Amor amargo

Amor amargo
Genre	Telenovela
Based on	Ilha dos Amores by Maria João Mira and Diogo Horta
Written by	Héctor Forero Gaby Ruffo Lenny Ferro Óscar Ortíz de Pinedo Carlos Arteaga
Directed by	Juan Carlos Muñoz Jorge Robles Sánchez Manolo Fernández
Starring	Daniela Romo Andrés Palacios Ana Belena Arturo Peniche
Theme music composer	Eduardo Tagle
Opening theme	"Amor amargo" by Daniela Romo
Composers	Silvana Medrano Luis Enrique González
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	14 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Pedro Ortiz de Pinedo
Producer	Liliana Cuesta Aguirre
Editors	Rodrigo Lepe Irving Rosas Alma Hernández
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company	TelevisaUnivision
Original release
Network	Las Estrellas
Release	4 November 2024 (2024-11-04) – present (present)

Amor amargo (English: Bitter Love) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Pedro Ortiz de Pinedo for TelevisaUnivision. It is based on the 2007 Portuguese telenovela Ilha dos Amores, created by Maria João Mira and Diogo Horta. The series stars Daniela Romo, Andrés Palacios and Ana Belena. It premiered on Las Estrellas on 4 November 2024.

Plot

Tomás is the CEO of a chain of Mexican handicraft stores and travels to Querétaro with his team to participate in one of the most important craft fairs in the country. At this event he meets Gabriela San José, an independent and self-reliant woman, who goes to the fair as an exhibitor of handicrafts made in association with a group of women entrepreneurs. When Tomás meets Gabriela, he sees the woman he has always dreamed of and decides to win her over. She sees in him the ideal man and doesn't hesitate to give him a chance. What they don't know is that Jaime, Tomás' father, was the great love of Beatriz, Gabriela's mother.

In the past, Jaime and Beatriz loved each other without measuring the consequences of social class differences and that is why Leonor San José, Beatriz's mother, was about to kill Jaime, until he had to leave town, vowing to return one day to take revenge. When Tomás and Gabriela decide that they are right for each other, they receive separate news: Beatriz has had an accident and Gabriela must return to town. When she leaves, Tomás receives a call telling him that his father suffered an accident and is dead.

At their funeral, Tomás and Gabriela learn that Jaime and Beatriz were in the same car that rolled into an abyss. Tomás and Gabriela refuse to believe that they are the children of two people who loved each other so much in the past, a past they were completely unaware of. Tomas decides that he will stay in Todos Los Santos to take revenge for his father's death. His pain becomes overwhelming and he is willing to do anything to achieve his goal, but Gabriela is in the middle of it all, since she is the granddaughter of Leonor San José, the woman Jaime hated the most and the main suspect of what happened to him.

Cast

• Daniela Romo as Leonor San José
• Andrés Palacios as Tomás Jiménez
• Ana Belena as Gabriela Miranda San José
• Arturo Peniche as Enrique Olivares
• Cynthia Klitbo as Beatriz San José
• Francisco Gattorno as Jaime Jiménez
• Martha Julia as Magdalena Murray
• Alejandro Ávila as Guillermo San José
• Beatriz Moreno as Bienvenida Ruiz
• Adalberto Parra as Israel Pérez
• Lizy Martínez as Vera Olivares
• Ricardo Franco as Joaquín Ardila Robles
• Jessica Decote as Lucía de Olivares
• Karla Farfán as Miriam Miranda San José
• Karena Flores as Eva Miranda San José
• Pedro Baldo as Andrés Jiménez
• Alejandra Procuna as Dolores López
• Magda Karina as Alicia Sánchez
• Luz María Aguilar as Delirio Valdez
• Sergio Kleiner as Dr. Claudio Hernández Calvillo
• Julio Mannino as Claudio Torrijos Barraza
• Juan Ángel Esparza as Julio Martínez
• Evangelina Sosa as Martha Guerra
• Fernando Robles as Cipriano "Cheves" Ruíz
• Oscar Medellín as Francisco Carrera
• Daniel Gama as Emilio Duarte
• Federico Espejo as Marlon Smith
• Marco Uriel as Máximo San José
• Flora Fernández as Gloria Salvatierra
• Luisa Muriel as Sor Mercedes
• Arturo Posada as Paulo Martínez
• Eva Daniela as Catalina Olivares
• Italivi Orozco as Citlali Valdez
• Valeria Masini as Candela Murray
• Armando Andrade as Juan Pedro Guerra
• Alain Said as Gilberto Santos
• Rodrigo Ríos as Simón Alejandro
• Fiona Osio as Lisa Huerta
• Vanessa López as Minerva Guerra
• Julia Arce as Cleo
• Lorena Meritano as Ofelia Cassanova

Production

On 10 June 2024, it was reported that Pedro Ortiz de Pinedo had begun casting for the female protagonist of his next telenovela, titled Amor amargo, with Andrés Palacios, Martha Julia and Valeria Masini being confirmed as part of the cast. On 15 July 2024, Ana Belena was confirmed as the female protagonist, with Daniela Romo and Arturo Peniche cast as the antagonists of the story. Filming began on 31 July 2024, with the rest of the cast being announced as well.

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per season of Amor amargo

Season	Timeslot (CT)	Episodes	First aired		Last aired		Avg. viewers (millions)
			Date	Viewers (millions)	Date	Viewers (millions)
1	Mon–Fri 6:30 p.m.	12	4 November 2024 (2024-11-04)	2.27	TBA	TBD	1.98

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date	Mexico viewers (millions)
1	"El amor perdura en la eternidad"	4 November 2024 (2024-11-04)	2.27
In 1989, Leonor is opposed to Beatriz and Jaime's love because he belongs to a lower class than her family and is willing to do anything to separate them. In present day, Tomás sees Gabriela on the street and recognizes her as the same woman who has invaded his dreams night after night. Tomás loses Gabriela in the elevator, but she gets stuck and he manages to save her from an accident. Thanks to Alicia's confession, Beatriz realizes that Jaime never stopped loving her and is happy to see him again after so long apart.
2	"Eres la mujer que siempre soñé"	5 November 2024 (2024-11-05)	2.27
Gabriela asks Francisco to respect their agreement to separate in order to stop hurting each other as a couple. Tomás organizes a romantic dinner for his date with Gabriela, assuring her that what he feels for her is different from all his other relationships. Beatriz complains to Leonor for interfering in her relationship with Jaime assuring her that it is the last time they will be face to face. Cheves finds Jaime's car and makes sure to fulfill Leonor's order by pushing him into the ravine.
3	"Es la peor venganza de toda"	6 November 2024 (2024-11-06)	TBD
Gabriela introduces Tomás as her boyfriend to get rid of Francisco, which Tomás overhears and is happy to hear it. Leonor assures that Beatriz's death is part of Jaime's revenge and vows to make him pay by destroying his legacy forever. Emilio confirms Jaime's death and is forced to tell Tomás the news. Tomás overhears Leonor speaking ill of Jaime and confronts her, demanding that she respect his father's memory; he discovers that Gabriela is the granddaughter of his new enemy.
4	"Que la ira de Dios caiga"	7 November 2024 (2024-11-07)	2.10
Leonor raises Gabriela's suspicions when she forbids her to see Tomás again. Leonor asks Israel for details about Beatriz's death for fear of having her own daughter's blood on her hands. Eva blames Leonor for Beatriz's death by throwing in her face that she killed her own husband. Vera takes her chance to approach Tomás with the intention of making him fall in love and seize his fortune.
5	"¡Que empiece la guerra!"	8 November 2024 (2024-11-08)	1.95
Tomás asks Gabriela for help to discover the truth about the death of their parents and to be able to get justice. Gabriela confronts Leonor to explain the past between Beatriz and Jaime and to discover the truth about their death. Tomás refuses to give in to Leonor's threats and decides to carry out Jaime's revenge. Tomás confronts Leonor to take control of the factory from her, but she reveals that Gabriela is the new director.
6	"La reina de este pueblo"	11 November 2024 (2024-11-11)	1.95
Gabriela is disappointed in Tomás when she learns that he is not interested in helping the factory, but in taking it over. Leonor seeks the help of Enrique and Francisco to confront Tomás from the professional and personal side. Now that Gabriela is in charge of the factory, Tomás asks Emilio and Marlon for help to take revenge against Leonor, but without ending up hurting Gabriela. Vera warns Tomás about the bad reputation Gabriela has earned with the men in her life.
7	"La maldad te acecha"	12 November 2024 (2024-11-12)	1.88
The police search for the identity of the woman who met Jaime and Beatriz at the restaurant hoping she can help them discover the truth about their death. Gabriela doesn't know who she should support, whether the love she feels for Tomás or the hatred that rules Leonor's life. Magdalena organizes a dinner to get closer to her stepchildren, but they despise her, suspecting her true intentions. Francisco, Enrique and Guillermo point out to Gabriela their unconditional support to move the factory forward and avoid its sale.
8	"No cruces los límites"	13 November 2024 (2024-11-13)	1.68
Gabriela shows Leonor that unlike the rest of her family, she will not allow anyone to try to control her life. Tomás confesses to Gabriela that Leonor had already tried to kill Jaime to keep him away from Beatriz. Tomás shows Gabriela evidence that Jaime and Beatriz were together when they died, ruining Leonor's accusations. Gabriela tells Leonor that thanks to Tomás she confirmed that she cannot trust her to find the truth about Beatriz's death.
9	"Tu enojo no es el mío"	14 November 2024 (2024-11-14)	2.12
Miriam begs Gabriela to be careful with Tomás, as she continues to believe that like his father, he is a dangerous man. Vera offers Francisco the chance to work together to keep Tomás and Gabriela apart and to win them over. Gabriela realizes that Leonor wants to take advantage of her relationship with Tomás to settle the company's debt in a way that suits the San José family better. Bienvenida manages to prevent Leonor from getting rid of the collection of love letters that Jaime had written to Beatriz 35 years ago and gives them to Gabriela.
10	"Quiero perderme contigo"	15 November 2024 (2024-11-15)	1.76
Joaquín interrogates Enrique about Jaime's attack the night he died and realizes that his version of events does not coincide with Vera's version. Enrique confesses his resentment towards Beatriz for rejecting him and Leonor suspects that he had something to do with her daughter's death. Despite having no evidence of fraud, Gabriela confirms that the city distributor is responsible for the crisis at the factory. Gabriela takes advantage of the trip to the city to ask Tomás to spend the night with her.
11	"Vamos a tocar el cielo y las nubes"	18 November 2024 (2024-11-18)	1.73
Eva is frightened when she sees the fire in Tomás' office, but decides to face her fear when she realizes that Andrés is in the middle of the flames. Tomás and Gabriela wake up early, as he has organized a balloon trip to the pyramids of Teotihuacán. In the middle of the trip, Tomás asks Gabriela to be his girlfriend and they decide to seal their love with the same ring that Jaime gave Beatriz. Leonor receives Eva's necklace and remembers that her granddaughter used to start fires when she was a child, information that could be useful to her someday.
12	"Todos me mienten"	19 November 2024 (2024-11-19)	1.95
Guillermo gets rid of the evidence of his frauds to prevent Gabriela from discovering him, but he didn't expect Beatriz having more than one backup. Leonor is horrified to see in Gabriela's hands the same ring with which Beatriz swore never to see her again and demands that she take it off as if it had a curse on it. Gabriela threatens Leonor with resigning from the company unless they agree to close the company's offices in the capital. Vera advises Enrique to join the search for Andrés to make people believe in his innocence for the fire at the offices.
13	"Ni se te ocurra gritar"	20 November 2024 (2024-11-20)	TBD
Leonor accuses Eva of having set the fire that took her grandfather's life in order to blame her for the attack on Tomás' offices. Magdalena insists to Emilio to see if he already knows what percentage of Jaime's fortune she is entitled to according to his will. Leonor plays with matches to force Eva to admit her guilt in the fire. Dolores manages to convince Tomás that the fire is nothing more than revenge by the San José family for Beatriz's death.
14	"Un culpable para el incendio"	21 November 2024 (2024-11-21)	1.71
Thanks to Dolores' complaint, the police issue an arrest warrant for Eva for setting fire to Tomás' offices. Vera demands that Enrique make Leonor pay for having dared to attack her. Gabriela seeks Leonor's help to get Eva out of jail, but she refuses to abuse her power over the town. Vera's plan takes effect and she makes Tomás see that Gabriela is working with Enrique to separate them.

External links

• Amor amargo at IMDb