The Swindler (Spanish: El Encantador) is a Colombian telenovela created by Caracol Televisión, from a screenplay by César Betancur, and directed by Víctor Mallarino. The series revolves around Rolando Castaño (Diego Cadavid), a man who, after finishing high school, decides to begin "negotiating" in a clandestine way to create his own company. In addition to his good physique and his way of speaking, he manages to conquer all the women in his neighborhood, which brings him many problems. The telenovela premiered on 4 February 2010, but due to its poor reception and poor premiere rating, the network decided to take it off the air three days after its premiere. It is considered some more unsuccessful telenovela in Colombian television history.
Cast
Diego Cadavid as Rolando Castaño
Juliana Galvis as Luisa Solarte
Víctor Mallarino as Father Jesús Adolfo Gaitán
Carlos Benjumea as Augusto Giraldo
Helena Mallarino as Sandra Linares
Bibiana Navas as Clemencia Quijano
Rodrigo Candamil as Marco Benedetti Pombo
Ernesto Benjumea as Juan Ignacio Solarte
Ana Bolena Meza as Ruth de Rendón
Jairo Camargo as Otilio Rendón
Estefanía Godoy as Magnolia Rendón
Carina Cruz as Eliana Giraldo
Andrés Parra as Evaristo Aguilar / David Colmenares
Jacques Touckmanian as Jairo Giraldo