See also:Quinceañera 12"

Quinceañera
Directed by	Pedro Damián
Written by	René Muñoz
Script by	Jorge Durán Chávez
Cinematography by	Albino Corrales
Producer(s)	Carla Estrada
Starring	Adela Noriega Ernesto Laguardia Thalía
Music by	–
Theme song	Quinceañera
Performed by	Timbiriche
Country of origin	Mexico
Language(s)	Spanish
Original channel	Televisa Intermedia Canal 56
Broadcast	1988 (first retransmission: 1997) (Intermedia Canal 56's retransmission: October 30, 2006 to February 26, 2007, Monday to Friday 18:00/19:00 (CT)) (Televisa Canal 9's retransmition: on te air to the January 1, 2007 Monday to Friday 23:30/00:00 (CT))

Quinceañera is a Mexican telenovela, produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1987. It featured the first starring role for both Adela Noriega and Thalía, a singer then member of the pop band Timbiriche.

It was the second story written for television by René Muñoz, a Cuban-born actor. This was also the first telenovela to talk about drugs, rape and gangs.

Contents 1 Awards 1.1 TVyNovelas 1988 2 Cast 3 Plot 4 Trivia 5 Remake 6 External links

[edit] Awards

[edit] TVyNovelas 1988

• Best Telenovela of the Year

[edit] Cast

Adela Noriega as Maricruz Thalía as Beatriz Ernesto Laguardia as Pancho Armando Araiza as Chato Julieta Egurrola as Carmen Sebastian Ligarde as Memo Fernando Ciangherotti as Sergio Nailea Norvind as Leonor Rafael Rojas as Gerardo Blanca Sánchez as Ana María Omar Fierro as Arturo Inés Morales as Elvira Maricarmen Vela as Enriqueta Roberto Ballesteros as Antonio Karen Sentíes as Teresa Gabriela Goldsmith Jorge Lavat as Roberto Julieta Bracho as Palmira Silvia Caos as Consuelo René Muñoz as Timo

Abraham Méndez as Ernesto Rosario Granados as Rosalía Carlos Espejel as Reintegro Luis Bayardo as Ramon Roberto Carrera as Joaquin Alejandra Gollas as Adriana Margarita Sanz as Edwiges Ana Bertha Espín as Elisa Cristopher Lago as Carlitos Lucero Lander as Alicia Meche Barba as Lupe Marta Aura as Gertrudis Ricardo D'loera Alicia Montoya as Licha Lucha Moreno as Virginia Ana Silvia Garza as Sofia Teo Tapia as Lic. de la Barrera Ana María Aguirre as Cristina Pancho Muller as Toluco Gabriel as El Chamo Keiko as Orca

[edit] Plot

Maricruz (Adela Noriega) and Beatriz (Thalía) are classmates and best friends, although Maricruz is poor and Beatriz is of a wealthy family. They are both 14 and excited about their quinceañera parties and growing up to become women. Pancho (Ernesto Laguardia), a mechanic's apprentice, and Memo (Sebastián Ligarde), a gang tough, are attracted to Maricruz. Maricruz accepts the love of Pancho; Memo drugs Maricruz and makes her believe he raped her so she will break up with Pancho. At the same time Gerardo, Maricruz's brother, starts dating Beatriz upon the pressure that Maricruz's mother has put on their children to attempt to escalate in society. Beatriz gets pregnant and the girls realize that the passing to womanhood was not what they expected.

[edit] Trivia

Beginning the only Mexican classic telenovela dubbed in Tagalog, Hiligaynon and Cebuano version in the Philippines, played in RPN 9 and GMA Iloilo, Cebu and Davao.

[edit] Remake

Televisa made in 2000 a remake of Quinceañera named Primer amor... a mil por hora.

[edit] External links

• Quinceañera at the telenovela database
• Quinceañera at the Internet Movie Database

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