Abrázame Muy Fuerte

Infobox Television
show_name = Abrazame Muy Fuerte


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format = telenovela
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runtime = 60 minutes
creator = Caridad Bravo Adams
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producer = Salvador Mejia
executive_producer = Miguel Corcega
starring = Aracely Arambula
Fernando Colunga
Helena Rojo
Cesar Evora
Nailea Norvind
Victoria Ruffo
Arnaldo Andre
narrated =
theme_music_composer = Pablo Montero
opentheme = Abrazame Muy Fuerte
country = MEX
language = Spanish
network = Televisa
first_aired = July 31, 2000
last_aired = February 2 2001
num_episodes = 135
list_episodes =
website = http://www.esmas.com/abrazamemuyfuerte/
imdb_id = 0233092
tv_com_id =

"Abrazame Muy Fuerte" (Embrace Me Tightly) was a Mexican telenovela that aired in 2000-2001, under the production of Salvador Mejia and with Aracely Arambula and Fernando Colunga as the protagonists. "Abrazame Muy Fuerte" is a remake of Mexican telenovela "Pecado Mortal" (Deadly Sin).

Synopsis

Cristina Alvarez is a sweet and young woman, loved by everyone at "El Platano", a beautiful property whose owner is Severiano Alvarez, her father, who is a man of the field and of strong character. In this place, Diego Hernandez works as a foreman. He is a strong and handsome-looking criollo who is in love with Cristina, and she, due to the love she also feels for Diego, gives herself to him. Later on, when Severiano finds out Cristina is in love with Diego and that they made love, he tries to kill her, but he spares Cristina when she tells him she is pregnant.

Severiano banishes Cristina and Raquela, her servant, to go to Villahermosa, the Tabascan capital, to have the baby there. By the management of Federico Rivero, little Maria del Carmen comes back to the hacienda as Raquela's daughter.

Years pass by and Cristina, in order to be with her daughter, is forced to marry Federico, an ambitious and cruel man. From then on, she is to be for everyone Maria del Carmen's "godmother". Federico provokes an accident which leaves Cristina blind, in order to have Cristina's fortune.

Federico is happy upon the arrival of his nephew Carlos Manuel to the hacienda. He is a young, handsome, and daring man who has recently completed his studies of medicine overseas.

Carlos Manuel falls in love with Déborah Falcón, without knowing she is the lover of his uncle. When Federico finds out about this relationship, he opposes and finds the way to separate Déborah from his nephew. From the moment she meets him, María del Carmen falls in love with Carlos Manuel--the two end up together, provoking the hate in Déborah, who, along with Federico, try to separate the young couple. The only thing they achieve from all of this is the distancing the two lovers, but they aren't able to destroy the love that Maria del Carmen and Carlos Manuel feel for each other.

Carlos Manuel finally has his teacher, friend, and specialist in ophthalmology review Cristina's case of blindness to see if he can operate her. Dr. Angel Luis Robles secretly falls in love with Cristina and has a great interest in helping Cristina recover her sight again. The two form a very special friendship and love despite Cristina's marriage to Frederico. Even though Federico makes it hard and until his untimely demise, Angel Luis does everything he can to keep Cristina safe. Federico, with the hopes of having Maria del Carmen in his possession at whatever cost, tries to abuse her, but Cristina does not allow it.

This amazing story will take us to a series of surprises and emotions, in which the pure feelings of the human being are reflected, giving way to true love, the love that can only be felt when one says, "Embrace me, Tightly".

Trivia

* This was the final telenovela of actor and scriptwriter Rene Munoz who passed away from cancer in May 2000.
* Mexican scriptwriter and actor Ernesto Alonso made a special appearance in this telenovela.
* Although the telenovela was highly rated and watched in Mexico and other countries, there were a lot of negative comments about the plot of the show. The most absurd one was the end of "Jose Maria", played by actor and singer Pablo Montero, who in his final scenes dies of love.
* Victoria Ruffo and Cesar Evora played the main couple in the 2005 telenovela "La Madrastra".

Cast

* Victoria Ruffo as Cristina Alvarez de Rivero
* Cesar Evora as Federico Rivero
* Fernando Colunga as Carlos Manuel Rivero
* Aracely Arambula as Maria del Carmen
* Joaquin Cordero as Severiano Alvarez
* Helena Rojo as Damiana/Juliana
* Rosita Quintana as Eduviges
* Rene Munoz as Regino
* Esther Rinaldi as Nieves
* Pablo Montero as Jose Maria
* Nailea Norvind as Deborah Falcon de Rivero
* Carmen Salinas as Celia
* Lilia Aragon as Efigenia
* Osvaldo Rios as Diego
* Arnaldo Andre as Angel Luis
* Miguel Corcega as Father Ignacio
* Alicia Montoya as Gumercinda
* Eduardo Noriega as Pancho
* Alicia Rodriguez as Consuelo
* Rene Casados as Francisco Jose
* Rossana San Juan as Raquela
* Tina Romero as Jacinta
* Aurora Clavel as Vicenta
* Mario Casillas as Marcelino
* Veronica con K as Casilda
* Jorge de Silva as Abel
* Ernesto Alonso as Bosco
* Carlos Amador as Salvador
* Dacia Arcaraz as Gema
* Raul Buenfil as Dandy
* Abril Campillo as Estella
* Manuel Capetillo as Miguel Salvador
* Alberto Chavez as Artemio
* Eduardo Cuervo as Jorge
* Eduardo de la Pena as Casimiro
* Humberto Elizondo as Bernal
* Emely Faride as Paquita
* Luis Fernando Torres as Domingo
* Jose Antonio Ferral as Fayo
* Alma Rocio Gonzalez as Alma Rocio
* Dacia Gonzalez as Candelaria
* Ignacio Guadalupe as Benito
* Emilia Guiu as Flora
* Ana Hally as Macrina
* Paco Ibanez as Juancho
* Tono Infante as Eulogio
* Alberto Inzua as Porifirio
* Fabian Lavalle as Fabian
* Tono Mauri as Father Moises
* Rosita Pelayo as La Guera
* Manuel Rafiela as Silverio
* Sergio Reynoso as Hernan
* Eduardo Rodriguez as Maximo
* Pedro Romo as Apolinar
* Gabriel Roustand as Chente
* Rosy Safont as Malicha
* Shirley as Florencia
* Patricia Villasana as Regina
* Liza Willert as Clementina
* Sergio Zaldivar as Jesus