"Rina" (1977) TV series 1977-1978

Director:

Dimitrio Sarrás

Writers:

Luis Reyes de la Maza (adaptation)
Inés Rodena (story)

Release Date:

September 1977 (Mexico)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

"Rina" is a macabre telenovela that tells the rags to riches story of a poor hunchback and destitute...

Plot Keywords:

Hunchback | Phenomenon | Revenge | Pregnancy | Soap Opera

Cast

  (Series Cast overview, first billed only)

Ofelia Medina	...	Rina
Enrique Álvarez Félix	...	Carlos Augusto
María Rubio	...	Rafaela
Carlos Ancira	...	Leopoldo
Rosa María Moreno	...	Dionisia
Rafael Llamas	...	Carmelo
Sasha Montenegro	...	Marcela
Alicia Rodríguez	...	María Julia
Alicia Encinas	...	Gisela
Magda Guzmán	...	Doña Chana
Aurora Molina	...	Eleuteria
Ana Laura Maldonado	...	Bettina (as Ana Laura)
Virginia Gutiérrez	...	Marcela's mother
Raúl Meraz	...	Guillermo
Guillermo Zarur	...	Javier

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Company:

Televisa S.A. de C.V.

Trivia:

An English language version for the US was test marketed on a local San Diego TV station but it proved unsuccessful. Entitled "Paper Dolls" and under the umbrella "Love & Tears" it aired in 1984 with two other Spanish language soaps, both dubbed for the English speaking audience.

Macabre telenovela that deals with the supernatural

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"Rina" is the rags to riches story of a poor destitute street urchin who comes to inherit a fortune. One afternoon she has her fortune read via tarot cards, and is told she will become wealthy. However Rina sells straw dolls to support her paraplegic father and younger brother and sister who attend school, so she does not believe it. In fact, the entire family is on the verge of being evicted. One day Leopoldo, an elderly and sick man yells out the window to her and they become friends. Leopoldo lives with his sister-in-law, Rafaela and her son, Carlos Augusto. Rafaela hates Leopoldo, but Leopoldo plays a nasty trick on her, revealed upon his death. Rina is to inherit everything. Rafaela and her son come up with a scheme to retain the house: Carlos Augusto must marry Rina. But how will Carlos Augusto get Rina to fall in love and marry him? And will true love conquer all in the face of overwhelming adversity?

Remade with Thalia as "Maria Mercedes" (1992)and "Inocente de Ti"(2004)