El súper (TV series)
El súper, also known as El súper: Historias de todos los días, is a Spanish soap opera. Aired from 1996 to 1999, it was the first daily television series produced in Spain broadcast at the national level.
| El súper | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Soap opera Telenovela Thriller |
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 738 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 20–30 min |
| Production companies | Zeppelin Diagonal TV Estudios Picasso |
| Release | |
| Original network | Tele 5 |
| Original release | 6 September 1996 – 31 December 1999 |
Premise
The fiction follows Julia (Natalia Millán), a woman working as a cashier in a supermarket. After Julia finds out she is a member of the Bernal family and thus the rightful heir to the supermarket chain she works in, she becomes the main foe of Alfonso Torres (Andrés Resino), a villain figure responsible for most of the crimes happening in the series.[1][2]
Cast
- Natalia Millán as Julia Ponce.[1]
- Andrés Resino as Alfonso Torres.[1]
- Paca Gabaldón as Maika Bernal.[1]
- Lola Marceli as Mercedes.[1]
- Manuel Navarro as Ernesto.[1]
- Mónica Estarreado as Leticia[1]
- Miguel Ortiz as Agustín Rueda.[1]
- Teté Delgado as Mari Carmen.[1]
- Chisco Amado as Santiago.[1]
- Miguel Hermoso as Miguel.[1]
- Juan y Medio as Carlos.[1]
- Juncal Rivero as Verónica.[3]
- Karla Sofía Gascón as Guillermo.[4]
- Manuel Bandera[5]
Production and release
El súper was the first daily national television series produced in Spain.[6][7] A regional daily series, the Catalan Poble Nou, predated the series.[8] Filming started in August 1996 in a Tele 5 set located in Villaviciosa de Odón.[9] Some prominent screenwriters such as Orestes Lara, Rodolf Sirera, Jaume Banacolocha, Virginia Yagüe, and Alonso Puerta were part of the scriptwriting team.[10] Boris Izaguirre also worked as screenwriter.[2] The series was a mash-up of elements from US soap operas (such as Falcon Crest), the thriller genre and the telenovela.[10]
The first two seasons were produced by Zeppelin and Diagonal TV whereas the following two seasons were produced by Estudios Picasso.[10]
Aired from 6 September 1996 to 31 December 1999,[11] The broadcasting run comprised 4 seasons and 738 episodes,[10] broadcast at late afternoon. The running time was 20–30 minutes.[12][11] The series' main tune (initially an instrumental sax theme to which the vocals of Natalia Millán added in the second season) became very popular in Spain.[5]
References
- Citations
- Pereira, Azucena (6 September 2017). "¿Qué fue del reparto de 'El súper'?". FormulaTV.
- "Así han cambiado los protagonistas del súper". Qué!. 7 April 2016.
- "Juncal Rivero, en 'El Súper'". La Vanguardia. 15 September 2019. p. 9.
- Inzunza, Francisco (24 June 2019). "¿Quién es Carlos Gascón, el actor que decidió cambiar de sexo?". El Debate.
- Pérez, Nacho (22 October 2020). "El súper: así era el Falcon Crest español de Telecinco". Qué!.
- "Así ha sido el reencuentro de los actores de 'El súper', veinte años después de su estreno". FormulaTV. 31 January 2017.
- Güimil, Eva (10 October 2015). "Las 50 mejores series españolas de la historia". Vanity Fair.
- Chicharro-Merayo 2011, p. 199.
- Álvarez, Paz (5 September 1996). "Tele 5 inicia hoy su telenovela diaria "El super"". El País.
- Chicharro-Merayo 2011, p. 202.
- Gómez, José (5 March 2015). "Telecinco cumple 25 años: recordamos 25 series que han marcado su historia (Parte 1)". FormulaTV.
- Chicharro-Merayo 2011, p. 203.
- Bibliography
- Chicharro-Merayo, María del Mar (2011). "Historia de la telenovela en España: Aprendizaje, ensayo y apropiación de un género" (PDF). Comunicación y Sociedad. Pamplona: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Navarra. 24 (1): 189–216.