La Otra
| La otra | |
|---|---|
|
Juan Soler and Yadhira Carrillo | |
| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by |
Liliana Abud Jaime García Estrada Orlando Merino |
| Directed by | Benjamín Cann |
| Starring |
Juan Soler Yadhira Carrillo Jacqueline Andere Sergio Sendel |
| Theme music composer |
Benny Ibarra Edith Márquez |
| Opening theme | "La otra" |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 89 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ernesto Alonso |
| Location(s) | Mexico |
| Running time | approx. 44 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Televisa |
| Distributor | Televisa |
| Release | |
| Original network | El Canal de las Estrellas |
| Original release | 20 May 2002 – 20 September 2002 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Salomé |
| Followed by | Así son ellas |
La Otra (The Other Woman) is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and aired on El Canal de las Estrellas from 20 May through 20 September 2002. It aired on Univision in the United States from October 14, 2002 through February 28, 2003. It stars Yadhira Carrillo as both Carlota Guillen Sáenz and Cordelia Portugal, identical strangers whose lives collide upon becoming involved with Álvaro Ibáñez (Juan Soler).
"The Best Telenovela of the Year" (Premios TVyNovelas 2003)
Yadhira Carrillo has a dual protagonist/antagonist, Juan Soler is the protagonist, while Jacqueline Andere and Sergio Sendel will as the antagonists.
Plot
On a dark, stormy night, Bernarda (Chantal Andere), Leopoldo Guillen's lover, takes her two small daughters, Eugenia (Mercedes Molto) and Carlota (Yadhira Carrillo), to his funeral. Leopold's son, Roman, his wife, and the priest tell them that they are unwelcome at the funeral and Roman (Alejandro Ávila) throws them out in the mud.
Years later, Carlota and Eugenia are attending a university where Carlota studies music and Eugenia studies accounting. Bernarda favors and expects the best out of Eugenia, who is failing school. However, she disdains and expects the worst out of Carlota, whom Bernarda calls "inutil" (good-for-nothing). In reality, Carlota is the one who is successful, as she plays the piano beautifully and paints many masks, showing us that she has quite the artistic side.
Bernarda is a materialistic woman, determined to never allow her daughters to marry in order to avoid what is stated in the father's will: Upon marriage, they will take their part of the fortune. She oppresses the girls and holds them near prisoner in their own home. However, Carlota and Eugenia do not allow circumstances to stop them from being their own selves. Eugenia is secretly dating Roman and has already had relations with him. Roman has slept with her for vengeance only. He thinks that she is his half-sister. However, she is not Leopoldo's daughter. When Bernarda and Carlota discover that Eugenia is pregnant, Bernarda sends her away to a small town with their housekeeper (Tomasa Josefina Echánove). In the small town Eugenia meets Cordelia (Yadhira Carrillo), who is identical to Carlota. She also meets Santos (Ignacio Guadalupe), a man who falls in love with her; and they marry in order to give her child a name.
Meanwhile, Carlota forms a relationship with a young doctor named Álvaro (Juan Soler). He soon asks for her hand in marriage. When Bernarda finds out, she adamantly opposes and unsuccessfully tries break them up via many means. Eventually, she concedes and gives Carlota her blessing. Of course, knowing Bernarda, there is always an ulterior motive.
Eugenia gives birth but because Bernarda tells Eugenia the entire truth about everything that has happened, she instigates her own daughter's early death. During her last moments, Eugenia orders Tomasa to hide the baby with Santos and lie to everyone and say the baby died. Eugenia curses her mother with misery and guilt and dies.
When Eugenia's body is delivered to Bernarda, Álvaro asks to see Carlota, but Bernarda demands that he leave and leave her to mourn her daughter's death. Ignorant of recent happenings and of the fact that Carlota has a sister, Álvaro believes Carlota died. Bernarda does not correct him and says that Carlota died in a freak accident. She denies him access to view the dead body by lying (The lie is that Carlota's body is unrecognizable from the serious degree of the accident). Álvaro leaves for his parents' hacienda in a rural town to get over his first (and only) love. Bernarda tells Carlota that he abandoned her and that he was just using her. With the death of her sister and this terrible news, Carlota tries to kill herself, but she only kills her unborn child.
During Alvaro's grieving process, Cordelia eventually seduces Álvaro into a loveless marriage, using her appearance and her charismatic manipulation skills to her advantage.
Ten years later, Carlota is nothing more than a mere shadow of her former self, further enslaved by Bernarda, and Álvaro and Cordelia are having marital troubles, causing misery for their daughter Natalia.
Eventually, Carlota will learn to break free and become her own person...but it will take walking into the lion's den to do so. She will go to Alvaro's house and assume the position of La Otra.
Cast
- Yadhira Carrillo - Carlota Guillén Sáenz / Cordelia Portugal de Ibáñez (Villain)
- Juan Soler - Álvaro Ibáñez
- Jacqueline Andere - Bernarda Sáenz viuda de Guillén (Main villain)
- Sergio Sendel - Adrián Ibáñez (Main villain)
- Ofelia Guilmáin - Sabina Vda. de Ocampo
- Mercedes Molto - Eugenia Guillén Sáenz
- Manuel Ojeda - Juan Pedro Portugal (Villain)
- Alejandro Ávila - Román Guillén (Villain)
- Eugenio Cobo - Padre Agustín
- Jorge Vargas - Delfino Arriaga
- Julio Bracho - Lázaro Arriaga
- Toño Mauri - Daniel Mendizábal
- Azela Robinson - Mireya Ocampo
- Rosa María Bianchi - Lupita Ibáñez
- Maty Huitrón - Fabiana Morales
- Lupita Lara - Matilde Portugal
- Josefina Echánove - Tomasa López
- Alonso Echánove - El Cuco
- Luis Couturier - Justo Ibáñez
- Sergio Sánchez - Saltiel Orozco
- Sergio Ramos "El Comanche" - Don Joaquín Pardo
- Verónica Jaspeado - Apolonia Portugal
- Isadora González - Paulina Mendizábal
- Ignacio Guadalupe - Santos Mérida
- Roberto Antúnez - Padre Fermín
- Virginia Gutiérrez - Esperanza
- Marco Muñoz - Fulgencio Ríos
- Gastón Tuset - Dr. Salvador Almanza
- Alfonso Iturralde - Narciso Bravo
- Zoila Quiñones - Simona Díaz
- María Prado - Martina Rubio
- Virginia Gimeno - Hilaria Rivero
- Thelma Dorantes - Carmen
- Shirley - Julieta de Guillén
- Natasha Dupeyrón - Natalia Ibáñez
- Carlos Speitzer - Librado Mérida
- Esther Guilmáin - Esther
- Erika Blenher - Roberta
- Macaria - Fátima de Salazar
- Mónika Sánchez - Regina Salazar
- Juan Peláez - Enrique Salazar
- Cosme Alberto - Braulio Portugal Rivero
- Annie Del Castillo - Karen Mendizábal
- Constanza Mier - Aída
- Chantal Andere - Bernarda Sáenz (joven)
- Elsa Cárdenas - Marta Caballero viuda de Guillén
- Carolina Guerrero - Jovita
- Enrique Hidalgo - Isidro
- Hugo Macías Macotela - Notario Carballido
- Silvia Manríquez - Marta Caballero de Guillén (joven)
- David Ramos - Padre Conrado
- Alberto Inzúa - Padre Javier
- Antonio de la Vega - Isaac Gómez
- Carlos González - Benigno Mérida
- Rosángela Balbó - Socorrito
- Lucy Tovar - Celina Chávez
- José Montini - Animador
- María Dolores Oliva - Flor
- Juan Romanca - Belarmino
- Ricardo Vera - Genaro
- Ofelia Cano - Diana Herrera
- Jairo Gómez - Cristóbal Ocampo
Critical reception
This telenovela was a moderate success in Mexico, airing at 8pm in the summer of 2002, right before the (usually) highest-rated hour of 9pm, during which Entre el Amor y el Odio was airing. However, it proved to be a sleeper telenovela, as it won the Premio for best novela of 2002, as well as numerous other Premios. It has also grown in popularity amongst telenovela fans of all kinds, thus making it a cult classic of sorts. It has aired four times in the United States, the first time being its initial airing on Univision in the afternoon, from October 14, 2002 to February 28, 2003. It has been repeated three times afterward. The first repeat was on Telefutura in the early morning, from September 26, 2005 to January 27, 2006. The second repeat was on Univision during the Grandes Historias hour late at night, from April 9, 2007 to August 9, 2007. The third repeat currently aired during the mid-afternoon later switched to mornings on Telefutura, having started on November 22, 2010 to March 30, 2011.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | TVyNovelas Awards | |||
| Best Telenovela | Ernesto Alonso | Won | ||
| Best Lead Actress | Yadhira Carrillo | Won | ||
| Best Lead Actor | Juan Soler | Won | ||
| Best Female Villain | Jacqueline Andere | Nominated | ||
| Best First Actress | Won | |||
| Best Male Villain | Sergio Sendel | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Azela Robinson | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Julio Bracho | Nominated | ||
| Best direction of scene | Benjamín Cann | Won | ||
| Premios El Heraldo de México | ||||
| Best Telenovela | La Otra | Won | ||
| Best Villain | Jacqueline Andere | Won | ||
| Best Director | Benjamín Cann | Won |