Rina
Directed by	Dimitrio Sarrás
Written by	Inés Rodena
Script by	Luis Reyes de la Maza
Cinematography by	Fernando Chacón
Producer(s)	Valentin Pimstein
Starring	Ofelia Medina Enrique Álvarez Félix
Country of origin	Mexico
Language(s)	Spanish
Original channel	Televisa
Broadcast	1977

Rina is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1977. It was written by Inés Rodena and starred Ofelia Medina as a hunchback named Rina and Enrique Álvarez Félix as her love interest.

Since the original, three remakes have been produced under different names:

1. La italianita (Venezuela, [[1973) with Marina Baura
2. Rubi Rebelde (Venezuela, 1989) with Mariela Alcalá
3. María Mercedes (Mexico, 1992) with Thalía Sodi
4. Inocente de ti (Mexico, 2004) with Camila Sodi (Thalia's niece)
5. Maria Esperança (Brazil, 2007) with Barbara Paz

[edit] Plot

Rina is a poor young hunchbacked woman who sells flowers on the streets of Mexico City. She approaches cars at stoplights to offer her products and one day she meets an old rich man. The man gets acquainted with Rina and eventually manipulates her into marrying him. The old man dies soon afterwards, and Rina is faced with dealing with the man's greedy sisters as well as her feelings for the son of one of the women.

[edit] External links

• Rina at the Telenovela Database
• Rina at the Internet Movie Database

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