Max TV has premièred another new telenovela series titled Los Bastardos.
Los Bastardos, which was started on Monday 23rd August 2021 at 9:00pm, is a Philippines telenovela series based on the Cardinal Bastards series of Precious Hearts Romances Presents.
The story of Los Bastardos follows the lives of five brothers struggling with one another for their rightful place in their father’s heart. The root of their conflict stems from betrayals and secrets surrounding the individuals surrounding Don Roman Cardinal. There is Isagani, Don Roman’s long-lost son with his first love; Joaquin the only son who’ll grow up under his care; Matteo, who will grow up with the rival family of the Cardinals; Connor, who will become a conman bent on destroying the Cardinal wealth; and Lucas, who will grow up not knowing the man he serves is his own father.
Don Roman is the illegitimate son of Don Ismael Cardinal, a wealthy coconut plantation owner of the fictitious region of Victorino in the rural outskirts of Manila, Philippines.
He reunites with his father as an adult, eventually inherits his father’s hacienda and starts a life with his small family when tragedy strikes and he loses his wife Soledad and son, Roman.
Don Roman, despite the tragedy, pursues their dreams to expand and diversify the Hacienda and build a liquor distillery using ingredients from his coconut crop produce.
However, Don Roman, throughout his unhappy and lonely life, builds a successful empire and sires five sons from four different women. All his sons inherit his handsome physique, tenacity, superior physical strength and astuteness that serves them well in their respective fields, but two sons do not benefit from his inherent kindness because of the family environment they grow up in.
Roman Jr, later known as Isagani, is Don Roman’s legitimate firstborn son with his wife Soledad, his true love. Don Roman and the town folks fear his young family perished in the mudslide.
In fact, Soledad slips him into a passing produce truck. She pins her wedding ring on his shirt praying it would lead him to his father someday, but fails to get on the truck as it picks up speed to escape the oncoming mudslide.
The child is raised by the farmers who discover the infant in their truck. Isagani Esperanza inherits his father’s good qualities of kindness, compassion and bravery, as well as his father’s physical strength, entrepreneurship and unique taste buds, essential for developing fine brandy.
He formulates an arrack he calls Coco Brandy, when he was a student in Manila. Isagani buys a small coconut farm to set up his own distillery. He has the opportunity to realize his dreams when he is sought after by two major distilleries to partner with: the Cardinals and Silverios.
Isagani chooses to partner up with the Cardinals because he admires Roman’s kindness and fairness. A bond forms between Roman and Isagani though neither are aware of their kinship.
Although they come from different worlds, they are bound together by the same blood.
Find out how their lives will become intertwined when they start learning the truth behind their identities.
Don’t miss the rest of the story. Watch Los Bastardos on Max TV, Mondays to Fridays, at 9:00pm. MaxTV Novella ,3Y3 Double Double.