Juana la Virgen (English: Jane the Virgin) is a 2002 Venezuelan telenovela written by Perla Farías and produced by RCTV. It was distributed worldwide by RCTV International.
About
Daniela Alvarado and Ricardo Álamo star as the protagonists, while Roxana Díaz, Norkys Batista and Eduardo Serrano play the antagonists. In the United States a loose adaptation of the telenovela titled Jane the Virgin premiered on The CW. It is produced by Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Distribution.
Synopsis
Sixteen-year-old Juana Perez (Daniela Alvarado) is a bright student with a scholarship to study journalism in the United States. However, she gets pregnant by artificial insemination due to a hospital error when she goes for a checkup. The father of the baby is discovered to be Mauricio de la Vega (Ricardo Álamo), the owner of a fashion magazine called Positivo. Years ago, Mauricio suffered from a chronic illness and after recovering, he had his semen stored in order to fulfill his dreams of having a child with his wife Carlota Vivas (Roxana Díaz). After learning of the hospital error, Mauricio tries to find the girl who could possibly be carrying his child and his only hope of becoming a father.
When her pregnancy is discovered and causes a scandal, Juana leaves school and finds a job as a photographer at Positivo. She begins to get close to Mauricio while working there, and he also begins to fall in love with her, especially after discovering she is the mother of his child. But Carlota's growing envy of not being able to give Mauricio a child and the possibility the woman carrying his child will take him away from her leads her to do everything possible to keep Mauricio and Juana separated.
Francisco Rojas (Saul Marin), Mauricio's business partner, disappears during Positivo magazine's party, leaving his wife Desirée alone and penniless, even though they had an unstable marriage before. Rogelio Vivas, Carlota's father who also owns shares in Positivo is secretly planning to take over the business from Mauricio and frame him for the death of Francisco. He also becomes attracted to Desirée and tries to get close to her, much to the anger of his wife Amparo. Meanwhile, Desirée who is friends with Carlota stays at her house, and she also becomes infatuated with Mauricio and tries to make him fall in love with her.
Cast
Daniela Alvarado as Juana Pérez
Ricardo Álamo as Mauricio De La Vega
Roxana Díaz as Carlota Vivas De La Vega
Juan Carlos Alarcón as Manuel "Manolito" Ramón Pérez
María Alejandra Martín as Ana María Pérez
Eduardo Serrano as Rogelio Vivas
Leonardo Marrero as Alfredo Vivas
Manuel Salazar as Salvador
Miguel Ferrari as Armando Salazar
Flor Elena González as Amparo de Vivas
Freddy Galavis as Pablo "Popeye"
Aura Rivas as Doña Azucena Pérez
Norkys Batista as Desirée Rojas
Giola Arismendi as Lili
Verónica Cortés as La Bibi
Martín Brassesco as Humberto "Humbertico" Vivas
Zhandra de Abreu as Kiara
Laura Muñoz as Shiva
Grabriel López Medrano as Rafael "Rafaelitoz" Vivas
Miguel Ángel Sánz as Nicolás
Luis Gerardo Núñez as Alfonso
Saul Marín as Francisco Rojas
Giola Lombardini as Gina
Crisbel Henríquez as Petricia
Javier Valcárcel as Alejandro
Sebastián Falco as Dr. Ricardo Monslave
Adriana Azzi as Adriana
Ana Gabriela Barboza as María Rosa
Antonio Cuevas as Ramón Pérez
José Félix Cárdenas as Pacheco
Gabriel Parisi as Micky
Erika Medina as Luisa Marina
Samuel González as René
María Antonieta Ardila as Elvira
Carlos Camacho as Carlos
Michelle Nasseff as Virginita
Alberto Mauco as Otelo
Production
Copyright Holder - Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) CA
Original by - Perla Farías
Produced by - Radio Caracas Televisión CA
Vice-President of Dramatic, Humor and Varieties RCTV Radio Caracas Television CA - José Simón Escalona
General Management - Tony Rodríguez
Executive Production - Jhonny Pulido Mora
General Production - Hernando Faría
Foreign Office - Nicolás Di Blasi
Direction of Photography - Rafael Marín
Musicalization - Rómulo Gallegos
Incidental Music - Francisco Cabrujas
Scripts - Perla Farías , Basilio Álvarez , Cristina Policarpo , Germán Aponte , Irene Calcaño , Julio César Mármol
Coordinator - Pablo Vivas
Edition - Alexis Montero
Foreign Production - Mileyba Álvarez
Costume Design - Patricia Busquets
Art Direction - Rosa Helena Arcaya
Scenography - Elisette De Andrade
Director of Photography - Rolando Loewenstein
Music
Solo a tu lado quiero vivir (English: I want to live only by your side) by JYVE V - (Main theme of Juana and Mauricio) Cuídate(English: Take care) by La Oreja de Van Gogh - (Theme song of Juana la Virgen)
Así es la vida (English: This is the life) by Elefante - (Music theme of Enriqueta and Manuel)
Other versions
- In 2006, "Ek Ladki Anjani Si" in India for Sony Entertainment Television.
- In 2010, Majka in Poland for TVN.
- In 2013, La virgen de la calle in Venezuela for RTI Producciones and Televisa.
- In 2014, Jane the Virgin in the United States for The CW.
- In 2017, Παρθένα Ζωή in Greece for ANT1.