La Mentira
Encyclopedia
La Mentira - telenovela, 1998). A production of Televisa
, this Mexican telenovela
is one of the most successful and popular series of all times.
and Fanny Cano
, La Mentira is based on a romance story written by Mexican author Caridad Bravo Adams
in 1952 (alternate title of the book: El amor nunca muere aka Love never dies). The original story took place in the Amazonian jungles and Rio de Janeiro
, but in the recent TV adaptation the plot is brought in modern day Mexico and the countryside around it. The story was retold on TV again in 2008 as El juramento
, and in 2011 as Cuando me enamoro.
Eric del Castillo
, who plays Kate del Castillo
's uncle in the series, is in reality her father.
Rafael Uriostegui, the associate producer of this version, produced the 2008 version titled "El Juramento".
Special Guest Star
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...
, this 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"...
is one of the most successful and popular series of all times.
General information
A remake of 1965's soap opera with the same title (where the starring roles were held by Enrique Lizalde, JulissaJulissa
Julissa is a Mexican actress and producer. She is the daughter radio and television star Don Luis de Llano Palmer and actress Rita Macedo. She is the mother of a singer and an actor, Benny Ibarra and Alejandro Ibarra...
and Fanny Cano
Fanny Cano
Fanny Cano , born Fanny Cano Damián, was a well-known Mexican actress and producer.-Death:Cano died on December 7, 1983 in an airplane accident in Madrid, Spain. Her flight was an Aviaco DC-9 which landed at the same time as an Iberia Airlines Boeing 727. The aircraft collided with each other on...
, La Mentira is based on a romance story written by Mexican author Caridad Bravo Adams
Caridad Bravo Adams
Caridad Bravo Adams was a prolific Mexican writer and the most famous telenovela writer worldwide....
in 1952 (alternate title of the book: El amor nunca muere aka Love never dies). The original story took place in the Amazonian jungles and Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, but in the recent TV adaptation the plot is brought in modern day Mexico and the countryside around it. The story was retold on TV again in 2008 as El juramento
El Juramento
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 , previously adapted for television in 1965 and...
, and in 2011 as Cuando me enamoro.
Plotline
Demetrio Azunsolo arrives in a small remote village outside Mexico where his beloved half-brother, Ricardo Platas, used to live and run a tequila plantation, only to find out that the latter has just committed suicide, after being betrayed by a selfish, greedy woman. Little by little, and thanks to the village inhabitants - who at first are hostile towards him but then become his friends - Demetrio puts together the pieces of the puzzle that led to the tragedy. The clues bring him to Mexico City, in the villa of a wealthy family, the Fernandez-Negrete's who are the owners of the FERNE Bank, one of the most important banks in Mexico, where Ricardo had spent some time in the past as a trusted worker. According to the info he has in hand, in that house lives the woman who is the cause of Ricardo's suicide. Demetrio meets two young women there, both nieces of the family: the innocent and fragile Virginia Fernandez-Negrete and the dynamic and self-confident Verónica Fernandez-Negrete. Not sure who of them is the guilty one, Demetrio gets trapped in a series of co-incidences and sly gossip and ends up believing in the end that the woman he is looking for is Verónica. Once acertained, he puts to practice his plan for revenge. He flirts with Verónica, seduces her and makes her fall in love with him so as to marry him. After the wedding, he practically abducts her and brings her to the small remote village where Ricardo ended his life, decides to make her life a misery and take revenge for his brother's death. Little does he know that he, as well as Verónica, are in fact victims of someone whose angel face hides a demonic soul and who actually was the one responsible for Ricardo's suicide. When he finds out, it seems that all is lost as Verónica abandons him because he doesn't trust her and instead has been taken in by gossip and deception; so he must struggle to regain her love. In the end, love wins, but not without cost.Trivia
Aarón Hernán, who plays the part of the village's priest, had starred in the 1965 version as well, playing the same part. In that version, the priest was a young man who felt attracted by Veronica's personality and charms (something that also happens in the book). In the modern version, the priest is an old man who simply offers his advice to the starring couple.Eric del Castillo
Eric del Castillo
Eric del Castillo is a well-known Mexican actor.He is the father of Kate del Castillo. Del Castillo is famous in Mexico as a star in telenovelas and many motion pictures....
, who plays Kate del Castillo
Kate del Castillo
Kate del Castillo is a leading Mexican film, theater, and television actress.- Early life :Kate Del Castillo is the daughter of Kate Trillo and Eric del Castillo, a legend of the Mexican cinema's golden era and a former soap opera actor himself...
's uncle in the series, is in reality her father.
Rafael Uriostegui, the associate producer of this version, produced the 2008 version titled "El Juramento".
Main Cast
- Kate del CastilloKate del CastilloKate del Castillo is a leading Mexican film, theater, and television actress.- Early life :Kate Del Castillo is the daughter of Kate Trillo and Eric del Castillo, a legend of the Mexican cinema's golden era and a former soap opera actor himself...
(Verónica Fernandez-Negrete de Azunsolo) - Guy EckerGuy EckerGuy Frederick Ecker is an American actor better known for his work in telenovelas. Ecker became a household name in Latin America for his portrayal of Sebastián Vallejo in the Colombian telenovela Cafe Con Aroma de Mujer. A second Colombian production, Guajira also proved successful...
(Demetrio Azunsolo)
Main villain
- Karla Álvarez (Virginia Fernandez-Negrete de Fernandez-Negrete) Main villain. Finnished in invalyd chairs.
Protagonists
- 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....
(Dr Moguel) - Rosa María Bianchi (Sara de Fernandez-Negrete)
- Sergio BasañezSergio BasañezSergio Basañez is a telenovela actor. He started his acting career at an early age. Before he got leading roles in soap operas, he made special appearances in them, while he studied acting at the "Centro de Educación Artística" of Televisa in Mexico...
(Juan Fernandez-Negrete) - Eric del CastilloEric del CastilloEric del Castillo is a well-known Mexican actor.He is the father of Kate del Castillo. Del Castillo is famous in Mexico as a star in telenovelas and many motion pictures....
(Don Teodoro Fernandez-Negrete)
Other Cast
- Aarón Hernán (Padre Pablo Williams)
- Carlos Cámara (Don José [Pepe])
- Silvia Mariscal (Leticia)
- Tony Bravo (André Belot)
- 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...
(Irma Moguel) - Luis GaticaLuis Gatica-Biography:Luis Gatica was born in Veracruz. He grew in a show business family. He is the son of Chilean singer Lucho Gatica and Puerto Rican actress Mapita Cortés; he is the nephew of Puerto Rican actress Mapy Cortés and second cousin of Puerto Rican actor, comedian and producer Paquito Cordero...
(Santiago) - Roxana Castellanos (Yadira)
- Israel JaitovichIsrael JaitovichIsrael Jaitovich is a Premios TVyNovelas award-winning Mexican actor, producer, writer and racing car driver...
(Jacinto) - Amparo Garrido (Toña)
- Blanca GuerraBlanca GuerraBlanca Guerra is a Mexican actress. She was born in 1953 and in 1973 she has had various parts in the films Walker, Santa Sangre, Clear and Present Danger and several Mexican soap operas. She was also a judge in the 1998 Miss Universe pageant....
(Miranda)
Special Guest Star
- Rodrigo Abed (Ricardo Platas).