Esmeralda (telenovela)
| Esmeralda | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Telenovela Romance Drama |
| Created by | Delia Fiallo |
| Written by | Delia Fiallo Georgina Tinoco Dolores Ortega Luz Orlín |
| Directed by |
Beatriz Sheridan Martha Luna |
| Starring |
Leticia Calderón Fernando Colunga Enrique Lizalde Laura Zapata Ana Patricia Rojo |
| Theme music composer | José Antonio "Potro" Farías |
| Opening theme | Esmeralda by Javier Rodriguez |
| Ending theme | Esmeralda by Javier Rodriguez |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 137 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Salvador Mejía |
| Location(s) |
Filming Televisa San Ángel Mexico City, Mexico Locations Mexico City, D.F., Mexico Hacienda de Yextho, Hidalgo, Mexico |
| Cinematography | Jesús Nájera |
| Editor(s) | Juan Franco |
| 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 | May 5 – November 28, 1997 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Mujer, casos de la vida real |
| Followed by | Desencuentro |
| Related shows |
Esmeralda (1970) Topacio (1984) Esmeralda (2004) |
Esmeralda is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía for Televisa in 1997. It is a remake of a famous 1970 Venezuelan telenovela of that same name Esmeralda, original story by Delia Fiallo.
On May 5, 1997, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Esmeralda weekdays at 8:00pm, replacing Mujer, casos de la vida real. The last episode was broadcast on November 28, 1997 with Desencuentro replacing it the following day.
Leticia Calderón and Fernando Colunga starred as protagonists, while Laura Zapata, Ana Patricia Rojo and Salvador Pineda starred as antagonists. Nora Salinas, Alejandro Ruiz and the leading actor Enrique Lizalde starred as stellar performances.
In 1998 it was named "The Best Telenovela of the Year" by Premios TVyNovelas.
Rodolfo Peñareal is obsessed with having a male child. After many miscarriages, his wife Blanca is pregnant again. One night, a girl is born, but they believe that she was born dead.
In the same town, in another, more humble house, a boy is born, but his mother dies during labor. The midwife and the nanny of Blanca, with their best intention and with the aim to calm down Rodolfo, decide to exchange the children.
Blanca puts a pair of emerald earrings on her supposedly dead baby so that she is buried with them. Once the exchange is done, the midwife Dominga, discovers that the girl is not dead, but now it is too late to right the wrong.
In this way, the boy that was born in a miserable hut sees his first light in the opulence of a big house, while the sweet little girl who was entitled to a golden crib, gives her first steps among ramshackle walls and misery.
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