Eva Luna (soap opera)
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Eva Luna is a 2010 telenovela
co-produced by Venevision
and Univision
Studios, starring Blanca Soto
and Guy Ecker
as the main protagonists, and Julian Gil
and Susana Dosamantes
as the main antagonists. Univision aired Eva Luna weeknights at 8pm/7pm central from November 1, 2010 to April 11, 2011, airing double episodes 3 times in its entire run, and a TV-14 rating was applied for all episodes. Double episodes of Eva Luna are airing on Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas
as of September 19, 2011.
), a young woman of extraordinary beauty, humble and hardworking. Like so many immigrants coming to America
, Eva arrives with her father and younger sister to California in search of a better life. However, Eva does not imagine that to find happiness will first have to suffer a terrible loss, because her life is intertwined with dark family secrets, lies, deception and ambition of a powerful family.
Eva finds work as a personal attendant to the founder of Publicidad Arismendi, Julio Arismendi. She immediately wins over his son, Leonardo Arismendi (Julian Gil
), and his best friend, Daniel Villanueva (Guy Ecker
), who is dating Leonardo's sister, Victoria (Vanessa Villela
). Victoria and her mother, Marcela (Susana Dosamantes
), dislike Eva, as they feel that Eva threatens Victoria's beauty. Daniel, a successful advertising executive of Publicidad Arismendi and widowed father of a young daughter named Laurita, Daniel & Eva are immediately attracted to each other. At first, the relationship between Daniel and Eva is a disastrous swing of love and hate, but in the end they fall madly, passionately in love. When Daniel leaves Victoria for Eva, Marcela takes action. She gives Victoria a cup of tea and has her go to sleep. Renata, their housekeeper, is sent to check on Victoria, and calls 911 when she sees Victoria won't answer and has pills next to her bedside, that Marcela put there on purpose. Awaking in the hospital, Victoria is told by her mother that she attempted to commit suicide, although Victoria herself has no memory or thought of committing suicide. Marcela explains that she must play the part of the heartbroken suicidal victim in order to trick Daniel to come back to her, but Daniel will not be manipulated by the two women anymore.
Marcela Arismendi is a cold woman. Her first husband was El Gallo, who she later kills, leaving her a single mother to her beloved son, Leonardo. She later married Julio and adopted Victoria. Marcela was more interested in Julio's wealth and power in society than anything else. She has been slowly poisoning him to an early death, so that she can be the only owner of the multimillion dollar company she and Julio created. She sent orders to kill Daniel's parents and his wife, so that Victoria, could marry Daniel and Marcela would have complete control over her associate. Slowly, Julio begins to see patterns in his life. The few days that Eva stopped coming to take care of him, he refused to take his medicine, and he actually felt healthier. When Eva returned, his medicine was again given to him, forcing him to stop testing his hypothesis. However, as months pass and Eva gets fired again, he throws his coffee with the medicine on the ground, and his faithful loving dog, Max, licks it off the ground.
The day of Eva and Daniel's secret, private wedding, Eva recalls what she has gone through to get to the love of her life. She lost her father to a hit and run accident, and Leonardo makes her believe that Daniel was the mysterious man behind the wheel that did not stop to help, when it was actually Leonardo borrowing Daniel's car. Devastated by learning that her future husband murdered her father, she swears revenge and Leonardo takes the opportunity to separate her from Daniel. Meanwhile, Marcela and Victoria plot to make Daniel hate Eva. Victoria sends Eva to pick up a check at the bank, saying its for herself, when really it's in Eva's name, with $25,000 from Daniel's professional bank account. Eva unknowingly takes the check, and returns it to Victoria. Marcela breaks the "news" to Daniel on his would-be wedding day, after Eva stood him up, he refuses to believe that Eva would steal from him, until he sees the pictures. Eva, meanwhile has turned catatonic, and will not leave her bed. Two days later, she runs away with Leonardo to his country home, where she hides from the police, after Daniel and Marcela have signed a warrant for her arrest.
After a series of unexpected events, Eva comes back with Daniel's child, and inherits the advertising agency where Daniel works, and returns to his life as his boss. Armed with a position of power and identity of the new moon, she puts her plan of revenge into action, but struggles between keeping the promise made at the tomb of her father or forgive Daniel. However, Daniel is not fooled by the new attitude of Eva, to find Leonardo's betrayal, decides to fight to prove his innocence and win her heart again. On the day of Eva and Leonardo's wedding, Daniel is ready to stop the wedding by showing everyone a taped confession of Leonardo admitting to running over Eva's father. Eva personally stops the wedding and turns on Leonardo, accusing him of the crime. Victoria steps in and reveals that Leo hired Liliana to seduce Daniel in an attempt to keep him away from Eva and herself, caused Alicia to lose her baby towards the end with poison (the same way how Marcela caused Claudia to lose her baby), and confirmed that Leo killed Eva's father (after remembering the events from the second episode). Leonardo attempts to kill Victoria, until Renata protects Victoria from injury and dies from being shot. Angered after the truth was revealed, policemen and detectives go after Leonardo after he holds Eva hostage as a way to kill her, and hurts Daniel by shooting him. Leo is then shot by police detectives and is run over by a car, instantly killing him. Time passes by, and Eva and Daniel, reunited after a long time, prepare themselves to get married at last. Marcela returns after learning that his son died "because of Eva", and attempts to burn the mansion down with Eva and Pablito. She is unsuccessful, however, and kills herself as Daniel comes in time to save Eva and their son. Eva and Daniel finally get married, while Alicia and Tony kiss at the end. In a later prologue, Eva and Daniel are returning from their honeymoon and it is revealed that Eva is pregnant once more.
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
co-produced by Venevision
Venevisión
Venevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros...
and Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
Studios, starring Blanca Soto
Blanca Soto
Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides is a Mexican actress, model and former beauty queen. She competed in the national beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico in 1997. Representing the state of Morelos, in which she was raised, Soto became Miss Mexico World. She represented her country in the Miss World...
and Guy Ecker
Guy Ecker
Guy Frederick Ecker is an American actor better known for his work in telenovelas. Ecker became a household name in Latin America for his portrayal of Sebastián Vallejo in the Colombian telenovela Cafe Con Aroma de Mujer. A second Colombian production, Guajira also proved successful...
as the main protagonists, and Julian Gil
Julian Gil
Julián Elías Gil Beltrán is an Argentine-born Puerto Rican actor, model, and entertainer. He is based in Miami, Florida.-Biography:...
and Susana Dosamantes
Susana Dosamantes
Susana Dosamantes , is a Mexican actress. She is the mother of Mexican pop diva Paulina Rubio, and has worked in around 50 movies and TV series, including a number of telenovelas...
as the main antagonists. Univision aired Eva Luna weeknights at 8pm/7pm central from November 1, 2010 to April 11, 2011, airing double episodes 3 times in its entire run, and a TV-14 rating was applied for all episodes. Double episodes of Eva Luna are airing on Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas
Canal de las Estrellas
Canal de las Estrellas is one of the cornerstone networks of Televisa, with affiliate stations all over Mexico, flagshipped at XEW-TV in Mexico City. Many of the programs of Canal de las Estrellas are seen in the United States on Univision, Telefutura, and Galavisión...
as of September 19, 2011.
Sypnosis
A love story set in Los Angeles, California, Eva Luna revolves around the life of Eva González (Blanca SotoBlanca Soto
Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides is a Mexican actress, model and former beauty queen. She competed in the national beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico in 1997. Representing the state of Morelos, in which she was raised, Soto became Miss Mexico World. She represented her country in the Miss World...
), a young woman of extraordinary beauty, humble and hardworking. Like so many immigrants coming to America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Eva arrives with her father and younger sister to California in search of a better life. However, Eva does not imagine that to find happiness will first have to suffer a terrible loss, because her life is intertwined with dark family secrets, lies, deception and ambition of a powerful family.
Eva finds work as a personal attendant to the founder of Publicidad Arismendi, Julio Arismendi. She immediately wins over his son, Leonardo Arismendi (Julian Gil
Julian Gil
Julián Elías Gil Beltrán is an Argentine-born Puerto Rican actor, model, and entertainer. He is based in Miami, Florida.-Biography:...
), and his best friend, Daniel Villanueva (Guy Ecker
Guy Ecker
Guy Frederick Ecker is an American actor better known for his work in telenovelas. Ecker became a household name in Latin America for his portrayal of Sebastián Vallejo in the Colombian telenovela Cafe Con Aroma de Mujer. A second Colombian production, Guajira also proved successful...
), who is dating Leonardo's sister, Victoria (Vanessa Villela
Vanessa Villela
Vanessa Quiñones Romo , better known as Vanessa Villela, is a Mexican actress and singer known for her roles in Mexican TV series "Romántica Obsesión", "Ellas, inocentes o culpables", "Súbete a mi moto", "Un nuevo amor", "El cuerpo del deseo", "Decisiones", "Amores de mercado" and "Eva Luna"...
). Victoria and her mother, Marcela (Susana Dosamantes
Susana Dosamantes
Susana Dosamantes , is a Mexican actress. She is the mother of Mexican pop diva Paulina Rubio, and has worked in around 50 movies and TV series, including a number of telenovelas...
), dislike Eva, as they feel that Eva threatens Victoria's beauty. Daniel, a successful advertising executive of Publicidad Arismendi and widowed father of a young daughter named Laurita, Daniel & Eva are immediately attracted to each other. At first, the relationship between Daniel and Eva is a disastrous swing of love and hate, but in the end they fall madly, passionately in love. When Daniel leaves Victoria for Eva, Marcela takes action. She gives Victoria a cup of tea and has her go to sleep. Renata, their housekeeper, is sent to check on Victoria, and calls 911 when she sees Victoria won't answer and has pills next to her bedside, that Marcela put there on purpose. Awaking in the hospital, Victoria is told by her mother that she attempted to commit suicide, although Victoria herself has no memory or thought of committing suicide. Marcela explains that she must play the part of the heartbroken suicidal victim in order to trick Daniel to come back to her, but Daniel will not be manipulated by the two women anymore.
Marcela Arismendi is a cold woman. Her first husband was El Gallo, who she later kills, leaving her a single mother to her beloved son, Leonardo. She later married Julio and adopted Victoria. Marcela was more interested in Julio's wealth and power in society than anything else. She has been slowly poisoning him to an early death, so that she can be the only owner of the multimillion dollar company she and Julio created. She sent orders to kill Daniel's parents and his wife, so that Victoria, could marry Daniel and Marcela would have complete control over her associate. Slowly, Julio begins to see patterns in his life. The few days that Eva stopped coming to take care of him, he refused to take his medicine, and he actually felt healthier. When Eva returned, his medicine was again given to him, forcing him to stop testing his hypothesis. However, as months pass and Eva gets fired again, he throws his coffee with the medicine on the ground, and his faithful loving dog, Max, licks it off the ground.
The day of Eva and Daniel's secret, private wedding, Eva recalls what she has gone through to get to the love of her life. She lost her father to a hit and run accident, and Leonardo makes her believe that Daniel was the mysterious man behind the wheel that did not stop to help, when it was actually Leonardo borrowing Daniel's car. Devastated by learning that her future husband murdered her father, she swears revenge and Leonardo takes the opportunity to separate her from Daniel. Meanwhile, Marcela and Victoria plot to make Daniel hate Eva. Victoria sends Eva to pick up a check at the bank, saying its for herself, when really it's in Eva's name, with $25,000 from Daniel's professional bank account. Eva unknowingly takes the check, and returns it to Victoria. Marcela breaks the "news" to Daniel on his would-be wedding day, after Eva stood him up, he refuses to believe that Eva would steal from him, until he sees the pictures. Eva, meanwhile has turned catatonic, and will not leave her bed. Two days later, she runs away with Leonardo to his country home, where she hides from the police, after Daniel and Marcela have signed a warrant for her arrest.
After a series of unexpected events, Eva comes back with Daniel's child, and inherits the advertising agency where Daniel works, and returns to his life as his boss. Armed with a position of power and identity of the new moon, she puts her plan of revenge into action, but struggles between keeping the promise made at the tomb of her father or forgive Daniel. However, Daniel is not fooled by the new attitude of Eva, to find Leonardo's betrayal, decides to fight to prove his innocence and win her heart again. On the day of Eva and Leonardo's wedding, Daniel is ready to stop the wedding by showing everyone a taped confession of Leonardo admitting to running over Eva's father. Eva personally stops the wedding and turns on Leonardo, accusing him of the crime. Victoria steps in and reveals that Leo hired Liliana to seduce Daniel in an attempt to keep him away from Eva and herself, caused Alicia to lose her baby towards the end with poison (the same way how Marcela caused Claudia to lose her baby), and confirmed that Leo killed Eva's father (after remembering the events from the second episode). Leonardo attempts to kill Victoria, until Renata protects Victoria from injury and dies from being shot. Angered after the truth was revealed, policemen and detectives go after Leonardo after he holds Eva hostage as a way to kill her, and hurts Daniel by shooting him. Leo is then shot by police detectives and is run over by a car, instantly killing him. Time passes by, and Eva and Daniel, reunited after a long time, prepare themselves to get married at last. Marcela returns after learning that his son died "because of Eva", and attempts to burn the mansion down with Eva and Pablito. She is unsuccessful, however, and kills herself as Daniel comes in time to save Eva and their son. Eva and Daniel finally get married, while Alicia and Tony kiss at the end. In a later prologue, Eva and Daniel are returning from their honeymoon and it is revealed that Eva is pregnant once more.
Cast of Characters
- Blanca SotoBlanca SotoBlanca Delfina Soto Benavides is a Mexican actress, model and former beauty queen. She competed in the national beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico in 1997. Representing the state of Morelos, in which she was raised, Soto became Miss Mexico World. She represented her country in the Miss World...
as Eva Luna González - Publicidad Arismendi's boss, Alicia's older sister, Ismael and Deborah's daughter, Matilde's niece, Julio's close friend, Pablito and Laurita's mother, married to Daniel. - Guy EckerGuy EckerGuy Frederick Ecker is an American actor better known for his work in telenovelas. Ecker became a household name in Latin America for his portrayal of Sebastián Vallejo in the Colombian telenovela Cafe Con Aroma de Mujer. A second Colombian production, Guajira also proved successful...
as Daniel Villanueva - Publicidad Arismendi's boss, formerly married to Victoria, Francisco's friend, Julio's close friend, Laurita and Pablito's father, married to Eva. - Julian GilJulian GilJulián Elías Gil Beltrán is an Argentine-born Puerto Rican actor, model, and entertainer. He is based in Miami, Florida.-Biography:...
as Leonardo "Leo" Arismendi - Victoria's "brother", Marcela's son, Julio's stepson, El Gallo's biological son, "in love" with Eva, killed Eva's father. - Vanessa VillelaVanessa VillelaVanessa Quiñones Romo , better known as Vanessa Villela, is a Mexican actress and singer known for her roles in Mexican TV series "Romántica Obsesión", "Ellas, inocentes o culpables", "Súbete a mi moto", "Un nuevo amor", "El cuerpo del deseo", "Decisiones", "Amores de mercado" and "Eva Luna"...
as Victoria Arismendi - Marcela's "adopted daughter", Leo's "brother", real daughter of Justa and Julio. - Susana DosamantesSusana DosamantesSusana Dosamantes , is a Mexican actress. She is the mother of Mexican pop diva Paulina Rubio, and has worked in around 50 movies and TV series, including a number of telenovelas...
as Marcela Arismendi - Publicidad Arismendi's director, Deborah's ex-friend, Leonardo's mother, Victoria's "adopted mother", Julio's ex-wife, El Gallo's true lover. - Greydis GilGreydis GilGreydis Gil is a Cuban beauty queen, reality television contestant, and actress. Gil became a contestant on the reality show/beauty contest Nuestra Belleza Latina. After weeks of competition and eliminations, Gil won the grand prize of $200,000 and a contract with Univision and earned the title...
as Claudia - Victoria's ex-friend, Leonardo's ex-girlfriend. - Sofía StamatiadesSofía StamatiadesSofía Lama Stamatiades is a Mexican actress.Sofia Lama has performed in several types of television shows, including telenovelas and variety shows.-TV Roles:...
as Alicia González - Eva's younger sister, Ismael and Deborah's daughter, Matilde's niece, was in love with Leonardo, in love with Tony. - Jorge LavatJorge LavatJorge Lavat Bayona was a Mexican film and television actor born in Mexico City, Mexico. He appeared in more than 25 serialized telenovelas over the decades between 1958 and 2001 including his participation in Senda Prohibida, the first telenovela ever produced in Mexico...
as Julio Arismendi - Eva and Daniel's close friend, Leonardo's stepfather, Victoria's biological father, Marcela's husband, in love with Justa. - Lupita FerrerLupita FerrerLupita Ferrer is a Venezuelan theater, film and television actress.Ferrer was born Yolanda Guadalupe Ferrer in Maracaibo to Spanish immigrant parents. She became famous for her beauty and her strong theatrical presence.Ferrer has a strong theatrical background...
as Justa Valdéz - Married to Ricardo, in love with Julio. - Anna SilvettiAnna SilvettiAnalía Silvetti Riera is a Spanish-Mexican actress. Daughter of the notable musician Bebu Silvetti. Famous by notable roles in Mexican Telenovelas of the 1980s and 1990s and in Latin Telenovelas of Miami in the 2000s.- Telenovelas :...
as Renata Cuervo - Former employee of Arismendi family, Victoria's aunt. - Frances OndivielaFrances OndivielaFrances Ondiviela is a Spanish actress. One of her best known roles was in Acorralada.Ondiviela was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. She studied theatre and acting in Spain and Mexico...
as Deborah Gonzalez - Marcela's ex-friend, Eva's and Alicia's mother, dedicated wife of Ismael, Matilde's sister in-law, Pablito's grandmother. - Gabriela Borges as Laurita Villanueva - Daniel's daughter, Pablito's sister, friend of Adrian, Francisco, and Jackie, used to hate Victoria.
- Christian Vega as Andrian Reyes - son of Thomas Reyes, friend of Laurita.
- Harry Geithner as Francisco Conti - Employee in Daniel's home, was married to Marisol, married to Jackie.
- Liz Coleandro as Aurelia - Employee in Mansion Arismendi.
- Franklin VirgüezFranklin VirgüezFranklin José Virgüez Dun is a Venezuelan actor.His comic roles are very popular, and he currently lives in Miami.-Filmography:*Domingo de resurrección *Cangrejo *Homicidio culposo *La casa de agua...
as El Gallo - Leonardo's biological father. - Sonia NoemíSonia NoemíSonia Noemi, "Sonia Noemí González" July 14, 1941, born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, is an actress and singer, who is one of the pioneers of Puerto Rican television.-Early years:...
as Matilde González - Eva and Alicia's aunt. - Raúl Xiques as Don Ricardo - Married to Justa.
- Carlos FerroCarlos FerroCarlos Ferro is an American actor, writer, director, and producer.-Early life:Carlos’ first career in the entertainment industry was as a DJ. Spinning records in San Francisco’s nightclubs, he quickly became one of the city’s prominent DJs, befriending musical acts such as Grace Jones and the...
as Carlos Maldonado - In love with Alicia, model at Publicidad Arismendi. - Priscila Perales as Liliana - Hired by Leonardo to seduce Daniel after Eva became the new owner of Publicidad Arismendi.
- Leticia Morales as Jackie - Married to Francisco, Laurita´s nanny.
- Daniela Schmidt as Marisol - Eva and Alicia's friend, was married to Francisco.
- Patricia Ramos as Sabrina - Former employee of Arismendi family.
- Alejandro ChabánAlejandro ChabánAlejandro José Chabán Rodríguez is a Venezuelan actor and model who has performed in both English- and Spanish-language productions. He is a U.S. citizen....
as Tony Santana - In love with Alicia, used to work with Leo and El Gallo. - José Guillermo CortinesJosé Guillermo CortinesJosé Guillermo Cortines is a Dominican actor and singer who is involved in films, telenovelas, musical theatre and television. He currently lives in Miami and is better known for his role as Mauricio Montiel from the Telemundo's "El Rostro de Analía" and for his role of Osvaldo Guerra in the...
as Bruno Lombardi - Stole from Marcela, and her former lover. - Eduardo Ibarrola as Ismael González - Eva and Alicia's father, deceased husband of Deborah, deceased son of Matilde, killed by Leo.
- Jorge Consejo as Jose Lozano
- Alberto Salaberri as Giorgio
- Ana Carolina da FonsecaAna Carolina da FonsecaAna Carolina da Fonseca is a Brazilian-American actress, television personality and model.-Biography:She was born in São Paulo, Brazil to Portuguese parents...
as Violeta - Marisol's Friend. - Veronica Montes as Maritza Ruiz.
- Arnaldo Pipke as Damian.
- Pau GasolPau GasolPau Gasol Sáez is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association . He was born to Marisa Sáez and Agustí Gasol, and he spent his childhood in Spain...
as Himself - Special guest. - Jenni Rivera - Special guest.
- Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo
- Carlos CruzCarlos CruzCarlos Teo Cruz was a boxer from the Dominican Republic. Considered by many Dominican boxing fans to be one of the finest boxers ever born in that country, Cruz was world Lightweight champion from 1968 to 1970....
as Detective. - Carlos Pitela
- Cristina Figarola as Ms Farinas - Teacher.
- Enrique Arredondo as Detective.
- Enrique Herrera as Father Suarez - Priest.
- Ernesto Molina as Tiran - Private detective, work for Victoria.
- Gerardo Riveron as Lawyer.
- Guadalupe Hernández
- Hector Fuentes as Detective Reyes.
- Jose Luis Tovar as Policeman.
- Juan Carlos Baena as Lawyer.
- Juan Cepero as Car dealer.
- Juan Troya as Lawyer.
- Marcos Miranda as Dr. Marcos Garcia - Doctor.
- Marta GonzalezMarta GonzalezMartha Sulay González or Marta Solay González was a Colombian woman whose case led to significant reforms in abortion law in that country: as a direct response to the Gonzalez case, the Constitutional Court decriminalized abortion under specific circumstances - most notably, the circumstance of...
as Lucy - Mirta Renee as Vanessa.
- Rafael Robledo as Detective.
- Ramon Morell as Dr. Santiago Rivera.
- Rayner Garranchan as Detective Morales.
- Severino Puente as Judge.
- Tely Ganas as Professor Rosales.