''La quiero a morir'' (Spanish: ''Love her to death'') is a 2008

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produced and broadcast by

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Plot

The

starts with the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Manuela Sáenz ( Ana María Trujillo) and Germán Rico ( Luigy Aicardi)

marriage Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between ...

; they have two daughters, Andrea (

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) and Juliana ( Luz del Sol Neisa). As the party goes on, Germán and his secret lover, Catalina ( Martha Restrepo) —who turns out to be Manuela's best friend—, decide to escape together. When Manuela realizes this, it is too late: Germán has abandoned and ruined her and their daughters, since he had some

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s and made obscure movements with the finances of the company he was running. Manuela decides to rebuild her life. She meets Sansón ( Mijaíl Mulkay), who comes to take possession of one of the houses he bought from Germán, while still owing him. This is why Manuela ends up sharing the house with Sansón's family. Manuela and Sansón fall in love with each other, but he has a relationship with Yuri (

Majida Issa Majida Margarita Issa Bellotto (born in San Andrés (island), San Andrés, Colombia on June 27, 1981), known professionally as Majida Issa, is a Colombian actress and singer of Italian and Lebanese descent. She is best known for her role as Yési ...

), who makes anything she can to keep him by her side and pushing him away from Manuela.

References

Cast

Mijail Mulkay Mijail Mulkay Bordon (born April 20, 1974 in Cuba) is a Cuban actor. Television * CELIA: La vida de Celia Cruz - Tico Fuentes (Tito Puente) (2015) *Voltea pa' que te Enamores - Mateo (2014) *En otra piel - Soler Hernández (2014) *'' Cosita L ...

as Rito Sansón Pulido * Ana María Trujillo as Manuela Sáenz *

as Andrea Rico *

as Yuri Liliana Consuelo *

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as Germán Rincón * Ana María Kamper as Elisa *

Luz del Sol Luz ( ''Lūz'') is the name of two places in the Bible. Mentioned in Genesis Luz is the ancient name of a royal Canaanite city, connected with Bethel ( Genesis 28:19; 35:6). It is debated among scholarsRashi on 28:17 whether Luz and Bethel repr ...

as Juliana Rico * Margarita Ortega as Viviana *

Astrid Hernández Astrid is a feminine given name of Scandinavian origin, a modern form of the name Ástríðr. Derived from the Old Norse Ássfriðr, a compound name composed of the elements (a god) and (beautiful, fair). Variants * Assan (diminutive) (Swed ...

as Policarpa Pola Saavedra * Ana Soler as Lucrecia Sáenz *

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as Camilo Mondragón * Ángela Vergara as Sonia Bermúdez *

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as Claudio Días Granados * Robinson Amariz as Diego Mondragón *

Tommy Vásquez Tommy Vásquez (born February 3, 1981 in Bogotá, Colombia), is Colombian actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in mo ...

as Stalin Pulido * Martha Restrepo as Catalina Rodríguez *

Andrés Suárez Andrés Suárez (Ferrol, Galicia, Ferrol, 16 April 1983) is a Spanish singer-songwriter. Biography At 14 years of age, Suárez started his first band in his hometown, Ferrol, Galicia, Ferrol (Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain). Since then, he w ...

as Sergio Iragorri * Astrid Junguito as Eulalia Pulido * Orlando Lamboglia as Jorge Cortázar *

Yolanda Rayo ''Yo soy Betty, la fea'' (English: I am Betty, the Ugly one), often referred to simply as ''Betty, la fea'', is a Colombian telenovela written by Fernando Gaitán which was broadcast from 25 October 1999 to 8 May 2001 by RCN. More than a dozen ...

as Piedad Saavedra * Juan Carlos Messier as Jorge *

Fernando Lara Fernando Luiz Lara is a Brazilian-born architect, academic, and author. Biography Born in Brazil, Lara studied at Federal University of Minas Gerais and graduated with Bachelor of Architecture in 1993. He continued his education at Federal Univer ...

as Rasquín * Freddy Flórez as Roosevelt Pulido * as Felipe * Juliana Betancourth as Mónica *

Katherine Escobar Katherine Escobar is a Colombian model and actress best known as Olivia on the Mafia Dolls telenovela, also work in novels such as New rich, new poor and I want to die like Catherine. Filmography References l Living people Colombia ...

as Katherine "Cathy" Belalcázar * Víctor Hugo Ruiz as Gonzalo Mondragón * John Ceballos as Loko * Juan Pablo Barragán as Tito Fuentes * Catalina Aristizábal as Cecilia Solano * Liliana Escobar as Dania * Carlos Torres as Lamborghini Soto *

María Cecilia Botero María Cecilia Botero Cadavid (born 13 May 1955) is a Colombian actress, television presenter and journalist. Biography Beginnings She studied anthropology long before becoming an actress. She is the daughter of former actor, librettist and dir ...

as Laura Ospina

External links

*
Official website
**
''La quiero a morir'' on the Caracol TV Internacional catalogue
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Quiero A Morir 2008 telenovelas 2008 Colombian television series debuts 2009 Colombian television series endings Caracol Televisión telenovelas Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Bogotá