Quinceañera (TV series)
Encyclopedia
Quinceañera is a Mexican
telenovela
, produced by and broadcast on Televisa
in 1987. It featured the first starring role for both Adela Noriega
and Thalía
, a singer then member of the pop band Timbiriche
.
This was the first telenovela to talk about drugs
, rape
and gangs. It was written for television by René Muñoz
.
parties and growing up to become women. Pancho (Ernesto Laguardia), a mechanic's apprentice, and Memo (Sebastián Ligarde), a gang tough, are attracted to Maricruz. Maricruz accepts the love of Pancho; Memo drugs Maricruz and makes her believe he raped her so she will break up with Pancho. At the same time Gerardo, Maricruz's brother, starts dating Beatriz upon the pressure that Maricruz's mother has put on their children to attempt to escalate in society. Beatriz gets pregnant and the girls realize that the passing to womanhood was not what they expected.
Mexico
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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 and broadcast on 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...
in 1987. It featured the first starring role for both Adela Noriega
Adela Noriega
Adela Amalia Noriega Méndez , better known as Adela Noriega , is a Mexican actress. Noriega is best known for her starring roles in telenovelas. She came to prominence as a teenager, starring in teen-oriented coming-of-age telenovelas in the late 1980s...
and Thalía
Thalía
Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda , known simply by the mononym Thalía , is a Mexican singer and actress. She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide...
, a singer then member of the pop band Timbiriche
Timbiriche
Timbiriche is the name of a Mexican group that debuted on April 30, 1982, during a broadcast of the news program Hoy Mismo with Alex Gongora and disbanded in 1994....
.
This was the first telenovela to talk about drugs
DRUGS
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, rape
Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The...
and gangs. It was written for television by René Muñoz
René Muñoz
René Muñoz was a Cuban actor and screenwriter of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico.He is most remembered for his role in the Spanish film Fray Escoba.-Biography:...
.
Plot
Maricruz (Adela Noriega) and Beatriz (Thalía) are classmates and best friends, although Maricruz is poor and Beatriz is of a wealthy family. They are both 14 and excited about their quinceañeraQuinceañera
Quinceañera , sometimes called "Fiesta de quince años", "Fiesta de Quinceañera", "Quince años" or simply "quince", is the celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday in parts of Latin America and elsewhere in communities of immigrants from Latin America...
parties and growing up to become women. Pancho (Ernesto Laguardia), a mechanic's apprentice, and Memo (Sebastián Ligarde), a gang tough, are attracted to Maricruz. Maricruz accepts the love of Pancho; Memo drugs Maricruz and makes her believe he raped her so she will break up with Pancho. At the same time Gerardo, Maricruz's brother, starts dating Beatriz upon the pressure that Maricruz's mother has put on their children to attempt to escalate in society. Beatriz gets pregnant and the girls realize that the passing to womanhood was not what they expected.
Cast
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Carlos Espejel Carlos Espejel Leguizano is a Mexican telenovela actor and comedian, best known for his roles as "Chiquidrácula" and "Carlinflas" .-Biography:... as Reintegro Meche Barba Meche Barba was a Mexican film actress and dancer of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Was considered one of the icons of the "Rumberas film"... as Lupe Alicia Montoya Alicia Montoya was a Mexican actress. Daughter of the legendary stage actress Maria Tereza Montoya.-Selected filmography:* Talpa * El duende y yo * Mujeres de Fuego... as Licha Keiko (orca) Keiko was a male orca / actor who starred in the film Free Willy and was perhaps the most famous of captive orcas.- History :... as Orca |
Soundtrack
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- Tu Cariño
1988 TVyNovelas Awards
| Category | Nomination | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Best Telenovela | Carla Estrada | |
| Best Female Antagonist | Inés Morales | |
| Best Male Antagonist | Sebastián Ligarde | |
| Best Young Actress | Adela Noriega | |
| Best Young Actor | Ernesto Laguardia | |
| Best Female Revelation | Thalía | |
| Best Female Revelation | Nailea Norvind | |
| Best Male Revelation | Armando Araiza | |
| Best Musical Theme | Timbiriche |
Other versions
- TelevisaTelevisaTelevisa 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...
made in 2000 a remake of Quinceañera named Primer amor... a mil por horaPrimer amor... a mil por horaPrimer amor... a mil por hora is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 2001 and in Brazil in 2003. It is a remake of another Televisa telenovela titled Quinceañera. The protagonist were played by the teen heartthrob Kuno Becker and the young Anahí. Both are also...
. TelevisaTelevisaTelevisa 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...
plans to make in 2012 a remake named Mis XV... Sueña Princesa.