Amigas y rivales | |
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Genre | Telenovela |
Created by | Emilio Larrosa |
Written by | Alejandro Pohlenz |
Directed by | Salvador Garcini José Ángel García |
Starring |
Michelle Vieth Ludwika Paleta Angélica Vale Adamari López Joana Benedek |
Opening theme | Amigas y rivales by Kabah |
Country of origin | Mexico |
Original language(s) | Spanish |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 185 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Emilio Larrosa |
Producer(s) | Arturo Pedraza Loera |
Location(s) |
Filming Televisa San Ángel Mexico City, Mexico |
Cinematography | Alfredo Tappan Luis Monroy |
Editor(s) | Adrián Frutos Marco Antonio Rocha |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 42-45 minutes |
Production company(s) | Televisa |
Distributor | Televisa |
Release | |
Original network | Canal de las Estrellas |
Picture format | 480i SDTV |
Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
Original release | February 26 – November 9, 2001 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Primer amor, a mil por hora |
Followed by | El juego de la vida |
Related shows | Amigas & Rivais (2007) |
Amigas y rivales (English title: Friends and rivals) is a Mexican juvenile telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa for Televisa in 2001.
On 26 February 2001, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Amigas y rivales weekdays at 7:00pm, replacing Primer amor, a mil por hora. The last episode was broadcast on 9 November 2001 with El juego de la vida replacing it the following day.
Ludwika Paleta, Michelle Vieth, Angélica Vale, Adamari Lopez, Arath de la Torre, Gabriel Soto, Rodrigo Vidal and Johnny Lozada starred as protagonists, while Joana Benedek and Susana González starred as antagonists. Eric del Castillo, Chela Castro and Rafael Inclán starred as stellar performances.
Amigas y Rivales tells the story of four women from different social backgrounds. The first is Laura, a studious, sensitive, serious girl from a middle-class family; she studies data processing in a private university because she received a scholarship.
Jimena is the typical rich girl, dissipated and irresponsible, for whom sex is just another amusement. At one point she is kidnapped although she doesn't realize it. She lives with Sebastian, a drug dealer who gives her drugs in exchange for her having sex with men in his home. Ofelia is Jimena's best friend. Like Jimena, she is rich and lives for pleasure and fun...until she gets infected with HIV.
The fourth protagonist is Nayeli, who has a humble background and works as a maid in Jimena's home. Nayeli dreams of being a Hollywood actress like her idol, Salma Hayek; this dream takes her to the United States illegally and leads to a bad experience.