| El Privilegio de Amar | |
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Main cast of El Privilegio de Amar |
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| Genre | Telenovela |
| Format | Serial drama |
| Created by | Delia Fiallo |
| Written by | Liliana Abud |
| Directed by | Miguel Córcega |
| Starring | Adela Noriega Helena Rojo Andrés García Enrique Rocha |
| Theme music composer | Jorge Avendaño |
| Opening theme | El Privilegio de Amar by Manuel Mijares and Lucero |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 155 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Carla Estrada |
| Editor(s) | Juan Franco Luis Horacio Valdés |
| Location(s) | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Cinematography | Jesús Acuña Alejandro Frutos |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Televisa |
| Distributor | Televisa |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | El Canal de las Estrellas |
| Original run | 27 July 1998 – 26 February 1999 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | La usurpadora |
| Followed by | Rosalinda |
| Related shows | Cristal El Triunfo del Amor |
El Privilegio de Amar (The Privilege of Loving) is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas from 27 July 1998 through 26 February 1999. Starring Adela Noriega and Helena Rojo, the telenovela tells the story of a fashion designer, Luciana (Rojo), who begins searching for the daughter she abandoned years earlier, unaware the girl is none other than Cristina (Noriega), a model in Luciana's fashion house who has fallen in love with Luciana's stepson.
El Privilegio de Amar is a remake of the 1985 Venezuelan novela Cristal. The program aired weeknights at 9pm for 31 weeks, for a total of 155 episodes.
"The Best Telenovela of the Year 1999." (Premios TVyNovelas)
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The young seminarian Juan de la Cruz (César Évora) arrives for a visit at the home of his mother, Ana Joaquina (Marga López), a religious fanatic who has always imposed her will upon her son and pushed him to serve God. Working in Ana Joaquina's house is the young Luciana (Helena Rojo), an innocent dreamer of a girl who falls in love with Juan. One night, carried away by youthful passion, they tenderly and innocently give in to their desires. Upon discovering that Luciana is pregnant, Ana Joaquina demands to know the identity of the child's father; when Luciana admits that it is Juan de la Cruz, Ana Joaquina fires Luciana, leaving her destitute. After giving birth to a daughter, Luciana leaves her baby on the doorstep of a wealthy house with the hope that the little girl will be raised there, but she is instead taken to an orphanage. In order to survive, Luciana becomes involved with many undesirable men, including Pedro Trujillo (Pedro Weber Chantanuga), a terrible man who hits and abuses her.
Twenty years later, Cristina (Adela Noriega), Luciana's daughter, has grown up happily in the orphanage although she is forever curious to know who her mother is; meanwhile, Luciana is the owner of a popular fashion house and the wife of the well-known actor Andrés Duval (Andrés García), with whom she has two children, Lizbeth (Adriana Nieto) and Víctor Manuel (René Strickler). Lizbeth, who is Luciana and Andrés's daughter, is capricious and spoiled because she is accustomed to always having what she wants, while Víctor Manuel, who is Andrés's son with his first wife, is like a son to Luciana and works at her fashion house.
Her happy and caring family provokes Luciana to begin searching for the daughter she abandoned so many years ago; however, her family knows nothing about Cristina because Luciana has never revealed a single detail about her past for fear of her husband's reaction. Cristina, upon leaving the orphanage, rents a simple apartment with Lorenza (Sabine Moussier) and Maclovia (Isadora González). Lorenza is a beautiful young woman, provocative and very self-confident, whereas Maclovia is reserved, timid, and intelligent.
Lorenza meets Andrés and they become lovers as Andrés comes to desire the passion and love that Luciana never gave him; meanwhile, Cristina, thanks to Lorenza, obtains work as a model in Luciana's fashion house. Cristina and Víctor Manuel fall in love and begin to date, but when Luciana discovers their relationship she fires Cristina and tries to convince her son that he should marry Tamara (Cynthia Klitbo), trapping him with the lie that she is carrying his child when in reality the child is that of Nicolás Obregón (Enrique Rocha), Andrés's friend.
Cristina discovers that she is pregnant by Víctor Manuel but decides to stay quiet out of respect for the family that he has formed. At this point, Alonso (Toño Mauri) comes into Cristina's life offering a name for her daughter and love for her; however, Cristina cannot return his feelings because she does not love him. Nonetheless, Cristina begins to fight for her daughter and becomes a very successful woman. This status that she little by little gains as a model unites her again with Víctor Manuel who lives a hellish life with Tamara; he eventually leaves her to be happy with Cristina and thus, they are able to enjoy together the privilege of loving.
| Category | Nominee | Result |
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| Best Telenovela | El Privilegio de Amar | Won |
| Best Lead Actress | Helena Rojo | Won |
| Best Lead Actor | Andrés García | Won |
| Best Female Antagonist | Cynthia Klitbo | Won |
| Best Male Antagonist | Enrique Rocha | Won |
| Best Supporting Actress | María Sorté | Won |
| Best Supporting Actor | César Évora | Won |
| Best First Actress | Marga López | Won |
| Best First Actor | Pedro Weber Chatanuga | Nominated |
| Best Young Lead Actress | Adela Noriega | Won |
| Best Young Lead Actor | René Strickler | Nominated |
| Best Female Revelation | Sabine Moussier | Won |