Cristal | |
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Genre |
Telenovela Romance Drama |
Created by | Delia Fiallo |
Written by |
Delia Fiallo Ana M. Escámez Vivel Nouel Zaret Romero |
Directed by | Renato Gutiérrez Daniel Farías Tito Rojas |
Starring |
Lupita Ferrer Jeannette Rodríguez Carlos Mata Raul Amundaray |
Opening theme | Mi Vida Eres Tu performed by Rudy La Scala |
Ending theme | Volvamos A Vivir performed by Rudy La Scala |
Country of origin | Venezuela |
Original language(s) | Spanish |
No. of episodes | 246 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Jorge Gherardi |
Producer(s) | Oman Pin |
Location(s) | Caracas |
Production company(s) | RCTV |
Distributor | Coral International |
Release | |
Original network | RCTV |
Picture format | 480i SDTV |
Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
Original release | August 5, 1985 – July 12, 1986 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Topacio |
Followed by | La Intrusa |
Related shows |
El Privilegio de Amar (1998) Triunfo del amor (2010) |
Cristal (1985–1986) is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Delia Fiallo and produced by Radio Caracas Televisión. This telenovela lasted 246 episodes, and it achieved a significant amount of success inside and outside Venezuela, it was extremely successful in its airing in Spain (where each advertisement that was seen during the transmission of Cristal cost more than seven million pesetas) and Italy. It was distributed internationally by Coral International. Cristal has been rebroadcast more than seven times in Venezuela.
Lupita Ferrer, Jeannette Rodríguez and Carlos Mata starred as the main protagonists with Marita Capote, Jorge Palacios and Zoe Ducós as the antagonists.
Victoria Ascano, the beautiful and successful owner of the fashion house "Casa Victoria", decides to search for the baby she abandoned years before. At the same time, Cristina, Victoria's daughter leaves the orphanage where she was raised and moves into an apartment with two other girls, ready to pursue her dream of becoming a model. Cristina is unknowingly hired by Victoria, and she was on her way to becoming a successful model when Victoria discovers that Cristina and Luis Alfredo, her stepson, were having an affair. Victoria fires Cristina and Luis Alfredo marries Marion, his old girlfriend, because she claims to be carrying his child. Shortly after being abandoned by Luis Alfredo and fired by Victoria, Cristina discovers that she, too, is pregnant.