"Secreto de amor" (2001) TV series

Directors:

Yaky Ortega
Pepe Sánchez

Writers:

Alberto Gómez (writer)
Omaira Rivero (adaptation)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

6 December 2005 (Estonia)

Cast

Scarlet Ortiz	...	María Clara Carvajal (2 episodes, 2001)
Jorge Aravena	...	Carlos Raúl Fonseca (2 episodes, 2001)
Jorge Luis Pila	...	Lizandro Serrano Zulbarán (2 episodes, 2001)
Aura Cristina Geithner	...	Barbara Serrano Zulbarán (2 episodes, 2001)
Ariel López Padilla	...	Dr. Ricardo Sandoval (2 episodes, 2001)
Carla Ortiz	...	Andrea Carvajal (2 episodes, 2001)
Astrid Carolina Herrera	...	Yesenia (2 episodes, 2001)
Yadira Santana	...	Coralia Hernández (2 episodes, 2001)
Anna Silvetti	...	Victoria Viloria (2 episodes, 2001)
Yul Bürkle	...	Braulio Viloria (2 episodes, 2001)
Humberto Rossenfeld	...	Reinaldo Viloria (2 episodes, 2001)
Lino Ferrer	...	Florencio Gordoño (2 episodes, 2001)
Reinaldo Cruz	...	Erasmo Ferrer (2 episodes, 2001)
Adriana Cataño	...	Elisa Ferrer (2 episodes, 2001)
Astrid Gruber	...	Vilma Altamirano (2 episodes, 2001)
Sandro Finoglio	...	Luciano Ibáñez (2 episodes, 2001)
Zurich Valera	...	Natalia Díaz (2 episodes, 2001)
Anette Vega	...	Luna (2 episodes, 2001)
Lisbeth Manrique	...	Lluvia (2 episodes, 2001)
Luis Masías	...	Alexander Ríos (2 episodes, 2001)
Claudia Reyes	...	Melisa Padilla (2 episodes, 2001)
Yina Vélez	...	Inés Lara (2 episodes, 2001)
Carlos Mesber	...	Alfonso (2 episodes, 2001)
Carolina Vielma	...	Pierina (2 episodes, 2001)
Diana Quijano	...	Isolda Garcia (2 episodes, 2001)
Ana Karina Casanova	...	Erika (2 episodes, 2001)
Chao	...	Ramiro (2 episodes, 2001)
Johnny Nessy	...	Larry Garcia (2 episodes, 2001)
Álvaro Ruiz		(2 episodes, 2001)

Runtime:

45 min (151 episodes)

Country:

Venezuela

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Florida, USA

Company:

Univisión Network

Soundtrack:

Secreto de Amor

Very Entertaining Telenovela

This telenovela may not rank as one of the all-time greats but it was a very entertaining and relatively fast paced novela. The writing is not the greatest and the plots are not always thought out as well as they could have been. On the positive side it had some good performances by Aura Cristina Geithner as Barbara and Astrid Gruber as Vilma and also featured Carla Ortiz as the beautiful Andrea. Also this novela had the return of Ariel Lopez Padilla to telenovelas since the scandal and this was one of his best performances. On the down side the leads played by Scarlet Ortiz and Jorge Aravenna were not as exactly a compelling couple which a telenovela should have and that may be the biggest weakness of the show. Overall the show had humor in it as well and it featured some comical moments and even the villains didn't always take themselves so seriously and in this case it worked. So overall I would say it is pretty good though not great and I would give it a "B" if I were grading it and at least it could keep you entertained for an hour.