Café, con aroma de mujer
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Café, con aroma de mujer ("Coffee, with the scent of a woman") was probably one of the most popular telenovelas on Colombian television.[1] It was created by Fernando Gaitan.
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[edit] Plot
[edit] Synopsis
This telenovela marked a difference in Latin American soap operas and the way they were created. The story involved both typical and modern parts of Colombia, taking place in the heart of Colombian coffee plantations and in an important coffee export company.[2]
[edit] Story line
Café, con aroma de mujer is about Gaviota (Margarita Rosa de Francisco), a woman who works as a harvester on a plantationand Sebastian Vallejo (Guy Ecker), the grandson of a powerful coffee businessman. When the two meet in a coffee plantation, they begin a passionate affair. They separate and eventually, Sebastian marries another woman. Gaviota decides to enter the mainly male-dominated coffee business empire. She succeeds as the first woman to work in this area. When Gaviota and Sebastian meet again, they find that their passion for each other never died. Their scenes are bittersweet, touching, romantic and humorous.
The show is especially famed for showing a panoramic and authentic view of the culture of Colombian coffee growers and the traditional heartland of Colombia's coffee-growing highlands.
[edit] Impact
In a short time, Café, con aroma de mujer became popular among audiences of all ages and genders, to the point that anecdotes are popularly told about how the whole country would "come to a standstill" when the show came on the air. The main actress, Margarita Rosa de Francisco already popular for her former roles in Gallito Ramirez and Escalona, gave life to "Gaviota", one of the most popular characters in Colombian television and Margarita's most important work. The story concerns a woman who works as a harvester on a plantation, who falls in love with the son of the plantation owner. The show is especially famed for showing a panoramic and authentic view of the culture of Eje cafetero, the traditional heartland of Colombia's coffee-growing highlands.
[edit] Soundtrack
- Gaviota
- Aroma de mujer - "Scent of a woman"
- Entre dos fuegos - "Between two fires"
- Volveran las Obscuras Golondrinas - "The dark swallows will return"
- Mal Amor - "Bad love"
- Sangra un corazón - "A heart bleeds"
- A mi pesar - "To my regret"
- As de Corazones - "Ace of hearts"
- Como si nada - "Like if nothing"
- Como un cristal - "Like a glass"
- Vuelve - "Come back"
- Café café - "Coffee - coffee"
- Ni soy río, ni soy flor - "Neither am river, nor a flower"
- Chapolera
- Inquietud - "Concern"
Sings Margarita Rosa de Francisco
[edit] Remakes planned
An article in Variety reported that the success of Yo soy Betty, la fea spin-offs has led to the search for other telenovelas being planned for the United States.[3] Other shows developed by Fernando Gaitán are in production for 2007. While some characters remain and new ones have been added, I think that the U.S. version preserves the spirit of the original 'Betty la fea,' Gaitán says.[4]
His Cafe con Aroma de Mujer (Coffee With the Scent of a Woman), a hit for Colombia's RCN TV in 1994, is being redone for Mexico twince. First TV Azteca produced Cuando Seas Mía, an adaptation of the original Colombian telenovela starring Silvia Navarro and Sergio Basañez as 'Paloma' and 'Diego'.Televisa has just begun shooting its own Cafe con Aroma de Mujer with the working title "Destilando Amor".[5]
The remake has been released as Destilando Amor as of 2007.[6]
[edit] DVD Release
There are no plans to release the novela on DVD. There are however bootleg copies of the novela on DVD.
[edit] Sources
- Cronología del cine latinoamericano: 1990-2004 Original Spanish article.
