Maria la del Barrio (Philippine telenovela)
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| Genre | Drama, Romance, Telenovela |
| Created by | Inés Rodena |
| Written by | Dexter Hemedez Jimuel dela Cruz Jerome Co |
| Directed by |
Rory B. Quintos Richard V. Somes Don Cuaresma |
| Starring |
Erich Gonzales Enchong Dee |
| Opening theme | Pagbigyang Muli by Erik Santos |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language(s) | Filipino |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 145 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sackey Prince Pendatun Marjorie Lachica |
| Cinematography | Neil Daza McCoy Ternate |
| Editor(s) | Joy Buenaventura Ayen del Carmen Dennis Salgado |
| Running time | 30-45 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Televisa (Mexico) Star Creatives |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABS-CBN |
| Picture format | NTSC (480i) |
| Original release | August 15, 2011 – March 2, 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | María la del Barrio (Mexico) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Maria la del Barrio (lit. Maria of the Barrio) is a Philippine remake of the Mexican telenovela of the same title, starring Erich Gonzales and Enchong Dee. The series was aired on ABS-CBN and worldwide on TFC from August 15, 2011 to March 2, 2012, replacing Mula Sa Puso. It was Dee's last TV project with Gonzales, prior to Ina, Kapatid, Anak.
Maria Hernandez (Erich Gonzales) is a charcoal maker who dreams of making furniture in her own shop, much like her mother Sandra (Assunta de Rossi), who died years ago in a fire leaving Maria orphaned. Maria grows up with Sandra's bestfriend Casilda (AiAi Delas Alas) in barrio Munting Ilog. When Casilda falls ill, Maria is forced to seek help from Father Honorio for added work. This leads her to meet Fernando de la Vega (Ian Veneracion), the owner of Amore Design, one of the country’s top furniture companies. Fernando takes Maria to work for his family as a maid.
Unknown yet to Maria, Fernando was the former love of her mother Sandra. And that Fernando's wife Victoria (Angel Aquino), is Sandra’s former friend and partner. Sandra and Victoria founded Amore designs, but Victoria double-crossed Sandra taking both her boyfriend and ownership of Amore. But before the fire, Sandra had bequeathed her shares to Maria, making Maria owner of 50% of Amore Designs.
Working for the De la Vegas leads Maria to meet, for the second time, Luis de la Vega (Enchong Dee), the eldest of the De la Vega children. Among those children are Vanessa (Jane Oineza) and Vladimir (Arron Villaflor). Maria had met and admired Luis before, seeing his work in Viscera, a small furniture shop. But Luis pays to her no mind. Worse, Luis, having had problems with his father Fernando, begins to suspect Maria to be Fernando's mistress. This through the suspicions of Soraya, his friend who is secretly in love with him. Luis makes Maria fall in love with him, with the intention of hurting Maria and making her leave.
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