Dulce desafío

Dulce desafío
DVD cover of Dulce Desafío
Genre	Telenovela Romance Drama
Created by	Jorge Patiño
Directed by	Arturo Ripstein
Starring	Adela Noriega Eduardo Yáñez Enrique Lizalde Sergio Klainer Mercedes Olea Olivia Collins Beatriz Aguirre
Opening theme	Instrumental by Guillermo Méndez Guiú
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	100
Production
Executive producer(s)	Julissa Eugenio Cobo
Production company(s)	Televisa
Distributor	Televisa S.A. de C.V.
Release
Original network	Canal de las Estrellas
Picture format	480i SDTV
Original release	November 28, 1988 – April 14, 1989
Chronology
Preceded by	Quinceañera
Followed by	Luz y sombra
Related shows	Locura de amor (2000)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Dulce desafío (English title: Sweet challenge) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Julissa and Eugenio Cobo for Televisa in 1988.

Adela Noriega and Eduardo Yáñez starred as protagonists, while Chantal Andere, Sergio Klainer and Mercedes Olea starred as antagonists. Enrique Lizalde starred as stellar performance.

Plot

The story starts with Lucero Sandoval, a sixteen-year-old girl who lives with her father, Santiago Sandoval and her sister, Beatriz. Lucero's mother died when she was very little and that void shows through her rebellious behaviour. Her father decides to send her to a strict boarding school for problematic girls. The director of the school, Luis Mancera abuses his authority by making life impossible for the students of the school. Lucero becomes the heroine of the boarding school where she studies.

Cast

• Adela Noriega as Lucero Sandoval Barbosa
• Eduardo Yáñez as Enrique Toledo
• Enrique Lizalde as Santiago Sandoval
• Sergio Klainer as Luis Mancera
• Mercedes Olea as Micaela Tellez
• Olivia Collins as Rosario Quintana
• Beatriz Aguirre as Doña Esther Sandoval
• Juan Carlos Serran as Federico Higuera
• Chantal Andere as Rebeca Centeno
• Ginny Hoffman as Marcela Zedena
• Rosa Furman as Doña Rosa
• Fefi Mauri as Toña
• Ana Patricia Rojo as Mirta' Miranda'
• Alberto Estrella as Ernesto Quiroz
• Armando Araiza as Francisco "Paco" Fernández
• Juan Carlos Bonet as Botho Arguedas
• Katia del Río as Angela Castro
• Angélica Rivera as María Inés
• Antonio Escobar as Sebastián
• Amairani as Rocío
• Celina del Villar as Carmen Ruelas
• Angélica Ruvalcaba as Luisa
• Paola Ochoa as Aracely Otero
• Mauricio Ferrari as Álvaro Ruelas
• Evangelina Martínez as Estela Sánchez
• Estela Barona as Verónica
• Martha Escobar as Fernanda Ojeda
• Ana Urquidi as Beatriz Sandoval

Soundtrack

• Timbiriche - Vive la Vida
• Timbiriche - Basta Ya
• Timbiriche - No Sé Si Es Amor
• Timbiriche - Paranoia
• Timbiriche - Todo Cambia
• Timbiriche - Tú y Yo Somos Uno Mismo
• Timbiriche - Ámame Hasta Con Los Dientes
• Sasha Sokol - La Leyenda
• James Ingram - Just Once
• Krokus - Our Love (Will Never Die)
• Bonnie Tyler - If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)
• Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
• Gino Vanelli - Hurts To Be In Love

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1990	8th TVyNovelas Awards	Best Telenovela of the Year	Julissa Eugenio Cobo	Nominated
		Best Antagonist Actor	Sergio Klainer
		Best Young Lead Actress	Adela Noriega	Won
		Best Young Lead Actor	Eduardo Yáñez
		Best Female Revelation	Chantal Andere	Nominated
		Best Debut Actress		Won
		Best Direction of the Cameras	Alejandro Frutos

External links

• Dulce desafío at univision.com
• Dulce desafío at IMDb