El Manantial

Overview

In the village of San Andres, the rivalry between two families the Valdes and the Ramirez is centered on "El Manantial", a beautiful fountain of water that happens to bathe the small property of the Valdes and not the neighboring ranch, the rich and prosperous hacienda "Piedras Grandes", where the best cattle are raised and is property of the Ramirez. But the spring is not the real reason for the hatred between the families. Justo Ramirez, married to Margarita Insunza, had a relationship with Francisca Rivero, wife of his enemy and neighbor Rigoberto Valdes. This relationship, founded in the betrayal, will cause the utmost bitterness and the destruction between the two families. The Valdes have a beautiful daughter named Alfonsina, who was born in the same year as Alejandro, the son and heir of the Ramirez. Although they have grown separately with their souls full of prejudices against their respective families, the two cannot avoid feeling attracted to each other. Margarita will not permit this and so she tells her husband to make sure her son will never be together with Alfonsina so he could marry Barbara, her cousin's daughter. Justo rapes Alfonsina and she leaves along with her mom and her aunt. Five years later... Alfonsina is graduating from school and has a good life until her mother commits suicide because she found out she was deathly ill and could no longer live with the guilt of her lifestyle. Before dying, her mother confesses to Alfonsina that Justo Ramirez destroyed her life and after that Alfonsina vows revenge on the man who destroyed her family. She returns to San Andres and there she once again sees Alejandro who is now engaged to Barbara. Their love is still present in their hearts. They will have to fight for their love and see if they can be happy by the shores of El Manantial... El Manantial is a Mexican telenovela that first aired in 2001, starring Adela Noriega and Mauricio Islas. The telenovela received TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela, in 2002.

Roughly 71h 15m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 95 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 45 minutes.

Series cast and crew

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  Adela NoriegaAlfonsina Valdés
  95 episodes

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  Daniela RomoMargarita Insunza de Ramírez
  95 episodes

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  Karyme LozanoBárbara Luna
  95 episodes

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  Mauricio IslasAlejandro Ramírez Insunza
  95 episodes

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  Alejandro TommasiDon Justo Ramírez
  95 episodes

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  Olivia BucioGertrudis Rivero
  95 episodes

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  Sylvia PasquelPilar Castillo de Luna
  95 episodes

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  Raymundo CapetilloDr. Álvaro Luna Castillo
  95 episodes

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  Patricia NavidadMaría Magdalena "Malena" Osuna Castañeda
  95 episodes

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  Jorge PozaHéctor Luna/Héctor Ramírez Rivero
  95 episodes

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  Manuel OjedaFather Salvador Valdéz
  95 episodes

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  Nuria BagesMartha/Eloísa Castañeda Vda. de Osuna
  95 episodes

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  Sergio ReynosoFermín Aguirre
  95 episodes

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  Angelina PeláezAltagracia Herrera de Osuna
  95 episodes

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  Justo MartínezMelesio Osuna
  95 episodes

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  Gilberto de AndaJoel Morales
  95 episodes

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  Socorro BonillaNorma de Morales
  95 episodes

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  Lorena EnríquezMaría Eugenia "Maru" Morales
  95 episodes

Created by

Víctor Manuel Medina and Cuauhtémoc Blanco

Network

Las Estrellas

Seasons and episodes

• Season 12001 · 95 episodes