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Quinceañera

 
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Quinceañera
Directed by Pedro Damián
Written by René Muñoz
Script by Jorge Durán Chávez
Cinematography by Albino Corrales
Producer(s) Carla Estrada
Starring Adela Noriega
Ernesto Laguardia
Thalía
Music by
Theme song Quinceañera
Performed by Timbiriche
Country of origin Mexico
Language(s) Spanish
Original channel Televisa
Intermedia Canal 56
Broadcast 1988
(first retransmission: 1997)
(Intermedia Canal 56's retransmission: October 30, 2006 to February 26, 2007, Monday to Friday 18:00/19:00 (CT))
(Televisa Canal 9's retransmition: on te air to the January 1, 2007 Monday to Friday 23:30/00:00 (CT))

Quinceañera is a Mexican telenovela, produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1987. It featured the first starring role for both Adela Noriega and Thalía, a singer then member of the pop band Timbiriche.

It was the second story written for television by René Muñoz, a Cuban-born actor. This was also the first telenovela to talk about drugs, rape and gangs.

Contents

Awards

TVyNovelas 1988

  • Best Telenovela of the Year

Cast

  • Abraham Méndez as Ernesto
  • Rosario Granados as Rosalía
  • Carlos Espejel as Reintegro
  • Luis Bayardo as Ramon
  • Roberto Carrera as Joaquin
  • Alejandra Gollas as Adriana
  • Margarita Sanz as Edwiges
  • Ana Bertha Espín as Elisa
  • Cristopher Lago as Carlitos
  • Lucero Lander as Alicia
  • Meche Barba as Lupe
  • Marta Aura as Gertrudis
  • Ricardo D'loera
  • Alicia Montoya as Licha
  • Lucha Moreno as Virginia
  • Ana Silvia Garza as Sofia
  • Teo Tapia as Lic. de la Barrera
  • Ana María Aguirre as Cristina
  • Pancho Muller as Toluco
  • Gabriel as El Chamo
  • Keiko as Orca

Plot

Maricruz (Adela Noriega) and Beatriz (Thalía) are classmates and best friends, although Maricruz is poor and Beatriz is of a wealthy family. They are both 14 and excited about their quinceañera parties and growing up to become women. Pancho (Ernesto Laguardia), a mechanic's apprentice, and Memo (Sebastián Ligarde), a gang tough, are attracted to Maricruz. Maricruz accepts the love of Pancho; Memo drugs Maricruz and makes her believe he raped her so she will break up with Pancho. At the same time Gerardo, Maricruz's brother, starts dating Beatriz upon the pressure that Maricruz's mother has put on their children to attempt to escalate in society. Beatriz gets pregnant and the girls realize that the passing to womanhood was not what they expected.


Trivia

Beginning the only Mexican classic telenovela dubbed in Tagalog, Hiligaynon and Cebuano version in the Philippines, played in RPN 9 and GMA Iloilo, Cebu and Davao.

Remake

Televisa made in 2000 a remake of Quinceañera named Primer amor... a mil por hora.


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