La mentira (1998 TV series)

La Mentira (Lit. title: The Lie / International title: Twisted Lies) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Sotomayor for Televisa in 1998.[1] Based on an original story by Caridad Bravo Adams.

For the 1965 telenovela, see La mentira (1965 telenovela). For the Telemundo remake, see El Juramento.
La Mentira
GenreTelenovela
Romance
Drama
Created byCaridad Bravo Adams
Written byNora Alemán
Martín Támez
René Borbolla
Alejandra León de la Barra
Directed bySergio Cataño
Rafael Estebán
Claudio Reyes Rubio
StarringKate del Castillo
Guy Ecker
Karla Álvarez
Rosa María Bianchi
Eric del Castillo
Sergio Básañez
Opening themeMe voy a quitar de en medio by Vicente Fernández
Ending themeMe voy a quitar de en medio by Vicente Fernández
Country of originMexico
Original language(s)Spanish
No. of episodes100
Production
Executive producer(s)Carlos Sotomayor
Producer(s)Rafael Urióstegui
Production location(s)Filming
Televisa San Ángel
Mexico City, Mexico
CinematographyArmando Zafra
Marco Rodríguez
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time41-44 minutes
Production company(s)Televisa
DistributorTelevisa
Release
Original networkCanal de las Estrellas
Picture format480i SDTV
Audio formatDolby Digital 5.1
Original releaseJuly 13 (1998-07-13) –
November 27, 1998 (1998-11-27)
Chronology
Preceded byRencor apasionado
Followed byÁngela
Related showsLa mentira (1965)
El amor nunca muere (1982)
El juramento (2008)
Cuando me enamoro (2010-2011)
Corações Feridos (2012)
Lo imperdonable (2015)

On Monday, July 13, 1998, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting La Mentira weekdays at 5:00pm, replacing Rencor apasionado. The last episode was broadcast on Friday, November 27, 1998 with Ángela replacing it the following day.

Kate del Castillo and Guy Ecker starred as protagonists, while Karla Álvarez y Luis Gatica starred as main antagonists. Rosa María Bianchi, Blanca Guerra, Sergio Básañez and the leading actor Eric del Castillo starred as stellar performances.

Plot

Demetrio Azunsolo arrives in a small remote village outside Mexico where his beloved half-brother, Ricardo Platas, used to live and run a tequila plantation, only to find out that the latter has just committed suicide, after being betrayed by a selfish, greedy woman.

Little by little, and thanks to the village inhabitants - who at first are hostile towards him but then become his friends - Demetrio puts together the pieces of the puzzle that led to the tragedy.

The clues bring him to Mexico City, in the villa of a wealthy family, the Fernandez-Negrete's who are the owners of the FERNE Bank, one of the most important banks in Mexico, where Ricardo had spent some time in the past as a trusted worker.

According to the info he has in hand, in that house lives the woman who is the cause of Ricardo's suicide. Demetrio meets two young women there, both nieces of the family: the innocent and fragile Virginia Fernandez-Negrete and the dynamic and self-confident Verónica Fernandez-Negrete.

Not sure who of them is the guilty one, Demetrio gets trapped in a series of co-incidences and sly gossip and ends up believing in the end that the woman he is looking for is Verónica.

Once ascertained, he puts to practice his plan for revenge. He flirts with Verónica, seduces her and makes her fall in love with him so as to marry him. After the wedding, he practically abducts her and brings her to the small remote village where Ricardo ended his life, decides to make her life a misery and take revenge for his brother's death.

Little does he know that he, as well as Verónica, are in fact victims of someone whose angel face hides a demonic soul and who actually was the one responsible for Ricardo's suicide.

When he finds out, it seems that all is lost as Verónica abandons him because he doesn't trust her and instead has been taken in by gossip and deception; so he must struggle to regain her love. In the end, love wins, but not without cost.

Cast
ActorCharacter
Kate del CastilloVerónica Fernandez-Negrete de Azunsolo
Guy EckerDemetrio Azunsolo
Karla ÁlvarezVirginia Fernandez-Negrete
Sergio BásañezJuan Fernandez-Negrete Montero
Rosa María BianchiSara Montero de Fernandez-Negrete
Eric del CastilloTeodoro Fernandez-Negrete
Silvia MariscalLeticia "Lety" Montero
Blanca GuerraMiranda Montesinos
Tony BravoAndré Belot
Salvador PinedaDr. Francisco Moguel
Tina RomeroIrma de Moguel
Aarón HernánFather Pablo Williams
Carlos CámaraDon José "Pepe" Diez
Guillermo RivasProfessor Aguirre
Luis GaticaSantiago Terrazas
Roxana CastellanosYadira Balanzario
Israel JaitovichJacinto Ávila
Amparo GarridoAntonia "Toña"
Julio BrachoCarlitos Jr.
Mayrin VillanuevaNicole Belot
José Antonio FerralNatalicio Gómez "Don Nato"
Claudia Eliza AguilarGildarda
Vanessa AriasBeatriz "Betty"
Gabriela ArroyoMaruquita
Antonio de la VegaPepe Martínez
Vicente HerreraMauricio Pérez
Gustavo NegreteCarlos
Rodrigo AbedRicardo Platas
Alex TrillanesMarcos
Claudia TroyoIrazema
Audrey VeraKarla
Sergio ReynosoLic. Ernesto Saucedo
Liza WillertSra. Gilbert
Carmela MassoChona
Eugenia AvendañoGuadalupe de Martínez
Alexandra MonterrubioJulia

Awards
YearAwardCategoryNomineeResult
199917th TVyNovelas AwardsBest Telenovela of the YearCarlos SotomayorNominated
Best ActorGuy Ecker
Best Young Lead ActorWon
Best Antagonist ActressKarla ÁlvarezNominated
Best Antagonist ActorLuis Gatica
Best Leading ActressRosa Maria Bianchi
Best Leading ActorEric del Castillo
Best Young Lead ActressKate del Castillo
Debut of the YearMayrín Villanueva
Best Original Story or AdaptationNora AlemánWon
Best WriterRocío Vélez
Best DecorRosalba Santoyo
Premios ACE New YorkBest Scenic ProgramCarlos Sotomayor
Best DirectorSergio Cataño
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References
  1. "La Mentira" (in Spanish). alma-latina.net. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2016.


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