| Destinos |
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Telenovela | | Creator(s) | Bill VanPatten | | Developer(s) | Martha Alford Marks
Richard V. Teschner | | Starring | Liliana Abud
Carlos Aguilar
Augusto Benedico
Arsenio Campos
Luís Couturier
Edwin Francisco
Edith Kleinmann
Servando Manzetti
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos
Yasmín Pereira
Arturo Puig
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Liliana Abud is a former actress of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico and main character in the educational show Destinos. ...
Augusto Benedico (December 20, 1909–January 19, 1992), born Augusto Pérez Lias, was a Mexican actor of Spanish origin best known for his role as Don Alberto Salvatierra in the soap opera Los ricos también lloran and his role as Don Fernando in the American educational television program...
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 United States | | Language(s) | Spanish | | No. of episodes | 52 | | Production | | Running time | 28 minutes | | Broadcast | | Original channel | {{{channel}}} | | Original run | 1992 – | | Chronology | | Links | | IMDb profile | Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish, also known simply as Destinos, is an educational television program created by Bill VanPatten, Professor of Spanish and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. The show, designed to introduce viewers to the basics of Spanish, had two seasons, beginning in 1992. Its 52 episodes are often used for educational purposes in schools and are still broadcast regularly on many PBS stations. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ...
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Format
Destinos uses the telenovela (Spanish soap opera) format to teach Spanish-language speaking, listening, and comprehension skills. Early episodes have English-language narration in addition to the Spanish-language dialogue, but the English language content decreases continually, eventually disappearing entirely. At the end of most episodes, the lead character, Mexican lawyer Raquel Rodríguez (Liliana Abud), addresses the viewer to ask a number of questions to verify the viewer's comprehension of the action. The viewer is introduced to various accents and dialects and the cultures of various Spanish-speaking countries. It has been suggested that Drama Serial (Philippines) be merged into this article or section. ...
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Liliana Abud is a former actress of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico and main character in the educational show Destinos. ...
The series consists of 52 videos that cover virtually the entire scope of Spanish grammar, including verb tenses of present, future (including future of uncertainty), imperfect, preterite, perfect, pluperfect, participles, and the present, imperfect, and perfect forms of the subjunctive. It also covers a variety of country-specific usages: for example, it uses both the verb extrañar (to miss somebody or something) and the phrase echar de menos (which means the same thing). After the early episodes, conversation is done at more or less normal speaking speed, improving the student's comprehension. Spanish subtitles are included on both VHS and DVD versions — translations are not provided. Spanish (Castellano) is a language originating in North-Central Spain which is spoken throughout Spain, most countries in America, the Philippines and Equatorial Guinea. ...
Main article: Spanish verbs This is a paradigm of Spanish verbs, that is, a set of conjugation tables, for the model regular verbs and for some of the most common irregular verbs (see the article on Spanish irregular verbs for common patterns of irregularity that may help understanding this paradigm). ...
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There is an accompanying set of materials that are available to complement the series. These include a set of audio tapes and textbook, the latter of which follows the series episode-for-episode but provides a more systematic presentation such as would be used in a classroom course.
Destinos is also characterized by frequent reviews of preceding episodes. This characteristic has led many people to criticize the series for being overly long and boring, but there is a purpose to the reviews: it provides extensive repetition, which helps many people learn the material. It also gives many people a sense of achievement when they realize they can understand the earlier episodes that seemed difficult at the time.
Main characters Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. - Fernando Castillo Saavedra (Augusto Benedico) — The patriarch of the Castillo family, born in Spain but lives in México throughout the series. Don Fernando initiates an investigation after receiving a letter from an acquaintance of his first wife he long thought to be killed in the Spanish Civil War. His first wife was Rosario del Valle de Iglesias, with whom he had Ángel Castillo del Valle. His second wife was Carmen Márquez de Castillo, and they had Ramón, Carlos, Juan, and Mercedes.
- Raquel Rodríguez Orozco (Liliana Abud) — Born and lives in the Los Angeles area though she has family members in México and has visited frequently. She is a lawyer contracted by the Castillo-Saavedra Family to conduct the investigation. Her research leads across Spain and Latin America in a search to find the truth of don Fernando's first wife.
- Arturo Iglesias del Valle (Arturo Puig) — Born and lives in the area of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a psychiatrist and the half-brother to Angel Castillo del Valle and second son (by Martin Iglesias) of Rosario. He also ends up falling in love with Raquel and accompanies her on part of her journey.
- Angel Castillo del Valle — Born in Sevilla, Spain and lived and died in San Juan, Puerto Rico. First (and only) son of don Ferdando and Rosario. He is the long lost son of don Fernando who becomes the focus of Raquel's investigation. He was a sailor for a short (and unsuccessful) period of time, and became a painter after a time of traveling around Europe. Angel is never actually seen during the series, though pictures of him as a young man and several years before he died are seen.
- Angela Castillo Soto (Yasmín Pereira) — Lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Only daughter of Angel Castillo; a computer programmer by profession. Attended Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico in San Germán. Lives in the apartment owned by her late father Angel. She is rather flighty.
- Roberto Castillo Soto (Edwin Francisco) — Grew up in San Juan, Puerto Rico but lives at an unnamed small town in Mexico, where he is taking part in an archeological dig. Roberto is an archeology student and is the last major character introduced in the series.
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Plot
Summary Destinos recounts the story of Los Angeles-based lawyer Raquel Rodríguez who is hired by the family of Fernando Castillo (Augusto Benedico). He had discovered that his first wife, Rosario, did not die in the Spanish Civil War as he had believed, but had survived and had a child. To investigate the case, Raquel travels to a number of Spanish-speaking areas — Seville and Madrid, Spain; Buenos Aires, Argentina; San Juan and San Germán, Puerto Rico; and Mexico — has a number of adventures and mishaps, meets a love interest (Arturo Puig) and faces a number of melodramatic conflicts. Augusto Benedico (December 20, 1909–January 19, 1992), born Augusto Pérez Lias, was a Mexican actor of Spanish origin best known for his role as Don Alberto Salvatierra in the soap opera Los ricos también lloran and his role as Don Fernando in the American educational television program...
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Recurring plot elements include letters (primarily to determine last know addresses of people and continue Raquel's travels), comic mix-ups, and people dying (although nobody actually dies during the series, many characters either died previously or were about to die, most notably Don Fernando himself).
Details Pilot: In Mexico, Don Fernando has been keeping a letter written to him by Teresa Suárez secret for some time. His medical problems (which are unspecified) are increasing, however, and he starts seeing hallucinations of his first wife, Rosario, whom he thought died during the Spanish Civil War. He finally decides to act on the contents of the letter. The letter tells him that Rosario did not die during the war. He explains that he wants to find out what happened to Rosario, including whether she had any children with him, to his entire family including his brother and lawyer, Pedro. Pedro hires Raquel, a lawyer of his acquaintance, to investigate. This article is about the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. ...
Spain Arc: Raquel first travels to Sevilla, Spain, from which Sra. Suárez's letter was addressed. She meets family members and soon learns from them that Sra. Suárez has since moved to Madrid. She travels to Madrid and learns from Sra. Suárez that Rosario has moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sra. Suárez gives her a letter with Rosario's last known address. She also learns that Rosario and Fernando have a son, named Angel, whom Fernando has not met. While in Madrid, there is a comic mix-up of identities and rooms. Sra. Suárez's last words to Raquel prove prophetic: "Life is not all work: you also need to dedicate some time to your heart!"
Argentina/Arturo Arc: Raquel then travels to Argentina to search for Rosario. When she finds that Rosario no longer lives at the address on the letter Sra. Suárez gave her (the Estancia Santa Susana, which is a real tourist ranch near Buenos Aires), following a lead from a local gaucho she happens upon the house of Arturo Iglesias, who she soon finds out is Angel's half-brother. Arturo and Raquel search for acquaintances of Angel, armed only with a 20-year old picture. In the Italian section of Buenos Aires called La Boca they finally find an old sailor named Héctor Condotti who immediately remembers Angel and after several days (allowing for an attraction to develop between Raquel and Arturo) produces a letter with Angel's address in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Gauchos taming horses in Corrientes Province, Argentina. ...
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Puerto Rico Arc: Raquel then flies to San Juan and finds the address, which is located in Old San Juan. Unfortunately, Angel died only a few months previously (if only Don Fernando had acted on his letter earlier!). Visiting his grave, Raquel meets Angel's daughter, Angela. Raquel tells Angela the whole story, including that she has a grandfather in Mexico and Uncle in Argentina she's never heard of. Raquel also finds out that Angela has a brother, Roberto, who is conveniently living in Mexico. Angela runs into problems with one of her aunts allowing her to travel to Mexico with Raquel, but after a trip to see her grandmother in San Germán, her grandmother gives her blessing to let her travel. Along the way, they have car trouble in the area of Ponce. Main article: San Juan, Puerto Rico Map of Old San Juan. ...
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Finally, in Puerto Rico, we meet Angela's boyfriend, the nauseating mujeriego ("womanizer") Jorge. He makes several clumsy passes at Raquel. A fight between Raquel and Angela ensues, not because Raquel tells Angela about his passes (she almost does, but does not), but because Angela thinks the world of him and wants to give him a significant amount of money to start a theater. Nonetheless, Raquel and Angela are about to travel together to Mexico when they learn that Angela's brother Roberto has been trapped in an excavation in Mexico.
Mexico/Rescuing Roberto Arc: Raquel and Angela travel to Mexico, where they quickly drive to the little town where Roberto is trapped in a pre-Columbian excavation. Arturo was to meet them in Mexico City, but they cannot get in contact with him, so he spends several days in Mexico City wondering what happened to them. Several episodes (possibly the slowest in the series) pass where Raquel and Angela are waiting for Roberto to be rescued, and Arturo wonders what happened to Raquel. Finally, Roberto is rescued and Angela and Roberto meet their uncle Arturo.
Love Triangle Arc: When Raquel calls her mother back in Los Angeles to catch up, her mother hatches a scheme to get Raquel back together with Luis, an old boyfriend, who has recently called up Raquel's mother trying to get back into Raquel's mother's good graces and from there back into Raquel's life. Luis impressed her mother with his apparent maturity and wealth so she (despite her advice to Raquel not to get mixed up in other people's lives) invites Luis down to Mexico to try to get him and Raquel back together. Arturo and Luis meet, resulting in some back and forth between the two, but they generally get along well, leaving Raquel wondering what's happening.
Finally, Arturo meets Raquel's parents. Arturo finds Raquel's father being fond of him, but her mother clearly not. Raquel had by now figured out that her mother asked Luis to come down to Mexico, and a fight between the two ensues. Her mother finally admits that the only reason she's opposed to Arturo is that she's afraid that Raquel (their only daughter) will move to Argentina with Arturo. After Raquel assures her she will not leave her parents alone, her mother has a complete change of heart regarding Arturo. After Luis tries to get Raquel to go away for a romantic weekend together with him, she tells him that it's over between them, and Luis returns to the United States.
Family Problems Arc: Meanwhile, after Don Fernando is carried via helicopter to Guadalajara to see a medical specialist, a financial irregularity comes to light where Don Fernando's son Carlos has been embezzling money from the family company in Miami. It turns out that his wife, Gloria, is a gambling addict and Carlos took the money to bail her out. The whole family company (which includes Don Fernando's ranch in Mexico) ends up being endangered. Because of this, they close the Miami office, and they consider selling the ranch. Another monetary difficulty arises, this time between Angela and Roberto, over the fact that she wants to give her part of the money from the sale of their father's home to her scummy boyfriend Jorge. Avuncular Arturo starts playing mediator and tries to talk them through the situation. Nickname: City of Roses Western Pearl Coordinates: Country Mexico State Jalisco Boroughs Guadalajara Zapopan Tlaquepaque Tonala Tlajomulco de Zuñiga Foundation 1542 Mayor Ernesto A. Espinosa Guarro Area - City 187. ...
Doubts (Review Arc): Finally, they all meet Don Fernando. It is a happy meeting (though Fernando is obviously near death), but when Don Fernando suddenly walks in on their reunion dinner fully dressed and looking quite a bit stronger, they're all confused. To their amazement, Don Fernando tells them that he doubts their story: he does not believe that Arturo is really his half-nephew and Angela and Roberto are really his grandchildren. This device gives Raquel an opportunity to review the entire series, which takes four episodes.
At Long Last (Final Arc): At last, Don Fernando is convinced (though it was a wedding cup given to Angela by her grandmother that convinces him, not Raquel's recounting) and everybody is happy again. Another plot element is tied up when it turns out that Don Fernando has been squirreling away money all along, with the intention of turning the family ranch into an orphanage after his death. Carlos, conveniently, loves kids (having taken care of their kids while Gloria was out gambling), so they name Carlos the leader of the new orphanage.
Finale: To wrap up the series, Arturo decides to move to Los Angeles to be with Raquel, since he has no family and few friends in Argentina. He says he will have to improve his English, in the process saying the only English words spoken by a character in the series: "What seems the problem, Miss Jones?" They walk off into the sunset.
Trivia - Actor Augusto Benedico died before filming was finished; therefore the ending used previously shot footage of Don Fernando.
- Maricarmen, daughter of Ramón and granddaughter of Don Fernando, is the real-life daughter of Liliana Abud (Raquel).
- Pati's assistant in the theater production in New York City is played by Bill VanPatten, the creator of the Destinos series.
Nuevos Destinos A follow-up story, Nuevos Destinos was produced by WGBH and McGraw-Hill for Annenberg in 1997. It revisits the Destinos story six years later as Raquel encounters a new family mystery. The episodes are only 15 minutes long in this sequel, and some major characters from the earlier series, such as Arturo, do not appear. Nuevos Destinos includes about three hours of video, with an accompanying immersive CD-ROM that allows the user to help Raquel discover what is going on. The McGraw-Hill Companies logo. ...
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Other versions A French-language version of Destinos was produced as Destinos : Une introduction à l'espagnol, wherein the English-language narration was removed and replaced by French-language narration. This version was broadcast on Télé-Québec, in Quebec, Canada from 1997 to 2001. French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ...
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Location Coordinates : 40° 23’N , 3°43′0″W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Villa de Madrid (Spanish) Spanish name Villa de Madrid Founded 9th century Postal code 28001-28080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 91 (Madrid) Website http://www. ...
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