''Azul Tequila'' is a Mexican

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. The 160-episode serial was produced for TV Azteca by the celebrity couple

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and

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in conjunction with Humberto's brother

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through their production company ZUBA Producciones. The complete series has been released in an 8 DVD box set.

Plot

Azul is a young woman in the end of the 19th century who has been forced to get engaged to Arcadio Berriozabal when she is in love with his brother Santiago Berriozabal. Before her wedding peasant revolution is started and she is kidnapped. Santiago, believing she is dead, creates one of the finest tequilas and calls it "Azul Tequila"."Azul Tequila"
''Alma-Latina''. Retrieved 2014-1-5.

Cast

Bárbara Mori Bárbara Mori Ochoa () (born 2 February 1978) is a Uruguayan-born Mexican actress, model, producer and writer. She is known for playing the main character in the 2004 telenovela '' Rubí,'' one of the most successful telenovelas of all time. Sin ...

as Azul / Soledad *

Mauricio Ochmann Mauricio Ochmann (born November 16, 1977) is an American-born, Mexican actor best known for his roles in telenovelas, such as ''Amarte Asi'', where he starred as Ignacio "Nacho" Reyes. He also appeared in Kevin Costner's film ''Message in a Bottl ...

as Santiago Berriozabal * Víctor González as Arcadio Berriozabal * Rogelio Guerra as Adolfo Berriozabal *

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as Mariano *

Fabiola Campomanes Fabiola Campomanes Rojas (born 30 July 1972) is a Mexican actress. Biography Campomanes enrolled at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) run by Televisa. In addition, she studied film and television direction at UCLA. Campomanes began her ...

as Lorenza *

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as Hilda *

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as Catalina

Reception

With an approximate cost of $5,000,000

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s, this production was praised by the critics, but was a great success with the Mexican audience although it was in

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, and

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. , the most successful telenovela . This was the first telenovela for

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with TV Azteca, and also the first in 10 years after '' Monte Calvario'' in 1988.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Azul Tequila 1998 telenovelas 1998 Mexican television series debuts 1998 Mexican television series endings Mexican telenovelas TV Azteca telenovelas Spanish-language telenovelas