Quinceañera (TV series)

telenovela
title = Quinceañera
year = 1988
(first retransmission: 1997)
(Intermedia Canal 56's retransmission: October 30, 2006 to February 26, 2007, Monday to Friday 18:00/19:00 (CT))
(Televisa Canal 9's retransmition: on te air to the January 1, 2007 Monday to Friday 23:30/00:00 (CT))

cast = Adela Noriega
Ernesto Laguardia
Thalía
country = Mexico
producer = Carla Estrada
director = Pedro Damián
cinematographer = Albino Corrales
language = Spanish
network = Televisa
Intermedia Canal 56
performer = Timbiriche
theme_song = Quinceañera
writer = René Muñoz
script = Jorge Durán Chávez
music = –
epiosodes = 183 of 24 minutes each

"Quinceañera" is a Mexican soap opera, which was produced by and broadcasted on Televisa in 1987. It was the first in a starring role for Adela Noriega and Thalía, a singer then member of the pop band Timbiriche.

It was the second story written for television by René Muñoz, a Cuban-born actor. This was also the first telenovela to talk about drugs, rape and gangs.

* Quinceañera 12" LP Record

Awards

TVyNovelas 1988

* "Best Telenovela of the Year"

Cast

Plot

Maricruz (Adela Noriega) and Beatriz (Thalía) are classmates and best friends, although Maricruz is poor and Beatriz is of a wealthy family. They are both 14 and excited about their quinceañera parties and growing up to become women. Pancho (Ernesto Laguardia) and Memo (Sebastián Ligarde) are attracted to Maricruz. Maricruz accepts the love of Pancho, a mechanic and Memo, a gang member. Memo drugs Maricruz and makes her believe he raped her so she will break up with Pancho. At the same time Gerardo, Maricruz's brother, starts dating Beatriz upon the pressure that Maricruz's mother has put on their children to attempt to escalate in society. Beatriz gets pregnant and the girls realize that the passing to womanhood was not what they expected.

Trivia

Beginning the only Mexican classic telenovela dubbed in Tagalog, Hiligaynon and Cebuano version in the Philippines, played in RPN 9 and GMA Iloilo, Cebu and Davao.

Remake

Televisa made in 2000 a remake of Quinceañera named Primer amor... a mil por hora.

External links

* [http://www.alma-latina.net/Quinceanera/Quinceanera.shtml "Quinceañera"] at the telenovela database
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