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Bodas de odio

Bodas de odio
Genre Telenovela
Romance
Drama
Created by Caridad Bravo Adams
Written by María Zarattini
Directed by José Rendón
Starring Christian Bach
Miguel Palmer
Frank Moro
Rafael Sánchez Navarro
Magda Guzmán
Rosario Gálvez
Yolanda Mérida
Julieta Egurrola
Theme music composer Giuseppe Verdi
Opening theme L'entrèe (Prelude to La Traviata).
Country of origin Mexico
Original language(s) Spanish
No. of episodes 75
Production
Executive producer(s) Ernesto Alonso
Location(s) Puebla, Mexico
Cinematography Carlos Sánchez Zúñiga
Running time 21-22 minutes
Production company(s) Televisa
Distributor Televisa
Release
Original network Canal de las Estrellas
Picture format Color
Original release 1983 – 1984
Chronology
Preceded by En busca del paraíso (18:00)
El maleficio (21:00)
Followed by Te amo (18:00)
La pasión de Isabela (21:00)
Related shows Amor Real (2003)
Lo que la vida me robó (2013)

Bodas de odio (English title:Weddings of hate) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso for Televisa in 1983. Its original story of Caridad Bravo Adams, adapted by María Zarattini and directed by José Rendón.

Christian Bach, Miguel Palmer and Frank Moro starred as protagonists, while Rosario Gálvez, María Montaño, Antonio Medellín and Rafael Sánchez Navarro starred as main antagonists.

"The Best Telenovela of the Year" (Premios TVyNovelas 1984)

Magdalena Mendoza (Christian Bach) is a young woman who is in love with José Luis (Frank Moro), a humble soldier. Magdalena is forced by Paula, her mother, to marry Alejandro Almonte (Michael Palmer), a wealthy man, to save the Family from the ruin,

Alejandro, meanwhile, is the illegitimate son of a rich man, who recognized him shortly before his death, and reaches Puebla to see the paper mill inherited him. Paula, seeing just how wealthy Alejandro is, tries to set her daughter with him. She seems Alejandro's sympathy, telling him of the family problems. When Alejandro finds out about this, and thinks that Magdalena agreed, he agrees to marry her. He decides to make her life impossible, especially when he finds out she was in love with Jose Luis. As a way to separate the two, he has the soldier sent to prison. After he marries Magdalena, José Luis Alejandro escapes from prison and goes to the mansion of the Mendoza family shortly after the wedding.

Magdalena asks to go with him, but Alejandro learns about this and decides to take Magdalena to his ranch. Rosario, who is the true mother of Alejandro, María, the daughter of the foreman who loves Alejandro and his friends Cipriano and Victor, all reside in the ranch. Alejandro has liberal ideas and movement supporting the rebels against the regime of Porfirio Díaz. After learning of Magdalena's wherabouts, José Luis begans working as a foreman on the ranch. He married Angélica, who has an incurable disease, but in his heart he has always loved Magdalena.

But Magdalena has fallen in love with Alejandro. When Alejandro learns the truth about the new foreman, he gets angry. He finds out Magdalena is pregnant shortly after, but because he now knows the identity of the foreman, he doubts the baby is his. Alejandro, angry and heartbroken, leaves. During the revolution, Alejandro is captured by government troops, and José Luis, knowing he is sacrificing his live for Magdalena, saves him. He has finally given up with the love he thought he had for her. He saves Alejandro to allow them to have their happily ever after.


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