MIPCOM Spotlight: Telemundo Internacional

CANNES: At MIPCOM, Telemundo Internacional is presenting Les Miserables, a Spanish-language adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic French novel.

The drama stars Aracely Arámbula, a popular telenovela actress whose long list of credits includes the novela The Return. In Les Miserables, Arámbula portrays a woman struggling to prove her innocence to the man she loves while protecting her adoptive daughter.

Also in the catalogue is Queen of Hearts, a love story set in the world of forbidden gambling. The love of its protagonists becomes the greatest prize at stake in this drama. “It’s exactly the kind of production that Telemundo creates so well,” says Melissa Pillow, the company’s sales director for Europe. “It’s a hybrid of the classic telenovela fused with cinema-style action and production.” In it, Paola Núñez and Eugenio Siller star alongside Juan Soler, Catherine Siachoque and Laura Flores.

The company’s catalogue also includes Don’t Be Late, which follows a mother’s investigation to discover the reason behind her son’s sudden and suspicious death. Pillow believes that the thriller will “be of great interest in many different territories,” following on its strong ratings in Chile.

The company’s offering for MIPCOM additionally features Acero, Woman of Steel, about a woman who starts a money-laundering empire catering to drug traffickers after the father of her son is murdered.