| Num Episodes: | 189 |
| Genre: | Telenovela Drama |
| Creator: | Original Story Inés Rodena Adaptation Luis Reyes de la Maza |
| Starring: | Ofelia Medina Enrique Álvarez Félix María Rubio Carlos Ancira Alicia Rodríguez |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Company: | Televisa |
| Location: | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Channel: | Canal de las Estrellas |
| Executive Producer: | Valentín Pimstein |
| Director: | Dimitrio Sarrás |
| Cinematography: | Fernando Chacón |
| Related: | La italianita (1973) Rubí rebelde (1989) Yo no creo en los hombres (1991) María Mercedes (1992) Velo de novia (2003) Inocente de Ti (2004) María Esperança (2007) Maria Mercedes (Philippine version) (2013) Yo no creo en los hombres (2014) |
Rina is a Mexican telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa.[1] It was written by Inés Rodena and starring Ofelia Medina as a eponymous hunchback, Enrique Álvarez Félix as her love interest and María Rubio as the main villain of the story. It is based on the radionovela "Enamorada".
Rina was broadcast in the United States in 1983 on XETV-TDT in San Diego, a tv station that was licensed by Televisa at the time. along with the other telenovelas "Los Ricos Tambien Lloran" and "Extraños caminos del amor".The telenovela was dubbed under the title "The Broken Doll" under the umbrella "Love and Tears".[2]
Rina is a poor hunchback woman selling flowers on the streets of Mexico City. She approaches cars at stop-lights to offer her products and she meets an old rich man. He gets acquainted with Rina and eventually manipulates her into marrying him. The old man dies soon afterwards, and Rina is faced with dealing with his greedy sister-in-law Rafaela and her feelings for the son of that woman, Carlos Augusto.