El Bienamado

Created by: Kary Fajer, Ximena Suárez

El Bienamado is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa and originally broadcast on Las Estrellas from January 23 to June 11, 2017. It is based on the Brazilian play O Bem-Amado, written by Dias Gomes. Set in the fictional town of Loreto, the story follows Odorico Cienfuegos, an ambitious and charismatic mayor whose obsession with inaugurating the town's new cemetery leads to a series of humorous schemes, political intrigue, and unexpected situations.