(1988) - Edith
González, Ernesto Laguardia
Summary of Flor y Canela
In a Mexican mining village, circa 1940, lives María de la Canela nicknamed Marianela. She is a dirty and rather plain orphan who's despised by the villagers for her poor appearance and because they think she has inherited her mother's mental illness. Marianela's mother killed herself by jumping in a creek and it is there that the poor girl goes to hold conversations with her mother's ghost. The only person who cares for Marianela is rich boy Pablo. Pablo is blind and Marianela becomes his guide. Because he is unable to see his helper, he imagines her to be incredibly beautiful and won't hear any opinions to the contrary. Pablo's father has arranged his marriage to Florentina, the notary's daughter. The marriage is planned for after the operation that Pablo will undergo to restore his sight. Tomás, a leading ophthalmologist has advised that Pablo should travel to USA to be operated. Meanwhile Florentina and Marianela become friends. Pablo's operation is successful and he returns hoping to marry Marianela. However, when he sees her, he is appalled by her looks. He turns to Florentina who fulfill his ideal of feminine beauty, but she's fallen for Carlos, a mining engineer married to a frivolous woman. A desperate Marianela tries to kill herself and is rescued by Tomas who starts educating her and trying to teach her to wash herself and dress better. It just happens that during his instruction period, Tomás falls for Marianela.
CAST
Ernesto
Laguardia .... Pablo
Edith González .... Florentina
Salvador Sánchez .... Sinforoso
Mariana Garza .... Marianela (#1)
Daniela Leites .... Marianela (#2)
Oscar Morelli .... Manuel
Guillermo Murray .... Francisco
Ricardo De Loera .... Remigio
Mónica Miguel .... Ana
Ari Telch .... Tomas
Aurora Molina .... Dorotea
Edgardo Gazcon .... Carlos
Rosita Pelayo .... Juana
Miguel Córcega .... El Galan
Adalberto Parra .... Atanasio
Rosario Zuñiga .... Josefa
Christian Ramírez .... Felipin
Martha Resnikoff .... Florence
Irlanda Mora .... Trudi
Aurora Cortés
Cecilia Gabriela
Germán Bernal
José Elías Moreno
Writing credits
Benito Perez Galdóz (original story)
Teresa Calderón (adaptation)
Marissa Garrido (adaptation)
Cinematography by
Alejandro Frutos
Directed by
Luis Velez
Produced by
Eugenio Cobo
Televisa
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
"Flor y Canela" is a remake of telenovela "Marianela".
VIEWERS COMMENTS
- by Edgar Agustin
A pesar de que Flor y Canela fue un fracazo, yo la vi toda. Me encataba el tema musical y la razon por la que la veia era para ver si era igual que la original, la novela de Benito Perez Galdos, "Marianela". Me pregunto si Mariana Garza no hubiera salido de la novela, ¿Hubiera sido un exito? A mi me gusto, No matter what!
- by Julia Rojas
Flor y Canela, no recuerdo si fracaso o si recibio criticas severas en su tiempo, pero la verdad no me importaba, ya que disfrutaba verla diariamente, sobre todo los paisajes y la famosa CAÑADA, ojala algun la volvieran a repetir ya que me trae muy buenos recuerdos, y talvez darnos cuenta que fue una novela incomprendida.
- by anonymous
Creo q' fue bastante malo q alteraran la vddera historia d Marianela. Yo acabo d leerla en la escuela, y vi la novela... q lástima q la cambiaron.
- by Charo
A mi en lo personal me gusto mucho esta telenovela, los actores que tenia eran de primer nivel como Edith Gonzalez, Ernesto Laguardia y uno que a mi en lo personal me encanto en esta novela, que lastima que ya no hemos vuelto a saber nada de el en Mexico, Edgardo Gazcon guapisimo y super actor, esta novela no me la perdia y me encantaria que hicieran un remake.
LINKS
Flor y Canela at IMDB
