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The Passions of Santos is a telenovela on Jane the Virgin.

About[]

The Passions of Santos is a popular telenovela that Xiomara, Alba, and Jane watch. Its main character, President Santos is portrayed by Rogelio De La Vega. This is Rogelio's breakout role, which made him internationally famous and known in the U.S., which had always been his dream and goal. In 2014, Rogelio convinces the network to move the production of the series to Miami, in order for him to be near Jane, whom he discovered was his daughter. Work progresses fine, except that Rogelio can be a bit eccentric, which has him work people hard in an inconsiderate way. This provides him with nemeses in the showrunner, Dina Milagro, and her lover/Rogelio's assistant, Nicholas, who conspire together to get Rogelio fired and Nicholas promoted in Rogelio's stead. They are successful and Rogelio is fired from the series, relegated to taking a degrading role on his arch-rival, Esteban Santiago's telenovela, Pasión Intergalactica. Without Santos and Rogelio, however, the ratings tank and Dina is forced to plead with Rogelio to come back to the show lest it be cancelled, which Rogelio accepts. After his co-star, Blanca, suffers an accident, Rogelio is forced to star opposite his ex-wife who cheated on him, the infamous Luciana Leon.

Plot[]

Previously on the show, Santos found out that the deepest, truest love of his life was really his illegitimate half-sister. We do not know yet if Blanca, the female lead on the show, is this half-sister or a new love interest. In Chapter Two, Blanca is not wearing an engagement ring, even though sixteen months before the show, Santos is seen proposing to someone.

Since the Pilot, the plot of PoS is as follows:

  • Santos proposes to a woman (Pilot)
  • Santos and Blanca look over a beautiful ocean (Pilot)
  • Santos apparently falls into the ocean, apparently drowned (Chapter Two)
  • Santos is on a boat (Chapter Two)
  • Santos and Blanca are lost at sea with a leopard (Chapter Two)
  • Santos and Blanca are still lost at sea, now with a fish. Unfortunately, Santos has lost his Presidential uniform and medals.
  • Marisol has a fantasy sequence about Santos- where he wears jeans and a t-shirt (Chapter Four)
  • The two of them discuss the sacrifice of the leopard, Marisol is now wearing a leopard print jacket and purse while Santos has a leopard print scarf.
  • Santos, wearing a hat is still lost at sea (Chapter Five)
  • Santos starts fishing off the side of the boat (Chapter Six)
  • Santos and Blanca find their way to an island.
  • Pirates kidnap Santos and Blanca
  • Santos escapes his handcuffs with a "pointy object and a match and a nail file"
  • Santos used to be a priest in a flashback (Chapter Eleven)
  • Santos disguises himself as a pirate to sneak off the island....from the pirates
  • Santos is reunited with his long lost son Plunges, only to be stabbed by him, before dying. (Chapter Twelve)
  • Santos returned to the show in Chapter Twenty.

The Passions of Santos tells the story of the President of North Ecuaduras. It follows the passionate love between Santos and his love Blanca, who are put in outrageous situations but still managed to find love. At the beginning of Jane the Virgin, they are both lost on the sea.

Production[]

The Passions of Santos is a telenovela filmed in or near Miami, Florida. All of the sets, scenery, and backgrounds are housed at Telemasivo Studios, a large studio lot complete with green screens. The show is never seen "on location". Despite being a television set, things do go awry, such as a leopard escaping or Rogelio making the crew do other jobs for him like setting up for his first visit with Jane.

Starring[]

Rogelio De La Vega as Santos
Unknown (Greice Santo in real life) as Blanca (originally Marisol)
Unknown as Paolo
Unknown as Juliana
Unknown as Caramelo
Unknown as Raul
Unknown as Esmeralda
Unknown as Salvatore
Unknown as Plunges
Unknown as Aurora

Crew[]

Cast

Head writer Dina Milagro

Roxanna, Costume Designer
Nicholas, Rogelio's Assistant Saboteur
Michelle, Key Hair and Makeup Artist
Dina Milagro, Head Writer
Steven, Writer
Ricky, Writer
Jane, Writer (for one scene and later script)

Trivia[]

  • The show airs weekdays at 4:30 pm
  • Rogelio was nominated for Best Actor in the Paloma Awards for his performance. Although he did not win this year, he did win last year.
  • When Rogelio was fired from the show it's ratings started to drop drastically and in order to save it from being canceled, they asked Rogelio to return to which he accepts.
  • It is the longest-running telenovela in Telemasivo history and aired 175 episodes.[1]
  • The country "Ecuaduras" is most likely a play of the names of the two Latin American countries; 'Ecuador' and 'Honduras'.

Photos[]

SEASON 2

SEASON 1

Notes and references[]

  1. Chapter Twenty-Eight – poster in the background
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