Azul Tequila Explained

Genre:Telenovela
Country:Mexico
Network:Azteca Trece
Language:Spanish
Director:Humberto Zurita
Producer:Zuba Producciones
Creator:Alfonso Acebal
Opentheme:Instrumental
Company:TV Azteca Digital
ZUBA Producciones
Num Episodes:160

Azul Tequila is a Mexican telenovela. The 160-episode serial was produced for TV Azteca by the celebrity couple Christian Bach and Humberto Zurita in conjunction with Humberto's brother Gerardo through their production company ZUBA Producciones. The complete series has been released in an 8 DVD box set.

Plot

Azul is a young woman in the end of the 19th century who has been forced to get engaged to Arcadio Berriozabal when she is in love with his brother Santiago Berriozabal. Before her wedding peasant revolution is started and she is kidnapped. Santiago, believing she is dead, creates one of the finest tequilas and calls it "Azul Tequila".[1]

Cast

Reception

With an approximate cost of $5,000,000 United States dollars, this production was praised by the critics, but was not a great success with the Mexican audience. It was a successful telenovela in Europe, Asia, Malaysia, and Thailand. This was the first telenovela for Ursula Pratts with TV Azteca, and also the first in 10 years after Monte Calvario in 1988.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.alma-latina.net/AzulTequila/AzulTequila.shtml "Azul Tequila"