| Sortilegio | |
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| Format | Telenovela |
| Created by | Maria Zarattini |
| Written by | Claudia Velazco |
| Directed by | Karina Duprez Mónica Miguel |
| Starring | Jacqueline Bracamontes William Levy David Zepeda Ana Brenda Contreras Daniela Romo Gabriel Soto |
| Theme music composer | Denisse De Kalaffe |
| Opening theme | "Sortilegio de Amor" by Il Divo |
| Ending theme | "Sortilegio de Amor" by Il Divo |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 90 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Carla Estrada |
| Producer(s) | Guillermo Gutiérrez |
| Editor(s) | Víctor Hugo Flores Israel Flores |
| Cinematography | Lino Gama José Manuel Becerra |
| Running time | 21 minutes (eps 1-10), 42-45 minutes (eps 11-95) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | canal de las estrellas |
| Original run | June 1, 2009 – October 9, 2009 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Mañana Es Para Siempre |
| Followed by | Corazón salvaje |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Sortilegio (Spanish pronunciation: [sortiˈlexjo], literally Spell, but known as Love Spell in English-speaking markets) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa and It stars Jacqueline Bracamontes, William Levy. It is a remake of Tú o nadie. Univision aired Sortilegio from October 6, 2009 to February 17, 2010 at 9pm/8pm central. [1][2]
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Victoria had an affair with her husband Samuel's friend, Antonio Lombardo, resulting in the birth of twins, Bruno and Raquel. Antonio also had a son, Alejandro, with his wife Adriana. After their respective spouses passed away, they reunited and got married, however, they did not tell their children that they are half siblings, as that would reveal their infidelities. Instead they raise the children to recognize each other as step-siblings.
Years pass, and Bruno comes to be an irresponsible man who does not respect laws. Alejandro, on the other hand, is very responsible. Antonio prefers Alejandro and has decided to inherit Alejandro the money when he passes away. So after a meeting of Bruno's behavior, Antonio dies in a car accident, causing Victoria to be widowed again. Meanwhile, Fernando, Alejandro's friend, is in love with Victoria, but his love cannot be due to age difference.
10 years later, Alejandro has come to stay with the money Antonio inherited him, causing his brother Bruno to become insanely jealous. So, Bruno plans to get rid of Alejandro by hiring Erik to help him achieve his evil plan. Meanwhile, a girl named Maria José and her sister Paula live in a Saque - humble home in Campeche, Yucatán. She has been communicating with whom she believes to be Alejandro through the phone and Internet, and they fall in love and marry. At the wedding, viewers recognize the man to actually be Bruno. The next day, he claims to have business out of town and leaves. Meanwhile, Bruno hires a truck driver to crash into Alejandro causing a terrible crash off the road. Everyone believes Alejandro to be dead. Alejandro's family discovers a marriage in his name and call Maria to break the news. Devastated, she immediately flies over to be with the Lombardo's, her sister Paula soon following to be with her. Meeting his family for the first time, she finds out that Alejandro was actually rich. Soon after meeting the family, she discovers that Bruno was the man she met, and he reveals his plans to her, promising to take care of her and share his soon to be riches. Heartbroken and horrified she leaves to go home, but Bruno chases after her to Campeche and threatens to frame her father for drug dealing. Maria goes back with him. But Alejandro, having miraculously survived the accident, soon returns home to encounter the wife of whom he knows nothing at his house. Though the doctors and his family tell Alejandro he merely has amnesia, he knows something is wrong and eventually forces the truth out of Maria José. Wanting to find a way to help her (and seeing that Bruno has feelings for her but its hard for him to show it) Alejandro keeps her by his side and keeps up the pretense of being married to everyone around them. Keeping up the act, they develop feelings for one another. Meanwhile, Bruno's sister Raquel and her friend Maura, who is in love with Alejandro, reject Maria José and Paula often and makes Maria José hesitate about living with the Lombardo's.
Maria José, fearing for the threats Bruno makes against her father, decides not live with the Lombardo's any longer and flees with Paula and her father, Pedro, back to Campeche, Yucatán. Don Pedro sees himself as a weight in his daughters life so he calls Alejandro to come rescue them from Bruno. Bruno then uses Maura's evil plan as his own and uses Mario Aguirre, making him seem inocent and leaving Maria Jose with an acomplice/lover. Alejandro tired of the lies Maria Jose has told him and wanting to have peace again throws Maria Jose and her family out of his house and files for divorce. After a short stay in Campeche, Maria José gets stabbed in the back by an intruder, causing her to be sent to the hospital. Alejandro still in love with Maria Jose flies to Campeche, to see his wife after the attack. After 2 weeks, she is cured and returned not to Campeche, but to the Lombardo's in Mérida, Yucatán because Alejandro convinces her to stay with him and he apologizes for everything. When Alejandro discovers that Maria José is pregnant, he realizes he loves her and attempts to make her happy.
Two months later, Bruno comes up with a new plan. He will kidnap Maria José to make her lose her memory and they will marry afterwords, giving Maura the opportunity to marry Alejandro. Bruno and Maura trick Maria José into looking at a house for her and Alejandro when it is really a trap for them to kidnap her. Then they, along with Maria José's mother, Elena, who was believed to be dead because of a lie Maria José's father told her and her sister Paula. They make her believe she is her twin sister, Sandra, who she knew nothing about before and who is in a coma and later dies from a drug overdose.
Eventually Alejandro finds her and starts making her fall in love with him again by dating her and takes her back home. It gives Alejandro a new chance to start things right and do the things they never got to do because of Bruno's evil scheme. But she does not recognize anybody, so she thinks everyone is lying to her, but little by little her memory starts coming back. Bruno eventually gets discovered after a gunshot aimed at Alejandro and is forced into hiding from the FBI. Against the backdrop of constant manipulations by Bruno and by Maura, the couple attempt to build a happy life with their child. It gets intense as Bruno now has to hide to avoid getting arrested by the cops. He calls his mother to get him money and to help him escape. Victoria begs Bruno to turn himself in, but denies doing that. Alejandro then comes and he and Bruno start to fight. After Bruno threatens Alejandro with a gun, Erik shoots him, and Bruno dies instantly. Maria José and Paula's mother get arrested and put into Federal Prison. Finally, Alejandro and Maria José lives their lives together with their child, as a family forever.
Anahí was originally set to star as Maria Jose, but at the last minute producers decided against Anahí and gave the part to Jacqueline Bracamontes.[3][4][5]
| Country | Alternate title/Translation | TV network(s) | Series premiere | Weekly schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Sortilegio | Canal 9 | August, 2009 - February,2010 | Monday to Friday at 1:00 PM |
| Bosnia | Magična privlačnost (Magical Attraction) | Pink BH | December 24, 2009 | Monday to Friday at 7:00 PM and 11:00 AM |
| Bulgaria | Капризи на съдбата (Whims of fate) | BTV | September 30, 2010 - February 4 ,2011 | Monday to Friday at 1:30 PM |
| Croatia | Magična privlačnost (Magical Attraction) | Nova TV | February 1, 2010 | Monday to Friday at 4:00 PM and 11:00 AM |
| Croatia | Magična privlačnost (Magical Attraction) | Doma TV | July 19, 2011 - September 1 | Monday to Sunday at 5:00 PM and 10:00 AM |
| Cyprus | Sortilegio de amor (Sortilegio de amor) | Ant1 TV | April 26, 2010 | Monday to Friday at 6:30 PM |
| Georgia | მოჯადოებული (Sortilegio) | Imedi TV | October 29, 2010 - January 15, 2011 | Monday to Saturday at 5:40 PM |
| Hungary | Kettős Játszma (Sortilegio) | Cool TV | January 31, 2011 - June 9, 2011 | Monday to Friday at 6:35 PM |
| Kenya | Love Spell | Citizen TV | Monday to Friday at 8:00 PM | |
| Lithuania | Likimo kerai (Destiny's Spell) | LNK | December 10, 2009 | Monday to Friday at 4:35 PM |
| Macedonia | Magična privlečnost (Magical Attraction) | Sitel (TV channel) | 2011-2012 | Monday to Friday at 12:20 and later at 4:30 PM |
| Montenegro | Magična privlačnost (Magical Attraction) | Pink M | January 4, 2010 | Monday to Friday at 5:00 PM |
| Poland | Zaklęta miłość (Enchanted Love) | TV4 | November 24, 2009 | Monday to Friday at 6:00 PM |
| Romania | Predestinati (Destined) | Acasa | April 26, 2010 | Monday to Thursday at 8:30 PM |
| Slovakia | Čaro lásky (Love Spell) | TV Doma | April 12, 2010 | Monday to Friday at 8:00 PM |
| Slovenia | Čarovnija ljubezni (Sortilegio de amor) | POP TV | May 11, 2010 | Monday to Friday at 5:00 PM and 9:00 AM |
| Spain | Sortilegio | Antena 3 Canarias | November 30, 2009 | Monday to Friday at 3:00 PM |
| UAE | سحر الحب (Love Spell) | Abu Dhabi Al Oula | September 4, 2011 | Daily at 7:00 PM |
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