| Maria La Del Barrio | |
|---|---|
| Format | Drama, Romance |
| Created by | Inés Rodena |
| Written by | Dexter Hemedez Jimuel dela Cruz Jerome Co |
| Directed by | Rory B. Quintos Richard V. Somes Don Cuaresma |
| Starring | Erich Gonzales Enchong Dee |
| Opening theme | "Patuloy ang Pangarap" by Angeline Quinto |
| Ending theme | "Pagbigyan Muli" by Erik Santos |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Language(s) | Filipino, English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 101 (as of January 2, 2012) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sackey Prince Pendatun Marjorie Lachica |
| Editor(s) | Joy Buenaventura Ayen del Carmen Dennis Salgado |
| Running time | 30-45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Televisa Star Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABS-CBN |
| Picture format | NTSC (480i) |
| Original run | August 15, 2011 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | María la del Barrio (Mexico) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Maria La Del Barrio (lit. Maria of the Neighborhood) is a Philippine remake of the Mexican drama María la del Barrio airing on ABS-CBN. [1] It stars Erich Gonzales and Enchong Dee.
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Maria Hernandez is a charcoal maker who dreams of making furniture in her own shop, much like her mother Sandra, who died years ago in a fire leaving Maria orphaned. Maria grows up with Sandra’s best friend Casilda in barrio Munting Ilog. When Casilda falls ill, Maria is forced to seek help from Father Honorio for added work. This leads her to meet Fernando Dela Vega, the owner of Amore Design, one of the country’s top furniture companies. Fernando takes Maria to work for his family as a maid.
Unknown yet to Maria, Fernando was the former love of her mother Sandra. And that Fernando’s wife Victoria, is Sandra’s former friend and partner. Sandra & Victoria founded Amore designs, but Victoria double-crossed Sandra taking both her boyfriend and ownership of Amore. But before the fire, Sandra had bequeathed her shares to Maria, making Maria owner of 50% of Amore Designs.
Working for the Dela Vegas leads Maria to meet, for the second time, Luis Dela Vega, the eldest of the Dela Vega children among those children are Vanessa and Vladimir. Maria had met and admired Luis before, seeing his work in Viscera, a small furniture shop. But Luis pays to her no mind. Worse, Luis, having had problems with his father Fernando, begins to suspect Maria to be Fernando’s mistress. This through the suspicions of Soraya, his friend who is secretly in love with him. Luis makes Maria fall in love with him, with the intention of hurting Maria and making her leave.
But despite this, he falls in love with Maria. And Maria, despite the pain, cannot help herself from loving Luis. But their love is put to the test by several trials.
Production started February 2011. The series was initially part of ABS-CBN's line-up of afternoon dramas, Kapamilya Gold, together with other television series, Nasaan Ka Elisa?, Mula Sa Puso, and Hiyas.[2] However, teasers were released in July 2011, which stated that the show was to air on primetime. The series premiered on August 15, 2011, on Primetime Bida
María la del Barrio, originally aired on Televisa in 1995. It was the third telenovela in the trilogy of Maria, that starred Thalia. The show first aired in the Philippines through the RPN in 1996, dubbed in Filipino. After GMA Network's successful adaptations of Thalia's Marimar and Rosalinda, ABS-CBN decided to remake María la del Barrio.
There were speculations that the production had to reshoot several scenes because the network was not convinced with the outcome of the already-shot episodes. In addition, several characters were recast, including a lengthy casting process for the role of Vladimir de la Vega. Inno Martin was originally cast to play the role of Vladimir, but after several failed recastings, the role eventually ended up being played by Arron Villaflor. The role was first offered to Enrique Gil. However, Gil had to decline due to conflicting working schedules.[3] Inno Martin's scenes as Vladimir prior to his replacement appeared in the show's first set of promos. When the show started production for the soon-to-be reshot episodes covering the first few months of the show, Martin was sacked with AJ Perez tapped to take-over the now-vacant role .[4] But after Perez' untimely passing, Villaflor was brought in to take over the role of Vladimir.[5] Also the role of Vanessa de la Vega was supposed to be played by teen newcomer Tricia Santos but it was later given to Jane Oineza. Filming then resumed in May. It finally premiered on August 15, 2011.
In November 2011, it was announced that the series will be extended. It is set to air until the year of 2012 in the month of February.[6]
After the winning 26.0% finale rating of previous timeslot occupant Mula Sa Puso, Maria La Del Barrio maintained the network's hold on the 6pm slot. The series debuted in 5th place for primetime with a 22.5% rating.[7]
On a review done by the Philippine Entertainment Portal, they quoted that "Acting wise, and based on the initial few scenes shown, Erich looks tailor-made for the role; with her natural ability to summon naïve, childlike qualities with relative ease." [8]
It was announced during a trade launch that the series is extended till February 2012 because of its positive reviews and viewers response.
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