El Privilegio de Amar

El Privilegio de Amar
GenreTelenovela
Created byLiliana Abud
Based onCristal
by Delia Fiallo
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Theme music composerJorge Avendaño
Opening theme"El privilegio de amar"
by Mijares & Lucero
Country of originMexico
Original languageSpanish
No. of episodes155
Production
Executive producerCarla Estrada
ProducerArturo Lorca
Production locations
Cinematography
  • Alejandro Frutos
  • Jesús Acuña Lee
Editors
  • Juan Franco
  • Luis Horacio Valdés
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time41-44 minutes
Production companyTelevisa
Original release
NetworkCanal de las Estrellas
ReleaseJuly 27, 1998 (1998-07-27) –
February 26, 1999 (1999-02-26)
Related
Triunfo del amor
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El privilegio de amar (Literal English translation: The Privilege to Love, International English title: The Right to Love) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa.[1] It aired on Canal de las Estrellas from July 27, 1998 to February 26, 1999. El privilegio de amar is a remake of the 1985 Venezuelan telenovela Cristal.[2] El privilegio de amar is the highest-rated television program in Mexico to date;[3] it registered an average of 34.8 percent of TV audience.[4] The telenovela received the TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela in 1999.

The telenovela tells the story of Luciana, a fashion designer who begins searching for the daughter she abandoned years earlier, unaware that the girl is none other than Cristina, a model in Luciana's fashion house who has fallen in love with her stepson.

It stars Adela Noriega, Helena Rojo, Andrés García, Enrique Rocha, René Strickler, Cynthia Klitbo, Nuria Bages and César Évora.

  1. ^ "El Privilegio de Amar" (in Spanish). alma-latina.net. Archived from the original on September 4, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  2. ^ "'Nueve' comienza a tomar forma: estrenará el remake de 'Cristal' el próximo lunes" (in Spanish). Vanitatis.com. 2013-01-18. Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
  3. ^ "¿Cómo se mide el raiting en México?". Reporteroshoy.mx (in Spanish). 2011-09-15. Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
  4. ^ "Audience history of primetime telenovelas in Mexico (1997-2007)" (PDF). IBOPE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2013-02-04.