Quinceañera (telenovela)
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| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by | René Muñoz |
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| Story by | Jorge Durán Chávez |
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| Opening theme | "Quinceañera" performed by Timbiriche |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 103 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Carla Estrada |
| Cinematography | Antonio Novaro |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
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| Original network | Canal de las Estrellas |
| Picture format | 405-line |
| Original release | October 5, 1987 – February 26, 1988 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Senda de gloria |
| Followed by | Amor en silencio |
Quinceañera (English title: Sweet 15) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1987. Quinceañera was the first telenovela to talk about substance abuse, date rape and gangs, and is considered to be the first telenovela made for teenagers.
Quinceañera was named by the Associated Press as one of the 10 most influential telenovelas ever to air in Latin America, and Univision tlnovelas viewers named it one of their all-time favorite Mexican telenovelas. In 2010, Quinceañera was placed #7 on the People en Español's "20 Best Telenovelas" list, and in 2012, Terra named it as one of the 50 best telenovelas of all-time.
Adela Noriega, Thalía, Ernesto Laguardia and Rafael Rojas starred as protagonists, while Sebastián Ligarde and Nailea Norvind starred as antagonists.
Maricruz (Adela Noriega) and Beatriz (Thalía) are classmates and best friends. Maricruz is from a working-class family, while Beatriz's is very wealthy. They are both 14 and excited about their quinceañera parties and becoming women.
Mechanic's apprentice Pancho (Ernesto Laguardia) and gang tough Memo (Sebastián Ligarde) are attracted to Maricruz. Maricruz is immediately disgusted by Memo and eventually accepts Pancho's love. Memo attacks Maricruz; she faints before he can rape her, but he lets her believe he did rape her. She feels violated, defiled, and unworthy of Pancho and believes he won't want her now.
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