Sortilegio (literally "Sortilege", "Love Spell" in English-speaking markets) is a Mexican

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produced by Carla Estrada, in her final telenovela for

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in 2009. and stars

Jacqueline Bracamontes Jacqueline Bracamontes Van Hoorde (born 23 December 1979) is a Mexican actress, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2000, Nuestra Belleza México 2000 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2001. ...

and William Levy as main protagonists, while

David Zepeda David Zepeda (born as David Anastasio Zepeda Quintero on September 19, 1973) is a Mexican actor, model and singer. He is known thanks for participating in soap operas such as ''Acorralada'', ''Abismo de pasión'' and ''Por amar sin ley''. In 201 ...

, Chantal Andere,

Otto Sirgo Otto Sirgo (, born Otto Sirgo Haller; December 19, 1946 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban actor and director of Mexican telenovelas and theater. He is the son of Cuban actor Otto Sirgo and Mexican actress Magda Haller and was married to Maleni Morales, ...

, Azela Robinson,

Julián Gil Julián Elías Gil Beltrán (born 13 June 1970) is an Argentine-Puerto Rican actor, model, businessman and TV host. Personal life Although Julián Gil was born in Argentina, he lived some time in Venezuela as well. He grew up in Puerto Rico an ...

and

Ana Brenda Contreras Ana Brenda Contreras (born 24 December 1986), also known as Ana Breco, is an American actress, singer and model. From 2010 to 2011, she played Aurora Alcázar in the telenovela ''Teresa''. From 2018 to 2019, Contreras starred as Cristal Jennings ...

are playing main villains/antagonists of the story. From October 6, 2009 to February 17, 2010,

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broadcast ''Sortilegio'' weeknights at 9pm/8c replacing ''

Mañana es para siempre ''Mañana es Para Siempre'' (English title: ''Tomorrow is Forever'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa in 2008. It is an adaption of the 2007 Colombian telenovela '' Pura sangre''. It aired on Canal de las ...

''. The last episode was broadcast on February 17, 2010 with '' Corazón salvaje'' replacing it on February 22, 2010. From July 30 to September 7, 2012, Univision broadcast 2 hour reruns of ''Sortilegio'' weekdays at 1pm/12c, replacing ''

Corazón Apasionado ''Corazón apasionado'' (English title: ''Passions of the heart'') is a telenovela created by Alberto Gómez and produced by Venevisión International in 2011. Marlene Favela and Guy Ecker star as the protagonists, while José Guillermo Cortines, ...

''. From September 10 to October 19, 2012, reruns of ''Sortilegio'' were broadcast at 2pm/1c. The last episode was broadcast on October 19, 2012 with '' Cuidado con el ángel'' replacing it on October 22, 2012. This telenovela is a remake of ''

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. is debuting ''Sortilegio'' at 11am/10c, replacing one hour of ''

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''. As of December 7, 2015 - April 15, 2016

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broadcast 11:00, 17:00 and 23:00 replacing '' Alma de hierro'', with ''

Fuego en la sangre ''Fuego en la sangre'' (Translated to "Fire in the Blood", but in English called ''Burning for Revenge'') is a Mexican telenovela that began transmissions on January 21, 2008, through Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas network. Starring Adela Norieg ...

'' replacing it the April 18. As of March 21, 2016 for the first time

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. is debuting ''Sortilegio'' at 1pm/12c, 2 hour of special.

Plot

Victoria had an

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with her husband Samuel's friend, Antonio Lombardo, resulting in the birth of

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, Bruno and Raquel. Antonio also had a son, Alejandro, with his wife Adriana. After their respective spouses died, they reunited and got married. However, they didn't tell their children that they are half-siblings, as that would reveal their infidelities. Instead they raised their children to recognize each other as step-siblings. Years pass, and Bruno comes to be an irresponsible man who does not respect laws. Alejandro, on the other hand, is very responsible. Antonio prefers Alejandro over Bruno and decides that Alejandro should inherit his money when he passes away. Antonio and Victoria have a meeting at Bruno's high school about Bruno's behavior and are told that he is expelled. While leaving the school, Antonio is run over and killed. Bruno upon learning that Antonio left everything to Alejandro comes up with a plan to pretend to be Alejandro and marry Maria Jose, a sweet innocent girl and then kill Alejandro. Making Maria Jose a very rich widow. When news comes of Alejandro's death Maria Jose and her sister Paula travel to Merida for the funeral. Maria Jose is heart broken to learn that Alejandro has died. However, she also learns that the man she feel in love with is named Bruno and not Alejandro. Maria Jose is furious to learn that Bruno tricked her and wants nothing to do with his evil plan. Bruno then threatens to send her father to prison if she doesn't pretend to be Alejandro's widow. Maria Jose is trapped and reluctantly accepts to deceive everyone into believing that she did get married with Alejandro. Just as Bruno thinks he has gotten away with his plan, Alejandro returns alive and shocked to learn that his family thinks that he married Maria Jose. Alejandro must then discover the truth about his supposed marriage to Maria Jose, who he is slowly falling in love with. Thus begins a story of intrigue, sibling hatred and rivalry, two sons in love with and fighting for the love of the same women, corporate espionage, and twin sisters torn apart by circumstance.

Cast

Starring

as María José Samaniego de Lombardo / Sandra Betancourt * William Levy as Alejandro Lombardo * Daniela Romo as Victoria de Lombardo * Gabriel Soto as Fernando Alanís * Chantal Andere as Raquel Albéniz *

as Maura Albarrán *

as Bruno Albéniz

Also starring

Mónica Miguel Mónica Miguel (born Gloria Chávez Miguel; 13 March 1936 – 12 August 2020) was a Mexican actress, director, and singer. Career Passionate about the arts and especially the theater, she would attend the occasional stage plays that came to Te ...

as Maya San Juan *

as Jorge Kruguer * Aarón Hernán as Porfirio Betancourt *

Patricio Castillo Patricio Castillo may refer to: * Patricio Castillo (actor, born 1974), Spanish-Chilean voice actor, singer and songwriter * Patricio Castillo (actor, born 1940) (1940–2021), Chilean-born Mexican actor * Patricio Castillo (folk musician) Patri ...

as Emiliano Alanís * Azela Robinson as Elena Miranda de Kruguer *

Luis Couturier Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

as Hernán Plascencia * Héctor Sáez as Pedro Samaniego *

Marcelo Córdoba Marcelo Alejandro Córdoba (born Marcelo Alejandro Córdoba in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 21, 1973) is an Argentine actor. Biography After a few years of living in México, he was in the cast of the 2005 telenovela Alborada, which w ...

as Roberto Castelar *

as Ulises Villaseñor *

Daniela Luján Daniela Luján (; born Daniela Barrios Rodriguez, 5 April 1988) is a Mexican pop singer and actress. She is considered the "Queen of Telenovelas for Children" for having starred in telenovelas of world success, being: Luz Clarita and El diario ...

as Lisette Albarrán * Guillermo Zarur as Ezequiel Flores * Adalberto Parra as Erick Díaz *

Wendy González Wendy González Salinas (born August 17, 1985) is a Mexican actress. She is best known for her main role in the series ''Como dice el dicho'', and her role as co-protagonist in the telenovela ''Antes muerta que Lichita ''Antes muerta que Lich ...

as Paula Samaniego *

Manuela Ímaz Manuela Ímaz (born Manuela Eugenia Ímaz Houglín; June 14, 1979) is a Mexican actress, born in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico.Rosita Pelayo as Meche Brito * Arturo Lorca as Arturo * Carlos Giron as Gabriel Brito * Iliana de la Garza as Julia Fernández * Rolando Fernández as Gregorio Diez * Dolores Oliva as Piedad * Christina Pastor as Mary *

José Carlos Ruiz José Carlos Ruiz (born 17 November 1936) is a Mexican film and television actor. He starred in telenovelas such as ''María Isabel'', ''Soñadoras'', ''Mariana de la noche'', ''Sortilegio'', ''Soy Tu Dueña'', ''Un Refugio para el Amor'', ''Am ...

as Chucho Gavira *

María Victoria María Victoria Gutiérrez Cervantes (born 26 February 1927 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican actress, singer, and comedian. She is best known for starring in the Telesistema Mexicano sitcom ''La criada bien criada'' and ...

as Felipa García

Recurring

Fernando Allende Luis Fernando Allende Arenas (born November 10, 1952) is a Mexican singer, actor, painter, film producer, and film director. Early life Allende was born in Mexico. His father is Mexican, and his mother is from Cuba. Allende's grandfather on his f ...

as Antonio Lombardo *

Felicia Mercado Felicia Mercado (born Felicia Mercado Agud on December 17, 1959) is a Mexican actress, singer and TV hostess, best known for her appearances in telenovelas . She appeared in '' Between Love and Hatred'' and ''Teresa''. Her first role in Telemund ...

as Adriana Villavicencio de Lombardo *

Mauricio Aspe Mauricio Aspe (born Edgar Mauricio Aspe López on July 25, 1973, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. Biography Career He began as a child model before emerging as an actor at age 17, when he joined the school of acting of Televisa to ...

as Fabián Lombardo *

Alejandro Durán Alejandro Durán Fernández (born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico), is a Mexican television 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 th ...

as Aníbal * Elizabeth Álvarez as Irene *

Pablo Valentín (17 October 1972), known professionally as ''Pablo Valentín'' is a theater, film and television actor best known for his role as Pedro in ''Vecinos''. Early life Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Valentín has appeared in telenovelas such ...

as Delegado *

Alejandro Tomasi Alejandro Tommasi (born Alejandro Casares Tommasi; August 14, 1957) is a Mexican television, stage and film actor. Personal life Tommasi is of Italian descent. Tommasi came out as gay and married his 35 years old boyfriend, Óscar Ruiz, in Sept ...

as Samuel Albeniz

References

External links

* {{Carla Estrada 2009 telenovelas 2009 Mexican television series debuts 2009 Mexican television series endings Mexican telenovelas Televisa telenovelas Spanish-language telenovelas Mexican LGBT-related television shows