''En tierras salvajes'' (English: ''Wild Lands'') is a 2017 Mexican

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produced by Salvador Mejía for

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. The series was created by Ramón Campos and Gema R. Neira and stars

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Cristián de la Fuente Cristián Andrés de la Fuente Sabarots (; born March 10, 1974) is a Chilean-American actor, presenter, model and producer. Early life Cristian De la Fuente was born in Santiago, Chile, the only child of chemist Hugo de la Fuente (died 1996) an ...

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, Ninel Conde,

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and

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Plot summary

Isabel Montalbán (

) is a beautiful woman from the big city, who suffers from a serious lung problem, and goes to live in a small town, in search of rest. In her new residence, live the parents and the brothers of her husband, Aníbal Otero (

). What no one could imagine is that the young woman's presence would change the fate of the family, forever. Sergio (

) and Daniel (

), are the brothers of Aníbal. Immediately, both feel a strong attraction for the young woman. Sergio is a quiet and sensible man, working as a doctor and always willing to take care of Isabel's health. On the other hand, Daniel is a handsome and savage man; he is the freest of his brothers and lives life with intense passion. He falls madly in love with his sister-in-law, but he knows he must renounce this forbidden love. On the farm of the Otero family, Don Arturo (

), the patriarch of the family, is a kind and affectionate gentleman, and Doña Amparo (

), his wife, a controlling and arrogant lady. Isabel's drama begins when she feels that her marriage is failing, since her husband, Aníbal only cares about the family's business and money, and grows more distant from his wife. Isabel realizes that she is falling in love with Daniel and Sergio, but feels that she must fight to save her marriage and avoid a serious conflict in the family.

Cast

Main

as Isabel Montalbán *

as Anibal Otero *

as Daniel Otero *

as Sergio Otero * Ninel Conde as Carolina Tinoco *

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Arturo Otero *

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Amparo Rivelles de Otero

Recurring

* Nerea Camacho as Alejandra Rivelles Zavala *

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as Carlos Molina *

Miguel Ángel Biaggio Miguel Ángel Olivares Biaggio (born September 3, 1976, in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí), also known as Miguel Angel Biagio, Mike Biagio, Mike Biaggio, is a Mexican actor. Life Biaggio made his acting debut in the 1996 telenovela ''El ...

as Fidel Molina * Jessica Decote as Elisa Molina *

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as Olga Guerrero *

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as Uriel Santana * Jonnathan Kuri as Iker Morales *

Salvador Pineda Salvador Pineda Popoca (born June 16, 1952 in Huetamo, Michoacan, Mexico) is a Mexican actor, who has participated in over 20 Mexican telenovelas and Mexican movies, as well as two Hollywood low budget movies. Born to Mexican politician Salvado ...

as Amador Morales * Lucas Bernabé as Andrés Santana *

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as Víctor Tinoco * Jackie Sauza as Teresa Castillo *

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as Alba Castillo * David Palacio as Padre Blas * Luis Xavier as Rodolfo Escamilla * Daniela Álvarez as Regina * Claudia Echeverry as Carmen * Marco Zetina as Gerardo

Production

Production of the series began on March 13, 2017. It is the first production of Bambú Producciones with

, created by Ramón Campos and Gema R. Neira, writers of the series ''

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'' and '' Gran Hotel'', and produced by Salvador Mejía. The free version is by

Liliana Abud Liliana Abud (born 5 July 1948) is an actress in telenovelas and Mexican cinema. She is also a screenwriter of telenovelas. Abud played Raquel Rodríguez, the main character in the educational television program ''Destinos''. As an actress Film ...

and the adaptation for TV is from Katia Rodríguez and Victoria Orvañanos. Conferencia de prensa de Cristián

The production began filming in

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. Much of the production takes place in the

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forum 10. At the beginning of production, the actors were Salvador Mejía,

Mayrín Villanueva Mayrín Villanueva Ulloa (born 8 October 1970) is a Mexican actress and model. Villanueva has also posed for multiple magazines. She was considered for the role of Julia Montaño in the 2004 telenovela '' Apuesta por un Amor''; the role was ev ...

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, Ninel Conde,

, among others. Halfway during filming, Villanueva exited the telenovela. Álvarez replaced her, and part of the filming had to be reshot.

Casting

On February 22, 2017, producer Salvador Mejía officially presented the cast of the telenovela, where the male protagonists would be de la Fuente, Olivera and Pancheri.

had been chosen as the protagonist of the melodrama, but due to other commitments, she left the project. On February 27, 2017, journalist Martha Figueroa confirmed in the program ''

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'' that Villanueva will no longer be the one to take the star role, and that it had been assigned to Álvarez. Nerea Camacho was selected as Alejandra.

Rating

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Awards and nominations

References

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