Aquí mando yo (International Title: I Am The Boss) is a Chilean telenovela produced and broadcast by TVN.
Plot Sofía Kuncar (María Elena Swett) is a successful executive, who is promoted to regional manager for Latin America at the headhunting company where she works. She has two daughters, Antonella (Catalina Castelblanco) and Chiara (Emilia Burr), with her ex-husband Diego Buzzoni (Jorge Zabaleta), a radio personality. Since her job now requires Sofía to travel constantly between New York City, Chicago, and other U.S. cities and Santiago, Sofía decides to ask Diego to take care of their daughters. Though Sofía is dating Jorge Camacho (Cristián Riquelme), her boss, and has been separated from her ex-husband for 4 years, Diego is still in love with her.
Cast Jorge Zabaleta - Diego Buzzoni María Elena Swett - Sofía Kuncar, Diego's ex-wife Cristián Riquelme - Jorge Camacho, Sofía's boss and boyfriend Carolina Varleta - Anita Bilbao, Sofía's neighbour and best friend, interested in Diego Coca Guazzini - Rocío Leighton, Sofía's mother Jaime Vadell - Pedro Montenegro, Maximiliano's father Fernando Larraín - Maximiliano Montenegro, Pedro's son, María Carolina's ex-husband Begoña Basauri - María Carolina Silva, Maximiliano's ex-wife Rodrigo Muñoz - Arnoldo Grez Yamila Reyna - Laura Mazza, Arnoldo's girlfriend Fernando Farías - Gino Buzzoni, Diego's father Loreto Valenzuela - Carmen Morales, Diego's mother Catalina Castelblanco - Antonella Buzzoni, Sofía and Diego's elder daughter Alonso Quintero - Rodrigo Montenegro, Maximiliano's son Constanza Piccoli - Isabel Grez, Arnoldo's daughter Hernán Contreras - Cristián Grez, Arnoldo's son Catalina Vallejos - Josefina Egaña, Cristián's girlfriend. Nicolás Vigneaux - Franco Bilbao, Anita's son Emilia Burr - Kiara Buzzoni, Sofía and Diego's younger daughter Antonella Castagno - Margarita Egaña
Reception The telenovela was received with successful ratings.Nicolás Figueroa, Éxito de “Aquí mando yo” reactiva la competencia en el bloque vespertino, Terra Chile, 25 September 2011 Terra.cl claims that this circumstance is "reactivating" the 20:00 weekday timeslot, when as of early 2011 only TVN was broadcasting telenovelas, after Canal 13 pulled off its productions, and that even Mega and Chilevisión were considering competing with their own series. The critic at queveo.cl, a website by parents concerned with the media their children consume, praises the acting of Zabaleta and Swett and celebrates the "return" of family-oriented telenovelas.Aquí mando yo , Quéveo.cl, 7 October 2011
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External links Official website