Yo soy Lorenzo

Yo soy Lorenzo is a Chilean telenovela created by Daniella Castagno, that premiered on Mega on September 2, 2019 and ended on May 25, 2020.^[2][3][4][5] It stars Mario Horton, Jorge Arecheta, Francisco Reyes, Vivianne Dietz and Sigrid Alegría.^[6][7]

Yo soy Lorenzo
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Daniella Castagno[1]
Written by	Daniella Castagno Alejandro Bruna José Fonseca
Directed by	Nicolás Alemparte[1] Bárbara Della Schiava
Starring	Mario Horton Jorge Arecheta Francisco Reyes Vivianne Dietz Sigrid Alegría
Country of origin	Chile
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	148
Production
Executive producer	Patricio López[1]
Producer	Claudia Cazanave
Editor	Nelson Valdés
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company	Mega
Original release
Network	Mega
Release	September 2, 2019 (2019-09-02) – May 25, 2020 (2020-05-25)

The telenovela revolves around the impersonation of identities and the difficulties of female liberation and being gay in the 1960s.^[8][9]

Plot

Ernesto (Francisco Reyes) is a powerful man who wants his only daughter, Laura (Vivianne Dietz), to get married. Laura is a young woman in her twenties who wishes to emigrate from the village and live freely away from there. What she does not know is that her father agreed with a friend from Santiago so that his son, Lorenzo (Jorge Arecheta), arrives at Vista Hermosa and conquers her. However, when Lorenzo travels with his driver Carlos (Mario Horton) to Vista Hermosa to seal the commitment, he confesses that he is gay and so they both decide to switch identities and this is how Carlos begins to be Lorenzo.^[8][10]

Cast

• Mario Horton as Carlos González / Lorenzo Mainardi
• Jorge Arecheta as Lorenzo Mainardi / Carlos González^[11]
• Francisco Reyes as Ernesto Orellana
• Vivianne Dietz as Laura Orellana
• Sigrid Alegría as Jacinta Jofré
• Patricia López as Patricia Silva
• Rodrigo Muñoz as Horacio Álvarez
• María Elena Duvauchelle as Hortensia Arancibia
• Teresita Reyes as Rosa Jaramillo
• Mabel Farías as Margarita Jaramillo
• Ricardo Vergara as Jimmy Canales
• Francisca Walker as Nancy Álvarez Silva
• Paula Luchsinger as Blanca Noriega Jofré
• Constanza Araya as Gloria Arancibia
• Otilio Castro as Ismael Rojas
• Toto Acuña as Ángel Jaramillo
• Magdalena Urra as Ana Álvarez Silva
• Bastián Faúndez as Diego Pérez

Ratings

Season	Episodes	First aired		Last aired		Average
		Date	Rating	Date	Rating
1	148	September 2, 2019 (2019-09-02)	28[12]	May 25, 2020 (2020-05-25)	20.5[13]	TBD

References

1. "Comenzó rodaje de Yo soy Lorenzo de Mega de Chile". produ.com (in Spanish). 15 July 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
2. Cortés, Andrés (27 June 2019). "¿Será otro éxito? Mega lanzó spot de la vespertina que reemplazará a "Isla Paraíso"". radioagricultura.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2019.
3. "Al estilo La La Land: Yo soy Lorenzo sorprenderá como la primera teleserie musical de Chile". mega.cl (in Spanish). 14 August 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
4. Ruminot, Paulette (27 June 2019). "Mega lanzó el primer spot promocional de Yo Soy Lorenzo, su próxima vespertina". adnradio.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2019.
5. "Este lunes no te pierdas el capítulo final de Yo Soy Lorenzo". mega.cl (in Spanish). 22 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
6. "Jorge Arecheta tendrá rol protagónico en su nueva casa televisiva". fmdos.cl (in Spanish). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
7. "[VIDEO] La música tendrá un rol protagónico en Yo soy Lorenzo". mega.cl (in Spanish). 20 August 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
8. Oyarzun, Paz (28 June 2019). ""Yo soy Lorenzo": Esta será la historia de la nueva vespertina de Mega". mega.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2019.
9. "Intercambio de roles, Grease y una apuesta femenina: así es la nueva teleserie de Mega". latercera.com (in Spanish). 27 June 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
10. "Yo soy Lorenzo: ¡Así será la teleserie que sucederá a Isla Paraíso!". mega.cl (in Spanish). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
11. Cordovez, Karen (28 June 2019). "Jorge Arecheta lidera nueva teleserie de época de Mega con personaje homosexual". publimetro.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2019.
12. "Teleserie de época "Yo Soy Lorenzo" lideró el rating y su estreno está entre los mejores de los últimos seis años". emol.com (in Spanish). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
13. ""Yo soy Lorenzo" tuvo inusual final debido a la pandemia". cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

External links

• Yo soy Lorenzo at IMDb