| Heart's Decree | |
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| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by | Mónica Agudelo Tenorio |
| Written by |
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| Screenplay by | Felipe Agudelo |
| Directed by |
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| Creative director | Ana Paula Zamudio |
| Starring |
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| Opening theme | "Me Llamas" by Piso 21 |
| Country of origin | Colombia |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 277 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Jorge Giraldo |
| Producers |
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| Production location | Colombia |
| Cinematography | Alfonso Parra |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Production company | RCN Televisión |
| Original release | |
| Network | RCN |
| Release | November 28, 2016 (2016-11-28) – April 22, 2019 (2019-04-22) |
| Related | |
Heart's Decree (Spanish: La ley del corazón) is a Colombian telenovela created by Mónica Agudelo Tenorio and adapted for television by Felipe Agudelo. 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.
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. 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
- 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
- Andrea Gómez as Eloisa Jiménez
- Edinson Gil as Santiago Olarte Zambrano
Guest
- 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
- Orlando Valenzuela as Julián Triana
- 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 Castilla
- Margarita Reyes as Sra de Castilla
- 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
- Jorge Herrera as Constancio Platas
- Fernando Solórzano as Rodolfo Mesa
- Jorge López as Rafael Ibáñez
- Agmeth Escaf as Esteban Moncada
- Coraima Torres as Marisela Villasmil
- Julio Cesar Luna as Víctor Zabaleta
- Alejandro Riaño as Juanpis González
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 131 | November 28, 2016 (2016-11-28) | June 12, 2017 (2017-06-12) | |
| 2 | 146 | September 10, 2018 (2018-09-10) | April 22, 2019 (2019-04-22) | |
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. 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. On October 19, 2017, Mega acquired the rights to the telenovela to make its own version.
Ratings
| Season | Timeslot (CT) | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | Avg. viewers (millions) |
18–49 rank | ||
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| Date | Viewers (millions) |
Date | Viewers (millions) | |||||
| 1 | Mon–Fri 9:00pm | 131 | November 28, 2016 (2016-11-28) | 7.9 | June 12, 2017 (2017-06-12) | 12.2 | 28.4 | TBD |
Awards and nominations
References
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- ^ "Telenovela La Ley del Corazón, encabeza pizarra RCN en L.A.Screenings 2017". thedailytelevision.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Canal TC de Ecuador estrenó éxito colombiano La Ley del Corazón". thedailytelevision.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- "Canal RCN confirma segunda temporada de 'La Ley del Corazón'". entretengo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- "Televisa realizará versión mexicana de 'La Ley del Corazón'". entretengo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- "'Por amar sin ley', nueva producción de José Alberto Castro". televisa.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- "ABC desarrolla Big Law, adaptación de la telenovela colombiana La Ley del Corazón, que producirá Ellen Pompeo". bolsamania.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2017.
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- "Rating: Lunes 28 de noviembre de 2016 // Cuando vivas con El Corazón". entretengo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- "'La Ley del Corazón' lideró el rating en su capítulo final". publimetro.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- "Capítulo final de 'La Ley del corazón' del Canal RCN lo más visto en rating". entretengo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Premios India Catalina anuncia nominados de edición 2017". elespectador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Estos son los ganadores de los Premios India Catalina 2017". eluniversal.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Aquí están los nominados a los Premios TVyNovelas 2017". tvynovelas.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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