Sabor a ti (telenovela)
| Sabor a ti | |
|---|---|
| Genre | telenovela |
| Created by |
Ligia Lezama Benilde Avila |
| Directed by |
Arquímedes Rivero Carlos Izquierdo |
| Starring |
Ana Karina Manco Miguel de León Astrid Carolina Herrera Guillermo Pérez Juan Carlos Vivas |
| Opening theme | "Vengo a contrar contigo" by Roque Valero |
| Country of origin | Venezuela |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 153[1] |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Isabel De Acevedo Alejandro Leon |
| Location(s) | Caracas |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Venevisión |
| Distributor | Venevisión International |
| Release | |
| Original network | Venevisión |
| Original release | August 24, 2004 – February 15, 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Cosita Rica |
| Followed by | El amor las vuelve locas |
Sabor a ti (Sweetest Essence) is a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by Venevisión and distributed internationally by Venevisión International. An original story written by Ligia Lezama and Benilde Avila, the telenovela stars Ana Karina Manco and Miguel de León as the main protagonists while Astrid Carolina Herrera, Guillermo Pérez and Julio Alcázar star as the main antagonists.
Plot
Leonardo Lombardi (Miguel de León) is a successful engineer who returns from a business trip only to find his beloved wife Raiza (Astrid Carolina Herrera) in bed with his best friend Federico (Juan Carlos Vivas). This breaks Leonardo's heart, making him become a bitter man who is distrustful of women.
Meanwhile, Miranda (Ana Karina Manco) is a medical student who is forced to give up her medical pediatrician studies in order to help out her family which is experiencing economic problems, to the point that they are about to be evicted from the building where they live. It is through this way that she meets Leonardo, whose wealthy family owns the building where Miranda lives. Leonardo offers Miranda a job in his house as the caretaker of his two children and ailing grandfather.
Life for Miranda at the Lombardi mansion becomes difficult as she has to deal with Leonardo's bitterness, his sister-in-law's Fabiana's cruelty toward's her, and the insults of Raiza, who returns to her matrimonial home to manipulate Leonardo by using their daughter's emotional problems in order to try and win him back. The only support and care she receives while in the mansion are from Salvador, Leonardo's grandfather and his two children, Carlitos and Karina. After a while, Leonardo begins to fall in love with Miranda after seeing her sweet, caring nature. However in order for them to be happy, they will have to face the wrath of Raiza who sees Miranda as an obstacle to regaining her previous former happiness.[2][3]
Cast
- Ana Karina Manco as Miranda Valladares, in love with Leonardo, has a child with him
- Miguel de León as Leonardo Lombardi, Raiza's ex-husband.
- Astrid Carolina Herrera as Raiza Alarcon de Lombardi. Main Villain. Left topless on fashion runway after dress comes off
- Guillermo Pérez as Dario Antonetti. Villain. Obsessed with Miranda
- Juan Carlos Vivas as Federico Carvajal
- Gigi Zanchetta as Sonia Fernandez, business executive, in love with Leonardo.
- Adrián Delgado as Manolo Martinez
- Eduardo Luna as German Estevez
- Julio Alcázar as Raimundo Lombardi.
- Sonia Villamizar as Fabiana Alarcon
- Rafael Romero as Cheo
- Eva Blanco as Elvita Montiel
- Veronica Ortiz as Yajaira Martinez
- Gerardo Soto as Alejandro Ferrer
- Milena Santander as Cata
- Kassandra Tepper as Claudia
- Umberto Buonocore as Salvador Lombardi
- Amilcar Rivero as Gregory
- Rosalinda Serfaty as Andreina
- Milena Torres as Corina Martinez
- Betsabe Duque as Ginet
- Patricia Schwarzgruber as Vicky
- Erika Schwarzgruber as Rina
