''Capricho'' (English title: ''Whim'') is a Mexican

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produced by

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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 ...

in 1993. It stars

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, Juan Peláez, Patricia Pereyra and

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Plot

The plot of ''Capricho'' takes place in

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and revolves around the Aranda Montaño family. Eugenia Montaño (

) is a powerful and strong-willed woman, owner of "Viñedos del Sol", a renowned vineyard that has belonged to her family for decades. Eugenia is married to Antonio Aranda (Juan Peláez), a writer with an affable and submissive character, deeply in love with his wife, with whom she has two daughters: the eldest, Raquel (Patricia Pereyra), and the youngest, Cristina (

). However, Eugenia adores the former while she feels a deep contempt for the latter. Raquel, as evil as her mother, also despises Cristina. She is the girlfriend of Jorge (Jorge Antolín), an honest young man who sincerely cares for her, but she has never shown interest in him, unlike Cristina who loves him in secret. Despite the disdain from her mother and sister, Cristina has always had the support of her father, Antonio, her uncle, León (

), his wife, Mercedes (

Silvia Mariscal Silvia Mariscal (born Silvia Ramírez Aguilar on September 13, 1946, in Mexico City, Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the Uni ...

), and that of Doña Isabel (

María Teresa Rivas María Teresa Rivas (born María Teresa Orozco Moreno; May 6, 1918 – July 23, 2010) was a Mexican actress. Along with Silvia Derbez, she is considered one of the pioneers of telenovelas in Mexico, appearing in more than 50 in her career, begin ...

), her beloved grandmother. Soon, in Cristina's life will appear Daniel Franco (

), a handsome architect who comes from the capital to Aguascalientes to work on the construction project of a mall run by León and where Jorge works. Both sisters fall in love with him, but Daniel sets his sights on Cristina, provoking the fury of Raquel and her mother who will make the girl's life miserable; all because of a whim.

Cast

Main

as Daniel Franco *

as Cristina Aranda Montaño *

as Eugenia Montaño de Aranda (villain) *Juan Peláez as Antonio Aranda *Patricia Pereyra as Raquel Aranda Montaño (villain) *

as León Aranda

Recurring

* Luis Aguilar as Don Jesús Tamayo *Margarita Ambriz as Esperanza *Jorge Antolín as Jorge Nieto *Graciela Bernardo as Alicia "Licha" Gutiérrez *Romina Castro as Teresa "Tita" Nieto *Constantino Costas as Rubén Estrada *Cuca Dublán as Gudadalupe "Lupita" *Pilar Escalante as Sandra Ruiz *

Israel Jaitovich Israel Jaitovich Cortés (born 12 August 1969 in Mexico City) is a Premios TVyNovelas award-winning Mexican actor, producer, writer and racing car driver. He produced and co-hosted the Televisa variety series '' Desmadruga2.'' Jaitovich began h ...

as Nicolás *Marina Marín as Flora de Nieto *

as Mercedes de Aranda *Lucía Muñoz as Mónica *Georgina Pedret as Nora *Bruno Rey as Braulio Nieto *Alejandro Ruiz as Fernando Peña *

Alejandro Tommasi 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-year old boyfriend, Óscar Ruiz, in Septe ...

as Tomás Ruiz *

as Doña Isabel Viuda de Montaño

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* 1993 telenovelas 1993 Mexican television series debuts 1993 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico Televisa telenovelas {{Mexican-telenovelas-stub