Doña Bárbara (1967 telenovela)

Doña Bárbara (1967-1968) is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Délia Fiello and based on the novel the novel written by Rómulo Gallegos. The telenovela was produced by Venevisión. Lupita Ferrer starred as the main protagonist.

Cast

• Lupita Ferrer as Doña Bárbara
• Esperanza Magaz as Marisela Barquero
• Henry Galue as Lorenzo Barquero
• José Bardina as Balbino Paiba
• Cesar Delgado as Melquíades "El Brujeador"
• Carlos Camara Jr. as El Socio
• Emperatiz Spanic as Paola Barquero

Film plot Bárbara is an attractive woman raised mostly on the rivers of Venezuela by her riverboat captain father. Her mother was an Indian woman who died while giving birth to her. She was madly in love with young Asdrúbal until tragedy smashed everything. Some of the men who worked for her father steal their boat and kill her father. The bandits then rape her and shoot her boyfriend. This causes her to hate men, but at the same time sleep with them to get what she wants. She becomes involved with Lorenzo Barquero, the owner of a cattle ranch, with whom she becomes pregnant and has a daughter named Marisela. Barbara later steals Lorenzo's home and fortune and kicks both him and their daughter out, leaving them to fend for themselves with absolutely nothing. Santos is the only remaining son of the Luzardo family, who had a feud with the Barqueros. He returns to his hacienda, Altamira, planning to sell it. Undeterred, Santos sets out to save his cousin Lorenzo and to educate young Marisela. After Barbara sees one of her old rapists and kills him she decides that in order to gain back the peace and happiness that was stolen from her that horrible night she must find and kill all 5 of her rapists.

References

External links

• Doña Bárbara at the Internet Movie Database