Azteca America premieres Globo TV’s Cuento Encantado on Monday, January 5

Azteca America announces the premiere of Globo TV telenovela Cuento Encantado. Starring Cauã Reymond and Bianca Bin, this first-rate Brazilian production fuses elements of Latin American melodrama with European fairy tales to tell a story about a marriage pact and a betrayal set at a time of powerful monarchies, impressive castles, and unending battles. Débora Bloch (Avenida Brasil) and Bruno Gagliasso (Caminho das Índias) play the story’s villains.Cuento Encantado begins Monday, January 5 at 3pm/2pm C on Azteca America.In an imaginary land, two neighboring kingdoms – Serafia del Norte and Serafia del Sur – clash in a war that has lasted more than one hundred years. After a battle leaves Teobaldo, king of Serafia del Sur, badly injured, he and Augusto, king of Serafia del Norte, agree to cease fighting and bring peace to their lands. They decide to unite their kingdoms by having their first-born children, Aurora and Felipe, marry each other once they reach adulthood.Produced by Flávio Nascimento and directed by Ricardo Waddington and Amora Mautner, Cuento Encantado is a magical story based on European fairy tales and written by renowned writers Thelma Guedes and Duca Rachid.