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La Patrona (2013)

La Patrona poster
Genre
telenovela
Country
Mexico
Length
1 season, 128 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 329 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman fights for power and respect in a male-dominated workplace. She faces opposition from a powerful antagonist as she works to become the boss of her own domain.

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What happens

La Patrona (lit. 'The Boss') is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Telemundo and Argos Comunicación. It is a remake of the 1984 Venezuelan telenovela La dueña. It premiered on Telemundo on January 8, 2013, replacing Corazón valiente, and ended on July 9 of the same year, being replaced by Marido en alquiler. The series stars Aracely Arámbula as Gabriela Suárez, Jorge Luis Pila as Alejandro Beltrán, Christian Bach as Antonia Guerra and Gonzalo García Vivanco as Lucho. The name reflects a Spanish term for addressing a person recognized as a main boss. However, the title is also a reflection of both the protagonist and the antagonist's struggle to conquer power, authority and respect in a labor field traditionally deemed to be a man's job. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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