Entre la vida y la muerte (Between Life and Death) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa in 1993.[1]
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| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by | María Cristina Ribal |
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| Opening theme | Entre la vida y la muerte by Eduardo Magallanes |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 125 |
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| Executive producer | Angelli Nesma Medina |
| Producer | Manuel Olvera Klunder |
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| Running time | 21-22 minutes |
| Production company | Televisa |
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| Network | Canal de las Estrellas |
| Release | January 11 – July 2, 1993 |
Leticia Calderón and Fernando Ciangherotti starred as protagonists, while Sebastián Ligarde and Frances Ondiviela starred as antagonists.
Plot
editSusana Trejos, a responsible doctor devoted to her patients, is about to marry Andrés del Valle, a lawyer with a shady past who carries on a secret affair with Ivonne, a hypocrite who claims to be Susana's best friend. However, Andrés' sister Paloma is the only one aware of the betrayal by both Andrés and his lover, yet sadly no one believes her. Susana is deeply in love with Andrés, but he only wants to marry her to kill her and inherit her fortune. Mere hours before her church wedding, Susana receives a message that Andrés is in the Lacandon Jungle, gravely ill and near death.
True to her nature, Susana decides to fly by helicopter to save her beloved, only to discover that the sick man isn’t her fiancé but an archaeologist with the same name. While processing her confusion in the jungle, lawyer Andrés sets Susana’s apartment in Mexico City on fire, intending to kill her. Tragically, one of Susana’s friends is in the apartment and perishes in the fire, her remains unrecognizable and leaving everyone to assume it was Susana who died. Meanwhile, archaeologist Andrés receives Susana's medical care; she eventually decides to return home but finds herself stranded without transport or communication. As time passes, a romance blossoms between her and the archaeologist, even as betrayals and murders surround them, with a local woman, Mayán, plotting against Susana to win over the archaeologist for herself.
Eventually, Susana and the archaeologist return to Mexico City. She reveals herself to some family members, but keeps her survival hidden from lawyer Andrés, so she can initiate a divorce after discovering his affair with Ivonne and his takeover of her assets. Ivonne, suspicious of her lover Andrés, secretly records a tape exposing his crimes, including the fire. Later, both Andrés and Ivonne are in a vehicular accident and are treated by Susana, revealing to both of them that she’s alive. Ivonne, dying from her injuries, succumbs before revealing to Susana the full truth about the fire.
Mayán, now known as Cynthia, reappears as a refined woman married to a wealthy rancher named Mariano in Sonora. She teams up with lawyer Andrés, seducing him as they carry out a plot to kill Mariano. Now a widow, Cynthia agrees to run away with lawyer Andrés, but he still wants to kill Susana to prevent her from reclaiming her fortune. Cynthia also wants revenge on Susana and archaeologist Andrés, using a sleeping potion to take staged photos with him to hurt Susana. Heartbroken, Susana decides to end her relationship with the archaeologist. Cynthia, however, meets her end at the hands of her former jungle lover, Bor, who has tracked her down. Lawyer Andrés is arrested but later escapes with his lawyer’s help, ultimately killing his lawyer as "payment" for his aid.
Seeking a fresh start, Susana travels to Guatemala to give a symposium and leave her past behind. Both the archaeologist and lawyer Andrés follow her, the latter intent on killing them both. Lawyer Andrés finds Susana at the Tikal ruins and is about to strike when archaeologist Andrés arrives to protect her. In a final struggle, lawyer Andrés falls to his death from atop a pyramid. Susana and the archaeologist, having reconciled, seal their love by marrying atop the Tikal pyramid, surrounded by her mother Aída and grandmother.
Cast
edit- Leticia Calderón as Susana Trejos
- Fernando Ciangherotti as Archaeologist Andrés del Valle
- Sebastián Ligarde as Lic. Andrés del Valle
- Frances Ondiviela as Ivonne del Castillo
- Irán Eory as Aída Trejos
- Roberto Cañedo as Rolando Trejos
- Beatriz Aguirre as Doña Rebeca
- Raúl Ramírez as Julián
- Mónika Sánchez as Angelica
- Lupita Sandoval as Carlota
- Maleni Morales as Constanza
- Óscar Bonfiglio as Lic. García
- Arsenio Campos as Francisco del Valle
- Dacia Arcaráz as Arlette
- Odiseo Bichir as Chon-Li
- Lucero Lander as Paloma del Valle
- Lorena Herrera as Jessica Rivas
- Wendy de los Cobos as Sandra
- María Cristina Ribal as Guadalupe del Valle
- Irán Castillo as Anita del Valle
- Alejandro Landero as Paco
- Ramiro Huerta as Bor
- Yadira Santana as Mayan/Cynthia
- Felicia Mercado as Cristina
- Andrea Cotto as Queta
- Alejandro Ciangherotti as Abraham del Valle
- Beatriz Martínez as Aurora del Valle
- Isabel Andrade as Claudia del Valle
- Alejandro Rábago as Melquiades
- Germán Gutiérrez as Dante
- Mario García González as Honorio
- María Luisa Coronel as Najbor
- Kokin as El Chino
- Ismael Larrumbe as El Perico
Awards
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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| 1994 | 12th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Actress | Leticia Calderón | Nominated |
| Best Antagonist Actor | Sebastián Ligarde | Won |
References
edit- ^ "Entre la vida y la muerte" (in Spanish). alma-latina.net. Archived from the original on August 5, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
External links
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