Torrente (telenovela)

Torrente ¡un torbellino de pasiones!
Genre	Telenovela Drama Romance
Created by	Neida Padilla Benilde Ávila Manuel Mendoza Daniel González
Directed by	Claudio Callao Omar Hurtado José Luis Zuleta
Starring	Maritza Bustamante Luciano D'Alessandro Anabell Rivero Félix Loreto Eduardo Orozco Zair Montes Ivan Tamayo
Music by	Luis Román Carlos “Tato” García Salomón Lerner
Opening theme	Palabras del corazón by Franco de Vita
Country of origin	Venezuela
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	130[1]
Production
Executive producer(s)	Manuel Federico Fraíz-Grijalba
Producer(s)	Alejandro Salazar Thais Campos Rosmar Molero Lenín Feliche Rafael Hernández
Location(s)	Gran Sabana, Bolivar State
Cinematography	Jhonny Febles
Production company(s)	Venevisión
Release
Original network	Venevisión Univision (U.S.)
Original release	April 4 – September 9, 2008
Chronology
Preceded by	Arroz con Leche
Followed by	¿Vieja Yo?

Torrente: ¡Un torbellino de pasiones! (Torrent: A Storm of Passion) is a 2008 Venezuelan telenovela produced by Venevisión and distributed internationally by Venevisión International.

Maritza Bustamante and Luciano D'Alessandro star as the protagonists while Anabell Rivero and Felix Loreto star as the antagonists.^[2][3]

Plot

Ana Julia Briceño (Maritza Bustamante) is an OB-GYN doctor who is happily married to Reinaldo Galbadon (Luciano D'Alessandro) a pediatrician. She has everything she can ask for: a good job, a loving husband and the friendship provided by her best friend, Valeria Velutini (Anabell Rivero). However, she cannot bear children due to a medical problem affecting her uterus. When she discusses the issue with her friend Valeria over Reinaldo's refusal to hire a surrogate Valeria offers a suggestion: that she become the surrogate, on condition that Reinaldo does not find out about it.

Valeria then gets implanted with one of Ana Julia's eggs that has been fertilized by Reinaldo's sperm. However, the situation changes when Ana Julia is involved in a plane crash that leaves here with a severe case of memory loss. Everyone on board of the plane is considered dead. Devastated, Reinaldo and Valeria find comfort in each other's arms, leading them to spend the night together. After this, Valeria's pregnancy starts showing, and she tells Reinaldo that he is the father, without telling him the truth that Ana Julia is the biological mother of the child that she is carrying.

Meanwhile, in the Amazon jungle, Ana Julia is being cared for by Bayardo Santa Cruz (Iván Tamayo), the man who rescued Ana Julia. After a turn of unfortunate events that sees Ana Julia land in jail, she finally recovers her memory and through the help of Bayardo, escapes back home.

But when she finally reaches home, she is shocked to find out that her husband and best friend are a couple while, unknown to Reinaldo, they have built a life based on a lie. Ana Julia and Valeria now become rivals, as Ana Julia tries to regain what is rightfully hers while Valeria tries to hold onto the life that she has created with Reinaldo.

Cast

• Maritza Bustamante as Ana Julia Briceño Mendizábal, a successful obstetrician, Reinaldo's wife, best friend of Valeria, Juancho's sister-in-law.
• Luciano D'Alessandro as Reinaldo Gabaldón Leal, Ana Julia's husband, Maruja's brother-in-law. Married Valeria thinking that Ana Julia was dead.
• Eduardo Orozco as Juancho Gabaldón Leal, a cosmetic surgeon, Maruja's husband, Ana Julia's brother-in-law.
• Zair Montes as Charí Santa Cruz, Bayardo's blind daughter, in love with Sebastian Gabaldon Leal.
• Anabell Rivero as Valeria Velutini, psychiatrist, Ana Julia's best friend, marries Reinaldo when she thinks that Ana Julia is dead.
• Damián Genovese as Sebastián Gabaldón Leal
• Gioia Arismendi as Maruja Briceño, Ana Julia's sister, Juancho's wife, a lawyer and Reinaldo's sister-in-law.
• Iván Tamayo as Bayardo Santa Cruz
• Gioia Lombardini as Rebeca Mendizábal, Ana Julia's and Maruja's aunt.
• Carlos Villamizar as Lorenzo Gabaldón, priest and family counselor of the Gabaldon family.
• Marcos Moreno as Atilio
• Jose Luis Useche as Hairo
• Zhandra De Abreu as Paola
• Susej Vera as Corina Pereira
• Gonzalo Cubero as Ortega
• Pedro Durán as Pacheko
• Félix Loreto as Cayo Gabaldón, successful businessman and owner of the Gabaldon Leal Medical Institute.
• Verónica Ortiz as Nikdalia
• Carolina Motta as Baniba/Maria Ruis
• Yina Vélez as Patrisia
• Jessika Grau as Verónica Méndez, fitness instructor
• Beatriz Fuentes as Margarita
• Cristian Mc Gaffney as Benhamin
• Liliana Meléndez as Rosita
• Marisol Matheus as Martina
• Vanesa Mendoza as Sofia
• Cesar Flores as Arturo Freitas
• Francia Sandoval
• Mario Sudano
• Mayra Africano as Nueke/ Domitila
• Belén Peláez as Mariela
• Desideria D'Caro as Claudia Moreno
• Monica Pasqualotto as Tamara Domínguez
• Mauricio González as Omar Araulfo
• Rodolfo Drago as Yanis Alarcon
• Cesar Flores as Arturo

Venezuela broadcast

• Release dates, episode name & length, based on Venevisión's broadcast.

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