El maleficio

Mexican telenovela

El maleficio 2: Los enviados del infierno
El maleficio (2023 TV series)

El maleficio (English: The Curse) is a Mexican supernatural horror telenovela directed by Raúl Araiza and produced by Ernesto Alonso for Televisa in 1983.^[1]^[2] The telenovela was so successful in 1983 that a sequel was made under the title of El maleficio 2: Los enviados del infierno in 1986.^[3]^[4]

Ernesto Alonso and Jacqueline Andere starred in the lead roles, alongside Humberto Zurita, Norma Herrera, María Sorté and Carmen Montejo.

Plot

Beatriz is a respectable widow, who after the death of her husband, dedicated her life to raising her children, Vicky and Juanito, together with her mother-in-law Doña Emilia. Beatriz meets the powerful millionaire Enrique de Martino, who dazzles her with his attentions and agrees to marry him.

Beatriz's life and her children change dramatically when they move to Martino's Mansion, where they come into contact with Enrique's strange children: the perverse Jorge, the sweet but confused César and the enigmatic Raúl. Beatriz also discovers that her husband can be very mean and that he drove his first wife Nora into alcoholism. Meanwhile, Juanito discovers that he has paranormal powers that are awakened by coming into contact with the evil atmosphere that surrounds his stepfather.

Enrique is actually a sorcerer who has made his fortune thanks to the dark arts and frequently visits witches in the city of Oaxaca, especially Teodora, who worships a diabolical entity whom he calls "Bael" and who manifests himself through a painting that Enrique jealously guards in his office. At the request of his brotherhood (mafia) led by an Italian based in New York, Luiggi, Enrique starts a mission to choose his successor, who he desires to be at least or even more evil that himself. After numerous tests, Jorge seems to be in the lead. But in some missions, he disobeys, generally driven by a very excessive personal ambition, which makes Enrique hesitate to give the succession to Jorge, but there is no other person so evil.

Roberto Ayala, Beatriz's husband, has not actually died and reappears in her life pretending to be his twin Ricardo, whom the brotherhood had actually murdered. Roberto is horrified to see the bad influence that De Martino has on his family. In the middle of it all, Jorge abuses Vicky and makes her pregnant. Enrique forces Vicky to marry Jorge, against the will of Beatriz and Jorge himself.

For all their evil, the brotherhood hold a few ironically virtuous ideals. One of them being, "blood should never be denied" and since Jorge pretended not to know his son, he loses the probable line of succession in the group. Because of this, the worst is yet to happen. Enrique has set his evil sights on Juanito to become his successor.

Cast

Ernesto Alonso as Don Enrique de Martino
Jacqueline Andere as Doña Beatriz de Martino
Norma Herrera as Doña Nora Valdés de Martino
Humberto Zurita as Jorge de Martino Valdés
Carmen Montejo as Doña Emilia
Sergio Jiménez as Raúl de Martino Valdés/Damián Juárez
María Sorté as Patricia Lara
Erika Buenfil as Virginia "Vicky" Ayala de Martino
Emilia Carranza as María Reyna
Gloria Mayo as Eva
Arsenio Campos as Álvaro
Sergio Goyri as César de Martino Valdés
Rebecca Jones as Ruth Reyna
Eduardo Yáñez as Diego Flores
Alba Nydia Díaz as Sara
Alfredo Leal as Ricardo/Roberto
Jorge del Campo as Felipe Reyna
Alfonso Meza as Lt. Larios
Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Teodora
Carlos Bracho as Pedro Jiménez
Gina Romand as Alicia
Armando Araiza as Juan "Juanito" de Martino
Ana Patricia Rojo as Liliana
Mónica Martell as Alma Bauer
Raquel Olmedo as Yuliana Pietri
Héctor Sáez as Joao
Nerina Ferrer as Lorena de la Garza
Barbara Hermen as Lourdes "Lulú"
Guillermo Aguilar as Meyer
Malena Doria as Soledad
Angélica Chain as Cinthia

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1984	2nd TVyNovelas Awards	Best Telenovela of the Year	Ernesto Alonso	Nominated
		Best Actress	Jacqueline Andere	Nominated
		Best Actor	Ernesto Alonso	Won
		Best Antagonist Actor	Humberto Zurita	Won
		Best Female Revelation	Erika Buenfil	Nominated
		Best Male Revelation	Sergio Goyri	Won
		Best Male Revelation	Eduardo Yáñez	Nominated
		Best Child Performance	Armando Araiza	Won
		Best Child Performance	Ana Patricia Rojo	Won

Reboot

In October 2018, Televisa announced that they were rebooting the series.^[5] José Alberto Castro serves as executive producer.^[6] The series is set to premiere on 13 November 2023.^[7]

References

^ Lorena Gonzalez. "Los 10 más: Primeros actores de telenovelas" (in Spanish). novelas.about.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
^ "Televisa Telenovelas (1980-1989)". IMDb. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
^ Filmaffinity. "Los enviados del infierno (El maleficio 2)" (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2014.
^ Televisa. "El Maleficio, telenovela de terror" (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2014.
^ "Televisa revivirá clásicos de telenovelas con 'Fábrica de Sueños'". La Opinión (in Spanish). 15 October 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
^ Solís, Erik (4 January 2023). "José Alberto Castro confirma que producirá nueva versión de El Maleficio". lasestrellas.tv (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
^ Rodarte, Jorge (14 October 2023). "¿Cuándo inicia 'El Maleficio', con Fernando Colunga, y de qué trata la telenovela de Televisa?". El Debate (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2023.