''Sabor a ti'' is a Venezuelan
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...
written by Ligia Lezama and Benilde Avila which was produced by
Venevisión
Venevisión () is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros.
History
The company's roots date back to June 1, 1953, with the establish ...
between 2004 and 2005. The series was distributed internationally by
Venevisión International
Cisneros Media (abbreviated as CM, formerly known as Venevision International) is an entertainment company that broadcasts Spanish content in the United States and in other locations around the globe.
CMD is a Spanish-language Entertainment com ...
.
Ana Karina Manco
Ana Karina Manco Guzmán (born 17 December 1967) is a Venezuelan actress known for her various roles in telenovelas and theatre.
Biography
Ana is the youngest of three older siblings, her sister Giannina and brothers Frollo and Freddy. She grad ...
and
Miguel de León
Miguel Angel de León Lopez (born February 23, 1962) is a Venezuelan actor. He is better known simply as Miguel de León. He has acted mainly in telenovelas, which garnered him international fame across Latin America, where the genre is popular, ...
starred as the main protagonists while
Astrid Carolina Herrera
Astrid Carolina Herrera Irazábal (born June 23, 1963) is a Venezuelan actress and beauty queen. She won the 1984 Miss World pageant, held in London, United Kingdom, becoming the third woman from her country to win the title.
Biography
Astr ...
,
Guillermo Pérez and Julio Alcázar starred as the antagonists.
Plot
Leonardo Lombardi (
Miguel de León
Miguel Angel de León Lopez (born February 23, 1962) is a Venezuelan actor. He is better known simply as Miguel de León. He has acted mainly in telenovelas, which garnered him international fame across Latin America, where the genre is popular, ...
) is a successful engineer who returns from a business trip only to find his beloved wife Raiza (
Astrid Carolina Herrera
Astrid Carolina Herrera Irazábal (born June 23, 1963) is a Venezuelan actress and beauty queen. She won the 1984 Miss World pageant, held in London, United Kingdom, becoming the third woman from her country to win the title.
Biography
Astr ...
) in bed with his best friend Federico (Juan Carlos Vivas). This breaks Leonardo's heart, making him become a bitter man who is distrustful of women.
Meanwhile, Miranda (
Ana Karina Manco
Ana Karina Manco Guzmán (born 17 December 1967) is a Venezuelan actress known for her various roles in telenovelas and theatre.
Biography
Ana is the youngest of three older siblings, her sister Giannina and brothers Frollo and Freddy. She grad ...
) is a medical student who is forced to give up her medical pediatrician studies in order to help out her family which is experiencing economic problems, to the point that they are about to be evicted from the building where they live. It is through this way that she meets Leonardo, whose wealthy family owns the building where Miranda lives. Leonardo offers Miranda a job in his house as the caretaker of his two children and ailing grandfather.
Life for Miranda at the Lombardi mansion becomes difficult as she has to deal with Leonardo's bitterness, his sister-in-law's Fabiana's cruelty toward's her, and the insults of Raiza, who returns to her matrimonial home to manipulate Leonardo by using their daughter's emotional problems in order to try and win him back. The only support and care she receives while in the mansion are from Salvador, Leonardo's grandfather and his two children, Carlitos and Karina. After a while, Leonardo begins to fall in love with Miranda after seeing her sweet, caring nature. However, in order for them to be happy, they will have to face the wrath of Raiza who sees Miranda as an obstacle to regaining her previous former happiness.
Cast
Main
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Ana Karina Manco
Ana Karina Manco Guzmán (born 17 December 1967) is a Venezuelan actress known for her various roles in telenovelas and theatre.
Biography
Ana is the youngest of three older siblings, her sister Giannina and brothers Frollo and Freddy. She grad ...
as ''Miranda Valladares''
*
Miguel de León
Miguel Angel de León Lopez (born February 23, 1962) is a Venezuelan actor. He is better known simply as Miguel de León. He has acted mainly in telenovelas, which garnered him international fame across Latin America, where the genre is popular, ...
as ''Leonardo Lombardi''
*
Astrid Carolina Herrera
Astrid Carolina Herrera Irazábal (born June 23, 1963) is a Venezuelan actress and beauty queen. She won the 1984 Miss World pageant, held in London, United Kingdom, becoming the third woman from her country to win the title.
Biography
Astr ...
as ''Raiza Alarcón de Lombardi''
*
Guillermo Pérez as ''Darío Antonetti''
*Juan Carlos Vivas as ''Federico Carvajal''
*
Gigi Zanchetta
Gigliola (Gigi) Zanchetta Pirella (born April 3, 1966) is a Venezuelan actress.
Life and career
Zanchetta has made her television debut in the telenovela '' Cristal''; she later specialized in the genre, appearing in over 20 telenovelas, among t ...
as ''Sonia Fernández''
*Rafael Romero as ''José "Cheo" Pacheco''
*
Adrián Delgado as ''Manolo Martínez''
*Eduardo Luna as ''Germán Estévez''
*Eva Blanco as ''Elva "Elvita" Montiel Vda. de Valladares''
*Julio Alcázar as ''Raimundo Lombardi''
Also main
*Sonia Villamizar as ''Fabiana Alarcón''
*Veronica Ortiz as ''Yajaira Martínez''
*Kassandra Tepper as ''Claudia''
*
Milena Santander as ''Chela''
*Reina Hinojosa as ''Eloísa Lombardi''
*Patricia Schwarzgruber as ''Victoria Valladares "Vicky"''
*Bebsabe Duque as ''Ginette Alarcón''
*Claudia La Gatta as ''Cherryl''
*Umberto Buonocuore as ''Salvador Lombardi''
*Gerardo Soto as ''Alejandro Ferrer''
*Amilcar Rivero as ''Gregory''
*Francisco Ferrari as ''Padre Agustín''
*
Rosalinda Serfaty
Rosalinda Raquel Serfaty Rosenstock (born April 24, 1969, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine-born Venezuelan television and theater actress of Moroccan Jewish and Berber Moroccan origin.
Biography
Rosalinda was born to Jewish parents Jaime Serf ...
as ''Andreína''
*Reinaldo José Pérez as ''Pedro García''
*Erika Schwarzgruber as ''Rina Lombardi''
*Pamela Djalil as ''Pamela''
*Lance Dos Ramos as ''Saúl Lombardi''
*Milena Torres as ''Corina''
*Michelle Naseff as ''Karina Lombardi Alarcón''
*Alejandro Rodríguez as ''Carlos "Carlitos" Lombardi Alarcón''
References
External links
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{{Venevisión telenovelas in 2000-2019
Venevisión telenovelas
2004 telenovelas
2004 Venezuelan television series debuts
2005 Venezuelan television series endings
Spanish-language telenovelas
Television shows set in Caracas