 It starred French actor Michel Auclair as "El Presidente".The most recent film adaptation, directed by Venezuelan Rómulo Guardia Granier and produced by RCTV ("Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional"), was released in November 2007 and is the first film produced by RCTV in more than twenty years.This version paints the picture of a hopeless love story—one that is unable to succeed under the terrorizing and corrupt dictatorship.