Rina

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Rina
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Directed by	Dimitrio Sarrás
Written by	Inés Rodena
Script by	Luis Reyes de la Maza
Cinematography by	Fernando Chacón
Produced by	Valentin Pimstein
Starring	Ofelia Medina Enrique Álvarez Félix
Music by
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Performed by
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish
Network	Televisa
Broadcast	1977
No. of episodes	{{{episodes}}}

Rina is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcasted on Televisa in 1977. It was written by Inés Rodena and starred Ofelia Medina as a hunchback named Rina and Enrique Álvarez Félix as her love interest.

Since the original, three remakes have been produced under different names:

Rubi Rebelde (Venezuela, 1989) with Mariela Alcalá
María Mercedes (Mexico, 1992) with Thalía Sodi
Inocente de ti (Mexico, 2004) with Camila Sodi (Thalia's niece)

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Rina is an poor young woman who sells flowers on the streets of Mexico City. She approaches cars at stoplights to offer her products and one day she meets an old rich man. The man gets acquainted with Rina and eventually manipulates her into marrying him. The old man dies soon afterwards, and Rina is faced with dealing with the man's greedy sisters as well as her feelings for the son of one of the women.