoria and Drago once again plot together to get rid of Jovanka. And Drago has his own plans to get rid of his best friend Melquiades so that he can become the leader of the tribe. Jovanka meanwhile starts to fall in love with Raphael’s brother Juan (Francisco Reyes) who unlike his brother has a great affection for the gypsies. However, he happens to be a priest. And his nephew and Raphael’s son, Sebastián (Ricardo Fernández) becomes enamored with Maria Salomé (Francisca Imboden), Jovanka’s daughter, who may or may not be his sister….
Cast
- Claudia Di GirólamoClaudia Di GirólamoClaudia del Carmen di Girólamo Quesney , is a Chilean actresss. She studied theater in Universidad de Chile...
as Jovanka Antich - Francisco Reyes as Padre Juan Bautista Domínguez
- Héctor NogueraHéctor NogueraHéctor Eugenio Noguera Illanes , is a Chilean television, theatre and film actor, also is a theatre director.Noguera is the son of Héctor Noguera Prieto Héctor Eugenio Noguera Illanes (born July 8, 1937 in Santiago), is a Chilean television, theatre and film actor, also is a theatre...
as Melquíades Antich - Delfina GuzmánDelfina GuzmánDelfina Guzmán Correa is a Chilean actress. She has appeared in over 30 films and television shows since 1968. She starred in the 1968 Raúl Ruiz film Three Sad Tigers. She is the daughter of Florencio Guzmán Larraín and María Luisa Correa Ugarte. Her son, Nicolás Eyzaguirre, is a Chilean...
as Adela de Gaete - Francisco MeloFrancisco MeloFrancisco Melo is a Chilean producer, actor and also model. His first TV performance was in the TVN program Mea Culpa in 1993. From then on he has appeared in several soap operas, movies and TV shows.-Filmografía:- Altazor :-Fotech:...
as Rafael Domínguez - Juan FalcónJuan FalcónJuan Falcón Marcial is a Cuban actor. He took part in the Cuban Revolution, and left Cuba at age of 17 settling in Chile for familiar reasons.Known are his actions in Iorana, Romané and El circo de las Montini...
as Branco - Marés González as Victoria North
- Luis Alarcón as Baldomero Lillo/Spiro Antich
- Alfredo Castro as Lazlo California
- José Soza as Drago Stanovich
- Luz Jiménez as Mama Pasca Antich
- Álvaro Morales as Rodrigo Cordero
- Amparo NogueraAmparo NogueraMaría Amparo Noguera Portales , is a Chilean television, theatre and film actress.Amparo is the daughter of the actor Héctor Noguera Illanes and Isidora Portales...
as María Magdalena - Francisca ImbodenFrancisca ImbodenFrancisca María Imboden Fernández, is a Chilean actress .Francisca is the daughter of Juan Carlos Imboden and María Isabel Fernández...
as María Salomé - Antonia Zegers as María Jacobe
- Blanca Lewin as Milenka California
- Pablo Schwarz as Mirko Dinamarca
- Néstor CantillanaNéstor CantillanaNéstor Igor Cantillana is a Chilean actor of a huge trajectory in theater, movies and TV.-Life and career:...
as Raúl Escudero - Eduardo Barril as Ismael Cordero
- Violeta Vidaurre as Olimpia Brito
- Roxana Campos as Zaida Dinamarca
- Sergio Hernández as Estefan Dinamarca
- Consuelo Holzapfel as Ofelia Lillo
- Óscar Hernández as Alfredo Gaete/Mr.Smith
- Carmen Disa Gutiérrez as Muriel
- Erto Pantoja as Ulises Jara
- Ricardo Fernández as Sebastián Domínguez
- Alessandra Guerzoni as Vinka California
- Felipe Ríos as Perham California
- Claudio González as Ianko
- Andrea Freund as Rosario Gaete
- Álvaro Espinoza as Claudio Gaete
- Claudia Cabezas as Javiera
- Mauricio Inzunza as Mario Cruces
- Daniela Lhorente as Paula Arévalo
- Mireya Véliz as Inés
- Ernesto Gutiérrez as El Anchoveta
- Héctor Aguilar as Pescador
- Ricardo Pinto as El Taza