Argentina, tierra de amor y venganza

Argentina, tierra de amor y venganza (Argentina, Land of Love and Revenge, sometimes shortened as "ATAV") is an Argentine telenovela produced by Pol-ka Producciones that premiered on 11 March 2019 on El Trece.^[2][3][4] It is written by Leandro Calderone and Carolina Aguirre and directed by Sebastián Pivotto and Martín Sabán.^[4] It stars María Eugenia Suárez, Benjamín Vicuña, Gonzalo Heredia, Albert Baró, Delfina Chaves, Fernán Mirás, Andrea Frigerio and Virginia Innocenti.^[5] The telenovela is set in Argentina in the 1930s, in times of prosperity and progress as well as the wave of mainly European immigration in Argentina and political and economic decline.^[4]

Argentina, tierra de amor y venganza
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Leandro Calderone Carolina Aguirre
Directed by	Sebastián Pivotto Martín Sabán
Creative director	Bernardo Losada
Starring	Benjamín Vicuña Gonzalo Heredia María Eugenia Suárez Albert Baró Delfina Chaves Fernán Mirás Andrea Frigerio Virginia Innocenti
Opening theme	"Cien Años" by Abel Pintos^[1]
Country of origin	Argentina
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	205
Production
Executive producer	Diego Carabelli
Producer	Adrián Suar
Cinematography	Pablo Rocco Alejandro de Campo
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company	Pol-ka Producciones
Release
Original network	El Trece
Original release	11 March (2019-03-11) – 30 December 2019 (2019-12-30)

On 5 March 2020, Adrián Suar confirmed that the series had been renewed for a second season, which was originally scheduled to premiere in 2021.^[6][7][8]

Plot

Torcuato Ferreyra is a veteran of the Spanish Civil War who managed to amass a great fortune in Argentina after betraying his best friend, Bruno Salvat. At the end of the 30s, Bruno arrives in Argentina, in order to avenge Torcuato's treachery and rescue his sister Julia, who fell into the clutches of a pimp. Bruno gets asylum in a typical conventillo in Buenos Aires and from there he begins to plot his revenge plan.

However, while plotting his plan, Bruno falls madly in love with Lucía Morel, the young and beautiful fiancée of Torcuato Ferreyra. Lucía is an intelligent, feminist and sensitive young woman who only agrees to marry Torcuato at the insistence of her vile mother to get money for the operation of her father, who is sick with tuberculosis. Meanwhile, Aldo, a good-hearted hustler who is dedicated to convincing Spanish immigrants to embark towards Argentina under the pretext of being the land of opportunities, will do his best to rescue a young and beautiful Polish girl, Raquel, from the brothel where Julia is.

Other subplots of the telenovela include the romance between two young boys, Nino and Malek, the repressed homosexuality of Lucia's mother and the unrequited love of Alicia, Torcuato's sister, for Aldo.

Cast

Main

• Benjamín Vicuña as Torcuato Ferreyra^[5]
• Gonzalo Heredia as Aldo Moretti^[5]
• María Eugenia Suárez as Raquel Liberman^[5]
• Albert Baró as Bruno Salvat^[5]
• Delfina Chaves as Lucía Morel^[5]
• Fernán Mirás as Samuel Trauman^[5]
• Andrea Frigerio as Madama Ivonne^[5][9]
• Virginia Innocenti as Libertad Morel^[5]

Recurring

• Mercedes Funes as Alicia Ferreyra^[10]
• Julia Calvo as Serafina^[10][9]
• Malena Sánchez as Francesca Moretti^[10][9]
• Candela Vetrano as Anna Moretti^[10][9]
• Diego Domínguez as Córdoba^[11][9]
• Ruggero Pasquarelli as Toro^[10][9]
• Matías Mayer as Gallo^[10][9]
• Federico Salles as Gabriel Morel^[10][9]
• Gastón Cocchiarale as Lowenstein^[10][9]
• Minerva Casero as Lidia Morel^[10][9]
• Tomás Kirzner as Julián^[10]
• Ana Pauls as Edith^[10][9]
• Fausto Bengoechea as Alambre^[10][9]
• Franco Quercia as Malek^[10][9]
• Ariel Pérez de María as Alí Moretti^[10][9]
• Joaquín Flamini as Nino^[10][9]
• Juan Manuel Correa
• Laura Minguell^[12]

Production

Production of the soap opera began on January 2, 2019 and ended on November 15, 2019.^[13] After "Padre Coraje", the telenovela is one of the most expensive productions of El Trece in recent years.^[14] A large part of the production takes place in the Baires Studios of Don Torcuato, for each episode filmed, 150 people were needed.^[14] The character of María Eugenia Suárez is based on the life of Rokhl Lea Liberman (better known as Raquel Liberman), a Polish woman born in the 20th century,^[15] who, like the character, suffered from abuse in Argentina. Unlike the soap opera, Ruchla Laja Liberman had 2 children and the character only has 4 siblings. Furthermore, the character of Fernán Mirás is based on Noé Trauman, the first president of the trafficking network Zwi Migdal.

Sequel

In 2021, the sequel to Argentina, tierra de amor y venganza was confirmed, which would be set in 1962. However, in 2022, due to the non-continuation of a large part of the original cast, it was announced that it will be set 50 years later in 1980. In March 2022, it was confirmed that the main cast would be made up of Gloria Carrá, Federico D'Elía, Juan Gil Navarro, Virginia Lago, Susana Giménez, Moria Casán, Justina Bustos, Ignacio Di Marco, Malena Solda, Santiago Talledo, Belén Chavanne, Toni Gelabert, Renato Quattordio, Federico Amador, Andrea Rincón, and the special participation of Darío Barassi. Filming is scheduled to start on May 9, 2022.^{[16][17][7][18][19][20][21][22]}

Airing

The first season aired during 2019, from March 11 to December 30.

Separadas replaced it at the prime time in 2020, but it was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina. El Trece replaced it with reruns, and aired the first season of Argentina... again on June 22.^[23] It performed poorly against Telefe, that aired the Brazilian telenovela Jesus and a rerun of Educando a Nina.^[24]

Television rating

Viewership and ratings per season of Argentina, tierra de amor y venganza

Season	Episodes	First aired		Last aired		Avg. viewers (millions)	18–49 rank
		Date	Viewers (millions)	Date	Viewers (millions)
1	205	11 March 2019 (2019-03-11)	13.7^[25]	30 December 2019 (2019-12-30)^[26]	TBD	TBD	TBD

References

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2. "Se acerca un nuevo "Súper lunes" con estrenos pesados". lmneuquen.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2019.
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15. "La dura vida de Raquel Liberman, la prostituta polaca que inspiró a la China Suárez y se convirtió en un símbolo de la lucha contra la trata". Infobae. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
16. "Cómo será la tercera temporada de ATAV y las curiosidades del grupo de WhatsApp" [How will the third season of ATAV be, and trivia about the Whatsapp group]. La Nación (in Spanish). January 16, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
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18. "La frase de la China Suárez que levantó sospechas: ¿está grabando la segunda temporada de ATAV?".
19. "¿Vuelve "ATAV"? Crecen las sospechas tras los dichos de la China Suárez ESPECTÁCULO el Intransigente". 19 January 2021.
20. "Revelan el súper elenco de la segunda temporada de ATAV: de Darío Barassi y Justina Bustos a Andrea Rincón" [They reveal the super cast of the second season of ATAV: from Darío Barassi and Justina Bustos to Andrea Rincón]. ciudad magazine (in Spanish). April 12, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
21. "ATAV: la segunda temporada ya tiene fecha de comienzo de grabaciones" [ATAV: the second season already has a recording start date]. Telebajocero (in Spanish). March 25, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
22. "Moria Casán y Susana Giménez estarán en ATAV 2" [Moria Casán and Susana Giménez will be in ATAV 2]. Caras (in Spanish). April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
23. Pablo Montagna (June 18, 2020). "A la espera del regreso de ShowMatch, eltrece renueva sus tardes y noches" [Awaiting the return of Showmatch, Eltrece renews its evenings and nights]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved December 19, 2020.
24. "Rating: cómo le fue a ATAV en la competencia contra Jesús" [Rating: how did ATAV fare in the competition with Jesus]. La Nación (in Spanish). June 23, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
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