Aunque me Cueste la Vida
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Aunque me Cueste la Vida (Though It Might Cost Me My Life) is a 1998 Venezuela
n telenovela
produced by Radio Caracas Televisión
. It was written by José Simón Escalona, Salvador Garmendia, and Martin Hahn and directed by Olegario Barrera. This telenovela runs 126 episodes and is distributed internationally by RCTV International
.
Belgica unites a powerful hatred for Teresa’s father Teofilo, the lover who spurned her, with the power of the gypsy’s incantation. But her plan to use sons, Vicente and Pedro Armando, as instruments of her vengeance goes awry when Vicente falls in love with Teresa, challenging both his mother and the supernatural forces that oppose them. It is decreed that Vicente will die if Teresa surrenders to his love. Defiant in their quest to resist Belgica’s depravity, Teresa and Vicente join hands and hearts to undo the evil of the prophecy.
As they weave their way through the darkness of the Magic Forest, the full moon’s piercing rays illuminate their paths, helping them to discover the secret that will free them. In their journey to vanquish destiny’s wicked intentions, they affirm that true love weaves the most powerful spell of all.
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
produced by Radio Caracas Televisión
RCTV
Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional is a Venezuelan cable television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. It was sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas. Owned by Empresas 1BC, RCTV Internacional was inaugurated as Radio Caracas Televisión on 15 November...
. It was written by José Simón Escalona, Salvador Garmendia, and Martin Hahn and directed by Olegario Barrera. This telenovela runs 126 episodes and is distributed internationally by RCTV International
Coral Pictures
RCTV International is subsidiary of Radio Caracas Television RCTV, C.A., the company that owns Radio Caracas Television . Coral was formed in Miami, Florida in 1982 as the international distributor of RCTV's programs...
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Synopsis
On the day of the Festival Of The Moon, a gypsy predicts that the soulful heiress Teresa Larrazabal will meet three men. The mystical ”spell of the stardust” will unmask one who will help her, one who will destroy her and one who will be the love of her life. But the spell undergoes a sinister twist at the hands of the embittered Belgica Michelena. She casts a terrible sentence on the innocence of true love, hurling Teresa toward an unwilling fate as her pawn in a mysterious game of seduction, sorcery and revenge.Belgica unites a powerful hatred for Teresa’s father Teofilo, the lover who spurned her, with the power of the gypsy’s incantation. But her plan to use sons, Vicente and Pedro Armando, as instruments of her vengeance goes awry when Vicente falls in love with Teresa, challenging both his mother and the supernatural forces that oppose them. It is decreed that Vicente will die if Teresa surrenders to his love. Defiant in their quest to resist Belgica’s depravity, Teresa and Vicente join hands and hearts to undo the evil of the prophecy.
As they weave their way through the darkness of the Magic Forest, the full moon’s piercing rays illuminate their paths, helping them to discover the secret that will free them. In their journey to vanquish destiny’s wicked intentions, they affirm that true love weaves the most powerful spell of all.
Cast
- Roxana DiazRoxana Díaz BurgosRoxana Díaz Burgos is Venezuelan television actress.She participated in the Miss Venezuela in 1992 and has worked in countless novels, recent series and movies.-TV series:*El arbol de Gabriel...
as Teresa - Carlos Montilla as Vicente
- Juan Carlos AlarcónJuan Carlos AlarcónJuan Carlos Alarcón García is a Venezuelan actor who was born on October 27, 1971 in Mérida, Venezuela. He is internationally known for his role as the maternal uncle of Juana Pérez in Radio Caracas Televisión's soap Juana la Virgen.-Telenovelas:...
as Modesto - Ricardo Bianchi as Edmundo Berrisveitia
- Catherine Correia as Julia Larrazabal
- Nacarid Escalona as Elida
- Gledys Ibarra as Tia Porcia
- Alfonso Medina as Polonio
- Julie Restifo as Belgica Michelena
- Carlota Sosa as Blanca
- Winston Vallenilla as Pedro Armando Reveron
- Franklin VírgüezFranklin VirgüezFranklin José Virgüez Dun is a Venezuelan actor.His comic roles are very popular, and he currently lives in Miami.-Filmography:*Domingo de resurrección *Cangrejo *Homicidio culposo *La casa de agua...
as Teofilo Larrazabal
Trivia
- The theme song to Aunque me Cueste la Vida is "Como un Hechizo", performed by Carlos Montill.
- Belgica Michelena was the basis for Tatum O'NealTatum O'NealTatum Beatrice O'Neal is an American actress best known for her film work as a child actress in the 1970s. She is the youngest to win a competitive Academy Award, at the age of 10, which she won for her performance as Addie Loggins in Paper Moon opposite her father Ryan O'Neal...
's character in the MyNetworkTV serial Wicked Wicked GamesWicked Wicked GamesWicked Wicked Games is a telenovela that debuted on December 6, 2006 on the American television network MyNetworkTV. Twentieth Television produced 63 episodes to air weekdays. The limited-run serial was directed by Terry Cunningham, Dennis Dimster, P. David Ebersole, Jeff Hare and Jeremy Stanford. ...
. - Same song title written by Alberto "Negrito Del Batey" Beltran, of the Dominican Republic, in the 60s.
External links
- Aunque me Cueste la Vida at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...