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MONTE CRISTO. LOVE REVENGE
"Montecristo. Un Amor, Una Venganza"

This is the story of Diaz Herrera, a young man who apparently seems to have it all; love, a future, family, success. Life has been kind of him; the doors of the whole world are opened to him. But the treachery of those around will turn everything into hell.
Santiago, the son of an outstanding national judge, has just been appointed secretary of the court. He has plans to marry Laura, the woman of his dreams.
Santiago feels a great devotion for law but he also loves fencing, a passion he shares with Marcos Lombardo, his close friend. The story begins when Santiago and Marcos travel to Morocco to take part in a fencing tournament. However, this trip will not lead him to victory but to sheer disgrace since he will be involved in a terrible act of treachery, plotted by a wicked environment.
Some days before setting off, Santiago receives some tragic news; his father, Horacio Diaz Herrera, discovers that Alberto Lombardo (Marcos' father) has committed a very serious crime during the times of the military regime in Argentina for which he will be arrested and taken to court. Santiago gets so distressed by this terrible news that he decides not to say a word to Marcos. But he doesn't take into account Luciano's envious essence, a man that had unsuccessfully tried to get Santiago's position and who is fully convinced that the judge, his superior, has helped his son reach his post at court. Alberto Lombardo, a man trained to do evil, asks his son Marcos to get rid of Santiago while they are in Europe, as he will do the same with Horacio in Argentina.
Almost immediately, Judge Herrera dies in a terrible accident caused by Lisandro, Laura's uncle (Santiago's fianc?e) and Alberto's accomplice. He also plots a setup to involve Santiago in his father's death. For this reason, Santiago is arrested in Morocco, accused of a crime he has not committed. Marcos returns from Europe alone and makes Laura believe that Santiago has killed a man. Laura gets desperate and tries by all means to travel to Morocco but she is told that Santiago has been killed in jail. Laura falls into a terrible depression and decides to put and end to her life. But she also finds out that she is expecting a baby from Santiago. Feeling devastated and totally at a loss, she agrees to marry Marcos, who has always loved her in silence.
In the meantime, in a far-off jail in Morocco, Santiago meets Ulises, an old art dealer that has been in prison for many years. Ulises helps Santiago recover. Together, they discover Marcos' treachery. From then on, Santiago has only one thing on mind^ to take revenge on those who have snatched his happiness and life.
On the other side of the ocean, Alberto, Marcos, Luciano and Lisandro, the four men that conspired against Santiago and his father are leading normal lives, totally convinced that there's nothing to worry about since the problem is over. What they don't know though, is that Santiago wil come back to take revenge on each of them.

Director: Miguel Colom
Cast: Pablo Echarri, Alejandro Dumas, Paola Krum, Joaquin Furriel

144 x 1
Argentina, 2006.