Dona de Saint Michel is an owner of one of the biggest textile enterprises of Mexico. She is undecided: in hands of which of her two grandsons to leave the business management. Pierre is a promising doctor and Luciano is a playboy who neglects his studies and loves good life. She would prefer to choose Luicano to turn him in a responsible person, but Pierre doesn't agree; he is neurotic and bitter. Pierre plots against Luciano and he is helped by a manager of the enterprise, Wagner, and by unscrupulous doctor of Cecile de St. Michel, Doctor Servin. When Pierre discovers that he is an illegitimate grandson and is able to loose the inheritance, his plots become more dangerous. Vanessa Reyes de Saint Germain is a beautiful girl, very humble but ambitious and she binds to Pierre and Luciano. Pierre uses her to entertain himself and when she gets pregnant, he abandons her, but Luciano loves her sincerely and marries her. But Pierre's shadow remains between them and they are going to divorce. Then, in a violent struggle between Pierre and Luciano, Vanessa will be killed.
Lucía Méndez .... Vanessa Héctor Bonilla .... Luciano Rogelio Guerra .... Pierre Angélica Aragón .... Luisa Nuria Bages .... Jane
Antonio Brillas .... José de Jesus
Aurora Clavell .... Rosa Isabela Corona .... Dona Cecile de St. Michel Carlos Cámara .... Dr. Servin Alma Delfina .... Lolita
Pedro Juan Figueroa .... Wagner
Virginia Gutiérrez .... Magda
Fernando Larranga .... Dr.Fuentes Antonio Medellín .... Guillermo
Flor Procuna .... Martha
Adriana Roel .... Amelia
Abraham Stavans .... Nicolás
Sylvia Suárez .... Armida Alejandro Camacho .... Juan
Rosalía Valdéz .... Irma
Maricarmen Martínez .... Cristina
Ana Silvia Garza .... Elsa
Patricia Ancira .... Ana
Roxana Saucedo .... Flavia
Mirrah Saavedra .... Rita
Mariana Gaja .... Vanessa's daughter
Miguel Cane .... Pierre (age 7)
Christopher Lago .... Luciano (age 7)
Emilio Gaete .... Mauricio Subercaseaux
Writing credits
Antonio Texeira Filho (original story)
Luis Reyes de la Maza (adaptation)
Theme song
Written and performed by Bebu Silvetti
Cinematography by
Manuel Ruiz Esparza
Directed by Raúl Araiza Jr.
Herval Rossano (scenes in Chile)
Manolo Gaarcia
Produced by
Valentín Pimstein
Televisa
Trivia
"Vanessa" is a remake of the successful Brazilian telenovela "Idolo de pano" (Rede Globo, 1975) with Tony Ramos, Denis Derkian and Elaine Cristina.
There is another Brazilian version: "Sonho meu" (Rede Globo, 1993) with Carolina Pavarelli and Nivea Maria.
Ojalá hubiera algún lector que me pudiera decir cuál es el final de esta historia en su versión original (la brasileña), pues en la versión mexicana, al final se tuvo que morir la protagonista porque Lucía Méndez dejó la producción justo en el capítulo final.
Tormenta en el Paraíso
In the year 1519, the Mayan priest Ahzac discovers that his daughter, Ixmy, has given herself to the love of a white man; she was destined to be sacrificed as a gift to the gods along with some gifts made of gold and with a black pearl of similar size. The maiden, having avoided her fate, invokes Ahzac's fury, who then invokes a curse upon the black pearl, saying, " Whoever has this pearl in their possession will never be able to know what happiness is!"
Rostro de Analía, El
Mariana Montiel is a young and beautiful executive at the head of
ANGEL'S, the executive airline founded by her father. She has been
skilled and very shrewd in business, though her personal life is a
completely different story as she has not known how to protect the
thing she most cares about: her own marriage.
