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Cristal (1985)

Cristal poster
Genre
telenovela
Country
Venezuela
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from a humble background rises to success as a model and actress while navigating romantic entanglements and family secrets. She faces opposition from wealthy enemies who want to destroy her happiness.

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What happens

Cristal (1985–1986) is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Delia Fiallo and produced by Radio Caracas Televisión. This telenovela lasted 246 episodes, and it achieved a significant amount of success inside and outside Venezuela, it was extremely successful in its airing in Spain (where each advertisement that was seen during the transmission of Cristal cost more than seven million pesetas) and Italy. It was distributed internationally by Coral International. Cristal has been rebroadcast more than seven times in Venezuela. Cristal has several adaptations, including a 2006 Brazilian version of the same name distributed by SBT, and three Mexican remakes, El privilegio de amar in 1998, Triunfo del amor in 2010, and Los hilos del pasado in 2025, both distributed by Televisa. Lupita Ferrer, Jeannette Rodríguez and Carlos Mata starred as the main protagonists with Marita Capote, Jorge Palacios and Zoe Ducós as the antagonists. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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