Amor en silencio
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| Genre | Telenovela |
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| Directed by | Miguel Córcega |
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| Opening theme | "Amor en silencio" by Dulce |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 115 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Carla Estrada |
| Producer(s) | Antonio Novaro |
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| Original network | Canal de las Estrellas |
| Original release | February 29 – August 5, 1988 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Quinceañera |
| Followed by | Pasión y poder |
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Amor en silencio (English: Silent Love), is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1988. The telenovela, which starred Erika Buenfil and Omar Fierro in the lead roles, is most remembered for its shocking scene in which the main heroine, Marisela (Erika Buenfil) and her fiancé Fernando (portrayed by Arturo Peniche) are shot to death at their wedding by Fernando's lunatic sister, Mercedes (portrayed by Margarita Sanz).
The infamous scene aired on a Friday night, and left the TV spectators in suspense until the following Monday episode aired.
Plot
Marisela is a rich, beautiful, and intelligent woman who feels a big emptiness in her life that she considers dry and sad. It is then that she meets Fernando, a good and honest man from a great family. When the two fall in love, the two of them face the terrible opposition of their families. On one hand, it's Marisela's father Miguel, who doesn't want Fernando to be part of his family and wants something better for his daughter. On the other part, it's Fernando's sister Mercedes, who is obsessed with him and doesn't want to see him with anyone other than Paola, Marisela's sister, who becomes infatuated with Fernando and is not willing to let him be with her sister.
Marisela, tired of everything and everyone, decides not to listen to anything or anyone and decides to be with the love of her life and has a daughter she names Ana. Terrified of what may come, Marisela asks Fernando to get married as soon as possible and on the day of the wedding, Mercedes goes crazy upon learning about it and takes a gun and murders Marisela and Fernando at the Ocampo family mansion, when they prepare to celebrate their wedding party. In the middle of the shooting, Marisela's mother Andrea also dies from cardiac arrest.
Several years later, Ana (the daughter of the deceased couple), who grew up locked up in a boarding school in the United States, returns to Mexico accompanied by Sandy, her companion in the boarding school and has become her great friend. Ana returns to her grandpa and aunt's house and has grown up into a woman looking physically identical to her mother. This similarity causes Miguel to feel remorse for not having listened to his daughter when she was alive and wants to fix his mistakes by welcoming Ana and giving all of his grandfatherly affection to her. On the other hand, Paola looks down on her niece with contempt for having the failed love that took her sister.
Angel, the adoptive son of Miguel and Andrea, is a deaf-mute man who has been in love with Ana since childhood, but suffers an ordeal in which he can't express his love towards Ana. However, he decides to fight for her love but it is too late. Ana gets engaged to Diego, who only wants to use her to get revenge on his father. Diego's father turns out to be Miguel, because while Miguel was married to Andrea he had an extramarital relationship with Elena in the United States. This resulted in them having two sons: Diego and Tomas. Diego grew up feeling resentment towards his father, for his brother and mother were "the others" and Miguel never dared to acknowledge them.
Diego's resentment was fueled mainly by his ambitious maternal grandmother Ada, who took care of tarnishing Miguel and his legitimate family and used his daughter to blackmail him and to extort money despite opposition from Elena, who was aware of what her place was in Miguel's life and was never interested in demanding something. Therefore, their children Tomas and Diego turn out to be Marisela's brothers and Ana's uncles.
However, in addition to all these obstacles, the real important one to face Ana and Angel's love is Ana's crazed aunt Mercedes, who has escaped from the mental hospital where she had been locked up all these years and only seeks revenge. Upon seeing Ana, Mercedes thinks she's her late mother Marisela and believes she was saved from the attack years ago, so she decides to "put an end" to her once and for all.
Awards & Nominations
TVyNovelas Awards (1989)
- Best Telenovela - Won
- Best Young Lead Actress - Erika Buenfil - Won
- Best Lead Actor - Arturo Peniche - Won
- Best Young Lead Actor - Omar Fierro - Nominated
- Best Female Villain - Margarita Sanz - Won
- Best Actor Experienced - Joaquín Cordero - Won
- Best Female Revelation - Elvira Monsell - Won
- Best Writer - Liliana Abud and Eric Vonn - Won
Cast
- Erika Buenfil as Marisela and Ana
- Omar Fierro as Angel
- Arturo Peniche as Fernando
- Joaquín Cordero as Miguel, Marisela's father
- Saby Kamalich as Andrea, Marisela's mother
- Margarita Sanz as Mercedes, Fernando's sister
- Patricia Pereyra as Sandy, Ana's friend
- Elvira Monsell as Paola, Marisela's sister
- Cynthia Klitbo as Aurora
- Rafael Rojas as Sebastian
- Edgardo Gazcon as Tomas
- Laura León as Alejandra
- Alberto Mayagoitia as Diego
Production team
- Carla Estrada producer
- Miguel Corcega director
- Alejandro Frutos cinematographer
- Liliana Abud writer
- Eric Vonn writer
| Preceded by | Amor en Silencio February 29, 1988 - August 5, 1988 |
Succeeded by Pasión y Poder |
