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TRAILER
Synopsis
In his years as a world champion, boxer Antonio Cervantes, better known as Kid Pambelé, was an influential figure who dined with celebrities, took pictures with the president of Colombia and attended major social events invited by entertainment personalities. He was a man rooted in the popular memory of Colombia and Venezuela, not only because of the power of his fists but also because of his relations with the jet set. All of this happened in his glory years. The other side of the coin is darkness.
Pambelé has been just as famous away from boxing as he was during the days when he donned the gloves. And all because of his public scandals, his excesses with drugs and his frequent outbursts of violence. Such behavior has made him a kind of "cursed poet" of the ring. This life that goes from heaven to hell, from splendor to disaster, is what will be recreated through the television series of 80 one-hour episodes in which we will recount the tragic and glorious life of Antonio Cervantes, Kid Pambelé. We will see the innocence and joy that characterize his early years as a street boxer and shoe shiner in the plazas of Cartagena where he meets the love of his life, Carlina Orozco. His discipline was exemplary, with which he tried to overcome all his obstacles and opponents during his early years in Venezuela.
In Caracas, as had happened in Colombia, the audience hissed furiously at him when he entered the ring. But later, Tabaquito Planz and the attorney Ezequiel Mercado, Antonio became Kid Pambelé, a demolition machine that imposed an eight-year dictatorship on the Walter Junior division. In Caracas Pambelé also met Aurora, a woman with great aspirations who would become the tip of the triangle that was his love life. And so, Pambelé's life became a double play in which he led Aurora to the altar and to the highest social class in Colombia while he carried Carlina in her heart until her last moment of lucidity.
Technical File
Direction: Sergio Osorio, Juancho Cardona.
Librettos: Raúl Prieto, Claudia Sánchez, Jorge Ribbon.
Executive Producer: Claudia Valencia.
Genre: Drama - Biopic.
Duration: 62 x 60'.
Production year: 2015
Produced by: RCN Studios.
Characters
Antonio Cervantes
Antonio Cervantes
Played by: Jarlin Javier Martínez
He is a black man, tall, thin, but with strong muscles. Being the eldest of the brothers, Antonio decided to take care of his family. For this reason, he worked from a very young age selling cigarettes or bagging shoes. For Antonio it was much easier to get money in the street fights of the Malecón. This is where El Kid Pambelé was discovered by Clemente Roballo, the best boxer in Colombia at the time.
Carolina Orozco Reyes
Carolina Orozco Reyes
Interpretado por: Marianela Sinisterra
She is a beautiful black woman, born on the Colombian coast. She is Pambele's first love and mother of her first child. Her origin is humble, although her mother, Yamile, always keeps memories of better times. However, this does not stop Carlina from being a simple and faithful woman. Carlina is not ambitious, and the only thing she wants from her is to have a home and live in peace with her husband and her children.
Aurora Valencia
Aurora Valencia
Interpretada por: Laura Vieira
She is a slim girl, with a good body, delicate face, mischievous gaze and full lips. She comes from a middle-class family. Aurora has always liked to surround herself with high society people and rub shoulders with luxuries. She lives in Caracas with her mother Graciela, and works as a secretary in the newspaper El Mundial. Even so, Aurora is a woman who is not satisfied with little and, knowing that she is good at journalism, seeks to advance her career.
Ezequiel Mercado
Ezequiel Mercado
Played by: Juan Alfonso Baptista
He is a young Venezuelan boxing businessman. He always dresses in light colors and wears his greasy hair combed back. Ezequiel has the habit of stirring drinks with his finger, smoking during fights due to nerves and a particular obsession for puzzles. Mercado is a middle class man, but very careerist, owner of La Vega Gym, where Pambele will be trained to become world champion.
Cristóbal Román
Cristóbal Román
He is a sports journalist from the Colombian coast, with a great nose. Cristóbal follows in Pambele's footsteps from the double tongo to today. He is a forward and objective guy. He does not mince words and just as he applauds Pambele's victories, he also goes strong against his mistakes.
Ceferina Reyes
Ceferina Reyes
Interpretada por: Indhira Serrano
He is a sports journalist from the Colombian coast, with a great nose. Cristóbal follows in Pambele's footsteps from the double tongo to today. He is a forward and objective guy. He does not mince words and just as he applauds Pambele's victories, he also goes strong against his mistakes.