La intrusa | |
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Created by | Inés Rodena |
Written by | Carlos Romero |
Directed by | Beatriz Sheridan |
Starring |
Gabriela Spanic Arturo Peniche Laura Zapata Chantal Andere Sergio Sendel Karla Álvarez Dominika Paleta Guillermo García Cantú |
Theme music composer | Jorge avendaño |
Opening theme | "Intrusa" by Emmanuel |
Country of origin | Mexico |
Original language(s) | Spanish |
No. of episodes | 135 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Ignacio Sada |
Cinematography | Ricardo Navarrete |
Editor(s) | Alfredo Frutos Maza Simón Castañón |
Running time | 41-44 minutes |
Production company(s) | Televisa |
Release | |
Original network | Canal de las Estrellas |
Original release | April 16 – October 19, 2001 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Mujer bonita |
Followed by | Salomé |
Related shows | Valentina (1975) |
External links | |
Website | web |
La Intrusa (English title: The Outsider) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ignacio Sada for Televisa. It is a remake of the Venezuela telenovela Valentina, produced in 1975.
Gabriela Spanic (in dual role) and Arturo Peniche star as the protagonists, while Laura Zapata, Chantal Andere, Sergio Sendel and Dominika Paleta star as the antagonists.
Rodrigo Junquera, who is close to death after a long illness, decides to ask the nanny of his young child, Virginia Martínez, to marry him so she can look after his children when he will be gone.
Virginia is a noble young woman who is in love with Rodrigo's eldest son, Carlos Alberto. When after his death it is discovered that Virginia is Rodrigo's wife, the heir of all his wealth, Carlos Alberto along with his brothers accuse her to be an ambitious woman who married Rodrigo in secret.
Virginia's ordeal begins because she not only has to deal with the contempt of Carlos Alberto, who is still in love with her, but with the rudeness of Rodrigo's oldest children Junior, Raquel and Violeta. Fortunately, with the love of Aldo and Memo, the little ones, it makes coping with the existence within the mansion a little better .
Meanwhile, in another part of the country, a young woman named Vanessa is dedicated to deceive millionaires to get their fortune, eager to get out of the miserable life she leads. She is the twin sister of Virginia, who has distanced herself so that their relationship is almost nil.
Beset by debt, Vanessa travels one day to Mexico where she meets Carlos Alberto, who she falls in love with. He, however, despite being a physical clone of Virginia, Vanessa despises for his rudeness and impudence and even just missing her.
Virginia and Carlos Alberto married, but after a series of faintings and loss of vision, Virginia discovers she has an inoperable brain cancer. At the same time, the medical findings confirm that she is pregnant. Bringing the baby into the world can hasten the time of her fatal outcome. Virginia, disregarding the doctor's advice, decides to go ahead with the pregnancy. Blind and with the tumor extending inevitably, Virginia manages to give birth to a beautiful girl, but she died afterwards.