Rina (TV series)

telenovela
title = Rina
country = Mexico
year = 1977
network = Televisa
writer = Inés Rodena
script = Luis Reyes de la Maza
cast = Ofelia Medina
Enrique Álvarez Félix
music =
theme_song =
performer =
cinematographer = Fernando Chacón
director = Dimitrio Sarrás
producer = Valentin Pimstein
language = Spanish

"Rina" is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcasted on Televisa in 1977. It was written by Inés Rodena and starred Ofelia Medina as a hunchback named Rina and Enrique Álvarez Félix as her love interest.

Since the original, three remakes have been produced under different names:
# "Rubi Rebelde" (Venezuela, 1989) with Mariela Alcalá
# "María Mercedes" (Mexico, 1992) with Thalía Sodi
# "Inocente de ti" (Mexico, 2004) with Camila Sodi (Thalia's niece)
# "Maria Esperança" (Brazil, 2007) with Barbara Paz

Plot

Rina is an poor young woman who sells flowers on the streets of Mexico City. She approaches cars at stoplights to offer her products and one day she meets an old rich man. The man gets acquainted with Rina and eventually manipulates her into marrying him. The old man dies soon afterwards, and Rina is faced with dealing with the man's greedy sisters as well as her feelings for the son of one of the women.

External links

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*imdb title|id=0224956|title=Rina