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Luz María (1998)

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Genre
telenovela
Country
Peru
Length
1 season, 10 episodes
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a Peruvian telenovela set in the late 19th century. It follows a love story between a young woman and a man, with many obstacles and villains opposing their relationship. The series is based on a Cuban radio drama and ran for 176 episodes.

romanticdramaticemotionalclassichistoricalmelodramaticslow-pacedintense

What happens

Luz María es una telenovela peruana producida por José Enrique Crousillat para la productora América Producciones, transmitida por la cadena América Televisión. Es emitida entre 1998 y 1999, y cuenta con 176 episodios. La telenovela está basada en la radionovela El ángel perverso, original de la escritora cubana Delia Fiallo, cuya adaptación, que está a cargo de Maritza Kirchhausen y Luis Felipe Alvarado, ambientan la telenovela en el Perú a finales del siglo XIX.​ Está protagonizada por Angie Cepeda y Christian Meier, y cuenta con las participaciones antagónicas de Rosalinda Serfaty, Mariela Alcalá, la primera actriz Sonia Oquendo, Tatiana Astengo, Ricardo Goldenberg, Vanessa Saba y Kathy Serrano.​​ (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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