Amor a Palos is a Venezuelan telenovela made by Radio Caracas Television in 2005 and distributed internationally by RCTV International. Its protagonists, Norkys Batista and Lucian D'Alessandro, won the Dos de Oro award for Best actress/actor in a telenovela. It was written by Martin Hahn and executive produced by Jhony Pulido Mora.
Jim grew up in a wealthy family with high social status. Being the only child, he is adored by both his parents and doesn't realise that he misses one aspect of life: Helping others. When he returns from studying abroad, he meets the motivated country girl, Noona. Her outgoing but selfless personality teaches Jim that true happiness comes from helping others, and especially helping the people that you most love. Jim discovers that his father sends money to Noona's village every month. Knowing this, he seeks out to her village to get the money back, but instead, he is stuck there for a month while they try to earn enough money for him. Determined to always gain his own profit, he goes through a wild journey of love, happiness, anger and sorrow. This lakorn portrays a story of a young man who once was an arrogant and selfish person, willing to get the better end of the deal until he meets a beautiful and wide-eyed girl who shows him how to truly survive in the world by helping others.
Baltazar Rodríguez is an outgoing, friendly, and enthusiastic man, owner of a farm by the sea in southern Chile, widower, and father of three adult children whom he sees little, and with whom the relationship has never been good. However, a sudden heart attack causes Baltazar’s world to come to a standstill and family alerts get activated.
Sinag Obispo is a cheerful radio DJ in Pelangi, a small town in Quezon where life is simple and peaceful–until property developers arrive to take over the area. As Sinag fights to protect her beloved hometown, she meets Benjie Rosales, the young and hardworking architect who may just turn her life around.
Swadheenta, a lawyer, falls in love with an honest IAS officer, Adarsh Sinha. However, their relationship has to go through several tests, the reins of which are in the hands of his mother, Suhasini.
On realising that her family takes her for granted, Sreemoyee, a housewife, sets out to create a new identity for herself. A heartwarming second chance at life.
A cheerful girl, Marie, from a family of Russian immigrants in France, falls in love with a Muscovite Pavel and decides to fly to Russia, giving him a surprise for his birthday. Unexpectedly, she becomes an intern at the event agency where Pavel works, and saves several major events. It's not easy for Marie to live in the frenzied rhythm of the Russian metropolis, but still she stays. Romantic relationships are bound to have difficulties, but Marie's new friends will always come to the rescue.
After getting plastered with absinthe the two slackers Jacob and David find a pizza box on which they deliriously wrote a thesis for a new religion. On the internet solvent followers join their church and soon their Pay Pal account is bursting at the seams. Because of their intensive passion for video games, they hire Eva, who is supposed to manage the pastoral counseling. To make themselves seem reputable in front of the tax authorities and be able to circulate an actual offertory bag, a real church has to be built. Coincidentally Eva just met a carpenter. Seems to be a nice guy. His name is Jesús.