Mi prima Ciela

Venezuelan TV series or program

Gililiana Rodríguez
José Luis Contreras
José Tomás Angola
Iraida Tapias
Gennys Pérez

Story byPilar RomeroDirected by

Tony Rodríguez
Luis Padilla

Creative directorErasmo ColónStarring

Mónica Spear †
Manuel Sosa
Flavia Gleske
Jerónimo Gil
Guillermo Pérez

Music byFrancisco CabrujasOpening theme"Es tu amor" by Hany KauamCountry of originVenezuelaOriginal languageSpanishNo. of episodes152ProductionExecutive producerLeonor SardiProducers

Ana Vizoso González
Jesenia Colmenarez
Ifigenia Rivas
Yenny Morales

Production locationCaracas, VenezuelaCinematography

José Luis Franco
Hancel González
Carlos Martínez
César Guilarte
Juan González
Joel Ortega
José Guía

EditorRay SuárezCamera setupMulti-cameraOriginal releaseNetworkRCTV
RCTV InternacionalReleaseMay 2 (2007-05-02) –
December 17, 2007 (2007-12-17)Related

Te tengo en salsa
Toda una dama
Elizabeth

Mi prima Ciela (My Cousin Ciela) is a Venezuelan telenovela produced and broadcast by RCTV in 2007.^[1] It is a remake of two Venezuelan telenovelas, Elizabeth and Maite, both produced by the same channel in the 1980s based on a story written by Pilar Romero.^[2]

Monica Spear^[3] and Manuel Sosa as the main protagonists, and co-starring Flavia Gleske, Geronimo Gil, Raquel Yanez and Guillermo Perez.^[4]

Plot

Graciela Andreína is a young woman in her final year of high school and lives with her two cousins Maite and Silvia, and they all form an inseparable trio. Silvia discovers she is pregnant by Rafael, a young person working in the business ran by Graciela's parents. At first nobody accepts Rafael because he is an ex-convict, but when he runs off with Silvia to get married, everyone is forced to accept him. Maite will have to fight her mother who wants her to become a doctor to follow her dream of studying music. Once she gets into music school, she meets Abel, and with him, she endures a love filled with misunderstandings and suffering.

Graciela, who is affectionately called Ciela discovers that she was adopted even though her parents have tried to keep the secret from her. Ciela meets David, an attractive young man with a flawed character, and they fall in love and get married. However, Ciela is diagnosed with bone marrow failure, Ciela does not stop fighting for her happiness.^[5]

Cast

Mónica Spear as Graciela Andreína Zambrano Ávila "La Ciela"
Manuel Sosa as David Espinoza Urdaneta "El Vido"
Flavia Gleske as Maite Esperanza Muñoz Ávila
Jerónimo Gil as Abel Méndez
Raquel Yanez as Silvia Constanza Toscani Ávila
Guillermo Pérez as Rafael Rengifo
Amanda Gutiérrez as Ileana Ávila
Daniel Alvarado as Alberto Zambrano
Flor Núñez as Gimena Ávila de Zambrano
Nacho Huett as Cristóbal Acosta
Claudia Moreno as Fernanda Rendiles
Crisbel Henríquez as Nancy Ruiz
Adolfo Cubas as Esteban Espinoza
Margarita Hernández as Arminda Ávila viuda de Toscani
Loly Sánchez as Azucena de Méndez
Belén Marrero as Bernarda Urdaneta
Elena Toledo as Rocio Tejera
Francis Rueda as Tirsa
Jorge Palacios as Roberto
Adita Riera as Sor Esperanza Ávila "Sor Canario"
Leopoldo Regnault as Flavio Méndez.
Betty Ruth as Aurelia de Muñoz
Juan Carlos Martínez as Marco Antonio
Jesús Cervó as Héctor Bermúdez

References

^ "MI PRIMA CIELA Venezuela · 2007 · SD". comercialtv.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2017.
^ "FFalleció Pilar Romero, escritora de 'Mi Prima Ciela'". panorama.com.ve (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2017.
^ "Mónica Spear: La "Prima Ciela" de Venezuela (Fotos)". diariodecaracas.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
^ "Formatos telenovelas Mi Prima Ciela". rctvintl.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
^ ""Mi prima Ciela" se transmite en las tardes por Televen". eluniversal.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2017.