El Juramento
Encyclopedia
El Juramento is the title of a Spanish-language telenovela
produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo
. It was a limited-run series that debuted in the US on June 30, 2008. It was based on Caridad Bravo Adams
's story La Mentira (The Lie), previously adapted for television in 1965 and 1998
. The show starred Natalia Streignard
, Osvaldo Ríos
and Dominika Paleta
, and is also known as Secret Lies.
BTV started to air this telenovela on November 13, 2008 in Bulgaria. Fox Televizija started to air this telenovela on January 5, 2009 in Serbia.
This telenovela was sold to 17 countries around the world.
Santiago seeks revenge on the faithless lover. The clues bring him to a hacienda in Mexico, where Diego was once a trusted worker. A wealthy man, Teodoro Robles Conde,
owns the house and lives with his two nieces—and our hero knows one of them caused Diego's suicide, but which one?
Santiago meets the pair of rich, gorgeous cousins, treacherous Alma and virtuous Andrea. The first time he sees Alma, she is wearing Andrea's necklace, because Alma left her own necklace in Diego's possession. At first, Santiago acknowledges that either of the cousins might be the guilty one. Partly as a result of a series of mishaps and false rumors, mostly contrived and spread by Alma, but also because Santiago is attracted to Andrea and assumes his brother would have preferred Andrea, too, Santiago decides that Andrea is the one who betrayed Diego. He decides to make her life miserable as revenge for his brother's death. As a result, Andrea endangers herself for her cousin's wrongdoings.
Santiago unleashes his vengeful plan: He flirts with Andrea, seduces her and makes her fall in love to the extreme of making her his bride. After the wedding, he drags her to the small remote village where Diego killed himself. Santiago does not see that both he and Andrea are really victims of Alma, whose angelic face hides a demonic soul. Meanwhile, Santiago finds himself falling in love with Andrea but fights hard to resist his feelings in order to keep his oath to Diego.
When Santiago finds out the truth, it seems that all is lost. Andrea abandons him because he did not trust her. Alma goes unpunished for her deeds while her Aunt Luisa covers her trail. The journey of deception leads to intrigue, passion, confusion, revelations and betrayal. As with all telenovelas love wins in the end—whose love and at what cost? Is it possible to love that which we most hate?
This was the first show filmed at the new Estudios Mexicanos Telemundo
in Mexico City
, with location shooting in Hidalgo and Querétaro
. Telemundo
, which had used The Gaby Espino Project as a working title,http://nbcumv.com/telemundo/program_detail.nbc/thegabyespinoproject.html planned to air the serial from Monday to Friday for 130 episodes, but the show was shortened because ratings were unimpressive. The final episodes were burned off as half-hour broadcasts on Sundays.
El Juramento was originally scheduled to debut in late February (in time for sweeps) under the title of "El Engaño". (The show was also known as La Mentira, or The Lie) It was delayed when the original Santiago, Fernando Carrillo
was fired and replaced by Osvaldo Ríos
. Co-star Gaby Espino left due to pregnancy and Natalia Streignard
took her place. Many scenes featuring Carrillo and Espino were already shot and had to be re-filmed with the new stars and concept. The title was replaced to adapt the show to late developments. The good and bad sisters were originally named Connie for Alma and Camila for Andrea.
Rafael Uriostegui, the producer of thi version, was the associate producer for the 1998 version by Televisa.
As with most of its soap operas, the network broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3 until late October, when the network canceled the translations.
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 the United States-based television network Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
. It was a limited-run series that debuted in the US on June 30, 2008. It was based on Caridad Bravo Adams
Caridad Bravo Adams
Caridad Bravo Adams was a prolific Mexican writer and the most famous telenovela writer worldwide....
's story La Mentira (The Lie), previously adapted for television in 1965 and 1998
La Mentira
La Mentira - telenovela, 1998). A production of Televisa, this Mexican telenovela is one of the most successful and popular series of all times.-General information:...
. The show starred Natalia Streignard
Natalia Streignard
Natalia Martínez-Negri Streignard is a famous Venezuelan actress who is working in telenovelas and soap operas.-Biography:Streignard was born in Madrid, Spain to an Argentine mother and a German father...
, Osvaldo Ríos
Osvaldo Ríos
Osvaldo Ríos born Osvaldo Ríos Alonso on October 25, 1960 in Carolina, Puerto Rico, is a Puerto Rican actor, model, singer, and guitarist, of Armenian descent, who is best known for his roles in telenovelas...
and Dominika Paleta
Dominika Paleta
Dominika Paleta Paciorek de Ibarra is a Polish-Mexican actress.She is the daughter of musician Zbigniew Paleta and Barbara Paciorek Paleta, and the sister of actress Ludwika Paleta.-Life:...
, and is also known as Secret Lies.
BTV started to air this telenovela on November 13, 2008 in Bulgaria. Fox Televizija started to air this telenovela on January 5, 2009 in Serbia.
This telenovela was sold to 17 countries around the world.
Story
El Juramento tells the story of Santiago, a dashing hero who sets out to avenge the death of his brother, Diego. He discovers that Diego killed himself after the beautiful Alma, a depraved gold-digger, aborted a child that she falsely claimed was Diego's and refused his marriage proposal via a "Dear John" letter. Thanks to the village inhabitants - who at first are hostile but become friendly - Santiago discovers pieces of the puzzle that led to the tragedy. Yet all he knows of the mysterious woman's identity is a necklace, a gift from Alma and her cousin Andrea's late grandfather. The two cousins own identical necklaces each of which has a gold letter "A."Santiago seeks revenge on the faithless lover. The clues bring him to a hacienda in Mexico, where Diego was once a trusted worker. A wealthy man, Teodoro Robles Conde,
owns the house and lives with his two nieces—and our hero knows one of them caused Diego's suicide, but which one?
Santiago meets the pair of rich, gorgeous cousins, treacherous Alma and virtuous Andrea. The first time he sees Alma, she is wearing Andrea's necklace, because Alma left her own necklace in Diego's possession. At first, Santiago acknowledges that either of the cousins might be the guilty one. Partly as a result of a series of mishaps and false rumors, mostly contrived and spread by Alma, but also because Santiago is attracted to Andrea and assumes his brother would have preferred Andrea, too, Santiago decides that Andrea is the one who betrayed Diego. He decides to make her life miserable as revenge for his brother's death. As a result, Andrea endangers herself for her cousin's wrongdoings.
Santiago unleashes his vengeful plan: He flirts with Andrea, seduces her and makes her fall in love to the extreme of making her his bride. After the wedding, he drags her to the small remote village where Diego killed himself. Santiago does not see that both he and Andrea are really victims of Alma, whose angelic face hides a demonic soul. Meanwhile, Santiago finds himself falling in love with Andrea but fights hard to resist his feelings in order to keep his oath to Diego.
When Santiago finds out the truth, it seems that all is lost. Andrea abandons him because he did not trust her. Alma goes unpunished for her deeds while her Aunt Luisa covers her trail. The journey of deception leads to intrigue, passion, confusion, revelations and betrayal. As with all telenovelas love wins in the end—whose love and at what cost? Is it possible to love that which we most hate?
Production
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
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...
, with location shooting in Hidalgo and Querétaro
Querétaro
Querétaro officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro de Arteaga is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities and its capital city is Santiago de Querétaro....
. Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
, which had used The Gaby Espino Project as a working title,http://nbcumv.com/telemundo/program_detail.nbc/thegabyespinoproject.html planned to air the serial from Monday to Friday for 130 episodes, but the show was shortened because ratings were unimpressive. The final episodes were burned off as half-hour broadcasts on Sundays.
El Juramento was originally scheduled to debut in late February (in time for sweeps) under the title of "El Engaño". (The show was also known as La Mentira, or The Lie) It was delayed when the original Santiago, Fernando Carrillo
Fernando Carrillo
Fernando Enrique Carrillo Roselli is a Venezuelan actor.Carrillo was married to fellow Venezuelan actress Catherine Fulop, whom he met on the set of Abigail, one of the most popular South American soap operas of the 1980s...
was fired and replaced by Osvaldo Ríos
Osvaldo Ríos
Osvaldo Ríos born Osvaldo Ríos Alonso on October 25, 1960 in Carolina, Puerto Rico, is a Puerto Rican actor, model, singer, and guitarist, of Armenian descent, who is best known for his roles in telenovelas...
. Co-star Gaby Espino left due to pregnancy and Natalia Streignard
Natalia Streignard
Natalia Martínez-Negri Streignard is a famous Venezuelan actress who is working in telenovelas and soap operas.-Biography:Streignard was born in Madrid, Spain to an Argentine mother and a German father...
took her place. Many scenes featuring Carrillo and Espino were already shot and had to be re-filmed with the new stars and concept. The title was replaced to adapt the show to late developments. The good and bad sisters were originally named Connie for Alma and Camila for Andrea.
Rafael Uriostegui, the producer of thi version, was the associate producer for the 1998 version by Televisa.
As with most of its soap operas, the network broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3 until late October, when the network canceled the translations.
Cast
- Natalia StreignardNatalia StreignardNatalia Martínez-Negri Streignard is a famous Venezuelan actress who is working in telenovelas and soap operas.-Biography:Streignard was born in Madrid, Spain to an Argentine mother and a German father...
.... Andrea Robles Conde de Landeros - main heroine - Osvaldo RíosOsvaldo RíosOsvaldo Ríos born Osvaldo Ríos Alonso on October 25, 1960 in Carolina, Puerto Rico, is a Puerto Rican actor, model, singer, and guitarist, of Armenian descent, who is best known for his roles in telenovelas...
.... Santiago de Landeros - main hero - Dominika PaletaDominika PaletaDominika Paleta Paciorek de Ibarra is a Polish-Mexican actress.She is the daughter of musician Zbigniew Paleta and Barbara Paciorek Paleta, and the sister of actress Ludwika Paleta.-Life:...
.... Alma Robles Conde de Robles Conde - cousin of Andrea, villain - Susana DosamantesSusana DosamantesSusana Dosamantes , is a Mexican actress. She is the mother of Mexican pop diva Paulina Rubio, and has worked in around 50 movies and TV series, including a number of telenovelas...
.... Luisa Robles Conde - aunt of Andrea and Alma - Héctor BonillaHéctor Bonilla-Selected filmography:- External links :...
.... Teodoro Robles Conde - uncle of Andrea and Alma - Pablo AzarPablo AzarPablo Alberto Azar Olagaray is a Mexican actor. He is married to Colombian actress Claudia Caicedo.-Telenovelas:* 2012 - El Talismán * 2010-2011 - Aurora .... César Lobos...
.... Juan Pablo Robles Conde - in love with Andrea - Héctor Suárez GomísHéctor Suárez GomísHéctor Suárez Gomís is a Mexican actor and former singer. Formerly known as Héctor Suárez Jr. and Héctor Suárez hijo, he is the son of Héctor Suárez, also an actor and of Pepita Gomís a television host....
.... - Esteban - lover of Alma - Salvador PinedaSalvador PinedaSalvador Pineda Popoca is a Mexican actor. He has participated in several telenovelas and Mexican movies, as well as two Hollywood low budget movies....
.... Priest Salvador - Tina RomeroTina RomeroTina Romero is a Mexican film, television and stage actress, made famous by starring the film Alucarda in 1978.-Early life:Tina Romero Alcazár was born on August 14, 1949, in New York City. She is a daughter of Mexican parents and her family relocated to Mexico in 1958 where she developed her...
.... Silvia - Martin Navarrete .... Dr. Francisco Mejido
- Harry Geithner .... Diego Platas - in love with Alma
- Kenya Hijuelos .... Mirta
- Maria Zaragoza .... Refugio
- Hugo Acosta .... Castillo
- Carlos Torres TorrijaCarlos Torres TorrijaCarlos Torres Torrija is a Mexican actor, well known for his role in the TV series Gitanas.-Television and filmography :-External links:...
.... Demian Martain - Esteban Soberanes