''Abismo de pasión'' (English: ''Abyss of Passion'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by

Angelli Nesma Medina Angelli Nesma Medina (born in Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the ...

for

Televisa Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April ...

. It is a remake of the 1996 telenovela '' Cañaveral de Pasiones'' by Caridad Bravo Adams. The telenovela aired on

Canal de las Estrellas Las Estrellas () is a Mexican television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. Its first official broadcast took place on 21 March 1951. It airs free-to-air through affiliate stations throughout Mexico, based on XEW-TDT in Mexico City. It is co ...

from January 23 to September 2, 2012. The telenovela follows childhood friends Elisa (

Angelique Boyer Angelique Monique-Paulette Boyer Rousseau (born 4 July 1988), simply known as Angelique Boyer, is a Mexican actress. Among her most notable works is her participation in soap operas such as ''Rebelde'', and ''Teresa''. Early life Boyer was b ...

), Damián (

David Zepeda David Zepeda (born 19 September 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 2019, Zepeda debuts in Telemundo particip ...

), and Gael (

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) as they reunite as adults after their families were torn apart by a scandal.

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, Sabine Moussier, Salvador Zerboni, and Eugenia Cauduro also star. In the United States, the telenovela aired on

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weeknights at 9 pm EST from March 12 to November 7, 2012. The finale was followed by a program where the cast discussed their experience working on the show.

Plot

''Abismo de pasión'' takes place in La Ermita, Yucatán, where El Grupo Anito factory is located. Rosendo, the plant's owner, is having an affair with Carmina. Later that night, he, his wife Alfonsina, and their son Damián have dinner with Rosendo's best friend Augusto, his wife Estefania, their daughter Elisa, and Carmina, Estefania's sister. Alfonsina privately tells Augusto that she believes his wife is cheating on him with her husband. When Rosendo and Carmina attempt to leave town, Estefania locks Carmina inside and gets into the car with Rosendo to reason with him. The two die in a car accident, seemingly confirming Alfonsina's theory that they were having an affair. A rift divides the families and Elisa and Damián are no longer allowed to play together. Damián is sent to study in Italy. Years later, he returns to La Ermita and reconnects with Elisa and Gael. He and Elisa begin falling in love until his fiancée Florencia arrives in town. Elisa, Damián, Florencia, Paloma, and Gael's romantic lives become entangled. Meanwhile, Carmina manipulates, lies, and murders to make sure her affair with Rosendo remains a secret. El Grupo Antio factory employee Gabino aspires to take over the firm, marry Alfonsina, and keep quiet his defrauding of El Grupo Anito.

Cast

Main

as Augusto Castañón *

as Alfonsina Mondragón - Damián's mother and Rosendo's widow *

as Elisa Castañón Bouvier - daughter of Augusto and Estefania ** Briggitte Bozzo as Child Elisa *

as Damián Arango Mondragón - son of Rosendo and Alfonsina ** Robin Vega as Child Damián *

as Gael Mondragón / Gael Arango Navarro - who was raised by Alfonsina's brother Lupe ** Diego Velázquez as Child Gael * Sabine Moussier as Carmina Bouvier de Castañón - Estefania's sister, Rosendo's lover, and Augusto's wife *

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as Florencia Landucci Cantú * René Casados as Padre Guadalupe "Lupe" Mondragón, Alfonsina's brother and Gael's guardian * Salvador Zerboni as Gabino Mendoza - El Grupo Anito employee and the series' main antagonist * Eugenia Cauduro as Dolores "Lolita" Martínez - Braulio's wife *

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as Braulio Chinrios * Alexis Ayala as Dr. Edmundo Tovar *

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as Paloma González - granddaughter of Ramona, the town healer, Gabino's daughter ** Marilyz León as Child Paloma

Recurring

Eric del Castillo J. Eduardo Eric del Castillo-Negrete Galván (born 22 July 1934) is a Mexican actor of theater, film and television who has dabbled as a screenwriter, director and arguer film, beginning his career in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Early yea ...

as Lucio Elizondo *

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as Ramona González *

Nailea Norvind Nailea Norvind (born 16 February 1970) is a Mexican theater, television and film actress. She is best known for her role as Leonor in the telenovela ''Quinceañera'', as well as appeared in the critically acclaimed 1987 film '' Gaby: A True Sto ...

as Begoña Narvaez de Tovar *

Armando Araiza Armando Araiza (born Armando Araiza Herrera on September 1, 1969) is a Mexican actor. Early life Araiza was born September 1, 1969, in Mexico City, Mexico. He is a son of director Raúl Araiza and actress Norma Herrera. He has an older brother ...

as Horacio Ramírez * Isaura Espinoza as Maru * Dacia González as Blanca "Nina" Muriel de Elizondo * Sergio Mayer as Paolo Landucci * Isabella Camil as Ingrid Navarro de Jasso * Vanessa Arias as Antonia "Toña" Mendoza de Chinrios *

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as Enrique Tovar Narvaez * Ricardo Dalmacci as Guido Landucci * Lourdes Munguía as Carolina "Carito" Meraz *

Esmeralda Pimentel Esmeralda Pimentel (née Maria Esmeralda Pimentel on September 8, 1989) is a Mexican actress and model. She began her media career in 2009, appearing in commercials and television promotions. After participating in Nuestra Belleza México, wh ...

as Kenia Jasso Navarro * Jade Fraser as Sabrina Tovar Narvaez * Adriano Zendejas as Vicente Chinrios / Vicente Mendoza

Guest stars

Ludwika Paleta Maria Ludwika Paleta Paciorek (; born 29 November 1978) is a Polish-Mexican actress. Early life and career Paleta was born in Kraków in 1978. When her father, musician Zbigniew Paleta, was offered a job in Mexico, the Paleta family settl ...

as Estefanía Bouvier de Castañón *

César Évora César Évora Díaz (; born November 4, 1959) is a Cuban- Mexican actor. Biography Évora started his career in Cuba appearing in more than ten movies before moving to Mexico in the early 1990s. He became known for playing minor roles in the ...

as Rosendo Arango

Production

Production of ''Abismo de pasión'' officially started on November 14, 2011 and took place in and around

Yucatán Yucatán, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 106 separate municipalities, and its capital city is Mérida. ...

Reception

's November 5, 2012, finale broadcast of ''Abismo de pasión'' averaged 5.4 million viewers.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abismo De Pasion Televisa telenovelas 2012 telenovelas 2012 Mexican television series debuts 2012 Mexican television series endings Television shows set in Mexico City Spanish-language telenovelas