''Sortilegio'' (literally "Sortilege", "Love Spell" in English-speaking markets) is a Mexican

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produced by Carla Estrada, in her final telenovela for

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in 2009. and stars Jacqueline Bracamontes and William Levy as main protagonists, while

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Chantal Andere Jacqueline Chantal Fernández Andere (, born January 25, 1972) is a Mexican actress and singer, best known for her portrayal of antagonistic roles in multiple telenovelas. Early life and career Andere was born to Mexican actress Jacqueline ...

Otto Sirgo Otto Sirgo (, born Otto Sirgo Haller; December 19, 1946 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban actor and director of Mexican telenovelas and theater. He is the son of Cuban actor Otto Sirgo and Mexican actress Magda Haller and was married to Maleni Moral ...

Azela Robinson Azela Robinson (born Azela Jacqueline Robinson Cañedo on 26 August 1965) is a Mexican actress. She has portrayed antagonistic characters in the Mexican telenovelas '' Cañaveral de pasiones'' (1996), '' Contra viento y marea'' (2005), '' Lle ...

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and

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are playing main villains/antagonists of the story. From October 6, 2009, to February 17, 2010,

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broadcast ''Sortilegio'' weeknights at 9 pm/8c replacing ''

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''. The last episode was broadcast on February 17, 2010, with '' Corazón salvaje'' replacing it on February 22, 2010. From July 30 to September 7, 2012, Univision broadcast 2 hour reruns of ''Sortilegio'' weekdays at 1 pm/12c, replacing ''

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''. From September 10 to October 19, 2012, reruns of ''Sortilegio'' were broadcast at 2 pm/1c. The last episode was broadcast on October 19, 2012, with '' Cuidado con el ángel'' replacing it on October 22, 2012. This telenovela is a remake of '' Tú o nadie''. As of November 24, 2014, for the first time

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. is debuting ''Sortilegio'' at 11 am/10c, replacing one hour of ''

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''. As of December 7, 2015 - April 15, 2016 TL Novelas broadcast 11:00, 17:00 and 23:00 replacing '' Alma de hierro'', with '' Fuego en la sangre'' replacing it the April 18. As of March 21, 2016, for the first time

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. is debuting ''Sortilegio'' at 1 pm/12c, 2 hour of special.

Plot

Victoria had an

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with her husband Samuel's friend, Antonio Lombardo, resulting in the birth of

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, Bruno and Raquel. Antonio also had a son, Alejandro, with his wife Adriana. After their respective spouses died, they reunited and got married. However, they didn't tell their children that they are half-siblings, as that would reveal their infidelities. Instead they raised their children to recognize each other as step-siblings. Years pass, and Bruno comes to be an irresponsible man who does not respect laws. Alejandro, on the other hand, is very responsible. Antonio prefers Alejandro over Bruno and decides that Alejandro should inherit his money when he passes away. Antonio and Victoria have a meeting at Bruno's high school about Bruno's behavior and are told that he is expelled. While leaving the school, Antonio is run over and killed. Bruno upon learning that Antonio left everything to Alejandro comes up with a plan to pretend to be Alejandro and marry Maria Jose, a sweet innocent girl and then kill Alejandro. Making Maria Jose a very rich widow. When news comes of Alejandro's death Maria Jose and her sister Paula travel to Merida for the funeral. Maria Jose is heart broken to learn that Alejandro has died. However, she also learns that the man she feel in love with is named Bruno and not Alejandro. Maria Jose is furious to learn that Bruno tricked her and wants nothing to do with his evil plan. Bruno then threatens to send her father to prison if she doesn't pretend to be Alejandro's widow. Maria Jose is trapped and reluctantly accepts to deceive everyone into believing that she did get married with Alejandro. Just as Bruno thinks he has gotten away with his plan, Alejandro returns alive and shocked to learn that his family thinks that he married Maria Jose. Alejandro must then discover the truth about his supposed marriage to Maria Jose, who he is slowly falling in love with. Thus begins a story of intrigue, sibling hatred and rivalry, two sons in love with and fighting for the love of the same women, corporate espionage, and twin sisters torn apart by circumstance.

Cast

Starring

* Jacqueline Bracamontes as María José Samaniego de Lombardo / Sandra Betancourt * William Levy as Alejandro Lombardo *

Daniela Romo Teresa Presmanes Corona (born 27 August 1959), known professionally as Daniela Romo, is a Mexican singer, actress and TV hostess. During her career, she has sold 15 million records, making her one of the best-selling Latin music artists. Biog ...

as Victoria de Lombardo * Gabriel Soto as Fernando Alanís *

as Raquel Albéniz *

as Maura Albarrán *

as Bruno Albéniz

Also starring

Mónica Miguel Mónica Miguel (born Gloria Chávez Miguel; 13 March 1936 – 12 August 2020) was a Mexican actress, director, and singer. Career Passionate about the arts and especially the theater, she would attend the occasional stage plays that came to Te ...

as Maya San Juan *

as Jorge Kruguer * Aarón Hernán as Porfirio Betancourt * Patricio Castillo as Emiliano Alanís *

as Elena Miranda de Kruguer * Luis Couturier as Hernán Plascencia * Héctor Sáez as Pedro Samaniego * Marcelo Córdoba as Roberto Castelar *

as Ulises Villaseñor * Daniela Luján as Lisette Albarrán * Guillermo Zarur as Ezequiel Flores * Adalberto Parra as Erick Díaz *

Wendy González Wendy González (born August 17, 1985) is a Mexican actress. She is best known for her main role in the series ''Como dice el dicho ''Como dice el dicho'' (translation: As the saying goes) is a Mexican anthology drama series produced by Ge ...

as Paula Samaniego * Manuela Ímaz as Katia Alanís * Rosita Pelayo as Meche Brito *

Arturo Lorca Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur. People * Arturo Alessandri (1868–1950), Chilean politician and president * Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer * Arturo Álvarez (footballer, bo ...

as Arturo * Carlos Giron as Gabriel Brito * Iliana de la Garza as Julia Fernández * Rolando Fernández as Gregorio Diez * Dolores Oliva as Piedad * Christina Pastor as Mary *

José Carlos Ruiz José Carlos Ruiz (born 17 November 1936) is a Mexican film and television actor. He starred in telenovelas such as '' María Isabel'', '' Soñadoras'', '' Mariana de la noche'', '' Sortilegio'', '' Soy tu dueña'', '' Un refugio para el amor' ...

as Chucho Gavira *

María Victoria María Victoria Gutiérrez Cervantes (born 26 February 1927) is a Mexican actress, singer and comedian. She is best known for starring as maid ‘Inocencia de la Concepción de Lourdes Escarabarzaleta de la Barquera y Dávalos Pandeada Derecha ...

as Felipa García

Recurring

* Fernando Allende as Antonio Lombardo * Felicia Mercado as Adriana Villavicencio de Lombardo * Mauricio Aspe as Fabián Lombardo * Alejandro Durán as Aníbal * Elizabeth Álvarez as Irene *

Pablo Valentín (17 October 1972), known professionally as ''Pablo Valentín'' is a theater, film and television actor best known for his role as Pedro in '' Vecinos''. Early life Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Valentín has appeared in telenovelas suc ...

as Delegado * Alejandro Tomasi as Samuel Albeniz

References

External links

* {{Carla Estrada 2009 telenovelas 2009 Mexican television series debuts 2009 Mexican television series endings Televisa telenovelas Spanish-language telenovelas Mexican LGBTQ-related television shows