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Format | telenovela |
Created by | Inés Rodena |
Developed by | Alberto Gómez Cristina Policastro Adriana Barraza |
Starring | Sandra Echeverría, Manolo Cardona |
Theme music composer | Miguel de Narváez |
Opening theme | "Nos Volveremos A Ver" by Sandra Echeverría |
Country of origin | United States |
Language(s) | Spanish |
No. of episodes | 170 |
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Executive producer(s) | Mary-Kathryn Kennedy, Rafael Uriostegui |
Producer(s) | Ana Celia Urquidi |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 42-45 minutes |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | Telemundo |
Picture format | NTSC |
Audio format | Stereophonic sound |
Original airing | United States October 16, 2006 - June 29, 2007 Bulgaria May 10, 2007 - January 9, 2008 Serbia August 16, 2007 - March 27, 2008 |
Chronology | |
Related shows | María la del Barrio, María Mercedes, Los Ricos También Lloran |
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Marina is a Spanish-language telenovela that aired on United States-based television network Telemundo. It premièred on October 16, 2006. The final original episode aired Thursday, June 28, 2007 it is a remake of the Mexican María la del Barrio, María Mercedes and Los Ricos También Lloran.
Sandra Echeverría, in her first major role, plays the title character. Aylín Mújica plays twin sisters, Laura and Verónica Saldivar. Mauricio Ochmann appears as Ricardo in early episodes before being replaced by Manolo Cardona.
Telemundo's slogan in English-language ads for the show was "The heat of Acapulco, the passion of a woman." As with most of its other soap operas, the network broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3. Marina was produced by Argos Mexico.
During the show's last month, June, 2007, Marina's time slot (which included one soccer pre-emption and an encore of the finale) averaged 577,000 core adult viewers (ages 18 to 49), an 18 percent increase over the year before, when Tierra de Pasiones aired during that hour, according to Nielsen Media Research. [1] This telenovela was sold to 26 countries around the world.
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Set in Acapulco, this love story features Marina, a beautiful, sweet young woman who makes a living driving a tourist boat. Her simple life transforms when her mother dies unexpectedly and she inherits a large family fortune. Marina moves into an elegant mansion owned by the wealthy Alarcón Morales family, who treat her with evil, scorn and rejection.
This humble girl is abruptly immersed into a world of rich, superficial people, who live lives of luxury, intrigue and vengeance. She finds love with the man she least expects: Ricardo Alarcón, a handsome man.
Actor(s) | Character(s) | Descriptions |
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Mauricio Ochmann | Ricardo Alarcon Morales | son of Alberta, Elias' half-brother, Adriana's husband, in love with Marina |
Manolo Cardona | in love with Marina, Marina's husband, biological father of Chuy, adoptive father of Paty | |
Sandra Echeverria | Marina "Alarcon" Hernandez de Alarcon | in love with Ricardo,Ricardo's wife, Chuy's biological mother, Paty's adoptive mother, Elias' stepsister |
Aylin Mujica | Laura Saldivar | Veronica's twin, in love with Ricardo, Marina's best friend, Daniel's wife |
Veronica Saldivar | Laura's twin, in love with Ricardo, hates Marina (Villain) | |
Actor | Character(s) | Descriptions |
Humberto Zurita | Guillermo Alarcon | uncle of Marina, Ricardo and Elias,was Rosalba's husband |
Susana Dosamantes | Alberta | Ricardo's and Elias's mother,villain,later become good |
Marta Aura | Lupe | foster mother of Chuy |
Actor | Character(s) | Descriptions |
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Carlos Caballero | Julio | criminal, villain, who is thought dead but isn't, was Patty's husband |
Elizabeth Cervantes | Sara | in love with Ricardo then with Julio, villain, later good |
Eduardo Victoria | Federico | in love with Marina, Patty's biological father, gave his surname to Chuy, tried to kill his wife Monica |
Actor | Character(s) | Descriptions |
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Ilean Almaguer | Patricia (Paty) | adopted daughter of Marina and Ricardo, in love with Chuy, daughter of Federico and Rosalba |
Alfonso Dosal | Ricardito (Chuy) | son of Marina and Ricardo, in love with Patty |
Marina is a young, beautiful girl who just lost her mother and her house. Her rich father never acknowledged her but her uncle, who was madly in love with her mother, always took care of Marina from afar until he promised her mother while on her death bed that he would watch over Marina. When Marina moved to her uncle's mansion, she met her future husband Ricardo, who currently is unhappily married to Adriana. Adriana is having an affair with many men, including Ricardo's best friend, Julio. She hates Marina because she notices that her husband is falling in love with her. Julio and Adriana plot to kill Marina, but all attempts fail; instead Julio is thought to be dead after he is caught kidnapping Marina and then throws himself off a cliff. Adriana is then asked to leave the mansion by Marina's uncle. Instead she tries to kill Ricardo, but when that fails she runs out of the house and gets killed in a horrible car accident. Before she dies she confesses to Ricardo all of the affairs she had and admits that the baby she was expecting was Julio's and not his. This news left Ricardo very insecure. Later Ricardo and Marina get married. Two months later, Marina and Ricardo return from their honeymoon. Ricardo leaves her because he thinks she's unfaithful, which in reality is a scheme his mother devised. She becomes pregnant during their honeymoon but when she leaves her house to attend her baby shower, Julio returns and scares her. She is taken by a woman to a charity hospital and gives birth. She is in a state of shock and when she is released from the hospital she feels lost and confused. Her baby is taken by Julio, who is wearing a mask, to a dumpster where a woman finds the baby and takes him home. Her husband soon finds out the pictures were fake and takes her back despite her instability. Ricardo tries to give Marina an adopted baby girl; at first she refuses, thinking of her son, but at last accepts to make her husband happy. As the time passes Mariana still thinks about her son, but everyone believes her son died. Ricardo, is starting to get tired of her depression and he is starting to seek affection in Sara.... More to come.
Head writer Alberto Gómez adapted this serial from RCTV's Raquel (1970) and Abigail (1988), blended the second part with the first part of Los Ricos También Lloran. Raquel was adapted since by Carlos Romero and Manuel Muñoz Rico in separate parts; and Alberto Gómez was the adapter for this series throughout its run.
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