"Madrastra, La" (2005)TV series

Director:

Édgar Ramírez

Writer:

Julián Aguilar (adaptation)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

21 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

A terrible tragedy puts an end to a group of friends' pleasure voyage. Maria hears a gunshot, and finds her friend Patricia dead...

Plot Keywords:

Jail | Lies | Murder | Secret

Cast

Victoria Ruffo	...	María Fernández Acuña (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
César Évora	...	Esteban San Román (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Eduardo Capetillo	...	Leonel Ibáñez (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Ana Martín	...	Socorro de Montes (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Cecilia Gabriela	...	Daniela Rivero (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Guillermo García Cantú	...	Demetrio Rivero (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
René Casados	...	Bruno Mendízabal (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Margarita Isabel	...	Carmela San Román (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Sabine Moussier	...	Fabiola Mendízabal (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Patricia Reyes Spíndola	...	Venturina García (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Joaquín Cordero	...	Padre Belisario (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Mauricio Aspe	...	Héctor San Román (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Ana Layevska	...	Estrella San Román (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Miguel Ángel Biaggio	...	Ángel San Román (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Mariana Ríos	...	Lupita Montes (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
José Luis Reséndez	...	Greco Montes (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Ximena Herrera	...	Alma Muñoz / ... (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Arturo García Tenorio	...	Leonardo Montes 'DaVinci' (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Carlos Bonavides	...	Rufino Sánchez "Pulpo" (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Alejandro Ruiz	...	Dr. Alejandro Ruiz (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
Jacqueline Andere	...	Alba San Román (2 episodes, 2005)
Martha Julia	...	Ana Rosa Márquez (2 episodes, 2005)
Lorenzo de Rodas	...	Servando Maldonado (2 episodes, 2005)
Michelle Vieth	...	Vivian Saussa (2 episodes, 2005)
Sergio Mayer	...	Carlos Sánchez (2 episodes, 2005)
Marcial Casale	...	Mañas (2 episodes, 2005)
Liza Willert	...	Rebeca Robles (2 episodes, 2005)
Mario Casillas	...	Dr. René Ruben (2 episodes, 2005)
Mariana Karr	...	Carcelera (2 episodes, 2005)
Archie Lafranco	...	Luciano Cerezuela (2 episodes, 2005)
Marcelo Buquet	...	Gerardo Salgado (2 episodes, 2005)
Diana Golden	...	Patricia Ibáñez (2 episodes, 2005)
Montserrat Olivier	...	Patricia Ibáñez (2 episodes, 2005)
Óscar Morelli	...	Director de Cárcel (2 episodes, 2005)
Rubén Morales	...	Detective Figueroa (2 episodes, 2005)
Rocío Cárdenas	...	Angélica Espino (2 episodes, 2005)
Pilar Pellicer	...	Sonia (2 episodes, 2005)
Sergio Catalán	...	Flavio Marinelli (2 episodes, 2005)
Germán Gutiérrez	...	Dr. Huerta (2 episodes, 2005)
Daniel Berlanga	...	Friend of Héctor and Estrella (2 episodes, 2005)
Sergio Jurado	...	Investigator Muñoz (2 episodes, 2005)
Irma Serrano	...	La Duquesa de Walterrama y San Calixto (2 episodes, 2005)
Alfredo Adame	...	Presentador (2 episodes, 2005)
Juan Ignacio Aranda	...	Juez de Aruba (2 episodes, 2005)
Alberto Chávez	...	Arnoldo (2 episodes, 2005)
Miguel Ángel Fuentes	...	Fausto (2 episodes, 2005)
Stephanie Gerard	...	Maggie (2 episodes, 2005)
Dioni González	...	Reportera (2 episodes, 2005)
Santiago Hernández	...	El Pulgarcito (2 episodes, 2005)
Manuel Medina	...	El Cadenas (2 episodes, 2005)
Lourdes Munguía	...	Lourdes (2 episodes, 2005)
Arturo Muñoz	...	El Panteón (2 episodes, 2005)
Andrés Márquez	...	El Panzas (2 episodes, 2005)
Frances Ondiviela	...	Frances (2 episodes, 2005)
Jorge Orduña	...	Joel (2 episodes, 2005)
Vicky Palacios	...	Vicky (2 episodes, 2005)
Laura Pausini	...	Herself (2 episodes, 2005)
Joustein Roustand	...	El Huesos (2 episodes, 2005)
Alberto Salaberry	...	Benjamín (2 episodes, 2005)
Raúl Sebastián	...	El Greñas (2 episodes, 2005)
Ricardo Vera	...	Oncólogo (2 episodes, 2005)
María Luisa Alcalá	...	Fanny (2 episodes, 2005)
Irma Berlanga		(2 episodes, 2005)
Paola Cano		(2 episodes, 2005)
Alejandra de la Reguera		(2 episodes, 2005)
Susana Diazayas		(2 episodes, 2005)
Evelyn Nieto	...	Flor (2 episodes, 2005)
Pablo Osuna		(2 episodes, 2005)
Claudia Platt		(2 episodes, 2005)
Mauricio Sauret		(2 episodes, 2005)
Gloria Solache		(2 episodes, 2005)
Sofia Tejeda		(2 episodes, 2005)
Ángeles Yáñez		(2 episodes, 2005)

Runtime:

Mexico:60 min (120 episodes) (including commercials) | Mexico:120 min (episode 1.121) (including commercials)

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Mexico:B

Company:

Televisa S.A. de C.V.

Movie Connections:

Remake of "Forever" (1996)

Soundtrack:

Víveme

It's actually a very bad soap opera (mala mala)

I watch at least one Mexican soap opera every year. This time I decided to see "La Madrastra" because it had a good cast (specially Jaqueline Andere, Cesar Evora and Ana Martin) and the plot seemed attractive. But ... what a disappointment!!! At the beginning, the story pretends to be somehow clever, but very very soon everything starts to fall short and it becomes too simplistic and ridiculous. After the first ten episodes I decided to watch it only once a week, but believe me, even that proved to be too much!! ... the same people are always having the same conversations and most of the characters have no credibility. If you know a little about Latin society/family you'd soon realize how poorly it's been adapted. Besides, the comedic characters are really stupid and unnecessary. I have to warn everybody: Try not to waste your time with this one!