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Pobre negro (1989)

Pobre negro poster
Genre
telenovela
Country
Venezuela
Length
1 season, 1 episode
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A story set in Venezuela about a man and a woman whose love is complicated by social class and racial tensions. It follows their struggles within a divided society.

romanticdramatichistoricalemotionalslow-pacedearnestsoap-opera

What happens

Pobre negro is a Venezuelan telenovela produced by RCTV in 1989 based on a novel of the same name written by Rómulo Gallegos. This version was adapted by Gustavo Michelena and starred Franklin Virgüez and Marlene Maseda. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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