Mariana de la noche (Venezuelan telenovela)

Mariana de la Noche
Genre Telenovela
Created by Delia Fiallo
Directed by Grazzio D'Angelo
Starring Lupita Ferrer
José Bardina
Martín Lantigua
Ivonne Attas
Opening theme "Emmanuelle" by Fausto Papetti
Country of origin Venezuela
Original language(s) Spanish
Production
Executive producer(s) Tabaré Perez
Production company(s) Venevisión
Release
Original network Venevisión
Original release 1976

Mariana de la Noche is a Venezuelan telenovela produced in 1976 by Venevisión.[1] An original story written by Cuban-born writer Delia Fiallo, it starred Lupita Ferrer and José Bardina[2] as the main protagonists and Martín Lantigua plus Ivonne Attas as the main antagonists.

Plot

In a mining town south of Venezuela lives Mariana Montenegro, a young, romantic woman who is rumored to be cursed, as all the men who fall in love with her end up suffering in a fatal accident. Mariana is motherless, but lives with her father Atilio Montenegro, a wealthy landowner who owns several mines where he has enslaved the employees by making them work hard while paying them little. Atilio is very tough and cruel to anyone opposes his will. Atilio is also a very stern father with Mariana, as she has become his favorite, causing suspicion and envy in his other daughter Chachi. However, Atilio hides a secret: Mariana isn't his daughter, and what he feels for her is far from paternal affection.

Atilio has two sisters. Isabel, the eldest, is a kind and loving woman who raised Mariana and loves her as her own daughter. Marcia, the youngest, is arrogant and vain, and she works at the mines where she is hard and cold-hearted to the miners. Atilio keeps the people terrified through using his goons. But this continues until Ignacio Lugo comes to town, a young and attractive journalist who introduces himself under a false name in order to search for his origins. He calls himself Nacho Luna and is looking for work in the mine, arousing intrigue with all the townspeople.

Nacho gets a job in the mines and one night when he goes for a walk, he meets Mariana in the fields where an instant attraction develops between them. Ignacio knows he can never love another woman other than Mariana. But what Mariana doesn't know is that her Aunt Marcia, who has never known love, has also fallen passionately in love with Ignacio. She is consumed with jealousy when she discovers that Ignacio and Mariana are lovers. Angry and resentful, Macaria tells his brother about the relationship making Atilio inquire about the origin of Nacho, and he finally discovers that Ignacio Lugo Navarro is his son, the product of an affair with Lucrecia, the owner of the restaurant in town. Atilio is determined to kill Ignacio. However, the fate saves the life of Ignacio when an accident occurs at the mine and Atilio is wounded. Mariana learns that Atilio isn't her real father and is horrified to learn that he loves her. Desperate and believing that she is in danger, Mariana flees the village, pregnant with Ignacio's child. Marcia advantage of the situation to marry a man she does not love and she becomes pregnant, but after an abortion, she manages to seduce and steal Ignacio and Mariana's son, and passes him as her own in order to force Ignacio to marry her.

Mariana's story is a harrowing and gripping story, a surprisingly complex plot of intrigue and dark secrets that dominate the life of a small mining town full of unforgettable characters, superstitions, rumors and legends. As the legend of the beautiful woman who always wears black because she weighs about a terrible curse: Mariana de la noche.

Cast

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References

  1. ↑ Mariana de la noche | Venezuela
  2. ↑ Falleció José Bardina, galan legendario de las telenovelas venezolanas.
  3. ↑ Mariana de la Noche seriesnow.com
  4. ↑ Mariana de la Noche at Alma Latina
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