El Bienamado

El Bienamado is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa. It is an adaptation of the Brazilian telenovela written by Dias Gomes, titled O Bem-Amado produced in 1973. It stars Jesús Ochoa as the titular character.

Plot
Odorico Cienfuegos (Jesús Ochoa), is a politician who wins the elections for the prefecture of a small municipality called Loreto, under the promise of building a new cemetery. To obtain this position, he counts on the help of three sisters: Justina (Chantal Andere), Dulcina (Nora Salinas), Santina (Irán Castillo), with whom he maintains an amorous adventure, without the sisters knowing between them.

But in spite of this conflict, Odorico's greatest problem is his daughter Valeria (Mariluz Bermúdez), who returns to the town and falls madly in love with Leon Serrano (Mark Tacher), the new doctor of the region. Valeria and Leon met in Mexico City after Valeria had an overdose from alcohol. Leon quickly becomes Odorico's enemy. Odorico, obsessed with the famous cemetery, quickly needs someone to die. However, no case of death has been recorded in recent times, causing Odorico to use every chance he has to tell a depressed citizen, such as Liborio, who is abandoned by his wife several times, that they will have a great funeral.

Main

 * Jesús Ochoa as Odorico Cienfuegos
 * Mariluz Bermúdez as Valeria Samperio
 * Mark Tacher as León Serrano
 * Andrés Palacios as Homero Samperio


 * Nora Salinas as Dulcina Samperio
 * Chantal Andere as Justina Samperio
 * Irán Castillo as Santina Samperio
 * Salvador Zerboni as Jairo Portela
 * Alejandra Sandoval as Melissa
 * Alejandra García as Tania Mendoza
 * Diego de Erice as Dirceo Retana
 * Fernando Ciangherotti as Genovevo Morones
 * Gabriela Zamora as Paquita Patiño
 * Luis Manuel Ávila as Pepón Cano
 * Luis Gatica as Ambrosio Cárdenas
 * Polo Morín as Jordi de Ovando
 * Raquel Pankowsky as Concordia Briceño
 * Roberto Romano as Alexis Cienfuegos
 * Ricardo Fastlicht as Trevor
 * Dayrén Chávez as Jovita
 * Raquel Morell as Generosa
 * Michelle Rodríguez as Estrella
 * César Bono as Padre Dimas
 * Reynaldo Rossano as Fidel
 * Ricardo Margaleff as Juancho López
 * Ricardo Silva as Liborio Galicia Ortíz
 * Chao as Binicio Luna
 * Memo Dorantes as Camilo
 * Fernando Larragaña
 * Pepe Olivares as Sortero Bermejo
 * Mauricio Castillo as Quirino
 * Tony Balardi as Jilguero
 * José Montini as Policía Pomponio
 * Diana Golden as Abigaíl de Morones
 * Eduardo Rodríguez as Carrasco
 * Eduardo Manzano as Don Arcadio Mendoza
 * Laura Zapata as Bruna Mendoza

Recurring

 * Martín Brek as Arnulfo
 * Rosita Bouchot as Talita Prieto
 * Jaime Garza as Apolo

Special participation

 * Jacqueline Bracamontes as Laura
 * Joana Brito as Doña Nati - The guest appearance marked Brito's final television appearance before her death in 2023.
 * Olivia Collins as Olguita Montes

Production
The telenovela is written by Kary Fajer and Ximena Suárez, based on the original idea of Dias Gomes. Production of the series began on November 8, 2016 in Loreto, Baja California Sur.

Casting
Before production, actors like Jorge Salinas and Fernando Ciangherotti were rumored to be the main character of the story. It was later revealed that Jesús Ochoa was confirmed as the protagonist, and Ciangherotti was chosen as supporting actor.