Kubanacan
Kubanacan is a 2003 Brazilian telenovela, substituting O Beijo do Vampiro and preceding Da Cor do Pecado. It ran from May 5, 2003 to January 24, 2004 totalling 227 episodes.
Plot
The story begins in 1951 in Kubanacan, a small Caribbean island country known as a"banana republic", both for its prime export and its economic problems. After the death of the current president, General Carlos Camacho (Humberto Martins) imposes a coup d'état and establishes a dictatorial regime. In addition, the new ruler marries the wife of her predecessor, Mercedes (Betty Lago), first lady loved by the people for her help to the poor and with whom she had an affair for years. In the village of Santiago, a mysterious man falls from the sky during a storm with a chest shot, being saved by the fishermen and cared for by Marisol (Danielle Winits). Without memory, Esteban (Marcos Pasquim) falls in love with the girl and disputes his heart with her husband, Enrico (Vladimir Brichta), who leaves and lets his ex-wife live with the new love, who takes over her two children. Seven years later, in 1958, Marisol meets Camacho, who convinces her to leave and live as his mistress, claiming she would never get out of poverty in the village.
Esteban believes his wife died on the high seas as a result of third parties and leaves for La Bendita to take revenge, which brings out a double personality, the violent evil character Dark Esteban. In the capital he bumps into Enrico again, now married to Lola (Adriana Esteves), who ironically also falls in love with the amnesiac. Enrico's real lover is Rubi (Carolina Ferraz), Lola's sister, who dreams of joining the army and whom men have never looked for in the absence of vanity, since she dresses like a man and lives dirty for working as a man. In the city the sons of Mercedes still live there - Guillermo (Daniel Del Sarto), who always tries to unmask his stepfather's betrayals, and Mercedita (Tatyane Goulart) a caricature of his mother - besides Camacho's only son, Carlito (Iran Malfitano), who works all night and has several cases, just like his father. He dates the futile Consuelo (Fernanda de Freitas) and is loved by the sweet Soledad (Rafaela Mandelli), who never received a look from the boy for being shy and virginal, but sends him anonymous letters, arousing his passion, which he longs to know.
There is also Dagoberto (Bruno Garcia), the president's secretary who becomes indirectly responsible for government decisions, and Johnny (Daniel Boaventura), a US-raised playboy who becomes Esteban's close friend. Camacho hires Adriano, a Miami attorney who is identical to Esteban and who eventually takes over the presidency, which leads to confusion. In addition, General Alejandro (Werner Schünemann), a former exiled president on the island of La Platina, returns to take revenge on Camacho and destroy the country for good by building Projeto Fênix (Phoenix Project), a nuclear weapon of mass destruction. Throughout the plot it turns out that Esteban is actually called Leon and came from the future to prevent Alejandro's plans. He is the son of the real Esteban, who lives in a cabin near the capital, who got Rubi pregnant without her knowing that he was not the boy she had met. The real Esteban is Adriano's twin brother and the two are Alejandro's sons.
Cast
- Adriana Esteves - Lola
- Marcos Pasquim - Esteban / Adriano Allende / León
- Danielle Winits - Marisol
- Vladimir Brichta - Enrico
- Carolina Ferraz - Rubi
- Humberto Martins - Carlos Camacho
- Betty Lago - Mercedes
- Bruno Garcia - Dagoberto
- Daniel Boaventura - Johnny
- Nair Bello - Dolores
- Ângela Vieira - Perla Perón
- Werner Schünemann - Alejandro Rivera
- Marco Ricca - Celso Camacho
- André Mattos - Agustin Tavalera
- Ítalo Rossi - Trujillo
- Lolita Rodrigues - Isabelita
- Mário Gomes - Ferdinando
- Françoise Forton - Concheta
- Mara Manzan - Agatha
- Daniel del Sarto - Guillermo
- Thalma de Freitas - Dalila
- Gero Pestalozzi - Ramon
- Pedro Malta - Gabriel
- Adriano Reys - Pitágoras
- Ana Rosa - Piedad
- Bete Coelho - Cristal
- Marcos Breda - Che Lopez and the captain of the ship who brings Celso Camacho
- Luiz Carlos Tourinho - Everest
- Marilu Bueno - Sodoma
- Ingrid Guimarães - Rosita
- Othon Bastos - Dr. Orthiz
- Thaís de Campos - Lulu
- Otávio Augusto - Hector
- Iran Malfitano - Carlito
- Rafaela Mandelli - Soledad
- Lorena da Silva - Pinita (Ana María Pina Estalva Machado)
- Paula Manga - Catarina
- Stepan Nercessian - Godofredo
- Fernanda de Freitas - Consuelo
- Natália Lage - Frida
- Gabriel Braga Nunes - Victor
- Sérgio Loroza - Paulão
- Helena Fernandes - Marieta
- Tatyane Goulart - Mercedita
Soundtrack
National
Cover: Danielle Winits
- Carnavalera - Havana Delírio
- Quizás, Quizás, Quizás - Emmanuel
- No Me Platiques Más - Cristian
- Contigo Aprendi - José Feliciano
- Somente Eu e Você (Moonglow) - Ivete Sangalo
- Mulher - Sidney Magal
- Como Um Rio (Cry Me a River) - Vanessa Jackson
- Capullito de Aleli - Caetano Veloso
- Mezcla - Rio Salsa
- Foo Foo - Santana e Patricia Materola
- Hit the Road Jack - Happening
- Mambo No. 5 - Tropical Brazilian Band
- Contigo En La Distancia - Nana Caymmi
- Eu Só Me Ligo Em Você (I Get a Kick Out Of You) - Elza Soares
- Coubanakan - Ney Matogrosso
- Voy Volver - Alpha Beat
International
Cover: Marcos Pasquim
- La Puerta - Luis Miguel
- Fever - Michael Bublé
- Copacabana - Happening
- Mambo Italiano - Mambo Project
- Perfidia - Laura Fygi
- Tan Solo Tu y Yo (Moonglow) - Ivete Sangalo
- No Me Platiques Más - Gisela
- The Look of Love) - Dusty Springfield
- El Hombre Que Yo Amé (The Man I Love) - Omara Portuondo
- Laura - Frank Sinatra
- Wipe Out - The Surfaris
- The Man With The Golden Arm (Delilah Jones) - Billy May
- Guantánamo - Pablo Gonzales
- Mambo Caliente - Bahamas