La Colorina


La Colorina was a Chilean telenovela created by and produced by Protab in 1977 for Televisión Nacional de Chile. It starred Liliana Ross, Patricio Achurra, Violeta Vidaurre and Paz Irarrázabal. It has been remade three times and is the screenwriter's best known work.
In 1980 the Mexican television network Televisa adaptation, Colorina, starred Lucía Méndez. In 1993 an Argentine version was produced entitled Apasionada, with Susú Pecoraro as La Colorina. In 2001 Televisa made a new adaptation called Salomé, starring Edith González.

Plot

First Part
“La Colorina”, a woman so-named for the color of her hair, works in a nightclub as a prostitute together with her close friend “La Rata”. Together they go to Daniel’s mansion looking for fun with Iván, Daniel’s free-loading brother-in-law. La Colorina and Daniel fall in love, however their relationship is not acceptable to Ana María, Daniel’s cold and calculating mother.
Alba, Daniel’s wife, can’t have children, so Ana María pays La Colorina to get pregnant with her son and hand the child over once he is born. La Colorina accepts, but she changes her mind when giving birth and flees the city.  At the same time, Mirta, La Colorina’s neighbour, leaves her husband, Pejerrey, and their two children to become an actress. With Pejerrey’s consent, La Colorina decides to raise her neighbours’ two children to confuse Ana María.
Second part
Years go by, “La Colorina”, by now a grown woman, has brought up her son, Fernando, and Mirta’s children, which she has brought up as her own. Meanwhile, Daniel, now widowed, is still in love with “La Colorina”. His mother still opposed to the relationship, obviously rejects her grandchild.
Ana María also has a conflict with her servant “Chagua”, who has always fought for the family, secretly in love with Basilio, Ana María’s husband, and loving Daniel as if he were her own son.
“La Colorina”, always accompanied by “La Rata”, manages the establishment where she used to work. Franco, one of her sons, falls in love with Cristina ; proposes to her and she accepts, since she is noble and has a good heart.
When Mirta returns to take her children back, “Pejerrey”, still in love with her, agrees to tell the truth, but they don’t get back together.

Cast

  • Liliana Ross as Luciana Álvarez "La Colorina".
  • Patricio Achurra as Daniel Latorre.
  • Paz Irarrázabal as Ana María de Latorre.
  • Armando Fenoglio as Basilio Latorre.
  • Violeta Vidaurre as Rita "La Rata".
  • Gonzalo Robles as Iván.
  • Grimanesa Jiménez as Alba.
  • Arturo Moya Grau as El Pejerrey.
  • Sergio Urrutia as El Lagrimita.
  • Ester Mayo as La Chagua.
  • Yoya Martínez as La Caperucita.
  • Alicia Villablanca as Mirta.
  • Roberto Poblete as Richard.
  • Alberto Vega as Bernardo.
  • Frankie Bravo cas Matías.
  • Eduardo Baldani as Enrique.
  • Fernando Morales as Dr. Ulloa.
  • Coca Guazzini as Marcia.
  • Soledad Pérez as Cristina.
  • Mario Bustos as Franco.
  • Gonzalo Álvarez as Gabriel.
  • Samuel Villarroel as Fernando.
  • Teresa Berríos as Luzmira.
  • Ana María Palma as Lucía
  • Nelson Brodt

Fact Sheet

  • Year: 1977
  • Executive Producer: Eduardo Domínguez
  • Screenwriter: Arturo Moya Grau
  • Director: José Caviedes / Iván Soto
  • Production Company: Protab
  • Set Designer: Walter Kliche
  • Cameramen: Ernesto Riquelme / Nelson Valdivia
  • Nº Episodes: 88, 60 minutes each.

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