Lazos de Amor

Lazos de amor
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Carmen Daniels
Written by	Carmen Daniels Tere Medina
Screenplay by	Carmen Daniels
Story by	Jorge Lozano Soriano
Directed by	Miguel Córcega Monica Miguel
Starring	Lucero Luis José Santander
Theme music composer	José Cantoral
Opening theme	"Lazos de amor" performed by Lucero
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	100
Production
Executive producer(s)	Carla Estrada
Producer(s)	Arturo Lorca
Cinematography	Isabel Basurto Alejandro Frutos
Editor(s)	Juan Franco Antonio Trejo
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company(s)	Televisa
Release
Original network	Canal de las Estrellas
Picture format	NTSC (480i)
First shown in	Mexico
Original release	2 October 1995 (1995-10-02) – 23 February 1996 (1996-02-23)
Chronology
Preceded by	La dueña
Followed by	Morir dos veces
Related shows	Tres veces Ana

Lazos de amor (English title: Τies of love) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1995.^[1]

The series stars Lucero as María Fernanda / María Paula / María Guadalupe and Luis José Santander as Nicolás .

Plot

The story centers around María Guadalupe, María Paula and María Fernanda, identical triplets (all played by Lucero) with non-identical, complex personalities. When they all were very young, they were victims of a car accident that killed their parents.

As a result of the accident, María Guadalupe is presumed dead when she disappears after falling into a river. Instead, she suffers from amnesia and forgets she has a family and two sisters. Ana Salas, who is going through a tragedy coping with her own mother's death, raises María Guadalupe as her own, even after becoming aware of her true identity.

María Fernanda is a sweet girl who hopes to find her sister, but as a result of the accident is left blind. María Paula is different from her sisters in that she's glamorous, selfish and extremely jealous; however, she also harbors a devastating secret about the accident.

After an illness brings María Guadalupe and Ana to México City, María Guadalupe falls in love with Nicolás, a cab driver and good-hearted man, who had just moved to México to live with his grandmother. Living in fear that someone may recognize her daughter, Ana restricts María Guadalupe's actions. But Nicolás's grandmother learns Ana's secret without saying a word.

The girls' grandmother Mercedes and their uncle Eduardo have been searching for missing María Guadalupe for years, and the story inches closer and closer to the revelation of the truth as the ties of love eventually draw the three sisters together, weaving through the lives of those that surround them in unexpected ways.

Cast

Main

• Lucero as María Guadalupe /María Paula /María Fernanda Rivas Iturbe /Laura Iturbe de Rivas
• Luis José Santander as Nicolás Miranda

Recurring

Guest stars

• Raúl Velasco as Himself
• Eugenio Cobo as Himself
• Luis García as Himself
• Silvia Pinal as Herself
• Silvia Pasquel as Herself
• María Sorté as Herself
• Eugenio Derbez as Himself
• Leticia Calderón as Assistant of Silvia Pinal

Controversial ending

In the final episode, Maria Paula locks her sisters up in the storage room of the mansion and holds them hostage. As their uncle Eduardo tries to rescue them, Maria Paula shoots him dead. There is an apparent off-screen melee, as both Maria Guadalupe and Maria Fernanda emerge from the room relatively unscathed, while Maria Paula is rolled out in a body bag along with Eduardo. Maria Guadalupe and Nicolas have a typical novela wedding. In the final scene, Maria Guadalupe and Nicolas are in a hotel room on their honeymoon, going through a photo album. They share one last kiss. When the camera zooms into Maria Guadalupe's face, she rubs her eyebrow with her pinky finger, which was Maria Paula's trademark idiosyncratic habit, leaving fans to wonder whether it was Maria Paula or Maria Guadalupe who died in the scuffle. To this day, it is still a favorite debate among fans of the show. However, it was a very surprising and controversial telenovela ending for its time.

Awards

Album

Lazos de amor
Soundtrack album by Lucero
Released	1995 (1995)
Recorded	1995
Genre	Pop
Label	Melody
Lucero chronology
Siempre Contigo (1995) Lazos de Amor (1996) Piel de Ángel (1997) Singles from Siempre Contigo "Lazos de Amor"

Due to the telenovela's success, Televisa published a soundtrack, which included previously released songs by Lucero as well as three versions of the theme song of the series.

References

External links

• Lazos de Amor at the Internet Movie Database