Wednesday, October 1, 2008

For those not in the know, Natalia has a new novela coming out this month called "Amanda O". It will be aired exclusively online in 9 minute episodes (Although I believe it will also be aired in Argentinian television later on).
Since it's such a short novela (13 episodes in total/45min each), I'll be picking it up as a side project (Unless it's aired with English subs which could be the case since they seem to be marketing it for the international audience.).

I've emailed the media company distributing it so hopefully they'll answer back.

Here is the plot I translated:

"At the top of her career, at the peek of her popularity, Amanda will suffer an important blunder. She will suffer a harsh accusation from the press, will enter a state of shock, will wish she wasn't who she is and everything will end in an unfortunate accident.
Amanda will wake up in a strange place without any idea of what has happened. From then on, nothing will be the same for her. She will have lost her fame, her life, and her career. Another woman will be occuping her place as if she has been transported to an alternative reality where she is no longer recognized by others.
Without meaning to she will start a new life living with Dante (Luciano Castro), a vanguard artist who will cross her path like a savior. She will maintain an amusing love/hate relationship with him.
She will search for a new identity.
He, who is also hiding a dark past and also had to reinvent himself in a critical moment in his life, will deploy all his talent and creativity once Amanda comes into his life. The story is told between the past and the future of the desoriented Amanda, whom belongs to a species of a new time and space with one foot on success and one on failure..."

The end of the article says this: "One of the characteristics of the show is its interactivity. The audience will be able to change the character's destinies and the development of the story through blogs"

That is definitely cool! I'm assuming they'll put on polls or something of the sort asking the audience which way they want the story to move.
The plot reminds me a bit of the film "Overboard", where a materialistic self absorbed woman looses her memory and through a new beginning finds a more down to earth identity and learns what is really important in life. Can't wait.