''Vino el amor'' (English title: ''Along came love'') is a Mexican

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'' ...

produced by

José Alberto Castro José Alberto Castro (born José Alberto Sáinz Castro, 31 May 1963) is a Mexican producer and director. Biography He is the brother of actresses Verónica Castro, Beatriz Castro, telenovela producer Fausto Gerardo Sáinz, and uncle of Mexican s ...

for

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. It premiered on August 8, 2016 and ended on February 19, 2017. It is a remake of the Chilean telenovela '' La chúcara'', and stars Irina Baeva and

Gabriel Soto Gabriel Soto Díaz (born April 17, 1975) is a Mexican actor and model. He won the national male pageant El Modelo Mexico, and placed first runner-up in Mister World 1996. He was also a member of the former Mexican boy band Kairo, and acts i ...

Plot

David (Gabriel Soto) loses his wife Lisa (Laura Carmine) in a seemingly unintentional accident, perpetrated by her obsessive sister Graciela (Kimberly Dos Ramos). David becomes depressed to such a degree that he begins to neglect his children, Fernanda (Sofia Castro) and Bobby (Emilio Beltrán Ulrich), and the vineyard he loves so much. His sinister mother-in-law Lilian (Azela Robinson) and supposed best friend Juan (Christian de la Campa) try to take advantage of the situation to steal David's fortune. An unexpected arrival to the vineyard alters their plans. Luciana (Irina Baeva), a cheerful and impetuous youngster who lived in the vineyard with her family many years ago, was deported to Mexico along with her father Marcos (Alejandro Ávila). This was caused by Lilian, whose goal was to get rid of the entire family, especially Luciana's mother Marta (Cynthia Klitbo), for revenge of past troubles, as she sent officials after them despite having their documents in order and were in progress of becoming U.S. citizens. After her father died, Luciana returns as a beautiful young woman, and disrupts David's life. In their relationship of love and hate, Luciana changes everything for the better and David starts to love life again, along with gaining Luciana's affection. However, with Lilian's hatred towards the lower class due to the fact that her husband cheated on her with a servant, Graciela's obsession for David, and Fernanda's dislike for Luciana, the trio plan to prevent Luciana from ever staying in the United States.

Cast

Main

as David * Cynthia Klitbo as Marta *

Azela Robinson Azela Robinson (born Azela Jacqueline Robinson Cañedo on 26 August 1965 in London, UK) is a Mexican actress of British origin. Famous for her antagonistic interpretations in numerous Mexican telenovelas, among which are ''Cañaveral de pasio ...

as Lilian * Irina Baeva as Luciana * Mar Contreras as Susan * Moisés Arizmendi as César *

Verónica Jaspeado Verónica Jaspeado Martínez (born September 6, 1976) is a Mexican actress and voice actress. Biography She was born in Puebla, Mexico on September 6, 1976. Veronica studied at the Centro de Capacitación Artística de Televisa (CEA). She al ...

as Sonia *

Kimberly Dos Ramos Kimberly Dos Ramos de Sousa (born April 15, 1992) is a Venezuelan actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Matilda Román in Nickelodeon's ''Grachi''. She started her career in commercials and promotions for the Venezuelan television stat ...

as Graciela * Christian de la Campa as Juan * Juan Vidal as Gutiérrez *

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as León * Gloria Aura as Perla *

Sofía Castro Angélica Sofía Castro Rivera (born 30 October 1996), known professionally as Sofía Castro, is a Mexican actress. She is the daughter of Angelica Rivera and José Alberto Castro. She is the step-daughter of former president Enrique Peña Ni ...

as Fernanda *

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as Miguel * Mario Loria as Ramón *

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as Carlos * Yanet Sedano as Carito * Óscar Bonfiglio as Adolfo *

Bárbara López Bárbara Elizabeth López Pérez (born 13 August 1992), best known as Bárbara López is a Mexican actress best known for her role as Juliana Valdés in the crime drama television series ''Love to Death'' (2018–2019). Her other notable TV roles ...

as Erika * Juan Carlos Serrano as Mark

Recurring

* Emilio Beltrán Ulrich as Bobby

Guest stars

Alejandro Ávila Alejandro Ávila (born Alejandro Aranda Ávila on November 24, 1973) is a Mexican telenovela actor. Biography His birth name is Alejandro Aranda and his artistic name was chosen to honor his stepfather A stepfather or stepdad is a non-bi ...

as Marcos *

Laura Carmine Laura Carmine (born Laura Yliana Carmine Miranda; April 2, 1983) is a Puerto Rican actress who currently resides in Mexico. Early life Carmine was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico but soon moved with her family to Mexico. She was born with Heteroc ...

as Lisa

Production

The series is an original story by Julio Rojas Gutiérrez, rewriting for Mexican television by Janely Esther Lee Torres and Vanesa Varela Magallón. It is directed by Salvador Sánchez and Santiago Barbosa as scene directors and Jorge Amaya and Bernardo Nájera as camera directors.

Development

The development of ''Vino el amor'' is based on the Mexican emigration to the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

in search of "the American dream" and how these are humiliated and offended by the police and heartless people. Also touched on topics such as bipolarity. Much of the production is filmed in the vineyards of Napa and Sonoma, also in

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

. The telenovela also filmed in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...

and

Tijuana Tijuana ( ,"Tijuana"
(US) and < ...

, part of the cast filmed scenes in Foro 14 of

Televisa San Ángel Televisa San Ángel (originally Estudios y Laboratorios San Ángel, S.A.) is a film and television studio located in Mexico City. It was originally built by Jorge Stahl as a motion picture studio, and in the 1970s would be sold to the Azcárrag ...

Casting

On May 25, 2016, TVyNovelas Magazine confirmed

and Irina Baeva as the main protagonists. On June 8, 2016,

confirmed

and Christian de la Campa as the main antagonists; both actors had an exclusive contract with

Telemundo Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast. It provides content nationally with pr ...

, and therefore they decided to accept Televisa's job offer. The cast also included actors from other personalities such as Juan Vidal and

, who had been working for

TV Azteca TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa. It primarily competes with Televisa as well as some local operators. It owns two nationa ...

for years. On June 30, 2016,

was confirmed to guest star in the first few episodes where she play as the wife of Gabriel Soto's character. For

, this project has made her character be hated, as happened to Marjorie de Sousa's character in the telenovela ''

Amores verdaderos ''Amores Verdaderos'' (English: ''True Love'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa and premiered by Canal de las Estrellas in September 2012. It is based on ''Amor en custodia'', previously produced in Colomb ...

''. Her character helps a lot in the telenovela to help people who suffer from bipolarity, be able to have a help and confront their situation. Dos Ramos stated: "It is gratifying to know that in some way my character can help the relatives of those who suffer from bipolarity and seek solutions." In late September 2016, Dos Ramos caused controversy in an episode where she was topless, this being an idea of Televisa to be able to increase its ratings in its productions.

Reception

In the

, ''Vino el amor'' was very well received by the American public only in its premiere it measured 2,143,000 total viewers, becoming one of the most viewed productions of Univision.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official website
* {{Televisa telenovelas 2010s Mexican telenovelas Televisa telenovelas 2016 telenovelas 2016 Mexican television series debuts 2017 Mexican television series endings Mexican television series based on Chilean television series Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico Television shows set in California