El Privilegio de Amar | |
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Main cast of El Privilegio de Amar
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Genre |
Telenovela Romance Drama |
Created by | Delia Fiallo |
Based on | Cristal |
Written by |
Liliana Abud Ricardo Fiallega |
Directed by |
Miguel Córcega Mónica Miguel |
Starring |
Adela Noriega Helena Rojo Andrés García Enrique Rocha René Strickler Cesar Evora |
Theme music composer | Jorge Avendaño |
Opening theme | El privilegio de amar by Manuel Mijares & Lucero |
Ending theme | El privilegio de amar by Manuel Mijares & Lucero |
Country of origin | Mexico |
Original language(s) | Spanish (1998-1999) |
No. of episodes | 155 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Carla Estrada |
Producer(s) | Arturo Lorca |
Location(s) |
Filming Televisa San Ángel Mexico City, Mexico Locations Mexico City, D.F., Mexico |
Cinematography | Alejandro Frutos Jesús Acuña Lee |
Editor(s) | Juan Franco Luis Horacio Valdés |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 41-44 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 | July 27, 1998 | – February 26, 1999
Chronology | |
Preceded by | La usurpadora |
Followed by | Rosalinda |
Related shows |
Cristal (1985) Cristal (2006) Triunfo del amor (2010) |
El Privilegio de Amar (English title: The Right to Love) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1998.El Privilegio de Amar is a remake of the 1985 Venezuelan novela, Cristal.El Privilegio de Amar is the highest-rated television program in Mexico to date, it registered an average of 34.8 percent of TV audience. The telenovela received TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela, in 1999.
The telenovela tells the story of a fashion designer, Luciana, who begins searching for the daughter she abandoned years earlier, unaware the girl is none other than Cristina, a model in Luciana's fashion house who has fallen in love with Luciana's stepson.
On July 27, 1998, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting El Privilegio de Amar weekdays at 9:00pm, replacing La usurpadora. The last episode was broadcast on February 26, 1999 with Rosalinda replacing it the following day.
Adela Noriega and René Strickler starred as protagonists, Helena Rojo and Andrés García starred as adult protagonists, while Cynthia Klitbo, Enrique Rocha and the leading actress Marga López starred as antagonists. César Évora starred as stellar performance.
The young seminarian Juan de la Cruz arrives for a visit at the home of his mother, Ana Joaquina, a religious fanatic who has always imposed her will upon her son and pushed him to serve God. Working in Ana Joaquina's house is the young Luciana, an innocent dreamer of a girl who falls in love with Juan.
One night, carried away by youthful passion, they tenderly and innocently give in to their desires. Upon discovering that Luciana is pregnant, Ana Joaquina demands to know the identity of the child's father; when Luciana admits that it is Juan de la Cruz, Ana Joaquina fires Luciana, leaving her destitute.