| Natalia del mar | |
|---|---|
| Format | Telenovela (Drama) |
| Created by | Alberto Gómez |
| Directed by | Carlos Izquierdo |
| Starring | Sabrina Salvador Manuel Sosa Fedra López Víctor Cámara Juliet Lima Adrián Delgado Dora Mazzone Rosalinda Serfaty Eduardo Serrano Franklin Virgüez Yul Bürkle |
| Theme music composer | Contra corriente by Roque Valero |
| Country of origin | Venezuela |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 140 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Manuel Federico Fraíz-Grijalba |
| Location(s) | Playa Esperanza |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original airing | June 28, 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Válgame Dios |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Natalia del mar (English: Natalia sea), is a Venezuelan telenovela produced by Venevisión. Created by Alberto Gómez it stars Sabrina Salvador, Manuel Sosa and Víctor Cámara.
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Natalia del Mar is the beautiful story a young poor girl who should struggle to feel happy again. The competition between the two families Uzcátegui and Moncadamake the family members struggle and suffer. In her childhood she had a friend, Luis Manuel Moncada, from a rich family and then he left for the USA to study. From inside the twist of passion, hatred and war Natalia meets Luis Manuel Moncada again. He is surprised to see a young beautiful woman while she was always in love with him. Natalia lives with her grandfather Jacinto who is the magician and miracle-monger along with the siblings Domingo and Rosarito. Natalia feels a lack of education and she strives to study to grow since she is tired of being neglected and humiliated for being illiterate. In spite of her bad clothes and her insubordinate personality, Natalia dreams of getting married to Luis Manuel. Eventually, the two rival families come to end the war and make up. The children, Luis Manuel and Perla are agreed to get married. In the past Valerio Moncada, Luis’ father, and Adolfo Uzcátegui, Perla’s father, were in love in one and the same woman, Natalia’s mother but the story ended tragically. They were bitter enemies though later they have changed plans and even decided to make up and unite into the family. The whole story is spoilt with Sarah, Adolfo’s sister, an ambitious and prudent woman who is able to commit crimes to meet her necessity in money and power.
Natalia is a 20 year-old beautiful girl, very industrious and noble. She is willing to support the ones in need. Her courageous nature pushes her to every adventure. She does not allow people to make fun of her and she is ready to resist and even fight to be respected. She is upset to have no education. She comes from poor family, never studied at school; she cannot write or read though she is aware of mathematics since she had to calculate to make settlements for leaving bills. In spite of her poverty life she is neat and she never looks clumsy or tumbled. She swims in the river every day. She dresses too modestly wearing the only pair of shoes. She has some pride of her personality and though in most cases she stays silent she likes being dare-devilry. In spite of her strong mind, she is very kind to people. She experiences love and hatred, humiliation and pride and she stays generous and patient.
Luis Manuel studied in the best schools in the US. He is noble and smart. He remembers Natalia as a little girl and he is stunned with her beauty as he meets her as an adult man. He is a typical womanizer too iwn every woman around. He is known for his elegant manners, intelligence and chic. When he feels he loves Natalia he has to confront the world of the rich to defend him himself and Natalia.
Perla Uzcátegui is a very beautiful and attractive girl. After the study abroad Perla comes back to Playa Esperanza. She is very charismatic and is in the center of public attention wherever she appears. She makes crazy everyone if she wants. Perla is fickle and selfish. She is used to acquire everything she wants. She is the favourite daughter of Adolfo Uzcátegui. She hates living a dull and boring life in the fazenda. She is athletic and is keen on sports. She dresses very neatly and stylish. Perla inherits the ill nature, villainy and willing to destroy the enemies. When Natalia starts working as a maiden, Perla runs a war with her when she finds that Luis Manuel is in love with her.
Don Adolfo is a very influential person in the village. The villagers are afraid to confront him. He has achieved everything at his age. He is handsome, smiling and seducing woman at ease. No woman is able to resist him when he is intended to seduce her. The secret of his success is that he knows the way to their hearts since he seems to be ready to help only to her. But when he hates the person, his hatred is incredibly terrible and affective. When he meets Natalia he feels too passionate about her since he sees a woman from his past in her. He was in love with her mother long time ago. Since then Adolfo never loved a woman like her. He gets crazy about Natalia and wants to marry her. He has been living with Irene for many years to have cozy place to return home and relax. Adolfo makes an agreement with Valerio who owns the diamond pit to merge and take actions to irrigate the lands they live on.
Irene López is Adolfo’s live-in lover. They have a daughter, Perla. Adolfo does not love Irene which makes her furious. When Adolfo decides to marry Natalia, he takes Irene out of his house and she then hates Natalia for ruining her life. Her daughter, Perla, helps her mother do some intrigues and mean to Natalia when she finds in her turn that her fiancée is also in love with the wild woman from the beach.
| Country | Tv Newtwork | Alternate Title (Translation) | Series Premiere | Weekly Schedule | Timeslot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | Venevision | Natalia del mar | June 28, 2011 | Monday-Saturday | 14:00 |
| Ecuador | TC Television | Natalia del mar | August 1, 2011 | Monday-Friday | 14:00 |
| Dominican Republic | Antena Latina | Natalia del mar | soon | Monday-Friday | 19:00 |
| Colombia | Caracol TV | Natalia del mar | soon | Saturday-Sunday | 10:00 |
| Mexico | El Canal de las Estrellas | Natalia del mar | soon | Monday-Friday | 13:00 |
| USA | Univision | Natalia del mar | soon | Monday-Friday | 13:00 |