''La malquerida'' (The Unloved Woman) is a Mexican
telenovela
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created for
Televisa
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by
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and produced by
José Alberto Castro
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, based on the 1913 Spanish play titled ''
The Unloved Woman'' by
Jacinto Benavente
Jacinto Benavente y Martínez (12 August 1866 – 14 July 1954) was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922 "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious ...
. The series originally aired on
Canal de las Estrellas
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from June 2, 2014 to November 9, 2014. It stars
Victoria Ruffo
María Victoria Eugenia Guadalupe Martínez del Río Moreno-Ruffo (born May 31, 1962) is a Mexican actress notable for her roles in telenovelas.
Biography
1980s
Ruffo began her acting career in 1980, starring in supporting roles in teleno ...
,
Ariadne Díaz
Ariadne Díaz (; (born Ariadne Rosales Diaz) was born on August 17, 1985, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico) and is a Mexican actress and former model.
Biography
Díaz was born on August 17, 1986, in Puerto Vallarta. She is of Spanish and ...
,
Christian Meier
Christian Dietrich Meier Zender (born June 23, 1970), best known as Christian Meier, is a Peruvian actor and singer in Latin America, the US Hispanic market, and around the Spanish speaking world.
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Meier was born in Lima, Peru, the yo ...
,
África Zavala, and
Arturo Peniche
Arturo Peniche (born Arturo Delgadillo Peniche on May 17, 1962) is a Mexican telenovela actor who became popular in Latin America during the 1990s. He is the brother of actor Flavio Peniche, who appears in the telenovela '' La Traición''.
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introduced in the telenovela in the second part of the history.
The series follows the life of Cristina (
Victoria Ruffo
María Victoria Eugenia Guadalupe Martínez del Río Moreno-Ruffo (born May 31, 1962) is a Mexican actress notable for her roles in telenovelas.
Biography
1980s
Ruffo began her acting career in 1980, starring in supporting roles in teleno ...
) and her daughter, Acacia (
Ariadne Díaz
Ariadne Díaz (; (born Ariadne Rosales Diaz) was born on August 17, 1985, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico) and is a Mexican actress and former model.
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Díaz was born on August 17, 1986, in Puerto Vallarta. She is of Spanish and ...
). When Cristina became a widow, she married Esteban (
Christian Meier
Christian Dietrich Meier Zender (born June 23, 1970), best known as Christian Meier, is a Peruvian actor and singer in Latin America, the US Hispanic market, and around the Spanish speaking world.
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Meier was born in Lima, Peru, the yo ...
), who is rejected by her daughter, unaware that in reality they have awakened a deep love that both hide behind their mask of hostility. The worst comes when Esteban begins to get rid of all the men who surround Acacia.
The telenovela has three alternative endings, due to the criticisms and comments that were generated after the relationship between the characters of
Christian Meier
Christian Dietrich Meier Zender (born June 23, 1970), best known as Christian Meier, is a Peruvian actor and singer in Latin America, the US Hispanic market, and around the Spanish speaking world.
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Meier was born in Lima, Peru, the yo ...
and
Ariadne Díaz
Ariadne Díaz (; (born Ariadne Rosales Diaz) was born on August 17, 1985, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico) and is a Mexican actress and former model.
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Díaz was born on August 17, 1986, in Puerto Vallarta. She is of Spanish and ...
.
Plot
Acacia (
Ariadne Díaz
Ariadne Díaz (; (born Ariadne Rosales Diaz) was born on August 17, 1985, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico) and is a Mexican actress and former model.
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) loses her father Alonso (
Marcelo Córdoba
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After a few years of living in México, he was in the cast of the 2005 telenovela Alborada, which w ...
) in an accident while he was riding a horse. Cristina (
Victoria Ruffo
María Victoria Eugenia Guadalupe Martínez del Río Moreno-Ruffo (born May 31, 1962) is a Mexican actress notable for her roles in telenovelas.
Biography
1980s
Ruffo began her acting career in 1980, starring in supporting roles in teleno ...
), her mother and his wife, suddenly being widowed, learns that her husband had mortgaged the hacienda in order to cover the expenses of the sowings and livestock, not finding a solution to this, she decides to sell the hacienda and leave to live with her parents together with her daughter. The estate of her husband was rescued by Esteban, a worker of the hacienda, before being sold. After so much effort on the part of Cristina and Esteban (
Christian Meier
Christian Dietrich Meier Zender (born June 23, 1970), best known as Christian Meier, is a Peruvian actor and singer in Latin America, the US Hispanic market, and around the Spanish speaking world.
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Meier was born in Lima, Peru, the yo ...
), they manage to raise the hacienda Benavente again and both begin to feel a "great sentimental attraction," Acacia, who was barely a girl, could not understand the love they had, overcome with the recent loss of her father and full of hatred does everything possible to leave the hacienda, while Juan Carlos (
Ignacio López Tarso
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) and Elena (
Silvia Mariscal
Silvia Mariscal (born Silvia Ramírez Aguilar on September 13, 1946, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican
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), Cristina's parents, convince Cristina so that Acacia goes to live with them,
while she manages to overcome the death of her father and to be able to accept the relationship of her mother with Esteban.
Ten years pass, but the hatred and resentment of Acacia towards Esteban have not changed, returning to the hacienda as a beautiful Woman, the first one to see her is Esteban who does not recognize her after a long time. Acacia is defiant and makes it clear that she is the owner of the Benavente farm. However, between the two begins to emerge a hidden love, which drives Esteban mad who begins to drive away any man who approaches Acacia, turning her into 'La Malquerida'.
However, this is not the only subject that the novel deals with, it also talks about other issues such as prostitution, to which Alejandra (
África Zavala) had to be submitted for many years; and the different problems that can be generated within a family by the lack of communication, as is the case of Norberto (
Guillermo García Cantú
Guillermo García Cantú (born April 23, 1960 in Monterrey, Mexico
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) and Juliana (
Nora Salinas
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).
Final chapter
Acacia (
Ariadne Díaz
Ariadne Díaz (; (born Ariadne Rosales Diaz) was born on August 17, 1985, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico) and is a Mexican actress and former model.
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Díaz was born on August 17, 1986, in Puerto Vallarta. She is of Spanish and ...
) and Cristina (
Victoria Ruffo
María Victoria Eugenia Guadalupe Martínez del Río Moreno-Ruffo (born May 31, 1962) is a Mexican actress notable for her roles in telenovelas.
Biography
1980s
Ruffo began her acting career in 1980, starring in supporting roles in teleno ...
) have a deep and tense talk, more than mother to daughter, they speak of woman to woman. Cristina tells her that she will not be able to forgive her, and Acacia informs her that she will leave the country not to disturb her. Esteban (
Christian Meier
Christian Dietrich Meier Zender (born June 23, 1970), best known as Christian Meier, is a Peruvian actor and singer in Latin America, the US Hispanic market, and around the Spanish speaking world.
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Meier was born in Lima, Peru, the yo ...
) is intensely wanted by the police, he is the main suspect by the death of Manuel (
Brandon Peniche). Prisoner of madness, returns to the Benavente with the purpose of taking with himself to Acacia. There, in front of Acacia and Cristina, threatens them with a gun and confesses that he killed Manuel with machetes, and not only that, he was to blame for the death of Alonso (Marcelo Córdoba), the first husband of Cristina and father of Acacia. Mother and daughter suffer from anger and impotence to finally know the truth. They arrive then; Norberto (
Guillermo García Cantú
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), Héctor (
Arturo Peniche
Arturo Peniche (born Arturo Delgadillo Peniche on May 17, 1962) is a Mexican telenovela actor who became popular in Latin America during the 1990s. He is the brother of actor Flavio Peniche, who appears in the telenovela '' La Traición''.
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) and Ulises (
Mane de la Parra
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...
); the first to settle accounts with Esteban, because he is already aware that he took the life of his son, and the other two with the news that the police are on the way. Everything hurries, and Acacia is shot. The family prays because it works out well, while Esteban is caught.
Acacia reappears at the wedding of Alejandra (
África Zavala), her best friend, and Germán (
Osvaldo de León
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); that despite the difficulties and malice of Danilo (
Alberto Estrella
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Estrella was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He starred in the fil ...
) can be happy.
In prison, Danilo is burned alive by his cellmates; while Braulio "El Rubio" (
Fabián Robles
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) makes a final visit to Esteban, taking him a photograph of Acacia, and telling him that this adulterous love finally destroyed him. Esteban cries tightening the photo of his beloved. Finally, Cristina forgives Acacia; who in turn is given a chance with Ulises, the true love of her life. Hector leaves a plane ticket to Cristina in case she wants to follow him to Italy. Mother and daughter embrace and walk forward, avoiding the past in which they were, each in its own way, "La Malquerida".
Cast
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Mexican telenovelas
2014 telenovelas
Televisa telenovelas
2014 Mexican television series debuts
Spanish-language telenovelas
2014 Mexican television series endings