Torrente (telenovela)

''Torrente: ¡Un torbellino de pasiones!'' (English title:''Torrente: A Storm of Passion'') is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Neida Padilla and Benilde Ávila which was produced by Venevisión in 2008.

On April 4, 2008, Venevisión started broadcasting ''Torrente'' weekdays at 9:00pm, replacing ''Arroz con Leche''. The last episode was broadcast on September 9, 2008 with ''¿Vieja yo?'' replacing it.

Maritza Bustamante and Luciano D'Alessandro starred as the protagonists, while Anabell Rivero and Félix Loreto starred as the antagonists.

Plot

Ana Julia Briceño is an OB-GYN who is happily married to Reinaldo Galbadon, a pediatrician. She has everything she can ask for: a good job, a loving husband and the friendship provided by her best friend, Valeria Velutini. However, she cannot bear children due to a medical problem affecting her uterus. When she discusses the issue with her friend Valeria over Reinaldo's refusal to hire a surrogate, Valeria offers a suggestion: that she become the surrogate, on condition that Reinaldo does not find out about it.

Valeria then gets implanted with one of Ana Julia's eggs that has been fertilized by Reinaldo's sperm. However, the situation changes when Ana Julia is involved in a plane crash that leaves here with a severe case of memory loss. Everyone on board of the plane is considered dead. Devastated, Reinaldo and Valeria find comfort in each other's arms, leading them to spend the night together. After this, Valeria's pregnancy starts showing, and she tells Reinaldo that he is the father, without telling him the truth that Ana Julia is the biological mother of the child that she is carrying.

Meanwhile, in the Amazon jungle, Ana Julia is being cared for by Bayardo Santa Cruz, the man who rescued Ana Julia. After a turn of unfortunate events that sees Ana Julia land in jail, she finally recovers her memory and through the help of Bayardo, escapes back home. But when she finally reaches home, she is shocked to find out that her husband and best friend are a couple while, unknown to Reinaldo, they have built a life based on a lie. Ana Julia and Valeria now become rivals, as Ana Julia tries to regain what is rightfully hers while Valeria tries to hold onto the life that she has created with Reinaldo.

Cast

Starring

* Maritza Bustamante as ''Ana Julia Briceño Mendizábal de Gabaldón''
* Luciano D'Alessandro as ''Reinaldo Gabaldón Leal''

Also starring

* Eduardo Orozco as ''Juan "Juancho" Gabaldón Leal''
* Zair Montes as ''Charí Santa Cruz''
* Anabell Rivero as ''Valeria Velutini''
* Damián Genovese as ''Sebastián Gabaldón Leal''
* Gioia Arismendi as ''Maruja Briceño Mendizábal de Gabaldón''
* Iván Tamayo as ''Bayardo Santa Cruz''
* Gioia Lombardini as ''Rebeca Mendizábal''
* Carlos Villamizar as ''Lorenzo Gabaldón''
* Marcos Moreno as ''Atilio Rengifo''
* Jose Luis Useche as ''Hairo Vallejo''
* Zhandra De Abreu as ''Paola Vettini''
* Susej Vera as ''Corina Pereira de Gabaldón''
* Gonzalo Cubero as ''Ortega''
* Pedro Durán as ''Pacheko''
* Félix Loreto as ''Cayo Gabaldón''
* Verónica Ortiz as ''Nikdalia''
* Carolina Motta as ''Baniba / María Ruíz''
* Yina Vélez as ''Patrisia''
* Jessika Grau as ''Verónica Méndez''
* Beatriz Fuentes as ''Margarita''
* Christian McGaffney as ''Benjamín''
* Liliana Meléndez as ''Rosita''
* Marisol Matheus as ''Martina''
* Vanesa Mendoza as ''Sofía''
* Cesar Flores as ''Arturo Freitas''
* Mayra Africano as ''Nueke/ Domitila''
* Belén Peláez as ''Mariela''
* Desideria D'Caro as ''Claudia Moreno''
* Monica Pasqualotto as ''Tamara Domínguez''
* Mauricio González as ''Omar Araulfo''
* Rodolfo Drago as ''Yanis Alarcon''

Venezuela broadcast

* Release dates, episode name & length, based on Venevisión's broadcast.

References

External links

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{{Univision telenovelas

2008 telenovelas
2008 Venezuelan television series debuts
2008 Venezuelan television series endings
Venezuelan telenovelas
Spanish-language telenovelas
Venevisión telenovelas
Medical telenovelas
Television shows set in Venezuela