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Te Voy a Ensenar a Querer
Te Voy a Ensenar a Querer (Learning to Love), is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo and RTI Colombia. This limited-run series ran for 129 episodes from August 31, 2004 to March 14, 2005.
Story
Alejandro Mendez is a very successful man, happily married to Isabel, whom he adores. He is the father of two grown children, Pablo and Helena. He enjoys the good fortune of being able to dedicate his time to what he loves most: his breeding ranch that specializes in providing animals for bull fights. Between the ranch and a real estate business he owns in the capital city, Alejandro and his familly are to enjoy a very affluent standard of living.
Success can also breed enemies and Alejandro's life changes drastically when Isabel dies suddenly under dubious circumstances. Alejandro falls into a terrible depression and abandons all interest in life, his ranch and the people he loves.
Diana is a beautiful and strong young veterinarian who, at the beginning of this story, meets Pablo at a nightclub and turns him down due to his rich-boy attitude, arrogance and overbearing. Pablo is obsessed with her end once Diana is hired to work on the Mendez's ranch, he will try to seduce her by any means necessary.
After Isabel's death, Milciades, a landowner envious of the Mendez's ranch, joins forces with Deborah in a conspiracy attempt. She is an attractive and treacherous woman who married Isabel's father out of sheer interest and will try to eliminate her from the picture to conquer Alejandro and obtain his fortune.
The ranch is in midst of a crisis and Diana will stand up to the challenge to defend it. She will seek Alejandro and with strength and courage will urge him to pull out of his depression because his family needs him. Diana convinces him to return, to fight for the only true thing that will bring his life back. Together they will face the adversities and traps placed by the forces of evil and along and the way Alejandro and Diana will fall madly in love. But they both fear their love won't be reciprocated so they will never reveal their feelings for each other.
One day, Diana discoveres that Alejandro is also in love with her and at the same time, Pablo, her faithfull and lovesick suitor, finds out his father has stolen the love of his life. Pablo threatens to take his own life and manipulates the situation to take up all of Diana's attention. She feels imprisoned by the turn of events and Alejandro feels terribly guilty so he falls back to avoid hurting his son. Meanwhile, Milciades and Deborah conspire together to sat a trap that will lead to much disturb between Diana and Alejandro, causing a confrontation between the two.
This love will have to overcome many obstacles before the evil is unveiled. Pablo relaizes that his father is Diana's one true love and convinces him to fight to reconquer her heart.
Cast
Miguel Varoni .... Alejandro Mendez - main hero
Danna Garcia .... Diana Rivera - main heroine
Catherine Siachoque .... Deborah Buenrostro - wife of Felix, villain
Michel Brown .... Pablo Mendez - son of Alejandro and Isabel
Jorge Cao .... Milciades Contreras - enemy of Alejandro, villain
Martin Karpan .... Luis Carlos Carmona - lover of Deborah, her accomplice, villain
Melvin Cabrera .... Salvador Cascante - son of Tobias
Carolina Lizarazo .... Flor del Valle - friend of Diana
Ana Lucia Dominguez .... Camila Buenrostro - real daughter of Deborah and Milciades
Sharmel Altamirano .... Elena Mendez - daughter of Alejandro and Isabel
Consuelo Luzardo .... Rufina Rivera - ''Diana's mother wife of Pedro
Carlos Duplat .... Felix Gallardo - father of Isabel
Silvio Angel .... Pedro Rivera - father of Diana
Maria Helena Doering .... Isabel de Mendez / Orquidea Fernandez - Alejandro's wife / prostitute Felix's ilegal daughter twin sister of Isabel
Julio del Mar .... Tobias Cascante - father of Salvador
Natalia Giraldo .... Tulia Angeles Vivas - Clementina's and Empera's sister
Silvia de Dios .... Empera Angeles Vivas - Tulia's and Clementina's sister
Juan Pablo Shuk .... Juan Manuel Andrade - judge, former priest, in love with Empera
Toto Vega .... Cachimbo - Milciades's workman, in love with Empera
Julian Alvarez .... Aycardo - Alejandro's workman, Justina's husband
Ricardo Gonzalez .... Pueblita Rozar - in love with Estefania
Didier Van de Hove .... Dr. Rodrigo Rodriguez - Alejandro's friend doctor
Olga Lucia Rojas .... nurse 1
Alexander Rodriguez .... Dionisio - Pablo's friend barman in nightclub
Irene Arias .... Justina - Aycardo's wife, maid in Alejandro's house
Ivan Rodriguez .... Sacrificios Diaz de Leon - father of Bernardo, Margarita and Estefania
Luz Estella Luengas .... Clementina Angeles Vivas - sister of Tulia and Empera
Adriana Campos .... Margarita Angeles - daughter of Clementina and Sacrificios
Cristina Pimiento .... Estefania Angeles - daughter of Empera and Sacrificios
Enrique Ospina .... searchman of Isabel's dead body
German Rojas .... Vicente Alcalde - headmaster of the village
Ricardo Saldarriaga .... coocker friend of Salvador
Oscar Vargas .... Beto - friend of Salvador
Juan Carlos Campuzano
Moises Cadavid .... chief of ilegal bandids
Leonardo Ospina
Emerson Piragauta
Alejandro Mendoza .... Daniel Perez - a boy who abused on Camila, killed by Deborah
Juan Carlos Torres .... second abuser
Luz Mary Arias .... Monica - secretary in Alejandro's ranch
Alejandro Sabogal .... workman in Aleandro's company
Jose Bautista .... Inspector Catano 1 - Vicente's accomplice
Sigifredo Vega .... Don Olegario - Diana's partner in veterinary business
Margarita Duran .... Raquel Buenrostro - mother of Deborah
Dilsa Garcia .... Deborah Buenrostro - young Deborah
Juan Rafael Restrepo .... Juan Rafael - workman in Alejandro's ranch
Santiago Alarcon .... Bernardo Angeles - son of Clementina and Sacrificios
Patricia Catano .... Rufina's witch
Oscar Herrera .... Milciades's doctor
German Arias .... Doc. Banderas - Alejandro's company's main lawyer
Alfonso Rojas .... Chucho Mejia - Milciades's accomplice and workman, then his enemy, accoplice of Deborah, 1 st brother form 6
Carlos Vergara .... Jacinto Mejia - 2 nd brother Mejia
Jaime Rayo .... Inspector Catano 2 - Vicente's accomplice- (actor changing)
Luz Marina Martelo .... Pablo's therapist
Vilma Vera .... Dona Pepa - Bernardo's music teacher
Martha Isabel Bolanos .... Charo Bedoya - Juan Manuel's former girlfriend, Milciades's accomplice
Helga Diaz .... Nachely Carmona - Luis Carlos's sister
Ricardo Andres Herrera .... Emilio Contreras - son of sister of Milciades
Alejandro Tamayo .... special force cheaf
Naren Daryanani .... Hugo - Margarita's husband
Jorge Sanchez .... member of the illegal gang
Manuel Busquets .... Lorenzo - designer of Deborah
Ricardo Silva .... bank manager''
Crew
Director of Literary Development:
Perla Farias
Telemundo Executive in Charge of Production:
Diego Tamayo
Adaptation and Screenplay:
Socorro Gonzalez Ocampo
Literary Adviser:
Eduardo Macias
Writers:
Carlos Fernandez de Soto
Claudia Rojas A.
Literary Editor:
Julio Gonzalez A.
Original Story by:
Dago Garcia
Felipe Salamanca
Art Direction:
Gabriela Monroy
Direction of Photography:
Eduardo Carreno
Costumes:
Manuel Guerrero
Background:
Claudia Carvajal
Scenography:
Cesar Chaparro
Makeup:
Alfredo Salamanca
Foreign Photography:
Alfredo Zamudio
Camera Direction:
Cesar Contreras
Felipe Sastoque
Theme Interpreter:
Jimena Angel
Musical Assistant:
Oliver Camargo
Musicalization:
Natalia Rodriguez
Original Music:
Nicolas Uribe
Head of Production:
Andres Santamaria
Head of Locations:
Lucero Venegas
Edition:
Alba Merchan Hamann
Director Assistant:
Alexandra Galindo
Direction:
Mauricio Cruz
Agustin Restrepo
General Producer:
Hugo Leon Ferrer
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