The Swindler (Spanish: El Encantador), is a Colombian telenovela created by Caracol Televisión, from a screenplay by César Betancur, and directed by Víctor Mallarino. The series revolves around Rolando Castaño (Diego Cadavid), a man who, after finishing high school, decides to begin "negotiating" in a clandestine way to create his own company. In addition to his good physique and his way of speaking, he manages to conquer all the women in his neighborhood, which brings him many problems. The telenovela premiered on 4 February 2010, but due to its poor reception and poor premiere rating, the network decided to take it off the air three days after its premiere. It is considered some more unsuccessful telenovela in Colombian television history.

Cast

Diego Cadavid as Rolando Castaño

Juliana Galvis as Luisa Solarte

Víctor Mallarino as Father Jesús Adolfo Gaitán

Carlos Benjumea as Augusto Giraldo

Helena Mallarino as Sandra Linares

Bibiana Navas as Clemencia Quijano

Rodrigo Candamil as Marco Benedetti Pombo

Ernesto Benjumea as Juan Ignacio Solarte

Ana Bolena Meza as Ruth de Rendón

Jairo Camargo as Otilio Rendón

Estefanía Godoy as Magnolia Rendón

Carina Cruz as Eliana Giraldo

Andrés Parra as Evaristo Aguilar / David Colmenares

Jacques Touckmanian as Jairo Giraldo

References

External links

Caracol Televisión telenovelas

2010 Colombian television series debuts

2010 Colombian television series endings

2010 telenovelas

Spanish-language telenovelas

Spanish-language television shows

The Swindler (TV series)