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Cadenas de amargura (1991)

Cadenas de amargura poster
Directed by
Luis Vélez
Genre
telenovela
Country
Mexico
Length
1 season, 80 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 132 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

After her parents die, a young woman named Cecilia goes to live with her two strict aunts in Guanajuato. The aunts are respected for their family name and moral values, and Cecilia must adjust to their household.

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What happens

Cadenas de amargura (English title: Chains of Bitterness) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Sotomayor for Televisa in 1991. The story revolves around Cecilia (Daniela Castro), a beautiful young girl, who, upon the death of her parents, is forced to live with her two spinster aunts, Natalia (Delia Casanova) and Evangelina (Diana Bracho), in the city of Guanajuato, where both are highly respected for their ancestry and morality. The series stars Diana Bracho, Daniela Castro, Delia Casanova, Raymundo Capetillo, Tina Romero, Cynthia Klitbo, Hilda Aguirre and Raúl Araiza. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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