Corona de lágrimas (2012 TV series)

Corona de lágrimas
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Jesús Calzada
Based on	Corona de lágrimas by Manuel Canseco Noriega
Written by	Janely Lee
Story by	Manuel Canseco Noriega
Directed by	Alejandro Gamboa Roberto Escamilla Garduño Juan Carlos Muñoz Pedro Torres
Creative director(s)	Sandra Cortez
Starring	Victoria Ruffo Maribel Guardia Ernesto Laguardia África Zavala Adriana Louvier José María Torre Mané de la Parra Alejandro Nones
Theme music composer	Kiko Campos Gloria Aura
Opening theme	"Corona de lágrimas" by Cristian Castro
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	111
Production
Executive producer(s)	José Alberto Castro
Producer(s)	Ernesto Hernández Fausto Sáinz
Cinematography	Narciso Ramón Colunga Bernardo Nájera
Editor(s)	Arturo Rodríguez Héctor Flores Juan Ordóñez
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company(s)	Televisa
Release
Original network	Canal de las Estrellas
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Audio format	Stereophonic sound
Original release	September 24, 2012 (2012-09-24) – February 24, 2013 (2013-02-24)

Corona de Lágrimas (Crown of Tears^[1]) is a 2012 Mexican telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa. It is a remake of Corona de Lágrimas, produced in 1965 and starring Prudencia Grifell and Jorge Lavat.

Victoria Ruffo, Africa Zavala, and Mané de la Parra star as the protagonists,^[2] while Adriana Louvier, Ernesto Laguardia,^[3] Martha Julia^[4] and Alejandro Nones star as the antagonists.

Plot

When Refugio and her three children, Patricio, Edmundo and Ignacio are thrown from their home, by chance of destiny they arrive at the city of Mexico, where they initiate a new life. Eighteen years later, they find themselves established in a small apartment in a popular area. She has a modest job, and although she has serious eye problems, she does not take care of her health by attending to the needs of her children. Patricio studies Laws and dreams of a comfortable and prosperous future; Edmundo studied Medicine and is a bright but undisciplined student, and Ignacio was only able to finish high school because he works in a mechanic's workshop, because he helps his mother to pay the expenses of the house and the studies of his brothers.

Patricio has become a boyfriend of Lucero, daughter of Julieta, who hosted them when they arrived in the city, but soon after, he rejects her when he meets Olga, a fickle girl whose fortune dazzles him, which leads him to be ashamed of his family And to lie about their origin, even going so far as to deny their mother. Olga begins to doubt the lies of Patricio, reason why it spies and it discovers that lives very modestly. Exposed, he lies to her again telling her that Refugio was her nanny, and because she has a mental illness, she has to take care of her. She admires him for charity. Refugio tries in vain to make Patricio understand that with Olga he will never be happy. On the other hand, Edmundo begins to court Lucero, unintentionally hurting Ignacio, who loves her in secret.

Olga asks her father, the lawyer Romulo Ancira, to employ Patricio in his law firm. As the father is fed up with the whims of the daughter, he agrees and soon announces his commitment to marriage. As a result of his wedding, Patricio moves away completely from his mother and his brothers. When Refugio tries to approach Olga to recover the affection of its son, only receives humiliations; This causes disputes between Edmundo and Ignacio.

Patricio finds out that his father is not the same as that of his brothers; Accuses his mother of being unfaithful and demands that she never come back to him. As a result, Refugio falls into a severe depression that leads her to lose her job and aggravates her loss of sight.

Neither Edmundo nor Ignacio seem to be able to comfort her, but they intend to get her out; Edmundo, looking for easy money with an illegal business, and Ignacio, in debt. Edmundo soon falls in jail and the situation is aggravated when Ignacio goes to Patricio to ask him to defend it before the law and this one refuses.

The marriage life of Patricio and Olga is a disaster, and she comes to so much jealousy Patricio that, by attempting to blackmail him, commits suicide, with which the world of luxury and comfort of Patricio collapses.

When the man who ruined the life of Refugio and his children crosses into their lives by chance, Patricio learns the truth of his origin and the efforts of his mother in spite of adversity. The pain of his own failures, has overcome the arrogance of Patricio, who begs Refugio to forgive him and agrees to defend his brother, after which he recovers the family harmony.

Cast

Production

Production of the series beginning on August 6, 2012.^[5][6]The series was filmed in several places of Acapulco, Zacatecas and Tijuana.^[7][8][9]

Repercussion

Evita Muñoz reacted to the telenovela saying that it had nothing to do with the version produced in 1965; The actress commented that Victoria Ruffo should not have been chosen as the protagonist, because in the original version the actress was a little older.^[10]

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Corona de lágrimas on IMDb