Pueblo chico, infierno grande | |
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Genre |
Telenovela Romance Drama |
Created by | Javier Ruán |
Written by | Javier Ruán Mario Hernández Sergio Schmucler Begoña Fernández |
Directed by | Benjamín Cann |
Starring |
Verónica Castro Guillermo Capetillo Enrique Rocha Jorge Russek Alma Delfina |
Theme music composer | Juan Carlos Calderón |
Opening theme | Pena de amor y muerte by Verónica Castro |
Country of origin | Mexico |
Original language(s) | Spanish |
No. of episodes | 150 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | José Alberto Castro |
Producer(s) | Ernesto Hernández |
Location(s) |
Filming Televisa San Ángel Mexico City, Mexico Locations Hidalgo, Mexico Veracruz, Mexico Michoacán, Mexico Puebla, Mexico |
Cinematography | Isabel Basurto |
Editor(s) | Hector Márquez |
Running time | 21-22 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 | January 6 – August 1, 1997 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Te sigo amando (21:00)/(22:00) |
Followed by |
La jaula de oro (21:00) Salud, dinero y amor (22:00) |
Pueblo chico, infierno grande (English title: Small town, big hell) is a Mexican telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa in 1997.Pueblo chico, infierno grande is a historical telenovela set in the Pre-Mexican Revolution period. It also aired on Univision in the United States. Televisa has released an abridged DVD version of the novela in several countries.
On January 6, 1997, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Pueblo chico, infierno grande weekdays at 10:00pm, replacing Te sigo amando. The last episode was broadcast on August 1, 1997 with La jaula de oro replacing it the following day.
Verónica Castro, Juan Soler and Guillermo Capetillo starred as protagonists, while Alma Delfina starred as main antagonist.
The story takes place in Nahuatzen, a small town in the Sierra Purépecha in Michoacán, Mexico, early 1900. The young girl Leonarda Ruán (Aracely Arámbula), is the youngest daughter of the venerable Don Prisciliano Ruan (Enrique Rocha).
The day of the feast of the town's patron saint, Saint Louis of France, Leonarda discovers her feelings for Hermilo Jaimes (Kuno Becker), a poor boy who works in a grocery store. But that afternoon, the old Don Rosendo Equigua (Jorge Russek) the richest man in Nahuatzen, sets his eyes on the girl.
Don Prisciliano disapproves of the love between Leonarda and Hermilo, and yields the girl's hand to Rosendo. That same afternoon, a girl named Magdalena Beltran (Evangelina Sosa), falls for a young man nicknamed "El Batan" (Jose Maria Yazpik). Her mother, Inmaculada (Socorro Bonilla), is surprised that she feels lust for "El Batan".