María Mercedes (telenovela)
| María Mercedes | |
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| Genre |
Telenovela Romance Drama |
| Created by | Inés Rodena |
| Written by | Carlos Romero Vivian Pestalozzi Dolores Ortega Rosario Velicia María Luisa Solís |
| Directed by |
Beatriz Sheridan Benjamín Cann Silvia Caos |
| Starring |
Thalía Arturo Peniche Laura Zapata Gabriela Goldsmith Carmen Amezcua Carmen Salinas Nicky Mondellini |
| Opening theme | María Mercedes by Thalía |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 82 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Valentín Pimstein |
| Producer(s) |
Carlos Sotomayor Salvador Mejía Verónica Pimstein |
| Cinematography | Antonio Acevedo Carlos Guerra Villareal |
| Editor(s) | Adrian Frutoe Maya |
| Running time | 41-44 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Televisa |
| Distributor | Televisa |
| Release | |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Original release | September 14, 1992 – January 5, 1993 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | De frente al sol |
| Followed by |
Capricho (21:00) Entre la vida y la muerte (21:30) |
| Related shows |
La italianita (1973) Rina (1977) Rubí rebelde (1989) Inocente de ti (2004) Maria Esperança (2007) Maria Mercedes (2013) |
María Mercedes (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾi.a merˈseðes]) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa in 1992. It was the first of the "Marías" telenovela trilogy, being followed by Marimar and María la del barrio. María Mercedes based on radionovela Enamorada original story by Inés Rodena.
Thalía and Arturo Peniche starred as protagonists, while Laura Zapata starred as main antagonist. Fernando Ciangherotti starred as special participation.
Maria Mercedes is a poor young woman who is abandoned with her father and three siblings by her ambitious mother. Because of the lack of support from her perennially drunk father, she is forced to raise her brothers and sister on her own, working in the streets of Mexico City selling lottery tickets and juggling in a clown costume.
Santiago del Olmo is very sick and knows that he is dying. One morning when he is in the garden, he sees María selling lottery tickets in the street. He comes up with the idea to marry her just to upset his avaricious aunt Malvina after his death as a personal revenge. He gains Maria's trust and friendship, proposes to her, and she agrees.
When Santiago dies, María becomes the head of the family, making Malvina's ire burn stronger. According to his will, Malvina, her son Jorge Luis, and her daughter Digna must live there in his house with Maria, if they want to inherit any of his fortune.
Since the murder of his wife on their wedding day, Jorge Luis has become a pessimistic young man, in contrast to his younger sister, Digna, who is a very religious and fearful woman, and who has never dated a man.
After María moves into the del Olmo household, she falls in love with Jorge Luis, who is weak against his mother's will and always does as she wants. Malvina makes it her life's mission to antagonize María. When she finds out that María loves her son, she pushes him to marry her in order to get the money back.
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