75 years after the airing of the famous radio serial the right to be bornof Felix B. CaignetCuban television foresees the premiere for July of the soap opera The right to dream a production that in 60 chapters will pay homage to the famous radio soap opera broadcast by the old CMQ SA Circuit and which was starred by María Valero, Carlos Badías, Lupe Suárez, Nenita Viera, among others.
With a script by Ángel Luis Martínez and the direction shared between Alberto Luberta Martínez and Ernesto Fiallo, the dramatized will feature performances by well-known faces on the island such as Verónica Lynn, Luis Rielo, Irela Bravo, Rubén Breña, Fernando Hechevarría and Denys Ramos.
“The script was worked on as pre-filming was done with two different teams. The first six chapters take place in 1948, therefore, it is a challenge given the conditions in which we currently work ”, he declared to OnCuba Alberto Luberta Martinez.
“The first part of the plot revolves around the original transmission of the right to be born and the well-known “air war”, that is, the fight between the largest circuits at that time: RHC Cadena Azul and CMQ, owned by Amado Trinidad and Goar Mestre, respectively. From the seventh chapter the soap opera jumps to the present. The story has its links and anchors between the first and second parts and also connects with real life. It is sincerely a tribute to all those who have made and make the radio with true sacrifice and love. I hope that the radio operators of the 40s like those of today feel reflected, ”he pointed out.
According to him portal of Cuban Television it is not a documentary. Some scenes were filmed at the headquarters of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television, a building founded by the businessman himself. Goar Mestre and conceived as a cinema, radio and television complex in the style of Radio City in New York.
the plot of the right to dream It will include love triangles, secrets from the past, intrigues and events that will touch critical points in society, its creators declared.
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In the book Radio in Cuba, its author Oscar Luis López points out that the right to be born was rejected by the then firm Sabatés SA, alleging that its main product, Llave Soap, was used in all homes in Cuba and that the character of black Mama Dolores would create a conflict among white listeners whose reaction could not be favorable.
The denunciation of racial discrimination and the arrogant attitude of the bourgeoisie is distorted by the constant objective of achieving an audience using the suspense technique of serials applied to the radio. For a year and seventeen days, the 314 episodes of El derecho de nacer were broadcast and later its distribution began throughout Latin America. In Mexico, the film version (in black and white) on June 27, 1952 and on December 8, 1966 in color.
Félix B. Caignet died in Havana on May 25, 1976.
