Mariana de la Noche

Mariana de la Noche Nadie puede saber la verdad
Format	telenovela
Created by	Delia Fiallo
Written by	Liliana Abud
Directed by	Edgar Ramírez Miguel Córcega
Starring	Angélica Rivera Jorge Salinas Alejandra Barros César Évora Patricia Navidad Adriana Fonseca René Strickler Alma Muriel
Theme music composer	Juan Gabriel
Opening theme	Yo Te Recuerdo by Juan Gabriel
Ending theme	Yo Te Recuerdo by Juan Gabriel
Country of origin	Mexico
Language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	135
Production
Executive producer(s)	Salvador Mejía
Producer(s)	Nathalie Lartilleux
Editor(s)	Marco Antonio Rocha Pablo Peralta
Cinematography	Manuel Barajas
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Televisa
Picture format	NTSC
Audio format	Stereophonic sound
Original run	October 20, 2003 – April 23, 2004
Chronology
Preceded by	Amor real
Followed by	Mujer de Madera
External links
Website

Mariana de la Noche (Mariana of the Night) is a Mexican telenovela from 2003. Written by Delia Fiallo and produced by Salvador Mejia, it starred Angélica Rivera, Jorge Salinas, Alejandra Barros and César Évora.

Plot

In a mining village, it is rumored that Mariana Montenegro has a curse, since all the men that fall in love with her suffer a fatal accident sooner or later. Mariana is a romantic young woman who lives with her father, Attilio. Attilio is the mine owner, a powerful man capable of cruelty when crossed. He hides a dark secret: Mariana is not his daughter and what he feels for her is far from paternal love.

Attilio has two sisters: Isabel and Marcia. Isabel, the elder, is kind-hearted, she loves Mariana and has raised her as if she were her own daughter. Marcia on the other hand is arrogant and vain, dresses in a masculine way and is hard on the miners. Cold-hearted she has never known what love is until Ignacio Lugonavaro comes to town: a journalist who has come under a false name to search for his roots.

Once he gets to know Mariana, Ignacio knows that he will never be able to love another woman and his feelings are reciprocated. However, Marcia is passionately in love with Ignacio, and is full of jealousy when she discovers that Ignacio and Mariana have married in secret. Full of fury, she reveals the marriage to her brother, and Attilio is determined to kill Ignacio without knowing that he is sentencing to death his own son, the product of the love he had with Lucrecia, the owner of the village restaurant.

Destiny saves Ignacio's life when Attilio is hurt in an accident at the mine. Mariana discovers that Attilio is not her father and she is more horrified to know that Attilio is in love with her. Desperate and thinking she is really cursed, Mariana flees from the village, pregnant with Ignacio's son. Marcia takes advantage of the situation to marry a man she does not love. She becomes pregnant but after an accidental miscarriage she seduces Ignacio and steals Mariana's son, whom she passes as her own to make Ignacio marry her.

When Mariana fled the village, she had an accident that caused her to have amnesia. Not knowing who she was, Mariana became lost in the wilderness and Maria Lola finds her. Maria Lola feeds her and protects her. She tried a few times to tell Ignacio but he didn't believe her. That is until Attilio's right hand man, Cumache, found her. Both Attilio and his aid took Mariana and fled to a nearby island. Attilio tried to convince Mariana that she is his wife and the child is his. Although she did not believe this, Mariana carried out her term and gave birth to her son. Attilio immediately took advantage of her weak state and had his malicious helper Cumache get rid of the newborn. Cumache, however not being able to kill the child, decided to give him to Marcia.

Mariana is discovered by her doctor friend, Camilo, and is taken away from Attilio. Hiding in the casino, Mariana remembers who she is but believes that she lost Ignacio's child. She becomes a worker to Ivan Lugonavaro, Ignacio's Cousin, in the casino as a hostess. Here Ignacio and Marcia discover that she is alive. Wanting to be with Mariana, Ignacio begins to search her out and fight for her love. Seeing this and the other hostess, Carol, fight for his attention, Marcia loses it and demands Mariana to stay away, using Ignacio's child as a weapon against her. Marcia even convinces Lucrecia to help her separate Mariana from Ignacio. Mariana backs away, although deeply in love with Ignacio, and tries to make a life for herself. She convinces Ignacio that she was only using him as a toy to get back at Marica; since she accomplished it, he was longer appealing to her.

Marcia in the end loses the love battle between Ignacio and Mariana. She seeks out Attilio's help, knowing that he is alive and safe. Attilio, now the owner of the casino, watches over Mariana. He even comes forward and tells her that he is alive. That he wants her as his companion and to help him get back all that was his, the mine and the mansion. Believing what she thinks is a paternal plea, Mariana agrees to his request. She begins to accompany him and help him take it all back. Marcia becoming more and more furious against Attilio and Mariana, uses the baby against Mariana to torment her of not having her child from Ignacio.

Marcia's plot however come to an end. The baby is discovered to be Mariana's. Attilio also loses out to his obsessive passion for Mariana. Once more, Ignacio and Mariana are reunited and with their son.

Cast

• Angélica Rivera as Marcia Montenegro - Main female villain, stepsister of Atilio, in love with Ignacio (Accidentally killed by Atilio)
• Jorge Salinas as Ignacio Lugo Navarro - Main hero, in love with Mariana
• Alejandra Barros as Mariana Montenegro - Main heroine, in love with Ignacio
• César Évora as Attilio Montenegro- Main male villain, stepfather of Mariana, in love with her (Falls in a chasm)
• Patricia Navidad as Yadira - Friend of Mariana and Lucrecia, in love with Camilo
• Adriana Fonseca as Caridad "Chachi" Montenegro - sister of Mariana and in the beginning jealous of her, in love with Camilo, villain, later good
• René Strickler as Dr. Camilo Guerrero - In love with Yadira
• Alma Muriel as Isabel Montenegro - Aunt of Mariana, sister of Atilio
• María Rojo as Lucrecia Vargas - Mother of Ignacio
• José Carlos Ruiz as Isidro Valtierra - Protector of Ignacio
• Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Maria Lola - Real mother of Chachi, mentally ill
• Raúl Ramírez as Padre Pedro - priest, killed by Marcia
• Aurora Clavel as Mama Lupe - Maid at montenegro's house
• Rafael Rojas as Gerardo Montiel - In love with Marcia
• Sergio Acosta as Cumache- Foreman of Atilio, villain (Commits suicide)
• Ignacio Guadalupe as Mediomundo Páramo - Friend of Ignacio
• Aleida Núñez as Miguelina de Páramo - maid at Montenegros's house
• Daniel Continente as Juan Pablo Guerrero - Brother of Camilo
• Arturo Muñoz as Máximo 'Max' Moraje
• Esperanza Rendón as Vilma Olivera - Friend of Lucrecia (Killed by Liborio)
• Valentino Lanús as Javier Mendieta - In love with Mariana, (Killed by Ignacio in the first episode)
• Jaime Lozano as Eladio González - Worker at the Montenegro's mine
• Benjamín Islas as Liborio Hernández - Accomplice of Atilio and Iván, villain (Goes to jail)
• Roberto Blandon as Iván Lugo Navaro - Cousin of Ignacio, hates Atilio and Ignacio, villain (Killed by Atilio's protected safe)
• Marjorie de Sousa as Carol- Lover of Ivan and Atilio, villain (Goes to jail)

Awards

Year	Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result
2001	TVyNovelas Awards	Best Telenovela	Mariana de la Noche	Nominated
		Best Lead Actor	Jorge Salinas	Nominated
		Best Female Villain	Angélica Rivera	Won
		Best Male Villain	César Évora	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Adriana Fonseca	Nominated
		Best First Actress	Patricia Reyes Spíndola	Nominated

Broadcasters

Argentina	Mariana de la noche	América TV	?	?	Monday to Friday
Bosnia	Marijana	Pink BH	?	?	Monday to Friday
Bulgaria	?	BTV	?	?	Monday to Friday
Chile	Mariana de la noche	Mega	?	?	Monday to Friday
Colombia	Mariana de la noche	RCN	?	?	Monday to Friday
Croatia	Ukleta Mariana	Nova TV	2003	2004	Monday to Friday
Croatia	Ukleta Mariana	Doma TV	February 28, 2011	July 18,2011	Monday to Friday
Dominican Republic	?	Canal 5	?	?	Monday to Friday
Ecuador	?	Gama TV	?	?	Monday to Friday
El Salvador	?	TCS	?	?	Monday to Friday
Macedonia	Marijana	MRT	?	?	Monday to Friday
Mexico	Mariana de la Noche	El Canal de las Estrellas	October 20, 2003	April 23, 2004	Monday to Friday
Montenegro	Marijana	Pink M	2004	2004	Monday to Friday
Nicaragua	Mariana de la noche	Televicentro de Nicaragua	?	?	Monday to Friday
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Marijana	Pink BH	2004	2004	Monday to Friday
Panama	?	Telemetro Panamá	?	?	Monday to Friday
Paraguay	Mariana de la noche	Telefuturo	?	?	Monday to Friday
Peru	Mariana de la noche	América Televisión	?	?	Monday to Friday
Poland	Zaklęte serce	TVN	?	?	Monday to Friday
Serbia	Marijana	RTV Pink	February 23, 2004	September 2, 2004	Monday to Friday
Spain	?	LaSexta2	?	?	Monday to Friday
USA	Mariana de la noche	Univision	March 8, 2004	September 17, 2004	Monday to Friday
Venezuela	Mariana de la noche	Venevisión	?	?	Monday to Friday

External links

• Mariana de la Noche at the Internet Movie Database