Esmeralda

(1996)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 181 votes

Genres: Drama, Мыльная опера

Year: 1996

Runtime: 45 мин

Country: Mexico, Brazil

Director: Беатрис Шеридан, Marta Luna, Karina Duprez

Cast: Leticia Calderón, Fernando Colunga, Raquel Morell, Enrique Lizalde, Dina de Marco, Ana Patricia Rojo, Alejandro Ruiz, Dolores Salomón, Ignacio López Tarso, Salvador Pineda

Plot

Esmeralda is a telenovela that was released by Televisa in 1997. It is a remake of a 1970 Venezuelan telenovela of that same name, and was itself remade in Brazil in 2004. Another version is Topacio from Venezuela in 1984. One of the most famous telenovela all the time.

A Mexican telenovela about the romance between Esmeralda Rosales and Jose Armando Peñnareal. Esmeralda is a blind and very poor young girl living in a shack with her stepmother; Jose Armando is a well-educated young doctor from the famous and noble family of Peñnareal who is about to get married. Their lives cross one day when they meet and Jose Armando falls in love with Esmeralda.