Marina (Telemundo TV series)

Marina
Cast photo
Format	telenovela
Created by	Inés Rodena
Developed by	Alberto Gómez Cristina Policastro Adriana Barraza
Starring	Sandra Echeverría, Manolo Cardona
Theme music composer	Miguel de Narváez
Opening theme	"Nos Volveremos A Ver" by Sandra Echeverría
Country of origin	Mexico United States
Language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	170
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mary-Kathryn Kennedy, Rafael Uriostegui
Producer(s)	Ana Celia Urquidi
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Telemundo
Picture format	NTSC
Audio format	Stereophonic sound
Original airing	United States October 16, 2006 - June 29, 2007 Bulgaria May 10, 2007 - January 9, 2008 Serbia August 16, 2007 - March 27, 2008 Spain December 12, 2007 - July 07, 2008 Malaysia April 16, 2008 - April 21, 2009 Croatia October 17, 2008 - July 19, 2009 Poland September 5, 2007 - May 6,2008 Vietnam August 31, 2009 - April 2010 Czech Republic September 8, 2011 - March, 2012
Chronology
Related shows	María la del Barrio, María Mercedes, Los Ricos También Lloran
External links
Website

Marina is a Spanish-language telenovela that aired on United States-based television network Telemundo. It premièred on October 16, 2006. The final original episode aired Thursday, June 28, 2007 it is a remake of the Mexican María la del Barrio, María Mercedes and Los Ricos También Lloran.

Sandra Echeverría, in her first major role, plays the title character. Aylín Mújica plays twin sisters, Laura and Verónica Saldivar. Mauricio Ochmann appears as Ricardo in early episodes before being replaced by Manolo Cardona.

Telemundo's slogan in English-language ads for the show was "The heat of Acapulco, the passion of a woman." As with most of its other soap operas, the network broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3. Marina was produced by Argos Mexico.

During the show's last month, June, 2007, Marina's time slot (which included one soccer pre-emption and an encore of the finale) averaged 577,000 core adult viewers (ages 18 to 49), an 18 percent increase over the year before, when Tierra de Pasiones aired during that hour, according to Nielsen Media Research. [1] This telenovela was sold to 24 countries around the world.

Story

Acapulco, the town were the telenovela is set.

Set in Acapulco, this love story features Marina, a beautiful, sweet young woman who makes a living driving a tourist boat. Her simple life transforms when her mother dies unexpectedly and she inherits a large family fortune. Marina moves into an elegant mansion owned by the wealthy Alarcón Morales family, who treat her with evil, scorn and rejection.

This humble girl is abruptly immersed into a world of rich, superficial people, who live lives of luxury, intrigue and vengeance. She finds love with the man she least expects: Ricardo Alarcón, a handsome man.

Cast

Main Casts

Mauricio Ochmann and Sandra Echeverria, in Marina

Actor(s)	Character(s)	Descriptions
Mauricio Ochmann	Ricardo Alarcon Morales	son of Alberta, Elias' half-brother, Adriana's husband, in love with Marina
Manolo Cardona		in love with Marina, Marina's husband, biological father of Chuy, adoptive father of Paty
Sandra Echeverria	Marina "Alarcon" Hernandez de Alarcon	in love with Ricardo,Ricardo's wife, Chuy's biological mother, Paty's adoptive mother, Elias' stepsister
Aylin Mujica	Laura Saldivar	Veronica's twin, in love with Ricardo, Marina's best friend, Daniel's wife
	Veronica Saldivar	Laura's twin, in love with Ricardo, hates Marina (Villain)
Actor	Character(s)	Descriptions
Humberto Zurita	Guillermo Alarcon	uncle of Marina, Ricardo and Elias,was Rosalba's husband
Susana Dosamantes	Alberta	Ricardo's and Elias's mother,villain,later become good
Marta Aura	Lupe	foster mother of Chuy

Protagonists

Actor	Character(s)	Descriptions
Carlos Caballero	Julio	criminal, villain, who is thought dead but isn't, was Patty's husband
Elizabeth Cervantes	Sara	in love with Ricardo then with Julio, villain, later good
Eduardo Victoria	Federico	in love with Marina, Patty's biological father, gave his surname to Chuy, tried to kill his wife Monica

Teen Talents

Actor	Character(s)	Descriptions
Ilean Almaguer	Patricia (Paty)	adopted daughter of Marina and Ricardo, in love with Chuy, daughter of Federico and Rosalba
Alfonso Dosal	Ricardito (Chuy)	son of Marina and Ricardo, in love with Patty

Secondary Cast

• Jorge Luis Vasquez .... Elias - half brother of Ricardo and Marina, Matilde's husband
• Karina Mora .... Matilde - Elias's wife, Bruno's mother.
• Angélica Celaya .... Rosalba - mother of Patty.
• Beatriz Cecilia .... Pastora - housekeeper at Alarcón-Morales mansion.
• Mara Cuevas .... Lucía - half-sister of Laura and Veronica, a good woman
• Guadalupe Martinez .... Balbina
• Veronica Teran .... Blanca
• Claudia Lobo .... Chela
• Georgina Tabora ... clorinda hates chuy and lupe,makes rumors about chuy.
• Carlos Corona .... El Latas

Special Participations

• Dolores Heredia....Rosa - Marina's mother who has died
• Gustavo Navarro .... Daniel - Married to Laura, who is thought dead
• Sandra Destenave.... Adriana - First wife of Ricardo, villain, dead
• Pablo Azar .... Papalote - friend of Marina, in love with her
• Martin Navarrete.... Dr. Valverde - Alarcon's family doctor
• Lourdes Villareal .... Lazara - Adriana's mother
• Emilio Guerrero .... Teacher
• Gloria Margarita Stalina
• Fabian Peña

Kids

• Dessana Zendejas ... 8 years old Paty
• Adriano Zendejas ... 8 years old Chuy

Plot

Marina is a young, beautiful girl who just lost her mother and her house. Her rich father never acknowledged her but her uncle, who was madly in love with her mother, always took care of Marina from afar until he promised her mother while on her death bed that he would watch over Marina. When Marina moved to her uncle's mansion, she met her future husband Ricardo, who currently is unhappily married to Adriana. Adriana is having an affair with many men, including Ricardo's best friend, Julio. She hates Marina because she notices that her husband is falling in love with her. Julio and Adriana plot to kill Marina, but all attempts fail; instead Julio is thought to be dead after he is caught kidnapping Marina and then throws himself off a cliff. Adriana is then asked to leave the mansion by Marina's uncle. Instead she tries to kill Ricardo, but when that fails she runs out of the house and gets killed in a horrible car accident. Before she dies she confesses to Ricardo all of the affairs she had and admits that the baby she was expecting was Julio's and not his. This news left Ricardo very insecure. Later Ricardo and Marina get married. Two months later, Marina and Ricardo return from their honeymoon. Ricardo leaves her because he thinks she's unfaithful, which in reality is a scheme his mother devised. She becomes pregnant during their honeymoon but when she leaves her house to attend her baby shower, Julio returns and scares her. She is taken by a woman to a charity hospital and gives birth. She is in a state of shock and when she is released from the hospital she feels lost and confused. Her baby is taken by Julio, who is wearing a mask, to a dumpster where a woman finds the baby and takes him home. Her husband soon finds out the pictures were fake and takes her back despite her instability. Ricardo tries to give Marina an adopted baby girl; at first she refuses, thinking of her son, but at last accepts to make her husband happy. As the time passes Mariana still thinks about her son, but everyone believes her son died. Ricardo, is starting to get tired of her depression and he is starting to seek affection in Sara.... More to come.

Adaptations

Head writer Alberto Gómez adapted this serial from RCTV's Raquel (1970) and Abigail (1988), blended the second part with the first part of Los Ricos También Lloran. Raquel was adapted since by Carlos Romero and Manuel Muñoz Rico in separate parts; and Alberto Gómez was the adapter for this series throughout its run.

External links

• Official website
• Marina at the Internet Movie Database