Las Vías del Amor
| Las Vías del Amor | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by | Emilio Larrosa |
| Written by | Alejandro Pohlenz |
| Directed by |
Salvador Garcini José Ángel García |
| Starring |
Aracely Arámbula Jorge Salinas Enrique Rocha Daniela Romo |
| Theme music composer | Martin Munoz |
| Opening theme | Las Vías del Amor by Aracely Arámbula |
| Ending theme | Las heridas by Daniela Romo |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 220 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Emilio Larrosa |
| Producer(s) | Arturo Pedoraza Loera |
| Editor(s) |
Marco Antonio Rocha Pablo Peralta Alfredo Frutos |
| Cinematography | Lino Gama |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Televisa |
| Original release | August 5, 2002 – June 6, 2003 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Entre el Amor y el Odio |
| Followed by | Amor real |
Las Vías del Amor (English: The roads of love) is a Mexican neo-noir thriller telenovela that aired on the Televisa channel in Mexico and Univision in the United States from 2002-2003.
Aracely Arámbula and Jorge Salinas will as the protagonists, while Enrique Rocha and Sasha Montenegro will as the antagonists.
Plot
Gabriel is an electronic engineer and former seminarian who is consumed with remorse and guilt; when he was a child he lost his brother Nicholas. That loss caused Gabriel's father a heart attack. His mother has never forgave him for that.
Gabriel tried to purge his guilt in the priesthood, but left the seminary because of an affair with Sonia, a humble washerwoman. Gabriel never forgot Sonia, despite being in a relationship with Sandra who he does not love. Upon discovering that truth, Sandra attempts suicide. Adolfo, a millionair and owner of a nightclubs is in love with Sandra. Gabriel returns to be with Sonia and discoverer she's working as a prostitute and offers her to pay all her expenses, her mother’s treatment and an apartment to make her quit being a prostitute. But Gabriel's true love is far away, in Tlacotalpan.
Perla is a young, cute, and poor waitress who is also a clairvoyant. Her powers let her know that her boyfriend Paco is in danger, but he ignores her. Paco is killed and Perla discovers through her visions that his killer has a tattoo of a skull in the arm. Elmer is an employee of Don Geronimo, the owner of Tlacotalpan and Pearl's boss. Once discovered, Elmer blackmails Pearl to accept the marriage proposal from Don Geronimo if she does not want him to kill her father.After Gonzalo who is the Paco's best friend comes to there where live's Perla, Gonzalo want to find the assassin of his friend he's to goes in some problems one of his problem is that he has a trafiking with Sebastian and Enrique, he also be's Elmer's Enemy.Gonzalo says Perla that he swear Paco his gonna protect Perla from Don Geronimo and Sebastian.
Perla accepts Don Geronimo's proposal who will show her a world of luxury and beauty which she always dreamed of. On a trip to Mexico with her boyfriend Don Geronimo, Perla encounter Gabriel, who will be her true love.
The wedding takes place and, during the banquet, someone murdred Don Geronimo. Enrique blames Fidel who flees to the capital. Sick and penniless, Fidel is rescued by Leticia, a good, hardworking merchant who, by a twist of fate, is harassed and stalked by Sebastian, brother of Don Geronimo. Perla decides to go to the capital to find her dad with the help from Gabriel and the two slowly fall in love. But Sonia will make Perla's life miserable to win for Gabriel's love.
But these are not Perla's only problems. First is Sebastian, a criminal who seeks Perla and her father to avenge the death of his brother, there's also 'El Dandy', the pimp of Sonia, who Gabriel send to prison to defend Sonia and now seeks revenge and Enrique, the son of Don Geronimo who killed him because of the obsession he has with Perla and he will not rest until he finds her.
Cast
- Aracely Arámbula - Perla Gutiérrez
- Jorge Salinas - Gabriel Quezada
- Enrique Rocha - Sebastián Mendoza
- Daniela Romo - Leticia "Lety" López Álbavera
- José Carlos Ruiz - Fidel Gutiérrez
- Sasha Montenegro - Catalina Valencia vda. de Fernández
- Nuria Bages - Olga Vázquez de Gutiérrez
- Blanca Sánchez - Artemisa Barragán vda. de Quezada
- Abraham Ramos - Enrique Mendoza
- Gabriel Soto - Adolfo Lascuráin / Nicolás Quezada
- Martha Julia - Sandra Iribarren
- Mónica Dossetti - Mariela Andrade
- Elizabeth Álvarez - Sonia Vázquez
- Altair Jarabo - Vanessa Vázquez
- Manuela Imaz - Rosaura Fernández
- Alfredo Adame - Ricardo Domínguez
- Patricia Navidad - Rocío Zárate
- Rafael Amaya - Pablo Rivera / Paco
- Julio Alemán - Alberto Betanzos
- Dulce - Patricia Martínez de Betanzos
- Paola Treviño - Andrea de la Garza
- Raúl Ochoa - Ernesto Fernández
- Margarita Magaña - Alicia Betanzos
- Jorge Consejo - Esteban Fernández
- Diana Golden - Constanza Aguirre
- Rudy Casanova - Elmer Patiño "El Negro"
- Mario Casillas - Jerónimo Mendoza
- Claudia Troyo - Claudia Jiménez
- Erika García - Dolores "Lolita" Padilla
- Ivonne Montero - Damiana "Madonna"
- Miguel Loyo - Ramón Gutiérrez Vázquez
- Hugo Aceves - Octavio Vázquez
- Carlos Miguel - Adalberto Ruiz "El Dandy"
- Sergio DeFassio - Eloy Álvarez
- Esperanza Rendón - Gladys Sánchez de Álvarez
- María Prado - Azalia Sánchez
- Maricruz Nájera - Laura Albavera
- Irina Areu - Rebeca Vda. de Iribarren
- Marco Uriel - Bernardo Dueñas
- Luz María Guízar - Lucrecia Iribarren
- Antonio Escobar - Chuy
- Florencia de Saracho - Pamela Fernández
- Eduardo Cuervo - Pedro Betanzos
- Fernanda Castillo - Mónica Loyola
- Francisco Avendaño - Javier Loyola Jr.
- Javier Herranz - Germán Fernández
- Juan Romanca - Ceferino Barbosa
- Thelma Tixou - Fernanda Solís
- Analia Galloso - Estefanía
- Juan Ángel Esparza - Carlos Velázquez
- Silvia Ramírez - Antonia
- Alejandro Calva - Edmundo
- Ricardo Margaleff - Bruno
- Gustavo Negrete - Aurelio Tobar
- Bobby Larios - Julián de la Colina
- Julio Monterde - Javier Loyola padre
- Antonio Miguel - Don Tacho
- Anghel - Jessica
- Esthela Aceves - Milagros
- Gabrielle Báez - Maribel
- Toni Balardi - Jaramillo
- Julio Bekhor - Ricky
- Claudia Benedetti - Valentina
- Manuel Benítez - Joaquín
- Graciela Bernardos - Felicia
- Elena Carrasco - Natalia de Loyola
- Aurora Castellón - Sra. de Loyola
- Ana Silvia Contreras - Obdulia
- Flora Fernández - Doña Chelo
- Raquel Garza - Tere la secretaria
- Guillermo Herrera - Padre Tomás
- Enrique Hidalgo - Comandante Mayor
- Benjamín Islas - Teniente Alberto Olvera
- Kokín - El Chino
- Archie Lanfranco - Alan Miller
- Marco Méndez - Óscar Mendez
- Beatriz Monroy - Casimira
- Rubén Morales - Efrén
- Xorge Noble - Zacarías Hernández
- Aleida Núñez - Lucy
- Martha Ortiz - Susana
- Jorge Luis Pascual - Gerardo
- José Luis Reséndez - Gigoló
- Mariana Rivera - Rita
- Christian Ruiz - Emiliano
- Rodrigo Ruiz - El Talibán
- Rosy Safont - Lupe
- Ricardo Silva - Heriberto
- Teo Tapia - Leopoldo Dávalos
- Angélica Vale - Ella misma
- Sylvia Valdez - Cynthia Vale
- Arturo Vázquez - Iván Hernández
- Ricardo Vera - Tadeo
- Amelia Zapata - María Jesús
- Cosme Alberto - Matías
- Alfredo Alfonso - Jefe de Perla
- Vanessa Arias - Asistente
- José Luis Avendaño - Don Braulio
- Ángeles Balvanera - Guardiana de la casa de niños secuestrados
- Sergio Castillo - Alejo
- Carlos González - Guarura de Catalina
- Jose Antonio Iturriaga - El Cerebro
- Jiovanny López - Eloy Álvarez Jr.
- Carlos Speitzer - Pepe Atilano
- Marco Antonio Maldonado - Nacho
- Roberto Marín - Miguel
- Úrsula Montserrat - Isabel
- Toño Mora - Artemio
- Mónika Muñoz - Prostituta
- Pablo Osuna - Disjockey
- Baltazar Oviedo - Recluso
- Edgar Ponce - Seguridad de Enrique
- Martín Rojas - Profesor de Perla
- Mahalat Sánchez - Eva
- Alondra Torres - Alicia, la niña embarazada
- Jorge Trejo - Gabriel (niño)
- Liza Willert - Casera
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | TVyNovelas Awards | |||
| Best Lead Actress | Aracely Arámbula | Nominated | ||
| Best Lead Actor | Jorge Salinas | Nominated | ||
| Best Female Villain | Sasha Montenegro | Won | ||
| Best Male Villain | Enrique Rocha | Won | ||
| Best First Actor | Jose Carlos Ruiz | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Nuria Bages | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Gabriel Soto | Nominated | ||
| Best Female Revelation | Paola Treviño | Nominated | ||
| Premios El Heraldo de México | ||||
| Best leading actress | Daniela Romo | Won | ||
| Best leading actor | Enrique Rocha | Won | ||
| Best Female Revelation | Elizabeth Álvarez | Won | ||
| Best Male Revelation | Jorge Consejo | Won |