(1997) - Leticia Calderón, Fernando Colunga
CAST
Leticia Calderón .... Esmeralda
Fernando Colunga .... José Armando
Peñareal
Enrique Lizalde .... Rodolfo
Laura Zapata .... Fátima
Salvador Pineda .... Lucio Malaver
Ignacio López Tarso .... Melesio
Gustavo Rojo .... Bernardo
Irán Eory .... Sor Piedad
Noé Murayama .... Fermín
Dina de Marco .... Crisanta
Elsa Navarrete .... Aurora
Esther Rinaldi .... Florecita
Juan Carlos Serrán .... Dionisio (#1)
Rafael Amador .... Dionisio (#2)
Juan Pablo Gamboa .... Alvaro
María Luisa Alcalá .... Doña Socorro
Alejandro Ruiz .... Adrián Lucero
Nora Salinas .... Graciela
Rafael del Villar .... Sebastián
Raquel Morell .... Blanca
Raquel Pankowsky .... Juana
Raquel Olmedo .... Dominga
Ana Patricia Rojo .... Georgina
Dacia González .... Rita
Elsa Cárdenas .... Hortensia
Raúl Padilla "Chóforo" .... Trolebús
Nicky Mondellini .... Dra. Muñoz
Roberto d'Amico .... Gustavo
Rosita Pelayo .... Hilda
Sérgio Jurado .... Lic. Joaquín Estrada
Alberto Ortiz .... José Rodolfo
Alberto Santini .... Nacho
Alejandro Avila .... Diseñador
Alma Rosa López .... Maribel
Berendice Ivet Vilchiz .... Secretaria
Brenda Avila .... Sor Belén
Carlos Ramírez Gutiérrez .... Dr. Ramos
Cuco Sánchez .... Don Cuco
Daniel Salazar .... Mayordomo
Dolores Salomon "Bodoquito".... Tula
Fabrizio Mercini .... Luis
Fernando Santos .... Lic. Marcos
Gabriela Aponte .... Benita
Gabriela del Valle .... Zoila
Gabriela Salomón .... Petra
Genoveva Moreno .... Zenaida
Genoveva Pérez .... Eufraria
Gustavo Aguilar "Manotas" .... Anuar
Horacio Vera .... Ciriaco
Irma Torres .... Altagracia
Isadora González .... Tania
Jaime Puga .... Lino
Jesús Lara .... Tomás
Jesús Moreno .... Teófilo
Jorge Iván .... Nicolás
José A. Coro .... Lic. Díaz Mirón
José Luis Rojas .... Eleno
Juan Rios .... Claudio
Lorena Martínez .... Sor Lucila
Marcela López Correa .... La Juez
Marco Uriel .... Emiliano
María Morena .... Doris
Mauricio Ruby .... Facundo
Melva Luna .... Epifania
Odin Dupeiron .... Gabino
Oliver Alexander .... Gelario
Paola Flores .... Tomasa
Roberto Ruy .... Ofelio
Ursula Murayama .... Jacinta
Writing credits
Delia Fiallo (original story)
Georgina Tinoco (adaptation)
Dolores Ortega (adaptation)
Lúz Orlin (adaptation)
Song: Esmeralda
Singing: Javier Rodríguez
Song: Llenando de Amor
Singing: Javier Rodríguez
Original music
José Antonio "Potro" Farias
Production manager
Aaron Gutierrez
Hugo Mayo
Production co-ordinator
Leticia Diaz
Cinematography by
Jesús Najera
Directed by
Beatriz Sheridan
Produced by
Salvador Mejía
Nathalie Lartilleux (associated producer)
Maricarmen Marcos (associated producer)
Televisa
Trivia
"Esmeralda" is a remake of:
1 version: telenovela "Esmeralda" (Venezuela, 1972) with Lupita Ferrer and José Bardina (Juan Pablo).
2 version: telenovela "Topacio" (Venezuela, Venevision, 1984) with Grecia Colmenares (Leticia Calderón), Víctor Cámara ( Fernando Colunga ), Jeannette Rodriguez
(Nora Salinas) and Pedro Lander (Alejandro Ruiz).
"The best telenovela of the year", TVyNovelas award, 1998.
There is a Brazilian version of "Esmeralda" also called "Esmeralda" with Bianca Castanho (Leticia Calderón) and Claudio Lins ( Fernando Colunga ), of 2004 by S.B.T.
Once upon a rainy night, two babies are born, each awaiting the embrace of a loving family. But the obsessive desire for a male heir and a trick of destiny causes their lives to change. The boy who was born in a miserable shack opens his eyes to the opulence of a mansion; and the beautiful little girl who was born to a silken crib takes her first steps inside the corrugated walls of poverty. The price of silence for theis terrible secret are several valuable emeralds, and the little girl was named after them: Esmeralda. She was born blind, but the goodness of her heart gives her all the light she needs to be happy. Many years later, she and José Armando will meet and fall in love. But the secrets of the past are about to come out....
