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El juego de la vida (2001)

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Original title
El Juego de la Vida
Genre
telenovela
Country
Mexico
Length
2 seasons, 185 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a Mexican telenovela about love and rivalry among a group of young people. The story follows the protagonists as they face conflicts with their families and each other.

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What happens

El juego de la vida (English: The game of life) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Roberto Gómez Fernández and Giselle González Salgado for Televisa. It premiered on November 12, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2002. Sara Maldonado and Valentino Lanús star as protagonists; Ana Layevska, Margarita Magaña, Ingrid Martz, and Jackie García star as co-protagonists, while Raquel Pankowsky, Cristián Seri, Rodrigo Mejía, Maki Soler, and Raúl Araiza starred as antagonists. The series was also the first Mexican telenovela to air over-the-air in Japan, with a dubbed airing on the Kyoto Broadcasting System in Kyoto Prefecture in 2004. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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