El Juramento
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| Format | telenovela, drama |
| Created by | Caridad Bravo Adams |
| Developed by | Telemundo Studios |
| Starring | Osvaldo Ríos Natalia Streignard Dominika Paleta |
| Country of origin |  Mexico United States |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 130 |
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Mary-Kathryn Kennedy |
| Producer(s) | Rafael Urióstegui |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
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| Original channel | Telemundo |
| Picture format | HDTV |
| Original run | July 2008 – December 2008 |
El Juramento (The Oath) is the title of an upcoming Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo.[1] This will be a limited-run series is expected to debut in the US in July 2008. This version of Caridad Bravo Adams's story La Mentira (The Lie), previously adapted for television in 1965 and 1998. Natalia Streignard, Osvaldo Ríos, and Dominika Paleta star.
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[edit] Story
El Juramento tells the story of Santiago, a dashing hero who sets out to avenge the death of his brother, Diego. He discovers that Diego killed himself after the beautiful Alma, a depraved gold-digger, aborted his child and refused his marriage proposal. Thanks to the village inhabitants - who at first are hostile but become friendly - Santiago discovers pieces of the puzzle that led to the tragedy. Yet all he knows of the mysterious woman’s identity is a necklace, a gift from Alma and her sister Andrea’s late grandfather. The two sisters always wear identical necklaces, along with a gold letter "A."[2]
Santiago seeks revenge on the faithless lover. The clues bring him to a hacienda in Mexico, where Diego was once a trusted worker. A wealthy man, Teodoro Robles Conde, owns the house and lives with his two daughters -- and our hero knows one of them caused Diego's suicide, but who?[3]
Santiago meets the pair of rich, gorgeous sisters, treacherous Alma and virtuous Andrea. Since each wears the same necklace, he cannot tell which is the guilty one -- and winds up trapped in a series of mishaps and rumors and, which mislead him to believe that Andrea is his target. He decides to make her life miserable as revenge for his brother's death. As a result, Andrea endangers herself for her sister's wrongdoings.[4]
Santiago unleashes his vengeful plan: He flirts with Andrea, seduces her and makes her fell in love to the extreme of making her his bride. After the wedding, he drags her to the small remote village where Diego killed himself. Santiago does not see that both he and Andrea are really victims of Alma, whose angelic face hides a demonic soul. Meanwhile, Santiago finds himself falling in love with Andrea but fights hard to resist his feelings in order to keep his oath to Diego.[5]
When Santiago finds out the truth, it seems that all is lost. Andrea abandons him because he did not trust her and falls in love with another man. Alma goes unpunished for her deeds while her Aunt Luisa covers her trails. The journey of deception leads to intrigue, passion, confusion, revelations and betrayal. As with all telenovelas love wins in the end -- whose love and at what cost?[6]
[edit] Production
Telemundo, which had used The Gaby Espino Project as a working title,[7] plans to air the serial from Monday to Friday for 130 episodes and could be extended if ratings are favorable.[8] As with most of its other soap operas, the network will broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3. It is the first show filmed at the new Estudios Mexicanos Telemundo in Mexico City, with location shooting in Hidalgo and Querétaro.[9] The good and bad sisters were originally named Connie for Alma and Camila for Andrea.
El Juramento was originally scheduled to debut in late February (in time for sweeps) under the title of "El Engaño". (The show was also known as La Mentira, or The Lie) It was delayed when the original Santiago, Fernando Carrillo was fired and replaced by Osvaldo Ríos. Co-star Gaby Espino left due to pregnancy and Natalia Streignard took her place. Many scenes featuring Carrillo and Espino were already shot and had to be re-filmed with the new stars and concept. The title was replaced to adapt the show to late developments. This serial is also known as Secret Lies.[10]
[edit] Cast
- Natalia Streignard .... Andrea Robles Conde - main heroine
- Osvaldo Ríos .... Santiago de Landeros - main hero
- Dominika Paleta .... Alma Robles Conde - cousin of Andrea, villain
- Susana Dosamantes .... Luisa Robles Conde - aunt of Andrea and Alma
- Héctor Bonilla .... Teodoro Robles Conde - uncle of Andrea and Alma
- Pablo Azar .... Juan Pablo Robles Conde - in love with Andrea
- Héctor Suárez Gomís
- Salvador Pineda .... Priest
- Tina Romero
- Harry Geithner .... Diego Platas - in love with Alma
- Esteban Soberanes
[edit] External link
- Engano teaser trailer (Spanish dialogue with English voiceover and subtitles)
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