Destilando Amor
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Destilando Amor is a 2007 Mexican 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 Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

 and Nicandro Díaz. It stars Angélica Rivera
Angélica Rivera
Angélica Rivera Hurtado is a Mexican telenovela actress, wife of Enrique Peña Nieto.-Early life:Rivera was born to a family of six brothers. One day she found out that actress Verónica Castro was filming a video in the street and she decided to snoop around...

 and Eduardo Yáñez
Eduardo Yáñez
Eduardo Yáñez is a Mexican television and film actor.Yáñez was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He lived with his mother and half brothers. He never met his father. Eduardo had a hard and sad childhood alongside his stepfather...

 as the main protagonists and was set primarily in Tequila, Jalisco
Tequila, Jalisco
Santiago de Tequila is a town and municipality located in the state of Jalisco about 60 km from the city of Guadalajara. Tequila is best known as being the birthplace of the drink that bears its name, “tequila,” which is made from the blue agave plant, native to this area. The heart of the...

. It is a remake of the 1994 Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

n telenovela Café, con aroma de mujer
Café, con aroma de mujer
Café con aroma de mujer was a 1994 Colombian telenovela, produced by then programming company RCN TV on state-owned Canal A. It is probably one of the most popular telenovelas on Colombian television...

, and was nominated for twelve Premios TVyNovelas
Premios TVyNovelas
The TVyNovelas Awards, also known as the Premios TVyNovelas are presented annually by Televisa and the magazine TVyNovelas to honour the best Mexican television productions, especially telenovelas. Instituted in 1983, the award ceremony is held in Forum Mundo Imperial in Acapulco...

 of which it won ten including Best Telenovela of the Year.

Summary

The story begins in the fields
Field (agriculture)
In agriculture, the word field refers generally to an area of land enclosed or otherwise and used for agricultural purposes such as:* Cultivating crops* Usage as a paddock or, generally, an enclosure of livestock...

 of Jalisco, where the harvesting of the agaves takes place each year. Workers Teresa "Gaviota" Hernandez and Clarita Hernandez go on the bus from Guadalajara
Guadalajara
Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...

 to Tequila
Tequila, Jalisco
Santiago de Tequila is a town and municipality located in the state of Jalisco about 60 km from the city of Guadalajara. Tequila is best known as being the birthplace of the drink that bears its name, “tequila,” which is made from the blue agave plant, native to this area. The heart of the...

 and from there, go to La Montalveña Hacienda, property of Amador Montalvo. At the same time, Amador comes to Tequila with his wife Pilar. The patriarch of the Montalvo family has a feeling he will die, but his wife tells him it is nonsense. While his son Felipe and his wife Constanza are visiting, Amador is dying, and he tells the overseer of the Hacienda Roman, to not leave Gaviota and Clarita without work. Meanwhile, most of the family is overseas. Bruno, son of Amador and Pilar, and his wife Fedra, are in New York City managing the headquarters of the Montalvo Corporation. Rodrigo, Aaron, and Sofia are living in London (Sofia is living with James O'Brien), and Daniela is in Paris studying dance. The four get calls from the rest of the family saying Amador is dying, so they leave what they are doing and leave at once. Amador dies, and the funeral is held the next day. At the mass that is held for him, Gaviota leaves some flowers at the coffin, and Rodrigo goes to the front and pray at the same time as Gaviota. That is how the two first meet. Gaviota and Rodrigo begin meeting each other, and Rodrigo tells Gaviota that he will have to go to London and keep on studying for a doctorate at Cambridge University. The day before Rodrigo has to go, he and Gaviota go into the agave fields and make love. After Rodrigo leaves, Gaviota finds out she is pregnant. So she goes with this photographer who has been bothering her every year she comes to take pictures as a model and send her to Paris. Gaviota accepts, and in the end, goes to Paris with Madame Colette (Rebecca Mankita). At her arrival at Paris, Gaviota finds out she was tricked, and finds out she was sent to work as a prostitute. Gaviota escapes, and since she hasn't eaten food, she faints in front of a restaurant. Benvenutto Verducci, the owner of the restaurant, helps her and gives her money
Money
Money is any object or record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context. The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange; a unit of account; a store of value; and, occasionally in the past,...

 to go to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

. At her arrival, Gaviota searches for Rodrigo, until she sees him at the corner of a street. Excited, she crosses the street without looking, and she ends up being run over very grotesquely by a car
Čar
Čar is a village in the municipality of Bujanovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the town has a population of 296 people.-References:...

. Rodrigo sees the accident, and he goes for a closer look, but he doesn't see who it is because he gets a call from his uncle Bruno saying that his parents, Constanza and Felipe, died in a plane accident at Toluca
Toluca
Toluca, formally known as Toluca de Lerdo, is the state capital of Mexico State as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. It is the center of a rapidly growing urban area, now the fifth largest in Mexico. It is located west-southwest of Mexico City and only about 40 minutes by car to the...

 International.

Gaviota and her mother Clarita find a small apartment in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

. Gaviota finds a job as a hotel receptionist. She looks for another job and sees an opening for a secretary at Montalvo Enterprises. She applies, using the assumed name Mariana Franco Villareal, the name given to her when she went to Paris. She interviews with Aaron, the head of the company and Rodrigo's cousin. Gaviota is insistent with Aaron that he hire her. Finally, she is hired as a receptionist. Meanwhile, the provision in Amador's (the late patriarch) will specifies that the first born son is heir to the Montalvo fortune. Minerva, Aaron's wife, is insistent that she become pregnant first. Aaron, a womanizer, runs around with Pamela Torreblanca, an old friend. Minerva finds out that Gaviota is working at Montalvo Enterprises and tries her best to get Gaviota fired. Isadora continues to try to seduce Rodrigo, to no avail. Rodrigo and Gaviota are still in love with each other. Minerva announces she is pregnant.Rodrigo thinks Gaviota is working on a farm in Veracruz
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...

, so he goes there to try to find her. Little does he know she is working for the family business. Gaviota has worked her way up in the company all the way to manager, much to the dismay of some of the Montalvo family. Minerva thinks her husband Aaron is sleeping with Gaviota, which he isn't. He is sleeping with Pamela Torreblanca, his mistress. Gaviota decides to change her name legally to Mariana Franco. She has to call Rodrigo on an important matter, and is hesitant.
Meanwhile, Minerva and Aaron fight, causing Minerva to fall down stairs.

Minerva loses her baby. There is a provision in Amador's will saying that management of the company has to be done by a family member. All hands point to Rodrigo. He doesn't want to, but he has to go to the office on the important matter that Gaviota called him about earlier. Gaviota tries to disguise herself, to no avail. Rodrigo finds Gaviota, and they embrace and kiss. Now that he has found Gaviota, Rodrigo decides he wants to run the company. Gaviota and Rodrigo get together. Meanwhile, Aaron is involved in shady dealings with the company that he's trying to cover up by using Rodrigo and Gaviota. They go to the ports, separately, to check on tequila shipments. Meanwhile, Isadora wants to be artificially inseminated. She undergoes tests in Mexico, then goes to Houston for treatment. A neighbor, Francisco, discovers her and tries to seduce her. He succeeds, and they go on a trip to Acapulco together. Aaron decides he wants to divorce Minerva because she won't give him a son. He wants to marry Pamela and hopes she'll give him the son he wants.Gaviota becomes friendly with Benvenuto, an Italian chef. Rodrigo, in his jealousy, thinks she is running around with Benvenuto, when the friendship is strictly platonic. While working in the office late one night, Gaviota sings her farmer's song. Minerva and Isadora overhear her, and find out that Mariana is Gaviota, and scheme to get her fired from the company.
Mariana is fired and made her appear as she robbed the company and was Aaron Mistress. She lefts and brakes all memories from the past. Gaviota and her mother endure hard economic times haunted by the powerful Montalvo family. Someone who knew her from his good works with Montalvo's enterprise help her talking to Rodrigo about her hardship so he makes a reference letter to The Regulatory Commission of Tequila so she is accepted to work there.

Cast

  • Angélica Rivera
    Angélica Rivera
    Angélica Rivera Hurtado is a Mexican telenovela actress, wife of Enrique Peña Nieto.-Early life:Rivera was born to a family of six brothers. One day she found out that actress Verónica Castro was filming a video in the street and she decided to snoop around...

     as Teresa Hernández García 'Gaviota'/Mariana Franco - Married to Rodrigo, Clarita's daughter, works for the Public Relations of the C.R.T., former secretary at Montalvo Enterprises, enemies of Fedra, Minerva, and Isadora, Daniela's "cousin".
  • Eduardo Yáñez
    Eduardo Yáñez
    Eduardo Yáñez is a Mexican television and film actor.Yáñez was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He lived with his mother and half brothers. He never met his father. Eduardo had a hard and sad childhood alongside his stepfather...

     as Rodrigo Montalvo Santos - Married to Gaviota, brother of Daniela and Sofia, Doña Pilar's grandson, Alonso's former "enemy", was "in love" with his psychologist; Erika Robledo.
  • Sergio Sendel as Aarón Montalvo Iturbe - Miverva's husband, Pamela's former lover, Rodrigo's cousin, responsible for illicit exports, and is arrested (after escaping) by Interpol in Tuvalu
    Tuvalu
    Tuvalu , formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa and Fiji. It comprises four reef islands and five true atolls...

     and sentenced to death by Lethal injection
    Lethal injection
    Lethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of causing the immediate death of the subject. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to euthanasia and suicide...

    .
  • Chantal Andere
    Chantal Andere
    Jacqueline Chantal Fernandez Andere is a Mexican actress. She is professionally known as Chantal Andere.-Early life:...

     as Minerva Olmos - Aaron's wife, hates Mariana Franco.
  • Ana Martín
    Ana Martín
    Ana Martín is a Mexican actress best known for her work in telenovelas, movies and the stage. She has had a very successful and lengthy career since winning the Miss Mexico title in 1963.-Early life and career:...

     as Clara 'Clarita' Hernández García - Gaviota's mother.
  • Martha Julia
    Martha Julia
    Martha Julia López Luna is a Mexican actress. She is best known in the telenovela Destilando Amor as Isadora Duarte Montalvo.-Personal life:...

     as Isadora Duarte - Rodrigo's ex-wife, Francisco's former lover, Ricky's mother, hates Mariana Franco, teaches history class at a school.
  • Alejandro Tommasi
    Alejandro Tommasi
    Alejandro Tommasi is a Mexican television, stage and film actor.-Biography:He enrolled in Televisa's Centro de Educación Artística , where he studied acting, dancing and singing. Throughout his successful acting career, Tommasi has participated in numerous telenovelas, plays and in some films...

     as Bruno Montalvo Gil - Fedra's husband, Aaron's father.
  • Ana Patricia Rojo
    Ana Patricia Rojo
    Ana Patricia Rojo Stein, best known as Ana Patricia Rojo is a Mexican actress. She was born on February 13, 1974 in Villahermosa, Tabasco, she is the daughter of actor Gustavo Rojo, and the former Miss Peru Carmela Stein....

     as Sofia Montalvo Santos - Sister of Rodrigo and Daniela, Doña Pilar's granddaughter, married to James.
  • Julio Alemán
    Julio Alemán
    - Biography :After studying to be an Engineer Agronomist, he turned to show business. His first movie was El Zarco in 1957. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was the MC of the Mexican version of the Italian children's puppet show Topo Gigio....

     as Roberto Avellaneda
  • Martha Roth as Doña Pilar Gil de Montalvo - Amador's wife, mother of Bruno and Felipe.
  • José Luis Reséndez
    José Luis Reséndez
    José Luis Reséndez Santos won the national male pageant El Modelo México and represented his country in Mister World 2003, held in London, England, where he became the third runner-up...

     as Hilario Quijano - Son of Roman and Ofelia, married to Sanjuana.
  • Olivia Bucio as Fedra Iturbe de Montalvo - Bruno's wife, hates Mariana Franco.
  • Gustavo Rojo
    Gustavo Rojo
    Gustavo Rojo is a Uruguayan film actor and producer. He has appeared in over 100 films since 1944.-Selected filmography:* El Gran Calavera * The Evil Forest * The Island Princess...

     as Néstor Videgaray - Rodrigo's lawyer.
  • Irma Lozano as Constanza Santos de Montalvo - Felipe's wife, mother of Rodrigo, Sofia and Daniela.
  • Jaime Garza
    Jaime Garza
    Jaime Garza was a Mexican American boxer in the Featherweight division. He's the former WBC Super Bantamweight Champion.-Professional career:...

     as Román Quijano - Hilario's father.
  • Jorge Vargas
    Jorge Vargas
    Jorge Vargas may refer to:*Jorge B. Vargas , Filipino lawyer and youth advocate*Jorge Vargas González, Chilean politician, mayor of Pichilemu 1997-2007*Jorge Alberto Vargas, Ecuadorian football player*Jorge Francisco Vargas, Chilean footballer...

     as Felipe Montalvo Gil - Constanza's husband, father of Rodrigo, Sofia and Daniela.
  • Jan
    Gustavo Cárdenas Ávila
    Gustavo Cárdenas Ávila is best known in the media as *JAN*. He was born in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, on April 30, 1974. His parents are Gustavo Cardenas and Aurora Avila. He has an older sister named Aurora. He started his career in 1997 when he was discovered by Raul Velasco and was given the...

     as Patricio Iturbe - Aaron's cousin, engaged to Lluvia, was Aaron's accomplice for the illicit exports.
  • Raúl Padilla
    Raul Padilla
    Raúl "Chato" Padilla was a Mexican actor, and a member of Chespirito's comedy troupe, famous for his character in El Chavo del Ocho, Jaimito el Cartero . Padilla joined the show in 1979 following the departure of Ramon Valdez, gradually taking over the sorts of roles Valdez used to play...

     as Crispín
  • Fernanda Castillo
    Fernanda Castillo
    Fernanda Castillo is a Mexican television actress best remembered for her roles as "Daniela Montalvo" in Destilando Amor and recently as "Luisa de la Barrera" in Teresa, co-starring Angelique Boyer and Sebastián Rulli....

     as Daniela Montalvo Santos - Sister of Rodrigo and Sofia, Doña Pilar's granddaughter, married to Elvis.
  • Carlos de la Mota as James O'Brien - Married to Sofia, Acacia's ex-husband, Rodrigo's close friend.
  • Alicia Encinas as Barbara Torreblanca - Pamela's mother.
  • Edgardo Eliezer as Elvis Perez III - Married to Daniela.
  • Gabriela Goldsmith as Sonia - Alonso's cousin.
  • René Strickler
    René Strickler
    René Guillermo Strickler Zender is an Argentine actor.- Biography :He is of both German and English descent. He is currently married to Patricia Rangel. They have two sons, Andrick and Yanick . He migrated to Mexico City in 1986. He was a model, but then he gained his first protagonic role in soap...

     as Dr. Alonso Santoveña - Director of the Public Relations of the C.R.T., was in love with Gaviota, Rodrigo's former "enemy", married to Karen.
  • Patricia Manterola
    Patricia Manterola
    Patricia Manterola is a Mexican singer, actress, model, and fashion designer born in Mexico City.-Background:...

     as Erika Robledo - Rodrigo's psychologist, was in love with him, left after she realized that both Gaviota and Rodrigo were still in love with each other.
  • Miguel Galván
    Miguel Galván
    Miguel Eduardo Galván Meza was a Mexican comedian and actor, known for his appearances on TV shows like La Parodia and La Hora Pico.He died due to a respiratory arrest in a hospital.-Biography:...

     as Carmelo
  • Adriana Laffan as Ofelia de Quijano
  • Archie Lafranco as Benvenuto
  • Mariana Rios
    Mariana Rios
    -Biography:Rios began singing at age seven. To begin her career, she moved to Uberaba, where she played several gigs with local bar bands. She participated in music festivals and was hired by a studio to sing jingles. At 15 she moved to Rio de Janeiro and graduated in Casa de Arte das Laranjeiras...

     as Sanjuana Escajadillo - Married to Hilario.
  • Theo Tapia as Gaspar Torreblanca - Pamela's father.
  • Rebeca Mankita as Colette
  • Jacqueline Voltaire
    Jacqueline Voltaire
    Jacqueline Voltaire was a British-born Mexican actress, model and singer, known for her successful career in telenovelas, especially on Televisa...

  • Joaquín Cordero
    Joaquín Cordero
    Joaquin Cordero is a Mexican actor of the cinema, theatre, and telenovelas.-Biography:Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Mexico City, and in the following years he studied in a seminary and even considered becoming a priest, but eventually he decided to pursue a law career...

     as Don Amador Montalvo - Doña Pilar's husband, father of Bruno and Felipe.
  • Roberto Vander
    Roberto Vander
    Roberto Vander is a Dutch-actor and singer.-Biography:...

     as Ricardo Duarte - Isadora's father.
  • Norma Lazareno as Nuria Toledo de Duarte - Isadora's mother.
  • Maria Prado as Doña Josefina "José" Chavez - Francisco's mother, Ricky's grandmother.
  • Julieta Bracho as Elvira
  • Adalberto Parra as Meliton
  • Bibelot Mansur
    Bibelot Mansur
    Bibelot Almendra Mansur Rodríguez is a Mexican actress, born in Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico. Mansur's father is Lebanese, while her mother is Mexican....

     as Acacia - James' ex-wife, currently at a psychiatric hospital.
  • Humberto Elizondo
  • Rosita Bouchot as Flavia
  • Alejandro Aragón as Vallejo
  • José Antonio Ferral
  • Silvia Ramirez as Lluvia Camargo - Engaged to Patricio.
  • Salvador Ibarra
  • Yuliana Peniche
    Yuliana Peniche
    Yuliana Peniche is a Mexican actress. Peniche was born in Mexico City on August 29, 1981. She has participated in various soap operas; she started when she was a little girl in Madres Egoistas as Carmen where she shared with Anahi...

     as Margarita - Secretary at Montalvo Enterprises, Gaviota's friend.
  • María Morena
    María Morena
    María Morena is a 1951 Spanish drama film directed by José María Forqué and Pedro Lazaga. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Paquita Rico - María Morena* José María Mompín - Fernando...

  • Joana Benedek
    Joana Benedek
    Joana Benedek is a Mexican-Romanian actress.She left her native land in search of work. She first moved to Venezuela before moving to Mexico. In Caracas she continued to study, but later left her studies to work as a model.In 1997 she signed a contract with a prestigious cosmetics company in New...

     as Pamela Torreblanca - Aaron's former lover.
  • Luis Couturier as Artemio Trejo
  • David Ostrosky
    David Ostrosky
    -Telenovelas:*Soy tu Dueña *En Nombre Del Amor *Central de abastos as Jimena's father*Destilando amor as Eduardo Saldívar*Duelo de pasiones as Elías Bernal*Alborada as Agustín de Corsa...

     as Eduardo Saldívar
  • Ruben Morales
  • Janet Ruiz
  • Virginia Gutiérrez
  • Luis Uribe
    Luis Uribe
    Luis Uribe Orrego was a Vice-Admiral of the Chilean Navy and a hero of the War of the Pacific.Luis Uribe was born in Copiapo, the son of Juan José Uribe and of Rosario Orrego. He joined the navy on August 20, 1858, at the age of 9 years old, and graduated from the naval academy on July 16, 1861 as...

     as Lorenzo Onate - Aaron's close lawyer.
  • Edmundo Arizpe
  • Jesús Briones
  • Julio Camejo
    Julio Camejo
    Julio Antonio Camejo is a Mexican actor and dancer. He has done several Mexican soap operas. He is best known for his role of Veneno in the telenovela Contra viento y marea and Francisco in Destilando Amor....

     as Francisco de la Vega - Sofia's ex-wife, lover of Isadora and Priscilla, died in a car accident.
  • Hugo Macías Macotela as Arnulfo
  • Luis Mario Quiroz as Dr. Paulino Tejeiros
  • Toño Infante as Gelasio Barrales

Track listing

  1. "Por Amarte" - Pepe Aguilar
    Pepe Aguilar
    José "Pepe" Aguilar Jiménez is a popular singer-songwriter of ranchera, mariachi and pop music. Pepe is the son of Mexican icon Antonio Aguilar and folkloric actress Flor Silvestre.-Career:...

  2. "Ay Gaviota" - Angélica Rivera (Gaviota)
  3. "La Campirana" - Destilando Amor (Rolitacampirana 4)
  4. "Llegando a Ti" - Angélica Rivera (Gaviota)
  5. "Esos Altos de Jalisco" - Angélica Rivera (Gaviota)
  6. "Campo Abierto" - Destilando Amor (Rolitacampirana 3)
  7. "Esta Triste Guitarra" - Pepe Aguilar
  8. "Penas del Alma" - Angélica Rivera (Gaviota)
  9. "Enamorandonos" - Destilando Amor
  10. "Cielo Rojo" - Pepe Aguilar
  11. "Musica del Campo" - Destilando Amor (Rolitacampirana 1)
  12. "Corazoncito Tirano" - Angélica Rivera (Gaviota)
  13. "Echame a Mi la Culpa" - Pepe Aguilar
  14. "Luz de Luna" - Angélica Rivera (Gaviota)
  15. "Ilusion de Amarte" - Destilando Amor
  16. "El Impedimento" - Destilando Amor
  17. "Poder y Soberbia" - Destilando Amor
  18. "Gaviota (Son Jalisciense)" - Angélica Rivera (Gaviota) (Bonus Track)

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