Alborada (telenovela)

''Alborada'' (English: ''The Dawning'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 2005. It is an historical drama, set in colonial Panama and Mexico a few years before Mexican Independence from Spain.

On Monday, October 24, 2005, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting ''Alborada'' weekdays at 9:00pm, replacing ''La esposa virgen''. The last episode was broadcast on Friday, February 24, 2006 with ''La verdad oculta'' replacing it on Monday, February 27, 2006.

Lucero and Fernando Colunga starred as protagonists, while Daniela Romo, Luis Roberto Guzmán, Vanessa Guzmán and Gilberto de Anda starred as antagonists. Arturo Peniche, Ernesto Laguardia, Irán Castillo, Valentino Lanús, Mariana Garza, Alejandro Tommasi and Mariana Karr star as stellar performances.

Plot

Maria Hipólita Díaz is a young woman who lives in Panama with her husband, Antonio, and her mother-in-law, Adelaida. Antonio suffered from sexual abuses when he was a child, so he isn't able to consummate his marriage.

Adelaida wants to have a grandchild, as Antonio will not inherit the fortune of his uncle, Próspero, unless he sires a son.

Luis Manrique y Arellano is a noble Mexican who came to Santa Rita to close a deal under orders from his cousin Diego, the Count of Guevara, without knowing that the trip was a pretext to have him killed.

When Luis is captured by Adelaida's servants while fleeing from justice, she orders him to take Antonio's place in Hipólita's bed, or she'll turn him over to the authorities.

So Luis goes to Hipólita's bedroom, intending to escape from a window. It's very dark, she awakes upon hearing him try to escape, she doesn't see him very well and she believes he is her husband.

He makes love to her to keep her quiet, and then makes good his escape. But before he leaves, Hipólita discovers that this man isn't her husband, but an escaped prisoner.

Luis departs, without Hipólita seeing his face or knowing his name – but Luis knows hers. She is furious with her mother-in-law for what she has done, but she can't change what happened.

Some weeks later, Hipólta finds out that she is pregnant with Luis's child, so she decides to leave home with her maid, Adalgisa, and go to Mexico, where her family lives.

There, she has her child, Rafael, and finds her mother and her sister, but they aren't very thrilled to see her. Hipólita was Asunción's illegitimate daughter, so she sent the girl to Panama to be raised by her grandmother, so that no one in Mexico could know that she had a daughter outside of wedlock.

When Hipólita arrives in Mexico, she has to fight against her stepfather's hate and her mother's desperation when she finds out that there's another bastard in the family.

Luis also lives in Mexico: he is a rich man, cousin of the count of Guevara, and there is much mystery about his relationship with his mother, Juana, who appears to hate her own son and support the count against him at every turn.

Hipólita and Luis meet again and, although she doesn't recognize him, he recognizes her and he suspects that the child that Hipólita has with her is also his son.

They don't get on very well initially, but later, they fall in love with each other. Luis feels that he has to tell her that he is her son's father, but he can't do this, because if he did, Hipólita would hate him.

The eventual recognition of Rafael as Luis's son, the reason why Luis's mother detests him, and the plots of the Count of Guevara against Luis are played out against the background of Luis's and Hipólita's attempts to be together.

Cast

Main cast

* Lucero as ''María Hipólita de Corsa Díaz Montero de Guzmán / Doña María Hipólita de Corsa Díaz Montero de Manrique y Arellano''
*Fernando Colunga as ''Don Luis Manrique y Arellano'', the real Count of Guevara
*Daniela Romo as ''Doña Juana Arellano vda. de Manrique''
*Luis Roberto Guzmán as ''Don Diego Arellano y Mendoza''
*Arturo Peniche as ''Antonio de Guzmán y Pantoja''
*Ernesto Laguardia as ''Don Cristóbal de Lara Montemayor y Robles''
*Irán Castillo as ''Catalina Escobar Díaz Montero / Doña Catalina Escobar Díaz Montero de Lara''
* Valentino Lanus as ''Martin Alvarado Solares''

Supporting cast

*Alejandro Tommasi as ''Felipe Alvarado Solares''
*Manuel Ojeda as ''Don Francisco Escobar''
*Olivia Bucio as ''Asunción Díaz Montero de Escobar''
*Vanessa Guzmán as ''Perla Lopéz''
*Mariana Karr as ''Isabel Manrique de Leiva''
*Mariana Garza as ''Esperanza Carmona de Corsa de Manrique''
*Beatriz Moreno as ''Adalgisa "Ada" Sánchez''
*María Rojo as ''Victoria Mancera y Oviedo vda. de Valdés''
*Magda Guzmán as ''Sara de Oviedo "La Poderosa"''
*David Ostrosky as ''Agustín de Corsa''
* Jan as ''Santiago de Corsa''
*Marcelo Córdoba as ''Marcos López''
*Carlos Girón as ''Cirilo''
*Lucero Lander as ''Sister Teresa de Lara Montemayor y Robles''
*Patricia Martínez as ''Carmela de Alvarado''
* Monica Miguel as ''Modesta''
*Alexander Renaud as ''Rafael Luis Diaz Montero Manrique y Arellano''
*Arturo Vázquez as ''Ramón Fuentes''
*Gilberto de Anda as ''Amílcares Gasca''
*Rebeca Manríquez as ''Elvira Sandoval''
*Analia del Mar as ''Mirtha''
*Aurora Clavel as ''Cleotilde''
*Gabriel de Cervantes as ''Lázaro''
*José Luis Reséndez as ''Andrés Escobar y Fuenterilla''
* Sherlyn as ''Marina Sandoval Mancera y Oviedo de Valdés de Escóbar ''
*Zully Montero as ''Adelaida Pantoja vda. de Guzmán''
*Robertha as ''Paula''
*Rudy Casanova as ''Fermín''
*Edgardo Tejeda as ''Vicente''
*Archie Lafranco as ''Rodrigo de Rivera''
*Christina Pastor as ''Eloísa Iturralde''
*Lupita Lara as '' Rosario''
*Isaura Espinoza as ''Eusebia''
*Eduardo Liñán as ''Captain Nicolás Pardo''
*Adalberto Parra as ''Higinio''
*Benjamín Pineda as ''Aurelio''
*Rubén Cerda as ''Fray Gaspar''
*Justo Martínez as ''Fray Álvaro D'Acosta''
*Aarón Hernán as ''Regidor Don Anselmo Iturbe y Pedroza''
*Rosa María Bianchi as ''Magdalena de Iturbe y Pedroza''
*Raúl Valerio as ''Don Malaquías Apodaca''
*Antonio Medellín as ''Fray Pablo''
*Mario Iván Martínez as ''Singer in the brothel''
*Humberto Dupeyrón as ''Don Próspero de Guzmán''
*Magda Karina as ''Sara de Oviedo (young)''
*Julio Monterde as ''Archbishop''
*Joana Brito as ''Casera''
*Amparo Garrido as ''Hipólita's employer''
*María Dolores Oliva as ''María''
*Benjamín Islas as ''Eliseo Ulloa''

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References

External links

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* at esmas.com
Alborada
at univision.com

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2005 telenovelas
Mexican telenovelas
2005 Mexican television series debuts
2006 Mexican television series endings
Spanish-language telenovelas
Television shows set in Mexico City
Televisa telenovelas