De pura sangre

De pura sangre
Genre	Telenovela Drama
Created by	María Zarattini
Written by	María Zarattini
Directed by	José Rendón
Starring	Christian Bach Humberto Zurita Enrique Álvarez Félix José Antonio Ferral Manuel Ojeda Delia Casanova
Theme music composer	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opening theme	Symphony No. 29
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	106
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ernesto Alonso
Production location(s)	San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Cinematography	Carlos Guerra Villareal
Running time	21-22 minutes
Production company(s)	Televisa
Distributor	Televisa
Release
Original network	Canal de las Estrellas
Picture format	Color
Original release	December 9, 1985 – February 21, 1986
Chronology
Preceded by	Angélica
Followed by	La gloria y el infierno
Related shows	La jaula de oro (1997) Mañana es para siempre (2008) Amor bravío (2012)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

De pura sangre (English title:Of pure blood) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso for Televisa in 1985. Its original story of María Zarattini and directed by José Rendón.

Christian Bach and Humberto Zurita starred as protagonists, while Enrique Álvarez Félix, Manuel Ojeda and Víctor Junco starred as antagonists.

"The Best Telenovela of the Year" (Premios TVyNovelas 1986)

Plot

In the "San Joaquin" ranch, located in the village of San Miguel Allende, millionaire dies Solis Don Alberto Duarte, owner of a large fortune and a prosperous farm where horses are bred thoroughbred. Its closest relative is his niece, Florence, who will marry his ambitious promises, Leonardo. This is the promise very happy thinking that his future wife will own a fortune, but, to his horror, Florencia will inherit only a small part of the money; the rest of the fortune of Don Alberto and the estate will pass into the hands of a stranger from Madrid, Alberto Salerno.

Homero,uncle of Leonardo interested as he performs plans for Alberto is arrested for drug trafficking on the way to Mexico. Meanwhile, Leonardo married Florencia and encouraged to contest the will due to the absence of the primary heir, and so she becomes mistress of everything but name only. However, almost a year later, Alberto escapes from prison during a fire and heads to San Miguel Allende with the idea of revenge in mind.

His prime suspect is obviously Florencia, for she knew he was on his way and also had reason to remove it. Alberto, who was police, begins his investigation. The name of Marcos gets, and gets a job as a laborer on the farm that is technically theirs. Florencia, trapped in a marriage that has not been consummated, is attracted to the new worker.

Cast

• Christian Bach as Florencia Duarte Valencia
• Humberto Zurita as Alberto Salerno del Villar/Marcos Mejía
• Enrique Álvarez Félix as Leonardo Altamirano
• José Antonio Ferral as Fulgencio
• Manuel Ojeda as Carlos Meléndez
• Delia Casanova as Laura Blanchet
• Luis Xavier as Felipe
• Alicia Rodríguez as Beatriz Valencia Vda. de Duarte
• Víctor Junco as Homero Altamirano
• Arsenio Campos as Diego Bustamante
• Miguel Macía as Father Francisco Alvear
• Margarita Gralia as Andrea
• Ofelia Cano as Carmelita
• Jacarandá Alfaro as Chuy
• Maristel Molina as Ángela
• Carmen Cortés as Josefina
• Graciela Lara as Amparo
• Alberto Macías as Camilo
• Alejandro Ruiz as Agustín
• Fidel Garriga as Nicolás
• Thalía Salas as Regina
• Guillermo García Cantú as Anselmo Bustamante
• Josefina Castellanos as Lulú
• Raúl Morales as Lic. Hernández
• Tito Guízar as Juan
• Claudia Inchaurregui as Ana María Salerno
• José Chávez as Teniente González
• José Luis Llamas as Bernal
• Carlos Guerra as Javier
• Alfonso Kaffiti as Mario Salerno
• Jorge Victoria as Police's chief
• Adalberto Parra as Hampón
• Joaquín Gallegos
• Miguel Angel Negrete as Teniente Gallegos
• Rosa Elena Díaz as Rosa del Villar
• Julia Marichal
• Arturo Laphan
• Carl Hillos
• Fortino Salazar

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1986	4th TVyNovelas Awards	Best Telenovela of the Year	Ernesto Alonso	Won
		Best Actress	Christian Bach	Nominated
		Best Actor	Humberto Zurita	Won
		Best Antagonist Actor	Enrique Álvarez Félix
			Manuel Ojeda	Nominated
		Best Leading Actress	Alicia Rodríguez
		Best Young Lead Actress	Delia Casanova
		Best Female Revelation	Ofelia Cano	Won
			Jacaranda Alfaro	Nominated
		Best Female Debut	Claudia Incháurregui
		Best Male Debut	Guillermo García Cantú
			Luis Xavier	Won
		Best Direction	José Rendón
		Best Original Story or Adaptation	María Zarattini

External links

• De pura sangre at IMDb