''Mariana de la noche'' is a Venezuelan

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produced in 1976 by

Venevisión Venevisión () is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros. It was founded in 1961 by Diego Cisneros. It is one of the major telenove ...

. An original story written by Cuban-born writer

Delia Fiallo Delia Fiallo (4 July 1924 – 29 June 2021) was a Cuban author and screenwriter who lived in Miami, Florida. She was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba. She was one of the most distinguished representatives of the contemporar ...

, it starred

Lupita Ferrer Lupita Ferrer (born December 6, 1947) is a Venezuelan theater, film and television actress. She is known as a "Queen" of telenovelas and one of the most famous Spanish-speaking telenovela actresses of all time. Biography Ferrer was born as Yola ...

and

José Bardina José Bardina (March 27, 1939 – December 18, 2009) was a Spanish-Venezuelan actor who was a television leading figure. A native of Barcelona, Spain, Bardina was raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Television career He was best known for playing ...

as the main protagonists plus Martín Lantigua and

Ivonne Attas Ivonne Attas (born August 2, 1943) is a Syrian-born Venezuelan telenovela soap opera actress and politician of the Copei party. Attas served as the third mayor of the Baruta Municipality (3 December 1995 - 30 July 2000). She has mostly portrayed ...

as the main antagonists.

Plot

In a mining town south of Venezuela lives Mariana Montenegro, a young, romantic woman who is rumored to be cursed, as all the men who fall in love with her end up suffering in a fatal accident. Mariana is motherless, but lives with her father Atilio Montenegro, a wealthy landowner who owns several mines where he has enslaved the employees by making them work hard while paying them little. Atilio is very tough and cruel to anyone opposes his will. Atilio is also a very stern father with Mariana, as she has become his favorite, causing suspicion and envy in his other daughter Chachi. However, Atilio hides a secret: Mariana isn't his daughter, and what he feels for her is far from paternal affection. Atilio has two sisters. Isabel, the eldest, is a kind and loving woman who raised Mariana and loves her as her own daughter. Marcia, the youngest, is arrogant and vain, and she works at the mines where she is hard and cold-hearted to the miners. Atilio keeps the people terrified through using his goons. But this continues until Ignacio Lugo comes to town, a young and attractive journalist who introduces himself under a false name in order to search for his origins. He calls himself Nacho Luna and is looking for work in the mine, arousing intrigue with all the townspeople. Nacho gets a job in the mines and one night when he goes for a walk, he meets Mariana in the fields where an instant attraction develops between them. Ignacio knows he can never love another woman other than Mariana. But what Mariana doesn't know is that her Aunt Marcia, who has never known love, has also fallen passionately in love with Ignacio. She is consumed with jealousy when she discovers that Ignacio and Mariana are lovers. Angry and resentful, Macaria tells his brother about the relationship making Atilio inquire about the origin of Nacho, and he finally discovers that Ignacio Lugo Navarro is his son, the product of an affair with Lucrecia, the owner of the restaurant in town. Atilio is determined to kill Ignacio. However, the fate saves the life of Ignacio when an accident occurs at the mine and Atilio is wounded. Mariana learns that Atilio isn't her real father and is horrified to learn that he loves her. Desperate and believing that she is in danger, Mariana flees the village, pregnant with Ignacio's child. Marcia advantage of the situation to marry a man she does not love and she becomes pregnant, but after an abortion, she manages to seduce and steal Ignacio and Mariana's son, and passes him as her own in order to force Ignacio to marry her. Mariana's story is a harrowing and gripping story, a surprisingly complex plot of intrigue and dark secrets that dominate the life of a small mining town full of unforgettable characters, superstitions, rumors and legends. As the legend of the beautiful woman who always wears black because she weighs about a terrible curse: Mariana de la noche.

Cast

as Mariana Montenegro *

as Ignacio Lugo Navarro * Martín Lantigua as Atilio Montenegro * Ivonne Attas as Marcia Montenegro * Eva Blanco * Ana Castell * José Olivia * Daniel Lugo * Alejandra Pinedo * María Antonieta Campoli *

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* Jorge Félix * Arturo Puig

Versions

Selva María ''Selva María'' is a Venezuelan telenovela produced by RCTV in 1987 based on the telenovela '' Mariana de la noche'' by Cuban writer Delia Fiallo. This remake was adapted by Gustavo Michelena. Mariela Alcalá and Franklin Virgüez starred as the ...

: Produced in Venezuela in 1988 by

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starring Mariela Alcalá and

Franklin Virgüez Franklin José Virgüez Dun (born October 1, 1953 in Barquisimeto) is a Venezuelan actor. His comic roles are very popular. He lives in Miami Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the co ...

as the main protagonists with Guillermo Ferran and

Hilda Abrahamz Hilda Astrid Abrahamz Navarro (born November 14, 1959) is a Venezuelan actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the official representative of her country in the 1980 Miss World pageant held in London, United Kingdom on November 13, 1980, ...

as the main antagonists. * Mariana de la Noche: Produced in Mexico by

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in 2003 starring

Alejandra Barros Alejandra Barros (born Alejandra Barros del Campo on August 11, 1971) is a Mexican actress. She is best known for her role in Televisa's telenovela Mariana de la Noche (2003). Biography Barros studied in New York in ''The Lee Strasberg Thea ...

and

Jorge Salinas Jorge Salinas Pérez (born July 27, 1968) is a Mexican television and film actor, best known for his leading roles in telenovelas. Career Salinas then enrolled at Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) in 1990 and after finishing his studies, he ...

.Mariana de la Noche at Alma Latina
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References

External links

* {{Venevisión telenovelas 1976 telenovelas Venevisión telenovelas 1976 Venezuelan television series debuts 1976 Venezuelan television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Caracas