Pintada (International title: Painted Woman) is a Filipino romantic drama television series based on the PHR pocketbook Green Meadows created by Arielle and directed by Theodore C. Boborol, Cathy Garcia-Molina, and Toto Natividad. It also serves as the 17th installment of the Precious Hearts Romances Presents series. The series premiered on ABS-CBN's Kapamilya Gold afternoon block and worldwide on TFC from July 16 to November 2, 2012 replacing Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Hiyas and was replaced by Precious Hearts Romances Presents: Paraiso.
Synopsis
Precious Hearts Romances Presents Pintada is a love story between high school student Sev (Martin del Rosario) and his chemistry teacher, Lysa (Denise Laurel).
Lysa is a young woman with a beauty desired by men and envied by women. One day, a fire breaks out in the school she works in. While trying to rescue her students, a part of her face gets burned. She lost her beauty in that tragic fire which gave her a lifetime scar, physically and emotionally.
Some people died in the fire, and among them is Mr. Sandejas who is rumored to have had an affair with her. Besieged by hatred from the townsfolk and ashamed of her badly burned face, Lysa spends 6 years in prison. Lysa makes the decision to leave and live alone, but Noel convinces her to return to Cervantes in order to clear her reputation and exact retribution on those who caused her suffering.
Cast and characters
Main cast
Denise Laurel as Alysa "Lysa" Alvarez
Martin del Rosario as Severino "Sev" Monzon
Lemuel Pelayo as Noel Crisostomo / Joseph Sandejas
Supporting cast
Alma Concepcion as Carolina Monzon
Ricardo Cepeda as Alberto "Albert" Sandejas
Nikka Valencia as Lorena Alvarez
Bernadette Allyson as Karen Sandejas
Lorenzo Mara as Victor Dela Cruz
Chase Vega as Taylor Alvarez
Trina Legaspi as Isabel "Isay" Alvarez
Yen Santos as Samantha Diño
Eslove Briones as Dave Dela Cruz
Deniesse Joaquin as Jing Briones
Jommy Teotico as Edward Pascual
Jess Mendoza as Arturo "Atong" Policarpio
James Reid as Vito
Erin Ocampo as Trixie
Cecil Paz as Girlie
Arlene Tolibas as Princess
Lui Manansala as Ms. Nolasco
Dolly de Leon (credited as Dolly Gutierrez) as Paz
Buddy Palad as Mang Tonying
Boom Labrusca as Quintin
Guest cast
Jairus Aquino as Bordy
Simon Ibarra as Gardo
Manuel Chua as Dante
Mary Roldan as Mary
EJ Jallorina as Ramon
Beverly Salviejo as Minda
Menggie Cobarrubias as Melancio
Joseph Marco as Julian Sandejas
Ratings
Precious Hearts Romances Presents Pintada belongs to the top 5 most watched programs in the Daytime and holds the number one place on its timeslot against its rival from other networks, according to Kantar Media-TNS.
Last August 17, 2012, based on the official survey results released by Kantar Media-TNS, Pintada got a rating of 12.3%; 13.7% on August 20; and on August 21, it soared higher garnering a rating of 16.0%. On the following days, however, ratings got by Pintada were not consistent and ranged from 12 to 16%.
Recently, Pintada recorded a rating of 16.4% on October 3, 2012, and 14.8% on October 4, 2012.
Besides the household surveyed ratings, Pintada also got positive remarks from critics. One blogger even said that he would highly recommend Pintada to anyone who cares because of its believable school-based story.
Trivia
There were 67 crews behind the production of the series. According to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Pintada became 76% more popular in the last week of August compared to the previous weeks. Pintada, though not a primetime show, has already trended many times on the micro-blogging site Twitter. Some of the hashtags that have trended were "#Pintada1stWeek" - "#Pintada4thWeek", "#Pintada" and "#ExtendPintada"
Cast
Martin Del Rosario
Lead star Martin Del Rosario had his first lead role with Precious Hearts Romances Presents Pintada. Martin Del Rosario was discovered by his manager Jun Reyes when he saw Martin in front of Lourdes School of Quezon City in the summer of 2007 to buy Lechon for Gerald Anderson's birthday. His manager said that Martin's asset was his eyes which seem to be lethargic.