La Madrastra (2005 TV series)

La Madrastra
GenreTelenovela
Created byArturo Moya Grau
Written byLiliana Abud(adaptation)
Directed byRafael Banquells
Eric Morales
Jorge Edgar Ramírez
StarringVictoria Ruffo
César Évora
Eduardo Capetillo
Jacqueline Andere
Ana Martín
Cecilia Gabriela
Martha Julia
Guillermo García Cantú
René Casados
Sabine Moussier
Opening theme"Víveme" performed by Laura Pausini
ComposerJorge Avendaño Lührs
Country of originMexico
Original languageSpanish
No. of episodes120
+ 1 after-finale special
Production
Executive producerSalvador Mejía Alejandre
Production locationsMexico City, Mexico
CinematographyLino Adrián Gama Esquinca
Jesús Nájera Saro
EditorsMarco Antonio Rocha
Pablo Peralta
Running time41-44 minutes
Production companyTelevisa
Original release
NetworkCanal de las Estrellas
ReleaseFebruary 7 (2005-02-07) –
July 29, 2005 (2005-07-29)
Related
La Madrastra (1981)
Vivir un poco (1985–1986)
Para toda la vida (1996)
Forever (1996)
¿Quién mató a Patricia Soler? (2014)
The Stepmom
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La Madrastra (English: The Stepmother)[1] is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from Monday, February 7, 2005, through Friday, July 29, 2005. The program became an unexpected success, garnering ratings in excess of 30 points.[2] Starring Victoria Ruffo and César Évora, who last appeared together in 2000's Abrázame muy fuerte, along with Eduardo Capetillo, Jacqueline Andere, Ana Martín, Cecilia Gabriela, Martha Julia, Guillermo García Cantú, René Casados and Sabine Moussier, La madrastra tells the story of María, a woman who lost twenty years of her life after being falsely accused of murder and who returns to Mexico to exact revenge on her husband and friends who abandoned her and to see her beloved children once more.

La Madrastra is fourth in a series of remakes of the 1981 Chilean production of the same name. The program aired five nights a week, Monday through Friday, at 9 pm for 25 weeks. A follow-up special, La madrastra: años después, aired shortly after the finale on Saturday, July 30, 2005.

From June 15 to August 21, 2015 Canal de las Estrellas broadcast reruns 12:00 replacing Rubí with Hasta que el dinero nos separe replacing it on August 24.

  1. ^ "The Stepmother". televisainternacional.
  2. ^ La Opinión, 19 June 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2010. Archived 2 December 2012 at archive.today