''Quinceañera'' (English title: ''Sweet 15'') is a Mexican

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produced by

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for

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in 1987. ''Quinceañera'' was the first telenovela to talk about substance abuse,

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and gangs, and is considered to be the first telenovela made for teenagers. ''Quinceañera'' was named by the

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as one of the 10 most influential telenovelas ever to air in Latin America, and Univision tlnovelas viewers named it one of their all-time favorite Mexican telenovelas. In 2010, ''Quinceañera'' was placed #7 on the

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's "20 Best Telenovelas" list, and in 2012,

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named it as one of the 50 best telenovelas of all-time.

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and Rafael Rojas starred as protagonists, while Sebastián Ligarde and

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starred as antagonists.

Plot

Maricruz (

) and Beatriz (

) are classmates and best friends. Maricruz is from a working-class family, while Beatriz's is very wealthy. They are both 14 and excited about their quinceañera parties and becoming women. Mechanic's apprentice Pancho (

) and gang tough Memo (

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) are attracted to Maricruz. Maricruz is immediately disgusted by Memo and eventually accepts Pancho's love. Memo attacks Maricruz; she faints before he can rape her, but he lets her believe he did rape her. She feels violated, defiled, and unworthy of Pancho and believes he won't want her now. At the same time, Maricruz's brother Gerardo ( Rafael Rojas) starts dating Beatriz when their mother pressures her children to raise their social class. When Beatriz becomes pregnant, her family supports her after their initial horror. Both girls realize that the passage to womanhood was not what they expected.

Cast

as Maricruz Fernández Sarcoser *

as Beatriz Villanueva Contreras *

as Pancho *

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as Chato *

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as Carmen Sarcoser de Fernández *

as Guillermo "Memo" López *

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as Sergio Iturralde Contreras *

as Leonor Gutiérrez * Rafael Rojas as Gerardo Fernández Sarcoser * Blanca Sánchez as Ana María Contreras de Villanueva * Omar Fierro as Arturo * Inés Morales as Elvira Contreras Vda. de Iturralde * Maricarmen Vela as Enriqueta Solórzano *

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as Antonio *

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as Teresa *

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as Roberto Villanueva * Julieta Bracho as Srta. Palmira * Silvia Caos as ''Consuelo'' *

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as Timoteo "Timo" * Abraham Méndez as Ernesto *

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as Rosalía Vda. de Contreras *

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as Indalecio "Reintegro" *

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as Ramón Fernández * Roberto Carrera as Joaquín * Alejandra Gollas as Adriana Fernández Sarcoser * Margarita Sanz as Eduviges Sarcoser *

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as Estela * Cristopher Lago as Carlitos * Lucero Lander as ''Alicia'' *

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as Lupe * Marta Aura as Gertrudis * Ricardo D'loera as Lic. Espinoza *

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as Licha * Lucha Moreno as Virginia Campos * Ana Silvia Garza as Srta. Sofía * Rolando de Castro Sr. as Lic. de la Barrera * Ana María Aguirre as Cristina * Pancho Muller as Andrés "Toluco" López * Gabriel Fernández as El Chamo * Enrique Gilabert as Sr. Villarreal * Alejandro Montoya as Joaquín * Rosa Elena Díaz as Mother Esperanza * Keiko as Orca

Soundtrack

Track listing

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– "Quinceañera (instrumental)" * Pandora – "Ella Se Llenó de Amor" *

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– "Native Son" *

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– "To the Unknown Man" *

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– "El Rey de la Noche (instrumental)" *

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– "Cuando Seas Grande" *

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– " Bad" * Luis Miguel – " Cuando calienta el sol (instrumental)" * Stevie Wonder – " I Just Called to Say I Love You (instrumental)" * Pink Floyd – " Terminal Frost (instrumental)" * Pandora – "Tu Cariño" *

– "Cuando Seas Grande" * W.A.S.P. - " Wild Child"

Awards

Other versions

made a remake of ''Quinceañera'' named ''

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'', in 2000 stars

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and

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and a second remake, '' Miss XV'', in 2012 stars by

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and

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References

External links

''Quinceañera''
at univision.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Quinceanera (Telenovela) 1987 telenovelas Mexican telenovelas Televisa telenovelas 1987 Mexican television series debuts 1988 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico City