La Marca del Deseo
| La Marca del Deseo (The Mark of Desire) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by | Julio Jíménez |
| Developed by | Fox Telecolombia |
| Written by | Daniella Castagno |
| Directed by | Rodrigo Triana |
| Starring | Stephanie Cayo & Juan Alfonso Baptista |
| Country of origin | Colombia |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 120 |
| Release | |
| Original network | RCN Televisión (Colombia), Telefutura (USA) |
| Original release | March 24 – September 22, 2008 |
La Marca Del Deseo (The Mark of Desire) is a Colombian telenovela (soap opera) that has aired on Telefutura and RCN Televisión.
The story revolves around five young women named Maria Valentina, Maria Soledad, Maria Canela, Maria Claridad, and Maria Alegría who are marked for the same fate and the same curse. Without knowing it, they all set off on the same road to a place called Pueblo Escondido where they meet Reynaldo Santibáñez, who is apparently their father. Reynaldo is former sailor who had affairs with five other women in his sailor days because Digna, Reynaldo's wife would not sexually please him. Because of this, Reynaldo in his subsequent loneliness, goes looking for love in the arms of other women. All five women become pregnant and have daughters.
The day Reynaldo Santibáñez married Digna, turned out to be the worst day of his life. On that day, he and his descendants were condemned forever to unhappiness because of a curse that was set forth by a witch named Carmensa who had lost her daughter who was pregnant with Reynaldo's child the very same day that he and Digna got married due to difficulties in childbirth. Because she blames Reynaldo for her daughter's death, Carmensa curses him : “Their blood will be marked by desire. In every moment of happiness that brings desire, there will be intense pain!" To add to the curse, the marriage of Reynaldo and Digna will not bring any offspring either. Or, at least, this is the legend that has been woven around the Santibáñez family in the 30 years they have lived in Pueblo Escondido. Supposedly, the curse does not exist because Reynaldo and Digna were able to consived a son named Luis Eduardo.
As with every legend, there appears to be some truth in it since the Santibáñez marriage is not a happy one in spite of having everything: a wonderful son, Luis Eduardo, money and power.
Nevertheless, unhappiness was not this family’s major problem, when, one-by-one, the five illegitimate daughters of Reynaldo Santibáñez begin arriving in town. To say the least, the town of Pueblo Escondido is shaken to its very foundation.
The five daughters are Maria Valentina, Maria Canela (chef), Maria Alegría (singer), Maria Soledad () and Maria Claridad (Masseuse and Witch), each of whom has her own personality and different way of life, yet are joined by the same desire and by the same father.
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