''Camelia la Texana'' is a Spanish-language
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...
produced by Campanario Entertainment and
Argos Comunicación and distributed by United States–based television network
Telemundo Studios, Miami. The story is based on the song titled "
Contrabando y Traición" by
Los Tigres del Norte.
As part of the 2014 season,
Telemundo
Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast. It provides content ...
aired ''Camelia la Texana'' from February 25, 2014, to May 22, 2014, weeknights at 10pm/9c, replacing ''
Santa Diabla''. As with most of its other telenovelas, the network broadcast
English subtitles as closed captions on CC3.
Synopsis
The story of a naive and beautiful young woman who tries to escape
her destiny. The story begins in the 1970s when young Camelia and her mother flee one of Mexico's most dangerous capos, Don Antonio. Camelia's beauty attracts a lot of
attention, jealousy from other women and infatuation on the part of many men, who fall powerless at her feet. Her mother tries to protect her from the fate that pursues her, but as she sets off in search of adventure Camelia meets the man who will be the love of her life, and also her betrayer: Emilio Varela. Emilio promises Camelia the moon and the stars, but instead he breaks her heart.
Production
The telenovela was shot in
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
and filming began in June 2013 and ended in early 2014.
Cast
Main
*
Sara Maldonado as Camelia Pineda "La Texana"
*
Erik Hayser as Emilio Varela / Aarón Varela
*
Andrés Palacios as Teniente Facundo García
* Dagoberto Gama as Don Antonio Treviño
Secondary
*
Luis Ernesto Franco as Gerardo Robles "El Alacrán"
*
Arcelia Ramírez
Arcelia Ramírez (born 7 December 1967) is a Mexican actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1985. She starred in the film '' Such Is Life'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Can ...
as Ignacia "La Nacha"
*
Eréndira Ibarra as Alison Bailow de Varela
* Rodrigo Oviedo as Dionisio Osuna
* Claudette Maillé as Rosaura Pineda
* Tamara Mazarraza as Lu Treviño
*
Estefania Villarreal as Mireya Osuna
* Víctor Alfredo Jiménez as Xiang Treviño
* Peter Theis as Carson
* Iñaki Goci as Jacinto Garabito
* Ana Paula de León as Alma Treviño
* Cosmo González Muñoz as Emilio Varela Bailow, Jr.
*
Joaquín Garrido as Arnulfo Navarro
Recurring
* Liz Gallardo as Concepción Olvera "La Cuquis"
* Bárbara Singer as Ofelia Osuna
* Arnulfo Reyes Sánchez as Teniente Pedro Ruìz
* Alejandro Belmonte as Salvador "Chava"
* Germán Valdés III as Ricardo "Rico"
Guest
*
Danna García as Rosa
* Paco Mauri as Timoteo Treviño
Awards and nominations
References
External links
''Camelia: La Texana'' Website (Telemundo)Website
{{Argos Comunicación's telenovelas
American television series based on telenovelas
Telemundo telenovelas
Spanish-language American telenovelas
Mexican telenovelas
2014 telenovelas
2014 American television series debuts
2014 American television series endings
Television series about organized crime
Works about Mexican drug cartels