Cristal (telenovela)
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Cristal was a Venezuela
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"...

 that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's 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 Delia Fiallo and directed by Daniel Farías, Arturo Páez, and Tito Rojas. This telenovela lasted 246 episodes, and it achieved a significant amount of success inside and outside Venezuela, it was extremely successful in its airing in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 (where each advertisement that was seen during the transmission of Cristal cost more than seven million pesetas) and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. It was distributed internationally by Coral 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...

. Cristal has been rebroadcast more than seven times in Venezuela.

Synopsis

It begins with Victoria Ascano, the beautiful and successful owner of the fashion house "Casa Victoria", deciding to search for the baby she abandoned years before. At the same time, Cristina, Victoria's daughter leaves the orphanage
Orphanage
An orphanage is a residential institution devoted to the care of orphans – children whose parents are deceased or otherwise unable or unwilling to care for them...

 where she was raised and moves into an apartment with two other girls, ready to pursue her dream of becoming a model. Cristina is unknowingly hired by Victoria and was on her way to becoming a successful model when Victoria discovers that Cristina and Luis Alfredo, her stepson, were having an affair. Victoria fires Cristina and Luis Alfredo marries Marion, his old girlfriend, because she claims to be carrying his child. Shortly after being abandoned by Luis Alfredo and fired by Victoria, Cristina discovered that she, too, is pregnant.

Cast

  • Lupita Ferrer
    Lupita Ferrer
    Lupita Ferrer is a Venezuelan theater, film and television actress.Ferrer was born Yolanda Guadalupe Ferrer in Maracaibo to Spanish immigrant parents. She became famous for her beauty and her strong theatrical presence.Ferrer has a strong theatrical background...

     as Victoria Ascanio
  • Jeannette Rodríguez as Cristina Expósito, a.k.a. Cristal
  • Carlos Mata as Luis Alfredo Ascanio
  • Raul Amundaray as Alejandro Ascanio
  • Marita Capote as Marion Bellorin
  • Mariela Alcala as Inocencia
  • Lourdes Valera as Zoraida, a.k.a. Cerebrito
  • Henry Zakka as Adán
  • Zoe Ducos as Luisa
  • Lino Ferrer as Lino
  • Roberto Moll
    Roberto Moll
    Roberto Moll Cárdenas born in Lima, Peru is actor who is best known for his work on telenovelas. He was born on 19 July 1948 in Lima, Peru. Moll first starred with little roles in many telenovelas, but in 1988 he got a bigger role in the telenovela Abigail...

     as Darío
  • Jorge Palacios as Gonzalo Valladares
  • Humberto Garcia as Padre Ángel de Jesús
  • Gigi Zancheta
    Gigi Zancheta
    Gigliola Zanchetta Pirella is a Venezuelan actress. Zanchetta has starred in many soap operas, among them "Primavera" alongside Fernando Carrillo and Cara Sucia...

     as Eliana Ascanio
  • Cecilia Villarreal as Vivian Marshall
  • Sonya Smith
    Sonya Smith
    Sonya Eleonora Smith Jacquet is an Venezuelan actress best known for her roles in telenovelas.-Biography:A blond and blue-eyed Hispanic born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she is the daughter of Venezuelan actress Ileana Jacquet and Federico Albertini Smith, who is part-Colombian and part-American...

     as Maggie

Theme song

The theme song to Cristal is "Mi Vida Eres Tu", performed by Rudy La Scala
Rudy La Scala
Rudy La Scala is a singer-songwriter and record producer, born in Rocca di Papa, Rome, Italy. La Scala began his career with a short lived band named Las Explosiones de Goma in the 1960s. In 1971 was presented as a solo artist under the name Flavio, to finally present himself as Rudy La Scala in...

.

End Song is "Volvamos A Vivir", performed by Rudy La Scala
Rudy La Scala
Rudy La Scala is a singer-songwriter and record producer, born in Rocca di Papa, Rome, Italy. La Scala began his career with a short lived band named Las Explosiones de Goma in the 1960s. In 1971 was presented as a solo artist under the name Flavio, to finally present himself as Rudy La Scala in...

.

External links

  • Cristal at the Internet Movie Database
    Internet Movie Database
    Internet 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...

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