Amigas y rivales
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| Format | telenovela |
| Created by | Emilio Larrosa |
| Written by | Alejandro Pohlenz |
| Directed by | José Ángel García |
| Starring | Michelle Vieth Angélica Vale Arath de la Torre Joana Benedek Eric del Castillo Adamari López Rodrigo Vidal Rafael Inclán Johnny Lozada Susana González |
| Opening theme | Amigas y Rivales by Kabah |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 185 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Emilio Larrosa |
| Producer(s) | Arturo Pedraza Loera |
| Editor(s) | Adrián Frutos Marco Antonio Rocha |
| Cinematography | Alfredo Tappan Luis Monroy |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Televisa |
| Original run | February 26, 2001 – November 9, 2001 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Primer amor... a mil por hora |
| Followed by | El Juego de La Vida |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Amigas y rivales (Friends and Rivals) is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 2001.
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[edit] Plot
Amigas y Rivales tells the story of four women from different social backgrounds. The first one of them is Laura, a studious, sensitive and serious girl from a middle class family; she studies data processing in a private university because she received a scholarship.
Jimena is the typical rich girl, dissipated and irresponsible, for whom sex is only another way to be entertained. Jimena is later kidnapped, although she does not realize it, she lives with Sebastian, a drug dealer who gives her drugs in exchange for her having sex with men in his home.
Ofelia is Jimena's best friend. Like Jimena, she is rich and carries a way of life of diversion and frivolous pleasures. It is not until Ofelia gets infected with HIV.
The fourth protagonist is a girl that comes from a humble background, Nayeli, who works as a maid in Jimena's home. Nayeli's dream is to be become a Hollywood actress, like her idol, Salma Hayek. This dream takes her to the United States illegally, and leads to a bad experience. Johnny Trinidad, a boxer she meets in the US, falls in love with her.
Laura's emotional feelings get divided between Beto and his father, Don Roberto de la O, who hired Laura as an instructor in how to use his firm's new computers. Don Roberto de la O becomes determined to attract Laura, who unconsciously compares him with her own father, a weak man without character.
Laura and Don Roberto de la O date for a while; their relationship ended when Laura's mother lied to Don Roberto de la O, telling him that Laura was his daughter. Later, Laura finds out that Don Roberto de la O is not her father, and finds out she is a result of a one night stand. Her parents separate. Don Roberto de la O and Laura begin dating once again but weeks later she finds out that she is not in love with him, and she is caught kissing Don Roberto's son Roberto.
When Don Roberto discovers that Laura loves his son, thanks to some deceitfulness by Roxana to keep Roberto, he suffers a stroke.
Roxana, the second wife of Don Roberto de la O, is an extremely beautiful woman, hiding an unscrupulous criminal soul under the mask of an ideal wife. Roxana secretly desired her husband's son, Roberto, which turned her into a criminal, having killed Roberto's former fiancée to have a chance of having a relationship with him. Both eventually become romantically involved, but the romance is ended when Roberto realizes how much he loves Laura, which angers Roxana.
In the end, Ofelia, after having been unwilling to continue to live on, chooses to fight for her life. Laura receives a marriage proposal from Roberto; Jimena fixes up her bad habits and Nayeli manages to carry on a successful career in acting. Roxana ends in an asylum with a disfigured face.
[edit] Cast
- Michelle Vieth as Laura González - Main heroine, middle class, in love with Beto
- Ludwika Paleta as Jimena de la O - Main heroine, rich, daughter of Don Roberto and sister of Beto, in love with Pepe
- Angélica Vale as Wendy Nayeli Pérez - Main heroine, poor, in love with Beto and Johnny , then with Ernesto
- Adamari López as Ofelia Villada - Main heroine, rich, best friend of Jimena, in love with Ulises
- Arath de la Torre as Roberto "Beto" de la O - Son of Don Roberto, brother of Jimena, in love with Roxana then with Laura
- Joana Benedek as Roxana de la O - Main Villain, wife of Don Roberto, In love with Beto
- Eric del Castillo as Don Roberto de la O - Father of Jimena and Beto, husband of Roxana, then of Sonia
- Rodrigo Vidal as Armando - Ex-Boyfriend of Jimena, In Love with Tamara
- Rafael Inclán as Manuel de la Colina - twin brother of Moncho, rich. / Moncho, Father of Nayeli,twin brother of Manuel, poor.
- Johnny Lozada as Johnny Trinidad - Boxer, in love with Nayeli
- Susana González as Angela - Best Friend of Roxana (Killed by Roxana, because she betrayed her)
- Eugenio Cobo as Pedro González - Father of Laura and Andrea
- Chela Castro as Carlota - Housekeeper in Don Roberto's house
- Alicia Fahr as Alma González - Mother of Laura and Andrea
- Irina Areu as La Güera - Wife of Moncho
- Imperio Vargas as Yolanda
- Marina Marín as Amada
- Marisol Mijares as Andrea González - Laura's sister, in love with Abelardo
- Carlos Miguel as El Chacal - Criminal, villain
- Sergio DeFassio as Chema - Moncho's friend
- Sergio Acosta as Gardenia - Boss of Moncho
- Ricardo Silva as Joaquin
- Edgar Ponce as Ricardo
- Rudy Casanova as Tony Corrales
- Ana Liz Rivera as Marilú
- Claudia Troyo as Mónica - Laura's best friend (Killed accidentally by Roxana)
- Gabriel Soto as Ulises 'el feo' - In love with Ofelia
- Luis R. Guzmán as Frank - In love with Nayeli, husband of Marilu
- Zoila Quiñones as Adelaida
- Manuela Ímaz as Tamara de la Colina - Daughter of Manuel, friend of main heroines, In love with Armando
- Ramón Valdés as Rodrigo
- Salim Rubiales as German de la Colina
- Paulo César Quevedo as Edgar
- Lorena Velázquez as Itzel de la Colina - Manuel's wife
- Alejandro Avila as Sebastián - Drug diller, villain (killed by Georgina)
- Benjamín Rivero as Lalo Bonavides
- René Strickler as Carlos Torreblanca - Jimena's psychologist, in love with Jimena
- Felicia Mercado as Sonia Torreblanca - Mother of Carlos, wife of Don Roberto
- Martha Julia as Margarita - Friend of Carlos
- Maki as Alejandra - Girlfriend of Roberto (Killed by Roxana)
- Shirley as Julieta
- Claudio Sorel as Lorenzo - Father of Angela
- Luis Couturier as Emilio Larrosa - Nayeli's manager
- Elias Chiprout as Luis - Tamara's boyfriend
- Damián Mendiola as Abelardo - Boyfriend of Andrea
- Mayrín Villanueva as Georgina - Ex-friend of Sebastian and Roxana, friend of Laura, Jimena, Nayeli, Ofelia and others.
- Ernesto Laguardia as Himself - In love with Nayeli
- Alejandro de la Madrid as Rolando
- Silvia Suárez as Mother of Luis
- Miguel Palmer as Alberto
- Nailea Norvind as Paula - Ex-girlfriend of Ernesto Laguardia
- Eduardo Santamarina as Jose "Pepe" Alcantara - In love with Jimena
- Maricruz Nájera as Mother of Pepe
- Rosángela Balbó as Mother of Paula
- Arsenio Campos as Padre Tomás - Father of Roxana
- Elizabeth Álvarez as Rocio
[edit] Track listing
- "Amigas y Rivales" Kabah (band) (Anaya, Maria Jose Loyola; Knupegelmacher, Kaniela Magun; Tapia, Hector Fernando Quijano; Tapia, Janine Patricia Quijano)
- "Entre Amigas" Jackson, Amaury, Lopez (Jackson, Amaury Lopez; Johnny Lozada)
- "Vuelvo a Intentar" Angélica Vale (Hartman, Angelica Maria Vale)
- "No Sabes Cuanto" Alex Sirvent (Barton, Alejandro Sirvent)
- "Amigales y Rivales" Alex Sirvent (Barton, Alejandro Sirvent; Ruelas, Raul Cortes)
- "Que Paso" Johnny Lozada (Correa, Johnny Loazada)
- "Vuelvo a Intentar (Versión Merengue)" Angélica Vale (Hartman, Angelica Maria Vale; Luis Reynoso Gongora)
- "Ellas" Sirvent Barton (Barton, Alejandro Sirvent)
- "Amigas y Rivales" Angélica Vale (Hartman, Angelica Maria Vale; Luis Reynoso Gongora)
- "Al Ataque Feo" Gabriel Soto (Barton, Alejandro Sirvent)
