Destino (1990 TV series) explained

Num Episodes:137
Genre:Telenovela
Creator:Fernanda Villeli
Marissa Garrido
Starring:Lourdes Munguía
Juan Ferrara
Fernando Balzaretti
Mariagna Prats
Saby Kamalich
Marco Muñoz
Ana Colchero
Opentheme:Destino by Lourdes Munguía
Endtheme:Destino by Bebu Silvetti
Language:Spanish
Country:Mexico
Runtime:21-22 minutes
Company:Televisa
Channel:Canal de las Estrellas
Executive Producer:Carlos Sotomayor
Director:Juan Carlos Muñoz
Gustavo Hernández
Cinematography:Carlos Guerra Villareal

Destino (English title: Destiny) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Sotomayor for Televisa in 1990.[1] Wasdivided in two parts. Is a remake of 1976 telenovela Mundos opuestos.

Lourdes Munguía and Juan Ferrara starred as protagonists, while Fernando Balzaretti and leading actress Saby Kamalich starred as antagonists in first part of telenovela. Mariagna Prats starred as antagonist in second part.

Plot

Cecilia is a nice and shy girl. One night after returning from work, Cecilia sees when a man jumps off a building and falls dead at her feet. The body belongs to the son of billionaire Claudio de la Mora. So Claudio meets and befriends her.

Claudio ignores his fake friend René who is behind the drug addiction that drove his son to suicide. René hates Claudio and wants to destroy his entire family including whimsical Mónica, the youngest of the de la Mora family. Cecilia does not have time for such machinations, because one night she is attacked and sexually assaulted by Esteban Camacho, her neighbor that is obsessed with her.

When Cecilia becomes pregnant as a result of the attack, Claudio offers support and his surname for the child she is expecting through marriage. Cecilia is then married to Claudio and enters into an intriguing world beyond her imaginations with many who want her out of the way.

Cast

Awards

Year AwardCategoryNominee Result
1991 rowspan=8
Best Antagonist ActressMariagna Prats
Best Antagonist ActorFernando Balzaretti
Best Co-lead ActorMarco Muñoz
Best Young Lead Actress
Best Male RevelationTomás Goros
Best Child PerformanceKaren Beatriz
Erick Sánchez
Best Original Story or AdaptationMaría Zarattini

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Destino . alma-latina.net . February 19, 2016 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110913111719/http://www.alma-latina.net/DestinoII/DestinoII.shtml . September 13, 2011 .