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romantic

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based on the 2003

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'' starring

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and

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, produced by

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and R.T.I. Colombia. Directed by

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, it is topbilled by

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, Arci Muñoz,

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, Teresa Loyzaga and Dante Ponce. The series premiered on

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's ''Primetime Bida'' evening block and worldwide on

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from June 1, 2015, to February 26, 2016, replacing ''

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'' and was replaced by ''

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''. This show that launches the main villains: Gabriella(Teresa Loyzaga), a cunning and evil mother of Elizondo sisters, Lazaro(Dante Ponce), a syndicate leader and Gabriel(Wendell Ramos), a powerful henchman to make the Samonte brothers and Elizondo sisters hellish. The story revolves around the Samonte brothers who set out to avenge the death of their youngest sister. They do this by making the Elizondo sisters fall in love with them.

Plot

Follow the story of the Samonte family: Juan (Jake Cuenca), Oca (Ejay Falcon), Cocoy (Joseph Marco), and Lyvia (Ingrid dela Paz). Juan, being the eldest, wanted to provide a better life for his family after their parents died. Little did Juan and his brothers know that Olivia was seeing a much older and wealthy man, Bernardo Elizondo (Ronaldo Valdez). When Bernardo's wife, Gabriela (Teresa Loyzaga), finds out about his affair, she hires men to kill Olivia. When Olivia was brutally raped and murdered, Juan and his brothers will stop at nothing to bring justice to her death. The Samonte brothers will infiltrate the household of the Elizondos, the family Juan suspects is responsible for what happened to Lyvia. There, Juan will meet Gabriela — the powerful

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, and Norma (Arci Muñoz) — the mysterious eldest daughter who has unwittingly captured his interest. The more he spends time with the family, the more he's sure of Gabriela's guilt. But her daughters, Norma in particular, will protect their family and their mother no matter what. Juan must think of a way to get closer to the truth he's so desperately seeking, and the only way he finds is to make Norma fall in love. As time passes they have to fight for their love under the dangers caused by Gabriel Salcedo (Wendell Ramos), Gabriela's illegitimate son, and tries to succeed but as Juan and Norma get married along with Oca and Sari (Ellen Adarna) and Cocoy and Jamie (Coleen Garcia), they suffered in the hands of Gabriel during their honeymoon and succeeds in killing Jamie. Gabriel kidnaps Oca and Sari and the rest including JD and plants a bomb in the cave at first they succeed but they got caught causing Norma to have an accident in order for her and Juan’s son to escape. As for Gabriela, she teams up with them to destroy her son to stop his plan and kills both Gabriel and his father, Lazaro, in order to be safe. Norma is sent to the hospital to recover but as the doctors stated that Norma will die causing Gabriela to redeem her soul and regret her sins. At the hospital lobby, the Elizondos and Samontes are visited by a young image of the Elizondos father, Bernardo, and gives his daughter her life back and gives a chance of redemption of their mistakes, as a sign of Gabriela's sorrowful cries and hopes of a new hope. Two years later, they finally lived a peaceful life after all the struggles and hardships in the past years and Juan remembers his promise to his father for being the eldest he must be ready to protect his loved ones.

Cast and characters

Main cast

as Juancho "Juan" A. Samonte / Juan Reyes * Arci Muñoz as Norma S. Elizondo-Samonte *

as Oscar “Oca” A. Samonte / Oscar Santos *

as Sarita "Sari" S. Elizondo-Samonte *

as Franco “Cocoy” A. Samonte * Coleen García as Jimena "Jamie" S. Elizondo-Samonte

Supporting cast

* Dante Ponce as Lazaro Madrigal *

as Gabriel S. Madrigal *

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as Fernando Madrigal *

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as Lucia "Cia" Espejo *

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as Maryo "Mayor" Adriano *

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as Maria Eduvina Suarez * Kazel Kinouchi as Eliza "Elle" Adriano *

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as Rosario "DJ Rio" Montes-Burgos * Enzo Andrei de Castro as Juan David "JD" E. Samonte - Norma and Juan's son. * Zeppi Borromeo as Dos Roque Alvarez, Jr. * Jojo Riguerra as Pepito "Ping" Canlas * Marco Lumba as Mike Galvez * Cara Eriguel as Detective Anna Miranda

Guest cast

*Carlos Morales as Mattheus *Nathaniel Britt as Kiko Rodriguez *Jae Cochon as Daniella Salcedo Madrigal *Benj Bolivar as Miggy * June Macasaet as Mike *Denisse Aguilar as Paula *Natalia Moon as Dancer at Bridal Shower * Akiko Solon as Lucy *Josh Ivan Morales as Norma's rapist *

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as KC *

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as Architect Gelo Corpuz *Paolo Rivero as Foreman *

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as Marga *

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as Eduvina's doctor *Judy Saril as Barbie *Hazel Faith dela Cruz as Agnes *Jocelyn Medina as Mrs. Chavez *Hannah Ledesma as Claire *Jonic Magno as Atty. Lopez

Special participation

Ronaldo Valdez Ronald James Gibbs (born November 27, 1947, in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines), popularly known by his on-screen name Ronaldo Valdez, is a veteran Filipino film and television actor whose career spanned for almost five decades. Valdez is the f ...

as Don Bernardo Elizondo - Gabriela Salcedo's husband; Norma, Sarita and Jamie's father; Lyvia Samonte's lover *

Ingrid dela Paz Ingrid dela Paz (born April 10, 1994) is a Filipina actress of Spaniards, Spanish and Filipinos, Filipino descent. She was a former Star Magic artist. Ingrid made her first on-screen appearance in an episode of ''Maalaala Mo Kaya''. She appe ...

as Olivia "Lyvia" Samonte - Juan, Oscar and Franco's youngest sister; Don Bernardo Elizondo's lover *Lorenzo Mara as Orlando Samonte - Juan, Oscar, Franco, and Lyvia's father *

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as Leonora Alvarez-Samonte - Orlando Samonte's wife; Juan, Oscar, Franco and Lyvia's mother *

Dominic Ochoa Jose Madrigal Ochoa (; born August 4, 1974), better known as Dominic Ochoa, is a Filipino actor, comedian, model and member of ABS-CBN's circle of homegrown talents named Star Magic, as part of the batch 4. He is currently managed by Boy Ab ...

as Carlos Suarez * AJ Dee as Daniel Burgos

Special finale participation

Alex Gonzaga Catherine Cruz Gonzaga-Morada (; born Catherine Cruz Gonzaga; January 16, 1988), professionally known as Alex Gonzaga, is a Filipino media personality, comedienne, businesswoman, host, singer and actress. Her self-titled YouTube channel is one ...

as Jenny

Scheduling

Initially meant to be part of

's ''Kapamilya Gold'' afternoon block, based on the first teaser, declaring that ''Pasión de Amor'' will be airing on ''Kapamilya Gold'' in May 2015. But on a last minute change — due to other network's shows currently airing on the said block ( two other teleseryes, Koreanovela '' Let's Get Married'' and soon to be successor '' Pinoy Big Brother: 737 Gold''). However, the timeslot was later announced as part of ''Primetime Bida'' evening block and finally aired on June 1, 2015, after the network decided to immediately end ''

'' until May 29, 2015, due to low ratings and lack of support. The schedule time is before ''

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''.

Reception

Ratings

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pasion de Amor (Philippine TV series) ABS-CBN drama series Philippine romance television series 2015 Philippine television series debuts 2016 Philippine television series endings Philippine television series based on telenovelas Philippine television series based on Colombian television series Filipino-language television shows Television shows set in the Philippines