Ángela (TV series) explained

Num Episodes:78
Genre:Telenovela
Romance
Drama
Creator:Cuauhtémoc Blanco
María del Carmen Peña
Starring:Angélica Rivera
Juan Soler
Opentheme:"Alguna vez" by Cristian Castro
Endtheme:"Alguna vez" by Cristian Castro
Theme Music Composer:Kike Santander
Country:Mexico
Runtime:41-44 minutes
Company:Televisa
Location:Filming
Televisa San Ángel
Mexico City, Mexico
El Rosario, Veracruz, Mexico
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
Language:Spanish
Channel:Canal de las Estrellas
Executive Producer:José Alberto Castro
Producer:Fausto Sáinz
Director:Roberto Gómez
Salvador Sánchez
Cinematography:Roberto Gómez
Ernesto Arreola
Camera:Multi-camera

Ángela is a Mexican telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa that premiered on November 30, 1998 and ended on March 19, 1999.[1] The series stars Angélica Rivera and Juan Soler.

Plot

Ángela (Angélica Rivera) is a charming and beautiful young school teacher, with a sweet but firm character. Her only living relative is her mother, Delia (Ana Martín), a sick and embittered woman. On her deathbed, Delia makes Ángela swear an oath that she will rise to the top in life and with her last breath she curses Emilia Santillana (Jacqueline Andere), the woman who stole Ángela's father away from her.

Upon hearing at last the name that Delia had always refused to reveal, Ángela vows, with chilling determination, that she will not rest until she has found this woman and made her pay for ruining her mother's life. Emilia Santillana lives in the city of San Miguel de Allende, where she runs a very successful silver business. She owns a mine and a factory.

One day, Ángela arrives at Emilia's company seeking employment. Yolanda Rivas (Olivia Bucio), Emilia's right hand, takes pity on the seemingly sweet and shy young girl and persuades her boss to hire her. Gradually, Ángela wins her trust. Ángela is convinced of her righteousness and uses her beauty and her growing influence within the business to systematically destroy Emilia's world.

Only one person mistrusts her and is not seduced by her apparent innocence: Mariano Bautista (Juan Soler), a young engineer who works in the silver mine. Ángela tries to ignore her attraction for Mariano, but finally comes to realize that she truly loves him.

And, for the first time in her life, the promise of happiness seems within her reach when Mariano confesses that he too has fallen in love with her. Nevertheless, the oath she swore over her mother's grave binds her to her destiny and Ángela is now powerless to stop the tidal wave of destruction and suffering that she herself has unleashed.

Cast

Notes

Yadhira Carrillo was originally cast as Angela but replaced by Rivera at the last minute with little explanation causing some cast members to leave the cast in solidarity with Carrillo. Leading man Juan Soler eventually went to star with Yadhira three years later in the successful soap opera La otra.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ángela. alma-latina.net. April 11, 2016. Spanish. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110805145828/http://www.alma-latina.net/Angela/Angela.shtml. August 5, 2011.