El Chivo

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| genre = Telenovela

| creator = Humberto "Kiko" Olivieri

| based_on = {{based on|The Feast of the Goat|Mario Vargas Llosa}}

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| writer =

| screenplay =

| story = Mario Vargas Llosa

| director = {{Plainlist|

  • Andrés Biermann
  • Rolando Ocampo
  • Alfonso Pineda Ulloa

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| creative_director = Gabriela Monroy

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| narrated =

| music = {{Plainlist|

  • Oliver Camargo
  • José Carlos María

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| language = Spanish

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 70

| list_episodes =

| executive_producer = Madeleine Contreras

| producer =

| location =

| cinematography = {{Plainlist|

  • Hobardo Chicangana
  • Ciro Alexander Nuñez
  • Roberto Cortés

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| editor = {{Plainlist|

  • Alba Merchan Hamann
  • CJosé Luis Varón

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| camera = Multi-camera

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| network = UniMás

| first_aired = {{Start date|2014|9|23}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2014|12|31}}

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El Chivo, is a telenovela produced by RTI Producciones and Televisa for United States–based television network Univisión and for Colombia-based television network Caracol Television. It is an adaptation of the book La fiesta del Chivo (The Feast of the Goat) from Mario Vargas Llosa based on the history of Dominican Dictator, Rafael Trujillo.{{cite web |url=http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2014/07/15/realizan-telenovela-basada-libro-fiesta-del-chivo |title=Filman telenovela basada en libro "La fiesta del chivo" |author= |publisher=El Caribe |access-date=September 25, 2014 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915055654/http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2014/07/15/realizan-telenovela-basada-libro-fiesta-del-chivo |archive-date=September 15, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/after-office/vargas-llosa-al-mundo-de-las-telenovelas-con-la-serie-el-chivo.html |title=Vargas Llosa al mundo de las telenovelas con la serie "El Chivo" |author=El Financiero México |date=15 July 2014 |access-date=September 25, 2014|language=es}}{{cite web |url=http://www.elheraldo.co/tendencias/comienza-grabacion-de-la-fiesta-del-chivo-en-barranquilla-153841|title=Comienza grabación de 'La fiesta del chivo', en Barranquilla |author=El Heraldo Colombia |date=27 May 2014 |access-date=September 25, 2014|language=es}} The telenovela began filming in May 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.diariolasamericas.com/vida-y-artes/dictadura-rafael-trujillo-llega-pantalla-chica-chivo-unimas.html|title=La dictadura de Rafael Trujillo llega la pantalla chica con "El Chivo"|publisher=Diario las Américas|access-date=September 26, 2014|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074352/http://www.diariolasamericas.com/vida-y-artes/dictadura-rafael-trujillo-llega-pantalla-chica-chivo-unimas.html|archive-date=October 6, 2014}}

Plot

Rafael Leónidas Trujillo is a cattle thief. In a confusing event, he meets Mariana Durán, his current wife, who saved him from death. Some time later, Rafael enters the army and forges a career of several years that leads him to the rank of general. From this position, he forges a coup against the dictator at the time, Eusebio Porras. After an interim period in the governing military junta, Trujillo took power after a suspicious Dominican election that had him winning over a lot of opponents (students and guerrillas).{{cite web |url=http://novelasyseries.univision.com/article/2052032/2014-08-08/el-chivo/la-historia-de-rafael-trujillo|title=La historia de Rafael Trujillo|publisher=Novelas y series Univisión |access-date=September 25, 2014|language=es}}

Cast

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Actor{{cite web|author=Novelas y series Univisión|title=Personajes de la serie El Chivo. Conócelos|url=http://novelasyseries.univision.com/shows/el-chivo/personajes/|access-date=September 25, 2014|language=es}}Character
Julio BrachoRafael Leónidas Trujillo
Eileen MorenoMariana Durán
Diana HoyosÁngela Durán
Manuela GonzálezSusana
Iván AranaLázaro Conde
Javier DelgiudiceArístides Guerrero
Juan Sebastián CaleroJhonny
Julio Sánchez CóccaroAgustín Cabral
Cristina GarcíaUrania Cabral
Leonardo AcostaDomenech
Laura RamosRosita
Camilo SáenzPadre Guzmán
Lina TejeiroCelia
Catherine FrenchXiomara De Trujillo

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