La Mentira

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La mentira
Genre	Telenovela Romance Drama
Format	Serial drama
Created by	Caridad Bravo Adams
Directed by	Sergio Cataño
Starring	Kate del Castillo Guy Ecker Karla Álvarez Rosa María Bianchi Eric del Castillo Sergio Basañez
Opening theme	Me Voy a Quitar de en Medio by Vicente Fernández
Ending theme	Me Voy a Quitar de en Medio by Vicente Fernández
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	100
Production
Executive producer(s)	Carlos Sotomayor
Cinematography	Rocío Velez
Running time	42-45 minutes
Production company(s)	Televisa
Distributor	Canal de las Estrellas
Broadcast
Original run	July 13, 1998 – November 27, 1998
Chronology
Preceded by	Rencor apasionado
Followed by	Ángela

La Mentira (International title:Twisted Lies) is a Mexican telenovela in 1998. based on an original story by Caridad Bravo Adams, produced by Carlos Sotomayor and Televisa.

Kate del Castillo and Guy Ecker as the main protagonists. Karla Álvarez as the main villain. Sergio Basañez, Salvador Pineda, Tina Romero, Silvia Mariscal and Aarón Hernán as the stellar participations. Rosa María Bianchi, Blanca Guerra and Eric del Castillo as the first actors.

Synopsis

Demetrio Azunsolo arrives in a small remote village outside Mexico where his beloved half-brother, Ricardo Platas, used to live and run a tequila plantation, only to find out that the latter has just committed suicide, after being betrayed by a selfish, greedy woman. Little by little, and thanks to the village inhabitants - who at first are hostile towards him but then become his friends - Demetrio puts together the pieces of the puzzle that led to the tragedy.

The clues bring him to Mexico City, in the villa of a wealthy family, the Fernandez-Negrete's who are the owners of the FERNE Bank, one of the most important banks in Mexico, where Ricardo had spent some time in the past as a trusted worker. According to the info he has in hand, in that house lives the woman who is the cause of Ricardo's suicide. Demetrio meets two young women there, both nieces of the family: the innocent and fragile Virginia Fernandez-Negrete and the dynamic and self-confident Verónica Fernandez-Negrete. Not sure who of them is the guilty one, Demetrio gets trapped in a series of co-incidences and sly gossip and ends up believing in the end that the woman he is looking for is Verónica.

Once ascertained, he puts to practice his plan for revenge. He flirts with Verónica, seduces her and makes her fall in love with him so as to marry him. After the wedding, he practically abducts her and brings her to the small remote village where Ricardo ended his life, decides to make her life a misery and take revenge for his brother's death. Little does he know that he, as well as Verónica, are in fact victims of someone whose angel face hides a demonic soul and who actually was the one responsible for Ricardo's suicide. When he finds out, it seems that all is lost as Verónica abandons him because he doesn't trust her and instead has been taken in by gossip and deception; so he must struggle to regain her love. In the end, love wins, but not without cost.

Cast

Actor	Character	Description
Kate del Castillo	Verónica Fernandez-Negrete Montesinos de Azunsolo	Main female protagonist, in love with Demetrio, Demetrio’s wife, Teodoro and Sara’s niece, Miranda’s daughter, Juan and Virginia’s cousin
Guy Ecker	Demetrio Azunsolo	Main male protagonist, in love with Veronica, Veronica’s husband, Ricardo’s half-brother, Miranda’s son-in-law, Francisco’s friend
Karla Álvarez	Virginia Fernandez-Negrete de Fernandez-Negrete	Main villain, ex-girlfriend of Ricardo, in love with Juan, Juan and Veronica’s cousin, Juan’s wife, Teodoro and Sara’s niece, hates Veronica, ends up paralyzed after being shot by Santiago
Eric del Castillo	Teodoro Fernandez-Negrete	Owner of FERNE bank, Sara’s husband, Juan’s father, Veronica’s and Virginia’s uncle, Lety’s brother-in-law, Pepe’s old best friend
Salvador Pineda	Dr. Francisco Moguel	doctor, Irma’s husaband, Demetrio and Veronica’s friend
Rosa María Bianchi	Sara de Fernandez-Negrete	Teodoro’ s wife, Juan’s mother, Veronica’s and Virginia’s aunt, Lety’s sister
Sergio Basañez	Juan Fernandez-Negrete	Teodoro and Sara’s son, Veronica’s and Virginia’s cousin, Lety’s nephew, was in love with Veronica, Virginia’s ex-husband, has been flirting with Nicole
Blanca Guerra	Miranda Montesinos	Veronica’s mother, Demetrio’s mother-in-law, Juan’s and Virginia’s aunt, Andre future wife
Aarón Hernán	Padre Pablo Williams	priest, Demetrio and Veronica’s friend
Carlos Cámara	Don José 'Pepe' Diez	partner of Teodoro, old best friend of Teodoro, Fernandez-Negrete’s family friend
Silvia Mariscal	Leticia 'Lety'	Sara’s sister, Teodoro’s sister-in-law, Juan’s aunt
Tony Bravo	André Belot	Veronica’s friend, Nicole’s uncle, Miranda’s future husband
Tina Romero	Irma de Moguel	Francisco’s wife, Demetrios and Veronica’s friend
Luis Gatica	Santiago Terrazas	villain, ex-lover and accomplice of Virginia, shot the Virginia, ends up in jail
Roxana Castellanos	Yadira Balanzario	maid in Demetrio’s hacienda, Jacinto’s wife
Israel Jaitovich	Jacinto Ávila	foreman in Demetrio’s hacienda, Yadira’s husband
Amparo Garrido	Antonia 'Toña'	housekeeper the Fernandez-Negrete’s family
Mayrin Villanueva	Nicole Belot	architect, Andre’s niece, has been flirting with Juan
Rodrigo Abed	Ricardo Platas	Demetrio’s half-brother, Virginia’s ex-boyfriend, commits suicide

General information

A remake of 1965's soap opera with the same title (where the starring roles were held by Enrique Lizalde, Julissa and Fanny Cano, La Mentira is based on a romance story written by Mexican author Caridad Bravo Adams in 1952 (alternate title of the book: El amor nunca muere aka Love never dies). The original story took place in the Amazonian jungles and Rio de Janeiro, but in the recent TV adaptation the plot is brought in modern day Mexico and the countryside around it. The story was retold on TV again in 2008 as El juramento, and in 2011 as Cuando me enamoro.

International release

Country	Network(s)	Series premiere	Series finale	Title
México	Canal de las Estrellas	July 13, 1998	January 27, 1999	La Mentira
México	Canal de las Estrellas	December 26, 2011	April 13, 2012	La Mentira
México	TLNovelas	March 9, 2009	July 24, 2009	La Mentira
Argentina	Azul TV	1999	2000	La Mentira
Slovenia	POP TV	1999	2000	Umazane laži
Dominican Republic	Telemicro Canal 5	N/A	N/A	La Mentira

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Preceded by Rencor apasionado	La Mentira Juñy 13, 1998 - January 27, 1999	Succeeded by Ángela

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