Los Ricos También Lloran

"Los Ricos También Lloran" ("The rich also cry") is a popular telenovela produced in Mexico in 1979, starring Verónica Castro, Rogelio Guerra and Rocio Banquells. Castro also sang the theme "Aprendí a Llorar" ("I learned to cry"), a song written by Lolita de la Colina. The telenovela was produced by Chilean Valentín Pimstein and José Alberto Castro, it was directed by Rafael Banquells. The story was written by Inés Rodena and adapted by Valeria Philips.

This telenovela was dubbed in several languages like English, Italian, Arabic, Chinese and others.

Plot

Mariana Villareal finds herself homeless after her father dies and her stepmother takes over their hacienda. She escapes to Mexico City and a priest asks Don Alberto Salvatierra (a millionaire) to care for the young girl. Don Alberto takes pride in educating the girl but his own son Luis Alberto (a womanizer) tries to seduce her but the father orders him to stay away from her. Esther, Luis Alberto's cousin, moves into the Salvatierra mansion with the hopes of marrying him. Luis Alberto, finds Mariana's charm to be the reason for him to change and falls in love with her.

Full cast

*Verónica Castro as Mariana Villareal *Rogelio Guerra as Luis Alberto Salvatierra *Rocío Banquells as Esther *Christian Bach as Joanna *Rafael Banquells as Father Adrián *Augusto Benedico as Don Alberto Salvatierra *Guillermo Capetillo as Beto *Ada Carrasco as Felipa *Estela Chacón as Virginia enfermera *Aurora Clavell as Mama Chole *Edith González as María Isabel *Alicia Rodríguez as Doña Elena *Yolanda Mérida as Ramona *Ricardo Cortés as Juan Manuel *Marina Dorell as Sara *Arturo Lorca as Jaime *Magda Haller as Doña Rosario *Robertha as Roberta *Columba Domínguez as María (#1) *Marilu Elizaga as Elena *Connie de la Mora as Patricia *Manuel Guízar as Dr. Francisco Gómez Ocampos *Flor Procuna as Irma *Miguel Palmer as Diego (#1) *Fernando Luján as Diego (#2) *Carlos Fernández as Carlos *Edgar Wald *Carlos Cámara as Fernando

*Fernando Mendoza as Don Leonardo Villarreal *José Elías Moreno as Pascual 'Pato' *Maricruz Najera as María (#2) *Maleni Morales *Leonardo Daniel as Leonardo Mendizabal *María Teresa Rivas as Sor Ursula *Leticia Perdigón as Lili *Socorro Bonilla as Gabriela Jimenez *Victoria Vera as Victoria La Tormentosa *Antonio Bravo as Luis De la Parra *Raúl Meraz as Lieutenant Rivas *Miguel Angel Negrete as Maximo *Federico Falcón as Doctor López *Humberto Cabañas as Humberto *María Rebeca as Marisabel (as a child) *Armando Alcázar as Beto (as a child) *Socorro Avelar as Morena *Gaston Tuset as Doctor Suarez *Oscar Bonfiglio as Sebastián *Teo Tapia as Doctor Joaquín Herrera *Luis Bayardo *Aurora Medina as Teresa *Fernando Borges as Eduardo Sagredo *Lina Michel as Collette *Carlos Pouillot as Federico Mendisabal *Javier Marc as Licenciado Gonzáles *Patricia Myers *Roberto Ballesteros as a waiter

Theme song

* "The theme songs is "Aprendí a Llorar" sung by (Verónica Castro)

Remakes

Maria la del Barrio

External links

* [http://www.veronicacastro.com.ar PAGINA OFICIAL DE VERONICA CASTRO]
*imdb title|id=0211855|title=Los Ricos También Lloran
*InSpanish|url=www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=159053|name=Profile on the Univision site.
* [http://www.serials.ru/main/en/tambien.html Profile] on the Russian serials site.
* [http://www.alma-latina.net/RicosTambienLloranLos/RicosTambienLloranLos.shtml Profile] on "Alma Latina".