Heart's Decree
{{short description|Television series}}
{{Infobox television
| image = La ley del corazón.jpg
| genre = Telenovela
| creator = Mónica Agudelo Tenorio
| developer =
| writer = {{Plainlist|
- Ricardo Sarmiento
- Natalia Santa
}}
| screenplay = Felipe Agudelo
| story =
| director = {{Plainlist|
- Sergio Osorio
- Víctor Mallarino
}}
| creative_director = Ana Paula Zamudio
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Luciano D'Alessandro
- Laura Londoño
- Sebastián Martínez
- Iván López
- Mabel Moreno
- Lina Tejeiro
- Rodrigo Candamil
- Manuel Sarmiento
- Mario Ruíz
- Yesenia Valencia
- Carlos Benjumea
- Judy Henríquez
- Juan Pablo Barragán
}}
| opentheme = "Me Llamas" by Piso 21{{cite web|title=Así grabó Piso 21 el videoclip de 'La ley del corazón'|url=http://www.canalrcn.com/exclusivas/galerias/articulo-galeria/asi-grabo-piso-21-el-videoclip-de-la-ley-del-corazon-exclusivas-8007|website=canalrcn.com|access-date=29 July 2017|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729183002/http://www.canalrcn.com/exclusivas/galerias/articulo-galeria/asi-grabo-piso-21-el-videoclip-de-la-ley-del-corazon-exclusivas-8007|archive-date=29 July 2017|url-status=dead}}
| country = Colombia
| language = Spanish
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 277
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Jorge Giraldo
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Fernando Gaitán
- Cristina Palacios
}}
| cinematography = Alfonso Parra
| editor =
| location = Colombia
| camera = Multi-camera
| company = RCN Televisión
| network = RCN
| first_aired = {{Start date|2016|11|28}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2019|04|22}}
| related = {{Plainlist|
}}
}}
Heart's Decree (Spanish: La ley del corazón) is a Colombian telenovela created by Mónica Agudelo Tenorio and adapted for television by Felipe Agudelo.{{cite web|title=Telenovela La Ley del Corazón, encabeza pizarra RCN en L.A.Screenings 2017|url=http://www.thedailytelevision.com/articulo/distribucion/eventos/telenovela-ila-ley-del-corazoni-encabeza-pizarra-rcn-en-lascreenings|website=thedailytelevision.com|access-date=29 July 2017|language=es}} It is dedicated to the memory of Agudelo after her death in 2012. It started airing on Colombian broadcast channel RCN Televisión on November 28, 2016. The series is available in 4K Ultra-high-definition television.{{cite web|title=Canal TC de Ecuador estrenó éxito colombiano La Ley del Corazón|url=http://www.thedailytelevision.com/articulo/contenidos/telenovelas/canal-tc-de-ecuador-estreno-exito-colombiano-ila-ley-del-corazoni|website=thedailytelevision.com|access-date=29 July 2017|language=es}}
It stars Luciano D'Alessandro as Pablo Domínguez and Laura Londoño as Julia Escallón, with Sebastián Martínez, Iván López, Mabel Moreno, Lina Tejeiro, Rodrigo Candamil, Manuel Sarmiento, Mario Ruíz, Yesenia Valencia, Carlos Benjumea, Judy Henríquez, Laura de León and Juan Pablo Barragán in the main roles respectively.
On June 12, 2017, RCN Televisión confirmed that the series would be renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 10, 2018.{{cite web|title=Canal RCN confirma segunda temporada de 'La Ley del Corazón'|url=https://www.entretengo.com/television/rcn-confirma-segunda-temporada-la-ley-del-corazon|website=entretengo.com|access-date=29 July 2017|language=es}} The show ended on April 22, 2019.
Plot summary
The series takes place in a successful law firm specialized in family law, dedicated to cases of separation and in general to family and relationship conflicts. Pablo Domínguez (Luciano D'Alessandro), a partner at the firm Cabal-Ortega-Domínguez and associates, is going through a difficult situation in his life when separating from his wife Jimena (Carolina Acevedo). Suddenly, the lawyer meets his colleague Julia Escallón (Laura Londoño), who is about to marry Camilo Borrero (Sebastián Martínez), but a twist of fate will change her life and bring her closer to Pablo. The show features the love triangle between Julia, Pablo, and Camilo, and the twists and turns in the love lives of the other lawyers in the firm, with their personal lives often mirrored in the legal cases they are defending.
Cast
= Main =
- Luciano D'Alessandro as Pablo Domínguez
- Laura Londoño as Julia Escallón
- Sebastián Martínez as Camilo Borrero
- Laura de León as Lucía Vallejo
- Iván López as Nicolás Ortega
- Mabel Moreno as María del Pilar Garcés
- Lina Tejeiro as Catalina Mejía
- Rodrigo Candamil as Alfredo Duperly
- Manuel Sarmiento as Iván Estéfan
- Mario Ruíz as Elías Rodríguez
- Yesenia Valencia as Rosa Ferro
- Carlos Benjumea as Hernando Cabal
- Judy Henríquez as Carmen Valdenebro
- Juan Pablo Barragán as Marcos Tibatá
- Jorge Cao as Alonso Duarte
- Alejandra Borrero as Adela Zambrano
- Fernando Arévalo as Murcial Mahecha
- Mario Espitia as Valentín Bechara
- Giovanna Andrade as Macarena Soler
- Carlos Congote as Tony Ricaurte
= Recurring =
- Carolina Acevedo as Jimena Rivera
- Luz Stella Luengas as Tereza de Rivera
- Amparo Conde as Dolores Lolita
- Victoria Góngora as Isabel Triana de Rodríguez
- Jairo Camargo as Ramón Duperly
- María Helena Doering as Beatriz de Duperly
- Juan Pablo Posada as Roberto Martínez
- Helena Mallarino as María Cristina Correa
- Luis Fernando Bohórquez as Miguel
- Kimberly Reyes as Ana María
- Carolina López as Patricia Ramírez
- Estefanía Borge as Manuela Cáceres
- Mauricio Mejía as Darío
- Marianela González as Irene
- Brenda Hanst as Liliana González
- Javier Gnecco as Jaime Escallón
- Tuto Patiño as Patricio "Pato"
- Johan Velandia as Álvaro Durán
- Nicolás Rincón as Andrés Borrero
- Luly Bossa as Luisa Fernanda Barrera
- Carmenza Cossío as Helena Londoño
- Florina Lemaitre as Natalia Santamaría
- Carolina Cuervo as Inés
- Juana del Río as María Fernanda Segura
- Juan Carlos Vargas as Rendón
- Santiago Bejarano as Zamora
- María José Martínez as Silvia López
- Marcos Gómez as Francisco
- Diego Camargo as Matías
- Kristina Lilley as María Eugenia Domínguez
- Pepe Sánchez as Samuel Ortega
- Jorge Cárdenas as Leonardo Tapia
- Margalida Castro as Doña Astrid
- Bibiana Navas as Yolanda
- Carla Giraldo as Josefina
- Patricia Castañeda as Marcela
- Ángela Piedrahíta as Patricia
- Andrés Suárez as Dr. Ángel
- Paula Castaño as Nina Grinberg
- Natasha Klauss as Jueza
- Gerardo Calero as Juez
- Juan David Agudelo as Mateo Zaragosa
- Norma Nivia as Esther
- Eileen Roca as Adelaida de Ricaurte
- Jorge Melo as Juez Paz
- Juan Sebastián Calero as Paul Ricaurte
- Abril Schreiber as Camila Salamanca
- Marcela Gallego as Belén
- Amparo Grisales as Iris Mendoza
- Estefanía Piñeres as Aguasanta Mendoza/Aguasanta Ortega Mendoza
- Andrea Gómez as Eloisa Jiménez
- Edinson Gil as Santiago Olarte Zambrano
= Guest =
{{Cast listing|
- Jaime Santos as Alberto Borrero
- Kepa Amuchastegui as Alberto Silva
- Mónica del Pilar Leyton as Elvia
- Sandy Suárez as Capitana Berta Luján
- Carlos Torres as Mario Aristizábal
- Alexandra Serrano as Olga Buitrago
- Adriana Arango as Virginia de Triana
- Naren Daryanani as Rick Santoyo
- Martha Liliana Restrepo as Afrodita de Santoyo
- Jorge Enrique Abello as Don Carlos Díaz/Segundo Camargo
- Susana Torres as Carolina de Silva
- Orlando Valenzuela as Julián Triana
- Coraima Torres as Marisela Villamil
- José Julián Gaviria as Manolo Granada
- Pedro Calvo as Rubén Granada
- Pedro Roda as Ignacio
- Juliana Gómez as Tatiana Cortés
- Elianis Garrido as Luna
- Zharick León as Marcela Gutiérrez
- Geraldine Zivic as Victoria Sáenz de Morales
- Nicolás Montero as Gustavo Morales
- Germán Escallón as Rómulo Pinzón
- Susana Rojas as Luz Dary Ramírez
- Isabella Santodomingo as Tammy
- Juan David Galindo as Milton Pinzón
- Consuelo Luzardo as Paulina Álvarez de Montoya
- Marcela Posada as Elvira de Arango
- Diego Vélez as Jorge Arango
- Carlos Camacho as Sergio Sarmiento
- Noëlle Schonwald as Rosario Ruiz
- Shirley Gómez as Milena Gómez Sánchez
- Sebastián Boscán as Alejandro Santana
- Genoveva Caro as Claudia de Santana
- Andrés Béjar as Santiago Bernal
- Shany Nadan as Laura vda de Bernal
- Ernesto Benjumea as Fabio Ruiz
- Katherine Vélez as Irma de Ruiz
- Lucho Velasco as Rogelio Soto
- Ricardo Vélez as Orlando Castillo
- Margarita Reyes as Viviana de Castillo
- Julio Sánchez Coccaro as Salvador Rodríguez
- Álvaro García as Mateo de Rodríguez
- Emilia Ceballos as Raquel
- Esmeralda Pinzón as Magdalena de Fajardo
- Mauricio Puentes as Gonzalo Fajardo
- Ana María Medina as Marisol Callejas
- Jorge Herrera as Constancio Platas
- Diana Wiswell as Lourdes Arrúgula
- Fernando Solórzano as Rodolfo Mesa
- Natalia Durán as Lorena Duque
- Jorge López as Rafael Ibáñez
- Agmeth Escaf as Esteban Moncada
- Julio Cesar Luna as Víctor Zabaleta
- Alejandro Riaño as Juanpis González
}}
Series overview
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Adaptations
After the success in Colombia, Televisa made an adaptation of the telenovela with the title of Por amar sin ley, this adaptation was released in 2018.{{cite web|title=Televisa realizará versión mexicana de 'La Ley del Corazón'|url=https://www.entretengo.com/television/version-mexicana-a-ley-del-corazon|website=entretengo.com|access-date=20 October 2017|language=es}}{{cite web|title='Por amar sin ley', nueva producción de José Alberto Castro|url=http://www.televisa.com/sala-de-prensa/telenovelas/1029275/amar-sin-ley-nueva-produccion-jose-alberto-castro/|website=televisa.com|access-date=9 February 2018|language=es|archive-date=12 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112160158/http://www.televisa.com/sala-de-prensa/telenovelas/1029275/amar-sin-ley-nueva-produccion-jose-alberto-castro/|url-status=dead}} On October 18, 2017, it was confirmed that the main actress of the series Grey's Anatomy Ellen Pompeo, would produce a version of the telenovela for the United States with the title of Big Law.{{cite web|title=ABC desarrolla Big Law, adaptación de la telenovela colombiana La Ley del Corazón, que producirá Ellen Pompeo|url=http://www.bolsamania.com/seriesadictos/2017/10/13/abc-desarrolla-big-law-adaptacion-de-la-telenovela-colombiana-la-ley-del-corazon-que-producira-ellen-pompeo/|website=bolsamania.com|access-date=20 October 2017|language=es}}{{cite web|title='La Ley del Corazón' del Canal RCN tendrá su versión en Estados Unidos|url=https://www.entretengo.com/television/la-ley-del-corazon-version-norteamericana|website=entretengo.com|access-date=20 October 2017|language=es}} On October 19, 2017, Mega acquired the rights to the telenovela to make its own version.{{cite web|title=María Lucía Hernández de RCN: Potenciando la distribución de La ley del corazón como lata y libreto|url=http://www1.produ.com/noticias/151744?fbp=72711|website=produ.com|access-date=21 October 2017|language=es}}
Ratings
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Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|6311902|La ley del corazón}}
{{RCN Telenovelas}}
Category:2016 Colombian television series debuts
Category:2019 Colombian television series endings
Category:RCN Televisión telenovelas