Te Voy a Enseñar a Querer

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Te Voy a Enseñar a Querer
Format Romance - Action, Telenovela
Created by Dago García
Felipe Salamanca
Developed by Telemundo
RTI Colombia
Starring Miguel Varoni
Danna García
Catherine Siachoque
Theme music composer Nicolas Uribe
Opening theme 'Te Voy a Enseñar a Querer' performed by Jimena Ángel
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Flag of Colombia Colombia
Language(s) Spanish
No. of episodes 129
Production
Executive
producer(s)
Hugo León Ferrer
Producer(s) Andrés Santamaría
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 40 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Telemundo
Picture format Color
Original run August 31, 2004March 14, 2005

Te Voy a Enseñar a Querer (Learning to Love), is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo and RTI Colombia. This limited-run series ran for 129 episodes from August 31, 2004 to March 14, 2005.

[edit] Story

Alejandro Méndez is a very successful man, happily married to Isabel, whom he adores. He is the father of two grown children, Pablo and Helena. He enjoys the good fortune of being able to dedicate his time to what he loves most: his breeding ranch that specializes in providing animals for bull fights. Between the ranch and a real estate business he owns in the capital city, Alejandro and his family are to enjoy a very affluent standard of living.

Success can also breed enemies and Alejandro's life changes drastically when Isabel dies suddenly under dubious circumstances. Alejandro falls into a terrible depression and abandons all interest in life, his ranch and the people he loves.

Diana is a beautiful and strong young veterinarian who, at the beginning of this story, meets Pablo at a nightclub and turns him down due to his rich-boy attitude, arrogance and overbearing. Pablo is obsessed with her end once Diana is hired to work on the Méndez's ranch, he will try to seduce her by any means necessary.

After Isabel's death, Milciades, a landowner envious of the Méndez's ranch, joins forces with Déborah in a conspiracy attempt. She is an attractive and treacherous woman who married Isabel's father out of sheer interest and will try to eliminate her from the picture to conquer Alejandro and obtain his fortune.

The ranch is in midst of a crisis and Diana will stand up to the challenge to defend it. She will seek Alejandro and with strength and courage will urge him to pull out of his depression because his family needs him. Diana convinces him to return, to fight for the only true thing that will bring his life back. Together they will face the adversities and traps placed by the forces of evil and along and the way Alejandro and Diana will fall madly in love. But they both fear their love won't be reciprocated so they will never reveal their feelings for each other.

One day, Diana discovers that Alejandro is also in love with her and at the same time, Pablo, her faithful and lovesick suitor, finds out his father has stolen the love of his life. Pablo threatens to take his own life and manipulates the situation to take up all of Diana's attention. She feels imprisoned by the turn of events and Alejandro feels terribly guilty so he falls back to avoid hurting his son. Meanwhile, Milciades and Déborah conspire together to sat a trap that will lead to much disturb between Diana and Alejandro, causing a confrontation between the two.

This love will have to overcome many obstacles before the evil is unveiled. Pablo realizes that his father is Diana's one true love and convinces him to fight to reconquer her heart.

[edit] Cast

  • Miguel Varoni — Alejandro Méndez — main hero
  • Danna García — Diana Rivera — main heroine
  • Catherine Siachoque — Déborah Buenrostro — wife of Félix, villain
  • Michel Brown — Pablo Méndez — son of Alejandro and Isabel
  • Jorge Cao — Milciades Contreras — enemy of Alejandro, villain
  • Martín Karpan — Luís Carlos Carmona — lover of Déborah, her accomplice, villain
  • Melvin Cabrera — Salvador Cascante — son of Tobías
  • Carolina Lizarazo — Flor del Valle — friend of Diana
  • Ana Lucía Domínguez — Camila Buenrostro — real daughter of Déborah and Milciades
  • Sharmel Altamirano — Elena Méndez — daughter of Alejandro and Isabel
  • Consuelo Luzardo — Rufina Rivera — Diana's mother wife of Pedro
  • Carlos Duplat — Félix Gallardo — father of Isabel
  • Silvio Ángel — Pedro Rivera — father of Diana
  • Maria Helena Doering — Isabel de Méndez / Orquídea Fernández — Alejandro's wife / prostitute Félix's ilegal daughter twin sister of Isabel
  • Julio del Mar — Tobías Cascante — father of Salvador
  • Natalia Giraldo — Tulia Ángeles Vivas — Clementina's and Empera's sister
  • Silvia de Dios — Empera Ángeles Vivas — Tulia's and Clementina's sister
  • Juan Pablo Shuk — Juan Manuel Andrade — judge, former priest, in love with Empera
  • Toto Vega — Cachimbo — Milciades's workman, in love with Empera
  • Julián Álvarez — Aycardo — Alejandro's workman, Justina's husband
  • Ricardo González — Pueblita Rozar — in love with Estefanía
  • Didier Van de Hove — Dr. Rodrigo Rodríguez — Alejandro's friend doctor
  • Olga Lucía Rojas — nurse #1
  • Alexander Rodríguez — Dionisio — Pablo's friend barman in nightclub
  • Irene Arias — Justina — Aycardo's wife, maid in Alejandro's house
  • Iván Rodríguez — Sacrificios Díaz de León — father of Bernardo, Margarita and Estefanía
  • Luz Estella Luengas — Clementina Ángeles Vivas — sister of Tulia and Empera
  • Adriana Campos — Margarita Ángeles — daughter of Clementina and Sacrificios
  • Cristina Pimiento — Estefanía Ángeles — daughter of Empera and Sacrificios
  • Enrique Ospina — searchman of Isabel's dead body
  • German Rojas — Vicente ‘Alcalde’ — headmaster of the village
  • Ricardo Saldarriaga — coocker friend of Salvador
  • Oscar Vargas — Beto — friend of Salvador
  • Juan Carlos Campuzano
  • Moisés Cadavid — chief of ilegal bandids
  • Leonardo Ospina
  • Emerson Piragauta
  • Alejandro Mendoza — Daniel Pérez — a boy who abused on Camila, killed by Déborah
  • Juan Carlos Torres — second abuser
  • Luz Mary Arias — Mónica — secretary in Alejandro's ranch
  • Alejandro Sabogal — workman in Aleandro's company
  • José Bautista — Inspector Cataño #1 — Vicente's accomplice
  • Sigifredo Vega — Don Olegario — Diana's partner in veterinary business
  • Margarita Duran — Raquel Buenrostro — mother of Déborah
  • Dilsa García — Déborah Buenrostro — young Déborah
  • Juan Rafael Restrepo — Juan Rafael — workman in Alejandro's ranch
  • Santiago Alarcón — Bernardo Ángeles — son of Clementina and Sacrificios
  • Patricia Cataño — Rufina's witch
  • Oscar Herrera — Milciades's doctor
  • German Arias — Doc. Banderas — Alejandro's company's main lawyer
  • Alfonso Rojas — Chucho Mejia — Milciades's accomplice and workman, then his enemy, accoplice of Déborah, 1 st brother form 6
  • Carlos Vergara — Jacinto Mejia — 2 nd brother Mejia
  • Jaime Rayo — Inspector Cataño #2 — Vicente's accomplice — (actor changing)
  • Luz Marina Martelo — Pablo's therapist
  • Vilma Vera — Doña Pepa — Bernardo's music teacher
  • Martha Isabel Bolaños — Charó Bedoya — Juan Manuel's former girlfriend, Milciades's accomplice
  • Helga Díaz — Nachely Carmona — Luís Carlos's sister
  • Ricardo Andrés Herrera — Emilio Contreras — son of sister of Milciades
  • Alejandro Tamayo — special force cheaf
  • Naren Daryanani — Hugo — Margarita's husband
  • Jorge Sánchez — member of the illegal gang
  • Manuel Busquets — Lorenzo — designer of Déborah
  • Ricardo Silva — bank manager

[edit] Crew

Director of Literary Development:

  • Perla Farias

Telemundo Executive in Charge of Production:

  • Diego Tamayo

Adaptation and Screenplay:

  • Socorro González Ocampo

Literary Adviser:

  • Eduardo Macias

Writers:

  • Carlos Fernández de Soto
  • Claudia Rojas A.

Literary Editor:

  • Julio González A.

Original Story by:

  • Dago García
  • Felipe Salamanca

Art Direction:

  • Gabriela Monroy

Direction of Photography:

  • Eduardo Carreño

Costumes:

  • Manuel Guerrero

Background:

  • Claudia Carvajal

Scenography:

  • Cesar Chaparro

Makeup:

  • Alfredo Salamanca

Foreign Photography:

  • Alfredo Zamudio

Camera Direction:

  • Cesar Contreras
  • Felipe Sastoque

Theme Interpreter:

  • Jimena Ángel

Musical Assistant:

  • Oliver Camargo

Musicalization:

  • Natalia Rodríguez

Original Music:

  • Nicolas Uribe

Head of Production:

  • Andrés Santamaría

Head of Locations:

  • Lucero Venegas

Edition:

  • Alba Merchán Hamann

Director Assistant:

  • Alexandra Galindo

Direction:

  • Mauricio Cruz
  • Agustín Restrepo

General Producer:

  • Hugo León Ferrer