María la del Barrio
 | This article consists almost entirely of a plot summary. (January 2015) |
| María la del Barrio | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Created by | Inés Rodena |
| Written by | Carlos Romero |
| Directed by | Beatriz Sheridan |
| Starring | Thalía Fernando Colunga Irán Eory Ricardo Blume Itatí Cantoral |
| Theme music composer | Emilio Estefan Kike Santander |
| Opening theme | María la del Barrio by Thalía |
| Ending theme | María la del Barrio by Thalía |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 92 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Angelli Nesma Medina |
| Cinematography | Antonio Acevedo |
| Editor | Claudio Gonzalez |
| Running time | 30 minutes[1] |
| Production company | Televisa |
| Original release | |
| Network | Canal de las Estrellas |
| Release | August 14, 1995 – May 3, 1996 |
| Related | |
| Maria la del Barrio (Philippine Version) Los Ricos Tambien Lloran | |
María la del Barrio (Lit: Maria of the Slums / English: Humble Maria)[2] is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced and broadcast on Televisa in 1995–1996.
The series is a remake of Los Ricos También Lloran. María la del barrio is considered one of the world's most popular and successful shows ever, having been broadcast in over 180 countries.[3]
Thalía and Fernando Colunga starred as the protagonists. Itatí Cantoral starred as the main antagonist. Ludwika Paleta and Osvaldo Benavides starred as the young co-protagonists.
Plot
Chapter One
María Hernández is a young humble, uneducated dreamer, who lives with her godmother Cacilda on the outskirts of Mexico City, and works as a picker of recyclable material in a landfill. On the day that María turns 15, her godmother dies, and on her deathbed asks Father Honorio to find a place where her goddaughter can work and live. Maria is welcomed by businessman Fernando De la Vega, one of the most influential and richest man in the country. He teaches María manners and welcomes her as a family member, although his wife Victoria Carlota, one of the household's maids, despise María from the first moment.
Luis Fernando, the eldest son of the De la Vega family, was dumped by his girlfriend Brenda, and swears not to become involved emotionally with women, but only play with them. He initially engages with María for this purpose, but ends up falling in love with her. Soraya Montenegro, the boastful and proud niece of Victoria, is in love with Luis Fernando and wants to marry him. She despises María and calls her "marginal".
María is slowly gaining the friendship and confidence of the residents and employees of the mansion, including Victoria, who changes her attitude towards María, Lupe, the housekeeper, and Vladimir and Vanessa, the other children of the De la Vega family. Soraya takes advantage of a drunk Luis Fernando, takes him to bed and brings a false pregnancy test, which forced him to marry her, even though he loves María. In order to forget Luis Fernando, María starts dating Vladimir. She also starts taking etiquette classes from Dona Carol, a teacher hired especially by Don Fernando to teach María. Luis Fernando also undergoes a personality transformation: he becomes more mature and stops drinking and starts working in his father's company. He starts to suspect Soraya is not pregnant, so she brings another pregnancy test, now saying that she suffered a miscarriage.
Soraya, who goes to live in the mansion of the De la Vega's with her nanny Calixta (who has taken care of her since she was a child), constantly fights with María, and wants to kill her. Calixta, who is also a healer, helps her put poisonous weeds in María's water. María starts to get sick and sent to the hospital, where she discovers the cause of the disease. Calixta reveals to Soraya that she is her real mother; hateful, Soraya kicked her out of the mansion. Osvaldo, Soraya's lover, discovers the evil plan and threatens her; if she did not give him money, he would tell. In a violent fight, Soraya tries to kill him and ends up falling from the window of an apartment, and presumed dead.
Chapter Two
During their marriage, Luis Fernando starts to suspect that María and his brother are lovers. When Vladimir goes to the mansion to apologize to María for not having appeared at her wedding, Luis Fernando sees them embracing. This incident creates a misunderstanding, and he distances himself from and his wife. Meanwhile, the rest of the De la Vega family moves temporarily to Spain, leaving María alone in the house. She becomes pregnant and finds support and friendship in Lupe, the housekeeper. Unfortunately, during her pregnancy, she is plagued with bipolar disorder and fever. Moments before having the baby, Luis Fernando files for divorce from María, who desperately leaves the mansion. María then gives birth to her son in a hospital and names him Fernando. She is discharged with the baby and wanders mentally unbalanced in the streets with the baby in her arms. Unintentionally, she gives him to a woman by the name Agripina. Luis Fernando finds María in a mental hospital, and is told that their son died. Unsure of what to do, Luis Fernando adopts a baby girl named María de los Ángeles (Tita). María decides to search for her lost son and leaves Luis Fernando with Tita almost every day. Simultaneously, Lupe hires Penélope, her goddaughter, to take care of Tita. Penélope, however, is sly and deceitful. She falls in love with Luis Fernando and they become lovers. María eventually discovers the truth, and fires Penélope and files for a divorce from Luis Fernando. However, he apologizes to María and she accepts.
Fourteen years pass, and Fernando (Nando) now seventeen years old, works as a lottery vendor. One night, Agripina has an accident and is admitted to a hospital. In order to buy medicine for his mother, Nando is convinced by a friend to steal money from a rich house. Unknowingly, he robs the house of María and is caught by her and Luis Fernando, who arrives and points a gun at him. Nando goes on to explain that he was stealing because he needed the money to buy medicine for his mother, who is in the hospital due to an accident. Luis Fernando refuses to believe him, and takes the boy to the police station, following his arrest. María pleads with her husband to let Nando free, after which he reluctantly accepts. She later returns to the hospital and recognizes Agripina, who, on the other hand, does not remember her. She says she is very worried about Nando, so María says that she hired him to work in her house. María begins to support her son, all the while hiding the truth from him. Tita, now fifteen, thinks Nando is her mother's lover, and tries hard to find ways to "expose" them. Penélope is now married to José María Cano "Papacito", a good for nothing rascal. The two coincidentally live in the same apartment as Nando, and blackmail María that they will tell Tita that she was adopted and that Nando is her lover to everyone, if she doesn't give them money in exchange for silence. Maria is finally fed up with Tita's constant misconceptions, and reveals to her that Nando is not her lover, but her son.
After María tells Nando that he is her son, he comes to live with the De la Vega's. Luis Fernando, still unaware that he is his son, believes that María took her lover into his own home, and grabs his gun and attempts to kill him. After the bullet is released from his gun, María screams that Nando is their son. She consequently makes up with her husband and reunites Nando with his father. Penélope and José María are arrested for their crimes.
Chapter Three
Soraya fully recovers from her accident fourteen years ago and lives in the United States in Texas, married to the widower Oscar Montalbán, father of Alicia, a seventeen year old disabled girl. She murders him, and inherits all his wealth, but has to take care Alicia. Soraya returns, ready to get revenge on María and the De la Vegas. At first, she shows remorse for everything she did, trying to convince the family. She meets and seduces Nando, affects him in a bad way and incites him against his parents. Nando begins to going to the mansion of Soraya several times just to drink and serve as a sexual object. There, Nando meets Alicia and Esperanza, who advise him to stop coming and go home. María suspects that Soraya has not changed and is just using Nando. Nando finds Soraya kissing with a man called Aldo and leaves her. Soraya gets depressed and realizes that her former lover is now in love with Alicia and forbids her to see him.
In an attempt to reconcile with Nando, Soraya arranges a party and invites him. Nando goes to see Alicia and Soraya, who has a crisis of psychopathy, beats her, hits Esperanza against the wall and cuts Nando with a pair of scissors. Alicia is saved by Aldo, and Nando goes to a hospital and he is admitted. María reported Soraya but she pretend to be innocent. With the idea of revenge, Soraya finds her mother, Calixta. She, too poor and ill, lives as a beggar, and recognizes her daughter. Feel hatred towards her own mother, she pushes her and Calixta hits her head and dies. Initially, Nando is accused of the crime, but María takes the blame and is convicted and imprisoned in a women's jail, where she meets Penélope, and is being humiliated and assaulted by inmates and Rosenda, one of the prison guards. A big fire happens after Rosenda was fired for assaulting Maria. María saves Penélope but disappears in the flames. With that, everyone is told that María is dead. Penélope, after being saved by María, regrets all the wrong she has done and decides to pursue a new life after being released from jail. Days later, Dr. Daniel Ordóñez finds María wandering the streets without memory and takes her home, where she works as a nanny for his two children, but Cecilia, who is in love with Daniel, confronts María. After poisoning his daughter to blame María, Daniel throws Cecilia out of the house. After weeks working in Daniel's house, the director of the prison informs that María is alive and possibly without memory.
Nando and his father get excited and decide to seek her through the streets, but Agripina has a heart attack and they take her to the hospital, where they are reunited with María. After it was revealed that she killed Oscar Montalbán and Dr. Mejia, Soraya flees from the police, encounters María and creates a plan to kill her. She disguises herself as a nurse and tells her that she is a friend of the De la Vega family and that Tita is ill and takes her to her cabin. Esperanza and Alicia observe and contact the De la Vega family.
Final
Agripina survives. In the cabin, during a fight, Soraya pushes María who falls, hits her head and faints. Upon awaking, she remembers everything and Soraya confesses her crimes while crying, become completely crazy. Soraya throws gasoline around the cabin. The maid of Soraya reveals where she is and Luis Fernando and the police goes to the cabin. Soraya throws a match on the ground and spread fire.
Luis Fernando saves María, who tries to save Soraya, but she gets trapped between the flames and burnes to death. Two months later, Luis Fernando and María celebrate a happy new life with their children. Gracia, a friend of María from prison, is now working as a nanny of Daniel's children. Urbano and Fellipa get together. Agripina marries Veracruz. Nando marries Alicia, who undergoes surgery and is able to walk. Tita dating Aldo. María revealed she is pregnant again.
Cast
| Actor | Character | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thalía | María Hernández de de la Vega "María la del barrio" | Goddaughter of Casilda, adoptive niece of don Fernando, biological mother of Nandito, adoptive mother of Tita, in love with Luis Fernando, Luis Fernando’s wife |
| Fernando Colunga | Luis Fernando de la Vega | Son of Don Fernando and Victoria, Vladimir and Vanessa’s brother, ex-husband of Soraya, biological father of Nandito, adoptive father of Tita, in love with María, María’s husband |
| Irán Eory | Victoria de de la Vega | Wife of Don Fernando, mother of Luis Fernando, Vladimir and Vanessa, mother-in-law of María, grandmother of Nandito, adoptive grandmother of Tita |
| Ricardo Blume | Don Fernando De la Vega | Husband of Victoria, father of Luis Fernando, Vladimir and Vanessa, adoptive uncle and father-in-law of María, grandfather of Nandito, adoptive grandfather of Tita |
| Itatí Cantoral | Soraya Montenegro de de la Vega/vda. de Montalbán | Main Villain, ex-wife of Luis Fernando, Oscar's widow, stepmother of Alicia, in love with Luis Fernando (burned to death) |
| Héctor Soberón | Vladimir de la Vega | Son of Don Fernando and Victoria, brother of Luis Fernando and Vanessa, in love with María |
| Meche Barba | Lupe | Housemaid of the De la Vega's, loves María like a daughter, godmother of Penélope |
| Silvia Caos | Calixta Popoca | Villain, Soraya's nanny and biological mother, deals with black magic (killed by Soraya) |
| Aurora Molina | Casilda | Godmother of María (died from illness) |
| Pituka de Foronda | Seño Caro | Teacher of María for etiquette classes |
| Tito Guízar | Father Honorio | Friend of Casilda |
| Montserrat Gallosa | Vanessa de la Vega | Daughter of Don Fernando and Victoria, sister of Luis Fernando and Vladimir, in love with Pedro, Pedro’s wife |
| Sebastián Garza | Pedro | Son of Rufina, friend of María, in love with Vanessa, Vanessa’s husband |
| Rebeca Manríquez | Carlota | Villain later good, servant of the De la Vega's |
| Beatriz Moreno | Fellipa | Cook of the De la Vega's, in love with Urbano |
| Raúl Padilla "Chóforo" | Urbano | Servant of the De la Vega's, in love with Fellipa |
| Alejandra Procuna | Brenda Ramos del Real | Villain, ex-girlfriend of Luis Fernando |
| Yadira Santana | Rufina | Mother of Pedro, friend of María |
| Carmen Salinas | Agripina Pérez | Neighbor and friend of Antonia, veracruz and Caridad, adoptive mother of Nandito, married Veracruz |
| Juan Antonio Edwards | Dr. Rodrigo Suárez | Doctor of the De la Vega’s family |
| Jorge Cáceres | Osvaldo Treviño | Villain, lover of Soraya (goes to jail) |
| Ana Patricia Rojo | Penélope Linares | Villain later good, goddaughter of Lupe, Tita's nanny, in love with Luis Fernando, Jose Maria's wife |
| René Muñoz | El Veracruz | Neighbor and friend of Agripina, Antonia and Caridad, godfather of Nandito, married Agripina |
| Emilia Carranza | Raymunda del Castillo de Robles | Veronica's mother, Tita's biological grandmother |
| Ludwika Paleta | María de los Ángeles "Tita" de la Vega Hernández | Adoptive daughter of Luis Fernando and María, biological daughter of Clemente and Veronica, adoptive sister of Nandito, adoptive granddaughter of Don Fernando and Victoria, in love with Aldo |
| Osvaldo Benavides | Fernando "Nandito" de la Vega Hernández | Lost son of María and Luis Fernando, adoptive son of Agripina, grandson of Don Fernando and Victoria, godson of Veracruz, adoptive brother of Tita, in love with Alicia |
| Antonio Medellín | Dr. Carreras | Director of the psychiatric clinic |
| Lilia Machel | Sor Matilde | Director of the orphanage |
| Roberto Blandón | José María Cano "Papacito" | Villain, husband of Penélope (ends up in jail) |
| Jessica Jurado | Verónica Robles del Castillo de Barrena | Biological mother of "Tita", Raymunda's daughter, in love with Clemente, Clemente's wife |
| Ninón Sevilla | Caridad | Neighbour and friend of Agripina, Antonia and Veracruz |
| Claudia Ortega | Antonia | Neighbor and friend of Agripina, Caridad and Veracruz, godmother of Nandito |
| Manuel Saval | Oscar Montalbán | Father of Alicia, in love with Soraya, Soraya’s husband (killed by Soraya) |
| Ariadne Welter | Esperanza | Alicia's nanny |
| Yuliana Peniche | Alicia Montalbán Smith | Oscar's disabled daughter, stepdaughter of Soraya, in love with Nandito |
| Sebastián Ligarde | Lic. Gonzalo Dorantes | Old friend of Luis Fernando and Soraya, in love with María |
| Daniel Gaurvy | Clemente Barena | Biological father of Tita, in love with Veronica, Veronica's husband |
| Irlanda Mora | La Leona | Villain later good, prisoner and friend of Penélope |
| Patricia Martínez | Romelia Aguado | Villain later good, prisoner and friend of Penélope |
| Rocío Sobrado | Gracia Valdez | Prisoner and friend of Maria, become a nanny of Daniel's children |
| Mauricio Aspe | Aldo Armenteros | Son of Abelardo, ex-lover of Soraya, in love with Tita |
| María Prado | Rosenda | Villain, prison officer, hates María (fired for abusing Gracia) |
Extended cast
| Actor | Character | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enrique Lizalde | Abelardo Armenteros | Lawyer of Soraya, father of Aldo |
| Ricardo Vera | Dr. Camilo Mejia | Villain, accomplice of Soraya, help faked her death (killed by Soraya) |
| Ariel López Padilla | Dr. Daniel Ordóñez | Perlita’s and Carlito’s father, saved María when she suffered from annemasse, in love with her |
| Frances Ondiviela | Cecilia | Villain, hates María, in love with Daniel (thrown out from Daniel's house) |
| Esteban Moldovan | Carlitos Ordoñez | Son of Daniel, brother of Perlita |
| Natasha Dupeyrón | Perlita Ordóñez | Daughter of Daniel, sister of Carlitos |
Awards
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Telenovela | María la del Barrio | Nominated |
| Best Female Villain | Itatí Cantoral | Won | ||
| Best First Actress | Irán Eory | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Carmen Salinas | Nominated | ||
| Best Young Actress | Ludwika Paleta | Won | ||
| Best Young Actor | Osvaldo Benavides | Won | ||
| Best Song for a Telenovela | Thalía | Nominated |
International release
- Note : Only countries with data are provided.
| Country | TV Channels | Local title |
|---|---|---|
 Angola |
ZAP Soaps | María la del barrio |
 Albania |
Vizion Plus | María |
 Argentina |
Telefe El Trece Magazine TV Telesudamérica (27/5/2013 a 27/8/2013) |
María la del barrio |
 Armenia |
Shant TV | Մարիա թաղամաս |
 Azerbaijan |
Ictimai Television | Məryəm qonşuluq |
 Venezuela |
Venevisión Televen |
María la del barrio |
 Vietnam |
VTV | Khu phố Maria |
 Bolivia |
Bolivision | Maria la del barrio |
 Bulgaria |
BTV | Мария квартал |
 Brazil |
SBT | Maria do Bairro |
 France |
GTV | Maria la del Barrio |
 Germany |
TLC ZDF |
Maria Nachbarschaft |
 Georgia |
Rustavi2 | მარია სამეზობლოში |
 Ghana |
TV3 Ghana | Maria |
 Dominican Republic |
Telemicro | María la del Barrio |
 Greece |
ΣΚΑΪ Alpha Alter E TV |
Μαρία της γειτονιάς |
 Estonia |
TV3 | Maria |
 United States |
Univisiοn Galavisiοn TeleFutura |
Maria la del barrio |
 Indonesia |
SCTV | Maria Cinta Yang Hilang |
 Ecuador |
Canal Uno Gama TV TC Televisión |
María la del barrio |
 Spain |
TVE 1 | Maria la del Barrio |
 Israel |
VIVA | מריה מריה |
 Italy |
Lady Channel | Maria |
 Cambodia |
CTN | Maria la del barrio |
 Canada |
Global TV | Maria |
 China |
CCTV-8 | 玛丽亚附近 |
 Colombia |
Canal Uno Canal Capital Inravisión Jorge Barón Televisión |
María la del barrio |
 Cyprus |
Sigma Antenna Cyprus |
Μαρία της γειτονιάς |
 Lithuania |
TV3, TV8 | Marija iš lūšnyno |
 Malaysia |
ntv7 | Maria |
 Malta |
TVM | Marija, a Cinderella moderna |
 Monaco |
TMC | Marie Du Quartier |
 Mozambique |
ZAP Soaps | Maria la del barrio |
 Brunei |
RTB3 | Maria |
 Nicaragua |
Televicentro | María la del barrio |
 Hungary |
RTL Klub | Guberálós María |
 Uruguay |
Monte Carlo TV Teledoce |
María la del barrio |
 Panama |
Telemetro | María la del barrio |
 Paraguay |
SNT Telefuturo |
María la del barrio |
 North Macedonia |
Sitel Television | Марија соседството |
 Peru |
América Televisión | María la del barrio |
 Poland |
TVP3 | Maria z przedmieścia |
 Portugal |
RTP1 | Maria do Bairro |
 Cape Verde |
ZAP Soaps (Cape Verde) | Maria |
 Romania |
Acasa TV | Sărmana Maria |
 Saudi Arabia |
MBC Drama | ماريا لا ديل باريو |
 Singapore |
ntv7 | Maria la del barrio |
 Slovenia |
Kanal A | Uboga Maria |
 Sweden |
TV4 | Маria Som |
 Philippines |
RPN-9 GMA-7 |
Maria la del Barrio (Mariang taga-Barrio) |
 Chile |
MEGA TV La Red |
María la del barrio |
Remake
In 2010, ABS-CBN announced that Televisa had given them the permit to do a Philippine version of the series. The Philippine remake stars Erich Gonzales as the titular character with Enchong Dee as her leading man.[4]
References
- ^ "Humble Maria / María la del Barrio".
- ^ "Humble Maria / María la del Barrio".
- ^ Reporter, Staff (27 September 2013). "Telenovela 'María, la del Barrio' Remake: Maite Perroni or Ximena Navarrete?". The Latin Post. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
- ^ "Erich Gonzales is 'Maria la del Barrio'". ABS-CBN News.
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