Abrázame muy fuerte (TV series)

Abrázame muy fuerte
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	René Muñoz
Written by	Liliana Abud
Story by	Caridad Bravo Adams
Directed by	Édgar Ramírez Miguel Córcega Víctor Fouilloux
Starring	Victoria Ruffo Fernando Colunga Aracely Arámbula César Évora Nailea Norvind Osvaldo Ríos
Theme music composer	Juan Gabriel Eduardo Magallanes
Opening theme	"Abrázame muy fuerte" performed by Juan Gabriel
Ending theme	"Niña y mujer" performed by Aracely Arámbula
Composer	Jorge Avendaño
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	135
Production
Executive producer	Salvador Mejía Alejandre
Producer	Nathalie Lartilleux
Cinematography	María Teresa Ortíz
Editor	Marco Antonio Rocha
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Distributor	Televisa
Release
Picture format	405-line
Original release	July 31, 2000 (2000-07-31) – February 2, 2001 (2001-02-02)
Chronology
Preceded by	Siempre te amaré
Followed by	El derecho de nacer
Related shows	Pecado mortal Que te perdone Dios

Abrázame muy fuerte (Embrace Me Tightly)^[1] is a Mexican telenovela that aired in 2000-2001, under the production of Salvador Mejía Alejandre.

Victoria Ruffo, Fernando Colunga and Aracely Arámbula starred as the protagonists, while César Évora, Nailea Norvind, Helena Rojo and Rossana San Juan portrayed the antagonists.

Plot[]

Cristina Álvarez is a sweet young woman, loved by everyone at "El Platanal", a beautiful property whose owner is Severiano Alvarez, her father, who is a man of the field and of strong character. Diego Hernandez works there as a foreman. He is a strong and handsome man, and is also in love with Cristina. Cristina returns Diego's feelings and they sleep together. Later on, when Severiano finds out Cristina is in love with Diego and that they made love, he tries to kill her, but spares Cristina when she tells him she is pregnant.

Severiano banishes Cristina and Raquela, her servant, to Villahermosa, the Tabascan capital, to have the baby there. By the management of Federico Rivero, little Maria del Carmen comes back to the hacienda as Raquela's daughter. Soon Federico provokes an accident which leaves Cristina blind, in order to have Cristina's fortune.

Years pass and Cristina, in order to be with her daughter, is forced to marry Federico, (Federico loves Cristina) an ambitious and cruel man. From then on, she acts as Maria del Carmen's "godmother".

Meanwhile, Federico is happy about the arrival of his nephew Carlos Manuel to the hacienda. He is a young, handsome, and daring man who has recently completed his studies of medicine overseas.

Carlos Manuel falls in love with Déborah Falcón, without knowing that she is the lover of his uncle. When Federico finds out about this relationship, he opposes it and separates Doña Déborah from his nephew. Meanwhile, from the moment she meets Carlos Manuel, María del Carmen falls in love with him—the two end up together, provoking hate in Déborah, who, along with Federico, tries to separate the young couple. They achieve the separation of the two lovers, but they aren't able to destroy the love that Maria del Carmen and Carlos Manuel feel for each other.

Carlos Manuel finally has his teacher, friend, and specialist in ophthalmology review Cristina's case of blindness to see if he can operate on her. Dr. Angel Luis Robles secretly falls in love with Cristina and has a great interest in helping Cristina recover her sight again. The two form a very special friendship and love despite Cristina's marriage to Frederico. Until his untimely demise, Angel Luis does everything he can to keep Cristina safe, but, when Frederico finds out that Cristina and Dr.Robles are in love, Federico kills Dr.Robles and once again Cristina loses the love of her life. Federico, with the hopes of having Maria del Carmen in his possession at whatever cost, tries to abuse her, but Cristina does not allow it.

In the end, Federico, after being forced to flee Villahermosa, returns after some time to find Cristina. He pulls a gun on her and just as he tries to kill her, Raquela guns him down. Carlos Manuel and Maria del Carmen get married and finally have the peace that they need.

Cast[]

Main[]

• Victoria Ruffo as Cristina Álvarez Rivas de Rivero
• Fernando Colunga as Carlos Manuel Rivero
• Aracely Arámbula as María del Carmen Hernández Álvarez de Rivero/ María del Carmen Campuzano
• César Évora as Federico Rivero. Main villain, in love with Cristina, lover of Raquela and Deborah, killed Diego Hernandez, Padre Ignacio, Angel Luis Robles and Deborah Falcón. Killed by Raquela
• Nailea Norvind as Déborah Falcón Second main villain. In love with Carlos Manuel, mistress of Federico, strangled to death by Federico
• Osvaldo Ríos as Diego Hernández. Lover of Cristina. Dies run over by Federico

Secondary[]

Recurring[]

• Ernesto Alonso as Padre Bosco
• Raúl Buenfil as Dandy

Guest starts[]

• René Casados as Francisco José Bravo / Fernando Joaquín Bravo Villain. Turns good
• Toño Mauri as Padre Moisés
• Sergio Reynoso as Comandante Hernán Muñoz
• Manuel Capetillo as Miguel Salvador Zamudio
• Lalo "El Mimo" as Casimiro
• Carmen Salinas as Celia Ramos
• Humberto Elizondo as Bernal Orozco
• Eduardo Santamarina as himself

International Broadcast[]

Country	Network	Premiere Date	Finale Date	Original Language	Local Title
United States	Univision	January 8, 2001	July 27, 2001	Spanish-Dubbed	Abrazame muy fuerte
Philippines	GMA Network	2003	2004	Tagalog-Dubbed	Maria Del Carmen

Awards and nominations[]

Remake[]

In 2015, Angelli Nesma Medina produced Que te perdone Dios for Televisa.^[2] Rebecca Jones,^[3] Zuria Vega^[4] and Mark Tacher were cast as the main protagonists. Altaír Jarabo,^[5] Sergio Goyri,^[6] Sabine Moussier^[7] and Laisha Wilkins^[8] star as the role of the main antagonists.

References[]

External links[]

• Abrázame muy fuerte at IMDb