Pecados Ajenos

Pecados Ajenos
From left to right: Manuel, Inés, Natalia, Adrián, Elena and Rogelio
Format	Romance - Action, Comedy-drama, Telenovela, Black humor
Created by	Eric Vonn
Developed by	Telemundo Studios, Miami
Directed by	David Posada Danny Gavidia
Starring	Lorena Rojas Mauricio Islas Catherine Siachoque Sonya Smith
Theme music composer	Alberto Slezynger Pablo Cáceres Lalo Paredes Bolarte
Opening theme	"Dibujemos un Mundo" Performed by Cristal Marie and Jencarlos Canela
Ending theme	"Sin ti, no se" Performed by Lorena Rojas
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	167
Production
Executive producer(s)	Aurelio Valcárcel Carrol
Producer(s)	Martha Godoy
Location(s)	Miami, Florida
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	42 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Telemundo
Picture format	SDTV, 480i
Audio format	Stereophonic sound
Original run	October 8, 2007 – June 13, 2008
Chronology
Preceded by	Dame Chocolate
Followed by	Sin Senos no hay Paraíso
External links
Website

Pecados Ajenos (The Sins of Others) is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo. This limited-run series was shot in Florida by Telemundo Studios, Miami. It is also known as A Chance to Love

Pecados Ajenos replaced Amor Mio in Telemundo's 10 p.m. (ET/PT) time slot on October 8, 2007. Lorena Rojas and Mauricio Islas were paired together for the first time in this saga of love, marriage, betrayal, parenthood, friendship and passion.

Show was launched for example in Poland on Puls TV and in Romania on Acasa TV. In Georgia, channel Rustavi 2 broadcasted the novel.

Screenwriter Eric Vonn penned this urban melodrama set in West Palm Beach and Pompano Beach. It features star-crossed lovers who fall in love at the worst possible moment. As with most of its telenovelas, the network broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3. Many scenes were shot on location in Virginia Key.

Story Synopsis

Natalia and Adrián are strangers who live in different cities but discover in an instant that they belong together. They were both married for over twenty years, and each has two beautiful young children. Their lives are quite similar—and both are unhappy and frustrated. Destiny brings the two together when they are each on the verge of divorce.

When the pair falls madly in love, they face opposition from Elena, Adrián's hysterical, paranoid and resentful wife, Rogelio, Natalia's alcoholic husband who humiliates her, and Inés, who envies and hates Natalia while pretending to be her friend. Meanwhile Ágata, Natalia's despotic mother-in-law, terrorizes the heroine's life and has stripped her of the fortune which she inherited from her parents. Ágata teams up with Manuel, a treacherous and ambitious villain, to plot Natalia's worst tragedy: separating her from her most beloved treasure, her children.

Natalia and Adrián search for love, companionship and fulfillment on a road full of bitterness, disappointment and misunderstanding. Their story is closely related to that of their respective children. They must find love amid family conflict, jealousy and betrayal. In the end we discover it was all a dream by Natalia while in a two year coma, and that everything is about to happen as she dreamt it.

Cast

Main Cast in Order of Appearance

Actor	Character	Known as[citation needed]
Lorena Rojas	Natalia Ruiz	main heroine, in love with Adrian, mother of Luis and Gloria
Mauricio Islas	Adrián Torres	main hero, in love with Natalia, father of Freddy
Catherine Siachoque	Inés Vallejo	villain, "frienemy" of Natalia
Sonya Smith	Elena Sandoval	villain, wife/ex-wife of Adrián, mother of Denisse and Freddy
Ariel López Padilla	Rogelio Mercenario	villain, husband/ex-husband of Natalia, father of Denisse, Luis, & Gloria
Sebastián Ligarde	Manuel	accomplice of Ágata and Inés, villain
Lupita Ferrer	Ágata Mercenario	mother of Rogelio, villain
Daniel Lugo	Marcelo Mercenario	Agata's ex-husband & Rogelio's father, villain
Maritza Rodríguez	Karen Vallejo	Inés's sister, mother of Charlie
Héctor Soberón	Gary Mendoza	friend of Adrián, husband of Ines
Alicia Plaza	Mónica Rojas	Best friend of Natalia, in love with Saul
Carlos Camacho	Saúl Farrera	Best friend and business partner of Adrián, Rossy's husband
Chela Arias	Raquel Sandoval	mother of Elena
Raúl Izaguirre	Eduardo Larios	father of Ricardo, husband of Marisela, lawyer
Evelin Santos	Gasparina Godoy	police inspector
Mildred Quiroz	Laura Aguilar	mother of María
Roberto Huicochea	Anselmo Aguilar	father of María, villain
Hannah Zea	Rossy	Monica's and Antonio's daughter, wife of Saul
Andrés García Jr.	Javier Alfaro	Elsa's father, lawyer
Arianna Coltellacci	Chabela	nosy friend of Mónica and Natalia
Mayte Vilán	Marisela Bracamontes	mother of Ricardo, co-worker of Adrian
Adela Romero	Melinda	(EX-)housekeeper in Ágata's house
Nury Flores	Lolita	housekeeper in Anselmo's house
Raúl Durán	Benito Alejo Gamboa Moctesuma	ex-husband of Melinda, father of Ramón, villain
Mariana Torres	Denisse Torres	daughter of Rogelio and Elena, in love with Charlie
Sofía Stamatiades	Gloria Mercenario	daughter of Natalia and Rogelio, in love with Alfredo, villain, later good
Jencarlos Canela	Alfredo "Freddy" Torres	son of Adrián and Elena, in love with Gloria
Alonso Espeleta	Luís Mercenario	gay son of Natalia and Rogelio, in love with Hector
Pablo Portillo	Héctor Acecas	gay, boyfriend of Luís
Roberto Plantier	Charlie Vallejo	son of Karen, in love with Denisse
Eduardo Cuervo	Ricardo "Ricky" Larios	boyfriend/ex-husband of Denisse, villain
Julio Ocampo	Ramón Gamboa	Son of Melinda and Benito, villain
Giovanna del Portillo	Daniela	In love with Luís
Tali Duclaud	Elsa Alfaro	friend of Gloria, daughter of Javier
Ximena Duque	María Aguilar	daughter of Anselmo and Lura, in love with Alfredo

Secondary Cast in Order of Appearance

Actor	Character	Known as
Natalie Correa	Lucia
Rudy Pavón	Jaime	Ricardo's friend
Daniela Vildosola	Angelica Acecas	Héctor's mother
Ramiro Terán	Fernando Acecas	Héctor's father
Claudia Arroyave	Nidia	(ex-)secretary in Adrián's company, villain
Carlos Farach	Roberto	assistant in Rogelio's company
Julio Arredondo	Dr. Martínez	Elena's doctor
Eric Santa		Luís's and Héctor's classmate
Lorenzo Gómez		Luís's and Héctor's classmate
Fabio Melanito		Luís's and Héctor's classmate
Daniel René	Tony	Luís's and Héctor's classmate
Enrique Herrera	Horacio	Anselmo's lawyer
Rodolfo Castera		police officer
Ivee Colón	Teresa	Ramón's girlfriend
Lorenzo Duarte		Luis's and Hector's classmate
Carlos Garin	Norberto	Anselmo's doctor, his accomplice
Andrés Mistage	Jeremy
Nelson Steegers	Danny	Friend of Diego and Charlie
Cristina Figarola	Lisa Fuentes
Iván Hernández		Elena's detective
Luís Rivas	Diego	Charlie's best friend
Carlos Pítela	Padre Julián	Natalia's Priest
Jorge Hernández		Lawyer of Ines
Xavier Coronel	Marcos Reyes	Mónica's ex-boyfriend
Giselle Duque	Doris	workwoman in Polo's club, friend of Inés
Ramón Morell	Dr. Solovich	Ágata's lawyer
Katherine Fuenmayor	Jenny
Cristian Carabias	Tito	Mónica's young ex-boyfriend
José del Río	Mr. Moore	Director of "Polo" club
Ivan Rodriguez Naranjo	Dr. Beltrán	Ágata's accomplice doctor
Guadalupe Hernández	Esteban	Friend of Anselmo
Jorge Laraburre	Johny
Steve Roth	Antonio Sandoval	Monica's ex-husband, father of Rossie and Elena
Alejandro Orendain	Dr. Dorantes	Gary's lawyer
Salim Rubiales	Alejandro	Rossy's (ex-)husband, villain
Marcos Miranda	Jimenez	Lawyer of Ines
Luis Celeiro	Velázquez
Alexandro Danko	Oscar
Nelson Tallaferro	Pedro	police officer
Esteban Villareal	Dr. Salvatierra	Adrain's lawyer
Sandra Eichler	Tina	prison guard, Ines's lover, villain
Diana López Henao	Dalia	Prisoner, Tina's Acomplice
Riczabeth Sobalvarro	Dora	Natalia's and Ines's jailmate, villain
Diana Franco	Lola	Natalia's jailmate and friend
Gabriel Traversari	Rolando Ortega	Hector's boss and lover
Jaime Pavón	Luciano Melendez	Agata's man, villain
Nelsón Díaz	Eleazar Aguilar	Anselmo's brother
Juan Jiménez	Maximiliano Aranda	Luis's new lover by Agata, villain
Alcira Gil	Amanda	Alejandro's mother, villain
Leandro Fernández		Prisoner
Geovanni Gopradi	Artuto	Gloria's Lover
Estella Maris Ortiz
Verónica Doza
Andrés Mejia
Rafael Caraballo
Urania Ganas
Isaniel Rojas
Duvier Puviones
Oscar Jaramillo
Eduardo Prado
José Segmini
Diego Andaluza
Carlos Xavier Bello
Claudia González
José Luís Tovar
Alejandra Ochoa
Carlos Tinoco
Frank Guzmán
Guillermo Clepch
Fernando Pelegrín
Liliana Dodge
Luís Sosa
Tessy Castilla
Gerardo Mendicoa
David Hass

Crew

Occupation	Person
Original by:	Eric Vonn
Art Director / Set Design:	Oscar Cortes
Production Designer:	José Carlos Del Pino
Costume Design:	Fiorella Garibaldi
Makeup Artist:	Shirley Nashiro
Casting:	Gustavo Puerta Serrano
Locations:	Lili Hurtado
Studio Production	Janette Gómez
Exterior Production	Félix Fariñas
Scripts:	Adriana Salas José Oquendo
Musical Director:	Alberto Slezynger
Music by:	Alberto Slezynger Pablo Cáceres Lalo Paredes Bolarte
Theme song:	Dibujemos Un Mundo
First Version Performed by:	Jencarlos Canela Cristal Marie
Second Version Interpreter:	Jencarlos Canela
Director Assistants:	Alejandra Parra Santiago Viteri Aimee Godinez
Studio Lighting:	Ignacio González
Exterior Lighting:	Rafael Puentes Joseph Martínez
Production Supervisor:	Mariana Iskandarani Alejandro Orendain
Edition:	Macorix Perera Hader Antivar Leonardo Perera
Sound Design:	Joaquín Fernández Shafik Palis
Director of Writers:	Roberto Stopelo
VP, Talent Strategy:	Joshua Mintz
Directed by:	Danny Gavidia David Posada
General Producer:	Martha Godoy
Executive Producer:	Aurelio Valcárcel Carrol
Technical Stuff:	Telemundo Studios Miami
Worldwide TV Distribution by:	Telemundo internacional

Release Date

• Release dates and Ratings of U.S. premiere on Telemundo.

Air Date	Number	Episode Title	Rating
08.10.2007	001	El comienzo	4.4
09.10.2007	002	Un trágico accidente	5.5
10.10.2007	003	Inevitable encuentro	4.4
11.10.2007	004	Celos enfermizos	4.2
12.10.2007	005	Siguen las alianzas	5.1
15.10.2007	006	Juegos sucios	3.7
16.10.2007	007	Una opportunidad	3.9
18.10.2007	008	Borrando huellas	4.0
19.10.2007	009	Sufrimiento de madre	3.6
22.10.2007	010	Comienza la obsesión	2.7
23.10.2007	011	Una nueva ilusión	3.6
24.10.2007	012	Recomenzar	2.9
25.10.2007	013	Chantajes emocionales	3.8
26.10.2007	014	Sentimientos encontrados	3.0
29.10.2007	015	Manipulación	3.0
30.10.2007	016	La guerra esta declarada	3.2
31.10.2007	017	Problemas en el paraíso	3.0
01.11.2007	018	Venganza anunciada	3.9
02.11.2007	019	Embarazo inesperado	3.6
05.11.2007	020	El dolor aumenta	3.0
06.11.2007	021	No te pienso perder	3.8
07.11.2007	022	Traicionera	3.3
08.11.2007	023	Me las vas a pagar	3.0
09.11.2007	024	Confrontaciones	N/A
12.11.2007	025	Buscando culpables	2.8
13.11.2007	026	La justicia paga	4.1
14.11.2007	027	Sorpresivo encuentro	3.9
15.11.2007	028	Peligro en el vientre	3.9
16.11.2007	029	Derecho a la felicidad	N/A
19.11.2007	030	Más veneno en el camino	3.7
20.11.2007	031	Juegos amorosos	3.9
21.11.2007	032	Noticias fatales	4.0
26.11.2007	033	A punto de caer	3.3
27.11.2007	034	Buscando una salida	3.7
28.11.2007	035	Reencuentros	3.6
29.11.2007	036	Revelaciones	3.8
30.11.2007	037	Fuertes emociones	4.2
03.12.2007	038	Vengando la honra	2.9
04.12.2007	039	En la guerra vale todo	4.1
05.12.2007	040	La quieren muerta	4.0
06.12.2007	041	Las fieras enloquecen	5.1
07.12.2007	042	Rodaran cabezas	4.5
10.12.2007	043	Planes frustrados	4.2
11.12.2007	044	Daño collateral	3.7
12.12.2007	045	Encuentros decisivos	4.6
13.12.2007	046	Un plan macabro'	4.9
14.12.2007	047	Ambición sin límite	4.2
17.12.2007	048	Sin pecado concevido	4.2
18.12.2007	049	Sufrimiento y traición	N/A
19.12.2007	050	Ajuste de cuentas	N/A
20.12.2007	051	Advertencia tardía	N/A
21.12.2007	052	Entre la vida y la muerte	N/A
26.12.2007	053	La pesadilla apenas comienza	N/A
27.12.2007	054	Fuera de control	N/A
28.12.2007	055	Venganza al acecho	N/A
02.01.2008	056	El sacrificio de una hija	4.1
03.01.2008	057	La visita	4.7
04.01.2008	058	El peso del pasado	4.9
07.01.2008	059	Recuperar lo perdido	5.0
08.01.2008	060	Un nuevo enemigo	4.7
09.01.2008	061	Lagrimas de cocodrilo	4.3
11.01.2008	062	Una abuela de cuidado	5.4
14.01.2008	063	¡No me divorcio!	5.3
15.01.2008	064	Preguntas incomodas	5.3
16.01.2008	065	Víbora escurridiza	5.4
18.01.2008	066	Loba herida	5.0
21.01.2008	067	Condiciones	4.4
22.01.2008	068	Veneno effectivo	4.9
23.01.2008	069	Trampa de Amor	5.1
24.01.2008	070	Guerra declarada	5.1
25.01.2008	071	Enredos maliciosos	4.9
29.01.2008	072	Visita inesperada	4.6
30.01.2008	073	Palabras de desconfianza	4.8
31.01.2008	074	Entre la espalda y la pared	4.1
01.02.2008	075	Dolor de madre	4.7
04.02.2008	076	Plan maléfico	4.6
05.02.2008	077	Engaños	4.5
06.02.2008	078	El que la hace, la paga	4.7
07.02.2008	079	El Testamento	4.9
08.02.2008	080	La viuda alegre	5.0
11.02.2008	081	Intrigas calculadas	5.5
12.02.2008	082	Caprichos de niña	5.3
13.02.2008	083	Conquista a la fuerza	5.1
14.02.2008	084	Descabellada situación	5.7
15.02.2008	085	Grave malentendido	5.5
18.02.2008	086	Sin Palabras	5.7
19.02.2008	087	Juegos de seducción	5.4
20.02.2008	088	Difícil decisión	5.7
21.02.2008	089	Noticia inesperada	4.6
22.02.2008	090	Seducción mortal	5.7
25.02.2008	091	Locura sin cura	5.1
26.02.2008	092	Guerra de víboras	5.7
27.02.3008	093	Dulce sorpresa	6.0
28.02.2008	094	Verdades al descubierto	6.0
29.02.2008	095	Broncas y más broncas	5.8
03.03.2008	096	Sálvese quien pueda	5.4
04.03.2008	097	Armas calientes	5.0
05.03.2008	098	Mala treta	4.9
06.03.2008	099	Pruebas engañosos	5.2
07.03.2008	100	Falsas artimañas	5.0
10.03.2008	101	Oscuro destino	5.1
11.03.2008	102	Rayo de esperanza	6.3
12.03.2008	103	El que ríe de último…	5.1
13.03.2008	104	Triste adicción	5.7
14.03.2008	105	Al son que le toquen…	4.6
17.03.2008	106	Mentiras verdaderas	5.4
18.03.2008	107	Emparejados	5.7
19.03.2008	108	Jugando con fuego	5.7
20.03.2008	109	Atrapada sin salida	5.3
21.03.2008	110	A punto de caer	5.0
24.03.2008	111	Amarga verdad	5.5
25.03.2008	112	Dulce revancha	5.5
26.03.2008	113	Desmedida ambición	5.7
27.03.2008	114	Loca de atar	5.4
28.03.2008	115	Hora decisiva	4.9
31.03.2008	116	Días contados	4.6
01.04.2008	117	Difícil de perdonar	5.5
02.04.2008	118	Garras afiladas	5.5
03.04.2008	119	Como corre la sangre	6.1
04.04.2008	120	Golpe bajo	N/A
07.04.2008	121	La misma medicina	5.5
08.04.2008	122	Desagradable sorpresa	5.8
09.04.2008	123	Peleas infieles	5.8
11.04.2008	124	Viuda al ataque	5.4
14.04.2008	125	A toda costa	6.1
15.04.2008	126	Mentiras venenosas	6.2
17.04.2008	127	Terrible desgracia	6.8
18.04.2008	128	Plan frustrado	6.2
21.04.2008	129	Celos malditos celos	6.2
22.04.2008	130	Tocando fondo	6.1
23.04.2008	131	Frente a la verdad	5.8
24.04.2008	132	Locura de amor	6.4
25.04.2008	133	Envidia venenosa	5.0
28.04.2008	134	Poción de amor	5.6
29.04.2008	135	Ajuste de Cuentas	5.5
30.04.2008	136	Revelaciones Oscuras	5.7
01.05.2008	137	Alma Negra	6.4
02.05.2008	138	Sentencia Declarada	4.8
05.05.2008	139	Noticias Valiosas	5.2
06.05.2008	140	Amenasas peligrosas	5.7
07.05.2008	141	Plan Oculto	5.1
08.05.2008	142	Amor enfermizo	6.3
09.05.2008	143	Peligro Mortal	N/A
12.05.2008	144	Locura Desmedida	5.9
13.05.2008	145	Deuda Saldada	5.8
14.05.2008	146	Lágrimas de Fuego	6.4
15.05.2008	147	Doble Venganza	6.8
16.05.2008	148	Maldad Desquiciada	5.6
19.05.2008	149	Todo se Paga	6.2
20.05.2008	150	Irónica Herencia	5.7
21.05.2008	151	Nuevas Tendencias	5.7
22.05.2008	152	¿Amor Maternal?	6.4
23.05.2008	153	Hora Final	6.6
26.05.2008	154	Odio heredado	5.1
27.05.2008	155	Amor de Hijo	5.6
28.05.2008	156	Víbora acorralada	6.3
29.05.2008	157	Locura mortal	6.6
30.05.2008	158	Recibimiento preparado	5.4
02.06.2008	159	Cielo e Infierno	6.4
03.06.2008	160	Unión esperada	7.0
05.06.2008	161	Se alborotan las fieras	5.9
06.06.2008	162	Huele a desgracia	5.7
09.06.2008	163	La loca quiere sangre	6.6
10.06.2008	164	Ángel y demonio	6.6
11.06.2008	165	Tragedia Llamada	6.5
12.06.2008	166	Dolor Compartido	7.4
13.06.2008	167	Hora Final	6.5

Broadcasters

Country	Alternate title/Translation	TV network(s)	Series premiere	Series finale	Weekly schedule	Timeslot
Bulgaria	Чужди грехове	bTV	January 18, 2008	September 16, 2008	Monday to Friday	14:30
Georgia	სხვისი ცოდვები	Rustavi 2	June 16, 2008	February 23, 2009	Monday to Friday	18:45 & 14:00
Spain	Pecados Ajenos	La Siete

Changes

When Telemundo announced this project in its 2007 upfront presentation, it was titled "El Otro Lado del Amor" ("The Other Side of Love"). The network then launched promotional teasers on July 2, 2007 calling the show "Pecados Ajenos". In addition there were multiple cast departures: Aylín Mújica as Ines Vallejo, Susana Dosamantes as Agata Mercernario, Alex Sirvent, Alfredo Torres (went to Madre Luna), Géraldine Bazán as Gloria Mercernario (took a role in Victoria) and Alejandro Chabán.

Production notes

Pecados Ajenos title card

Filming of Pecados Ajenos was scheduled to begin in July, 2007,^{[citation needed]} with the debut expected in August. On the set in Southwest Ranches, Florida, the crew worked a 12-hour day, during which they shot one and a half episodes' worth of scenes.^{[citation needed]} Locations included Davie, Wellington, Pompano Beach and Palm Beach, Florida. David Posada and Danny Gavidia directed the series.^{[citation needed]}

Product Placement

As with many telenovelas it produces in-house, Telemundo used product placement within the show. Best Buy was to appear prominently in the show, with Adrian's son Alfredo working at one of the stores, but this never aired. Also, Toyota was to sponsor a 30-second replay of an important scene at the end of seven episodes. The Pledge and Windex cleaning products did appear in various scenes, as did Walgreens. The debut episode aired commercial-free and sponsored by Kraft Foods' DiGiorno frozen pizzas.

Trivia

• This is the third of four telenovelas (Olvidarte Jamas, Acorralada, Vuélveme A Querer) which Sonya Smith and Mariana Torres star as mother and daughter.
• This is the 4th of the 4 telenovelas (Cristal, Rosangelica, Destino de Mujer) that Sonya Smith and Lupita Ferrer worked together.

External links

• Pilot trailer (Spanish w/ English subtitles)
• Telemundo teaser ad (Spanish)
• Pecados Ajenos at the Internet Movie Database