Cast
Melody
Aspiring Star/Singer | Yas Gagliardi
Magnetic and irreverent, her eyes speak volumes. She always says what she thinks, she can’t stand injustice, and she’s not intimidated by anyone when it comes to defending her ideals. She knows that the present is more important because the future is uncertain, but she is also ready to do anything to achieve her dream of making music big time. She idolizes Layla, her favorite artist, and the walls of her room are plastered with photos of her. She admires her commitment to the world, her personality and her voice.
Layla
Idol/Inspiration | Sarah Lenore
Extremely talented and successful, she lives her life on tour around the world. She has sold millions of albums and her concerts sell out every single night. She has high expectations of herself, and she is intelligent, fun, romantic, and above all dynamic and intense. She has already accomplished her objectives and is now trying to reconnect with herself to find a new path to happiness. She will find in Melody a reflection of her own dreams.
Ema
Best Friend | Melodie Baigun
Ema is Melody’s best friend and unconditional ally. She’s full of life and extroverted. She has a fashion-forward style. She appears to be more daring than she actually is. She has a calm temperament. She is very good at operating the sound board and does so in Melody’s shows.
She takes drum lessons but she does not know whether music is really her thing and is more concerned about her popularity on social media. To get more followers in the social networks is her real passion.
Benja
Main Crush | Juan Caruso
He is quite shy, but girls find him irresistible. Benja is a nice guy and is always trying to make peace. He is middle-class and was raised by his mother, who is a biochemist and who is always busy. Benja plays the bass, but together with Melody he ventures into developing his real passion, photography. Through the camera lens, he tries to make a record of everything that happens around him, attempting to capture the essence of moments in his photos.
Stefi
Frenemy - Valentina Raimundi
Stefi is beautiful. She sings and dances. She takes her work very seriously and is extremely competitive. She is terrified of failure. No matter what, she always has to be the best. Because of this, she is always nervous, moody, and tense. She is obsessive about her body. She can’t stand being defeated, and she is always on the defensive. Benja is her obsession.
She knows how to fool him by playing the role of the good girl. When she realizes Benja’s interest in Melody, she is ready to do anything to distance her from him, especially with lies.
Franco
Dad/Uncle | Peto Menahem
His life is ruled by a strict sense of duty. He is hardworking, honest, stubborn and overprotective. He does not want anything bad to happen to his daughter/niece. His view of the world was branded when his younger sister Clara abandoned Melody after giving birth to her.
Since then, Franco sees art as a form of excessive freedom, a way to distort one’s sensibility, and it implies the risk of making people selfish.
Marisa
Mom/Aunt - Muriel Santana
Marisa is the voice of reason in the family. She lives reminiscing the 80’s, which left an impression on her - especially the music, that hippie life she had together with her childhood friend. Marisa likes to paint and to bake cakes for events, which they also sell at Franco’s coffee shop. She is generous and maternal. Marisa really loves Melody and apart from being her aunt, and she is also her ally and secret accomplice.
Van Borden
Music Executive | Luis Machin
He is a renowned music producer who has discovered several superstars. His ability to find them is infallible, but it’s been a long time since he discovered an outstanding artist.
Almost 60 years old, he is exhausted from repeating the same success formula over and over again. Finding hits is no longer good enough. He is looking for the sublime, but sometimes he feels like for most of his life, instead of discovering good music, he has just managed to produce sound pollution.
Charly
Mentor/Advocate | César Bordon
In his youth, Charly wanted to be a rockstar, but he was never able to achieve it. Nevertheless, the music flame lives in him. He owns a magazine kiosk located next to Franco Martínez’ coffee shop, and they are friends.
Charly can see a very unusual musical talent in Melody, and that is why he will attempt to convince Franco to let her pursue her dream.