My Heart Beats for Lola Volcán

Mi Corazón Insiste… en Lola Volcán is a Spanish language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo. Telemundo aired the serial from May 23 to November 28, 2011 at 8pm central. As with most of its other telenovelas, the network broadcasts English subtitles as closed captions on CC3. It is a remake of Colombian telenovela of 1998-1999 Yo amo a Paquita Gallego by Julio Jimenez.

Mi Corazón Insiste en Lola Volcán (2011) is a Spanish-language Telemundo telenovela created by Julio Jiménez and Valentina Párraga, a remake of the Colombian telenovela Yo amo a Paquita Gallego. The story centers on Lola Volcán, played by Carmen Villalobos, whose romantic life becomes tangled with Andrés Santacruz, played by Jencarlos Canela, a man living under a second name and a hidden identity. Around them circle Débora Noriega (Ana Layevska), Marcelo Santacruz (Gerardo Murguía), and Camilo Andrade (Carlos Ferro), whose loyalties and rivalries keep shifting. The engine of each episode is a web of romantic pursuit, mistaken identity, and family pressure, with characters scheming, confronting one another, and forcing confessions in heightened scenes built for a daily audience. The series ran as a single season of 133 episodes, broadcast in the evening on a United States network across a half-year. Its tone is sweeping and emotional, with melodramatic reversals and sentimental turns threading through a glossy, theatrical world. Fans of Betty la fea, Yo soy Betty, la fea and Pasión de gavilanes will find the same sudden swings of fortune and devotion familiar. It is a long-form romance for viewers who love the classic telenovela format.

Audience reception of this Telemundo telenovela is positive, with viewers rating it as a warm, melodramatic romance.

• Betty la feashared telenovela melodrama, class-crossing romance, and soap opera tone
• Yo soy Betty, la feashared Latin American telenovela format, romantic melodrama, and rivalry-driven soap plotting
• Pasión de gavilanesshared soap opera structure, family secrets, and heightened emotional melodrama

Created by

Julio Jiménez, Valentina Párraga

Release Date

2011-05-23

Episode runtime

45 min

Rating

7.4 / 10 (118)

What is My Heart Beats for Lola Volcán about?

A Spanish-language telenovela remake of a Colombian classic follows a fiery heroine and the romantic and family entanglements that surround her.

What is My Heart Beats for Lola Volcán like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of My Heart Beats for Lola Volcán as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.

Is My Heart Beats for Lola Volcán violent?

No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in My Heart Beats for Lola Volcán.

What did critics think of My Heart Beats for Lola Volcán?

Audience reception of this Telemundo telenovela is positive, with viewers rating it as a warm, melodramatic romance.

Which shows are like My Heart Beats for Lola Volcán?

Shows with a similar feel include Betty la fea, Yo soy Betty, la fea, and Pasión de gavilanes.

How long is My Heart Beats for Lola Volcán?

My Heart Beats for Lola Volcán: 1 season, 133 episodes.

Is My Heart Beats for Lola Volcán still running?

No, My Heart Beats for Lola Volcán has ended.