The expectation was high. Above all, because it was known that the original idea had been presented by Gerardo Rozin and that the argument had to do with what had happened to the producer, who died on March 11, since he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Thus, with peaks of more than 16 rating points, this Monday the strip debuted on the Telefé screen the first of usstarring Benjamin Vicuna, Luciano Castro, Mercedes Funes, Damian de Santo, Paola Krum and Jorgelina Aruzzi.
The fiction began with a reflection of Santiago Moon (Vicuña) while practicing her running routine, while each of the characters and their stories were introduced. “Life is a race full of obstacles. Whether the sun is out or it’s raining. Every time I go for a run I face my thoughts. The air hits me in the face and, without being able to help it, I run agitated by them. I think of destiny, I think of the people I love. Because on this path of life we are never alone”, begins by saying the character played by the Chilean actor.
And he continues: “I advance with a sure step, measuring my breath, thinking of them. We are strong and we are fragile. And I am clear that each one of us runs his own race trying to reach his ideal goal. Sometimes we don’t know who we are or all that we might become. But the race of life has that, it doesn’t stop. Time is like a train from which we cannot and do not want to get off. The air renews me, I feel my own pulse, my breathing… And all these images, the sensations and the warm certainty that everything that follows will always be like this: just as uncertain. Just as beautiful, like tonight when I’m going to see them”.
That’s the way it is, the group of friends composed by Luna and Jimena Rauch (Krum), Nicholas Torres (Castro), Valeria Perell (Aruzzi), Soledad Gonzalez (Funes) e Ignatius Kingdom (De Santo) meet for a dinner in the bar of the Five (Gino Renni). And it is there where, between toasts and anecdotes, the character of Vicuña suffers a decompensation and falls unconscious to the ground.
Immediately, his colleagues call an ambulance that takes him to a hospital where they undergo an MRI and discover a brain tumor. The doctor Karina Pereira (Carola Reyna) is in charge of informing both the patient and his friends of the situation, who are his only close affections. “They are terminal tumors”, explains the doctor, who refuses to talk regarding survival time but indicates a surgical intervention. And she makes it clear to Santiago that his life will never be the same once more.
“They operate on me, rays, chemo. But I’m cured”, slides the Vicuña character. “We are going to try to make sure you live as long as possible…”, the doctor replies, trying to be clear and not hide information from him. “I’m going to die?”ask then Santiago. And the answer hangs in the air. Finally, the day following hospitalization and when the professionals authorize them to visit the patient, the friends of Luna they will see it Then he tells them that he had been dreaming that he was running, happy, and that they were holding him. Then he tells them: “Get out of here thinking what you want for your lives. Think that you can die tomorrow. And if I were the first of us, I ask you not to abandon me until I reach the goal”.
KEEP READING: