Padre Coraje
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{{Infobox television
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| genre = Telenovela
Historical fiction
Romance
| creator = Adrián Suar
| writer = Marcos Carnevale
Marcela Guerty
| director = Martín Saban
Sebastián Pivotto
| creative_director =
| starring = Facundo Arana
Carina Zampini
Nancy Dupláa
Leonor Benedetto
Nora Cárpena
Raúl Rizzo
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme = Y qué by Paz Martínez
| endtheme = Ay Amor by Ricardo Montaner
| country = Argentina
| language = Spanish
| num_seasons =
| num_episodes = 189
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| executive_producer = Adrián González
Adrián Suar
| producer = Pol-ka
| editor =
| location = Argentina, Buenos Aires
| cinematography = Ezequiel Spinelli
| runtime = 60 minutes
| company =
| channel = Canal 13
| first_aired = {{start date|2004|3|8}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2004|12|23}}
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Padre Coraje (English: Father Courage) is a Spanish language television drama.{{Cite book |last1=Ebbrecht-Hartmann |first1=Tobias |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ibCqDAAAQBAJ |title=Docudrama on European Television: A Selective Survey |last2=Paget |first2=Derek |date=2016-07-12 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |isbn=978-1-137-49979-0 |pages=152 |language=en |via=SpringerLink}} Its theme song is performed by Paz Martinez.{{cite web |url= https://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/1014216/cultura/canciones-hicieron-historia-tema-paz-martinez-le-gano-premio-gustavo-cerati.html|title= Canciones que hicieron historia: el tema con el que Paz Martínez le ganó un premio a Gustavo Cerati|trans-title= Songs that made history: the song that allowed Paz Martínez to win an award over Cerati|language= Spanish|author= Nicolas Sanchez Picon|date= November 19, 2023|publisher= la gaceta|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}
Plot
When Coraje, a young idealist, sets out on a journey to La Cruz, his life is forever changed. Coraje and his friends come across Father John, a priest who has been assaulted by thieves while on his way to take over the parish at a church in La Cruz. Unable to save Father John's life, Coraje decides to pose as the priest. Coraje soon meets Ana and Clara Guericco, whose highly respected father was recently assassinated. Coraje soon finds himself entangled in a web of passion and secret desires. He is caught in a love triangle with the Guericco sisters. Coraje loves the Clara, and the wheelchair-using Ana cannot hide her desire for the priest. Deceit and treachery also drive the plot as the mystery of Guericco's death waits to be solved.
Cast
= Main cast =
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! Actor !! Character !! Description | ||
Facundo Arana | Coraje / Father Juan / Gabriél Jáuregui | Childhood friend of Santo and Mecha, framed for the murder of Alejandro Guerrico, arrived to La Cruz as Father Juan to find the real killer and clear his name, Amanda's seemingly dead son, in love with Clara |
Nancy Dupláa | Clara Guerrico | Elisa and Alejandro's daughter, Ana's big sister, Horacio's ex-fiancee, in love with Coraje |
Leonor Benedetto | Amanda Jáuregui † | Mother of Pipo and Coraje, Manuel's lover |
Nora Cárpena | Elisa Guerrico | Mother of Clara and Ana, widow of Alejandro |
Raúl Rizzo | Manuel Costa † | Main villain, the towns's Mayor, Father of Horacio and Lautaro, Amanda's lover, in love with Elisa |
Carina Zampini | Ana Guerrico † | Villain, Elisa and Alejandro's ex-disabled daughter, Clara's little sister, in love with Father Juan |
= Supporting cast =
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! Actor !! Character !! Description | ||
Federico Olivera | Horacio Costa | Son of Manuel, big brother of Lautaro, ex-fiance of Clara, Amanda's lover |
Eugenia Tobal | Mercedes "Mecha" | Childhood friend of Santo and Coraje, in love with Coraje, then with Horacio |
Javier Lombardo | Santo Tomini | Childhood friend of Mecha and Coraje, in love with Mecha, then with Messina |
Matías Santoianni | Pipo Jáuregui | Amanda's adopted son, in love with Messina |
Luis Machín | Froilán Ponce | Villain later good, father of Nora and Lourdes, the town's doctor, gay |
Erika Wallner | Marcia Krauss | Ana's nanny, was secretly in love with Alejandro, hates Elisa villain |
Julia Calvo | Messina Cortese | Prostitute, in love with Santo |
Eugenia Guerty | María Teresa "Teté" Andrade | The town's Operator, in love with Manuel |
Mercedes Funes | Nora Ponce † | Villain, Froilán's crazy daughter, half sister of Lourdes, Lautaro's ex-wife, in love with him |
Fabio Di Tomaso | Lautaro Costa † | Manuel's son, Horacio's little brother, Nora's ex-husband, in love with Lourdes |
Melina Petriella | Lourdes Miranda "La Nena" | Froilán's bastard daughter, half sister of Nora, in love with Lautaro |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0396356|title=Padre Coraje}}
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Category:Golden Martín Fierro Award winners
Category:2000s Argentine television series
Category:2004 Argentine television series debuts
Category:2004 Argentine television series endings
Category:Freemasonry in fiction
Category:Television series set in the 1940s
Category:Spanish-language telenovelas
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