Guapas

Guapas is an Argentine telenovela created by Adrián Suar and produced by Pol-ka

Schedule
It was shown on Canal 13 from March 17, 2014 until January 9, 2015 at 11:00 p.m. On April 28, 2015 it moved ahead to 10:00 pm, and on August 11, it changed schedule again and began broadcasting from 9:00 p.m. Several weeks it moved to 9:15 p.m.

Plot
In the story, Mónica (Mercedes Morán), María Emilia (Carla Peterson), Lorena (Florencia Bertotti), Laura (Isabel Macedo) and Andrea (Araceli González) they know each other when the bank in which they had their finances suddenly closes and keeps the money from all the deposits. So, from one day to the next, the dreams and projects of each are truncated. Seven years after that fateful day of 2007, the five have become very friendly, but they have not yet been able to recover from that loss and eagerly seek economic and emotional order. It will take a new and unexpected path in their lives so they can reflect deeply on their personal stories. Something like a second chance. The last to fall in love, perform, build a family, follow the vocation, heal wounds or simply overcome fears, those that paralyze and do not allow progress. After all, they are not perfect, they are guapas.

Production
All five protagonists are famous Argentinian actresses and most of them had worked together at previous telenovelas. Although they are not personal friends, they commented that they have no problems working together, and do not foresee any internal problems like those suffered by Farsantes. Farsantes, the previous telenovela, had fights between the actors that led many of them to leave it before its conclusion. The actress Mercedes Morán is the mother of the actress Mercedes Scápola, and their characters are mother and daughter in the plot as well. Morán had encouraged her daughter to have her own acting career, and made a cameo with her in the 2012 telenovela Graduados. Both of them felt that Guapas was the appropriate time for a steady joint work. Morán's character and that played by Dady Brieva are a couple; both actors had been lead actors in a previous telenovela, Gasoleros.

Actress Araceli González returned to Pol-ka for this production. She was the lead actress of Carola Casini, one of the first telenovelas by Pol-ka. She was married with Adrián Suar, president of Pol-ka, by then; they divorced and now both of them are married with other people. González commented that she had known the company when it was just a medium enterprise, and that she has several relatives working in it.

Reception
The telenovela's main competitor is Sres. Papis, a telenovela aired by Telefe, with a mainly male cast. On the first day it was aired, Guapas got 16.3 rating points, against 12 points for ''Sres. Papis''.

Cast

 * Mercedes Morán as Mónica Duarte
 * Carla Peterson as María Emilia "Mey" García del Río
 * Florencia Bertotti as Lorena Patricia Giménez
 * Araceli González as Andrea Luna
 * Isabel Macedo as Laura Luna
 * Esteban Lamothe as Pablo González
 * Mike Amigorena as Federico Müller
 * Muriel Santa Ana as Reina Suárez
 * Vivian El Jaber as Débora Spritz
 * Fabiana Cantilo as Alejandra Rey
 * Alfredo Casero as Oscar Falcón
 * Adrián Suar as Javier "Facha" Salvatierra
 * Mercedes Scápola as Natalia Diez
 * Julieta Zylberberg as Sol Rodríguez Alcorta
 * Carlos Belloso as Carlos Braverman
 * Nicolás Repetto as Leonardo Zavala
 * Alberto Fernández de Rosa as Coco Luna
 * Carlos Mena as Dr. Müller
 * Ignacio Huang as Ricardo
 * Marilú Marini as Amalia
 * Rafael Spregelburd as Mariano
 * Thelma Fardin as Catalina's friend
 * Rafael Ferro as Francisco Laprida
 * Mauricio Dayub as Alejandro Rey
 * Alberto Ajaka as Rubén D'Onofrio
 * Dady Brieva as Mario "Tano" Manfredi
 * Inés Estévez as Silvia Torrese
 * Natalie Pérez as Cinthia Miguens
 * Dan Breitman as Ignacio Lynch
 * Andrea Bonelli as Federica Goldman
 * Franco Bruzzone as Mateo Manfredi
 * Gaby Ferrero as Norma Patricia Pérez Vda. de Giménez
 * Sofía González Gil as Catalina Rey
 * Gerardo Otero as Juan Cardales
 * Javier De Nevares as José Pablo García del Río
 * Dalma Maradona as Verónica "Lavalle" Cuello
 * Federico Olivera as Ernesto
 * Dalia Elnecave as Blanca
 * Valeria Lois as Claudia
 * Paula Kohan as Flavia
 * Paloma Contreras as Ivana
 * Melania Lenoir as Marina
 * Iair Said as Roly