Claim: Flor y canela is a Mexican telenovela directed by Luis Vélez that is about the life of the orphan, María de la Canela.
Evidence: Flor y canela is a Mexican telenovela produced by Eugenio Cobo for Televisa in 1988. Luis Vélez In the 1940s, in a Mexican mining town lives María de la Canela, nicknamed Marianela. This dirty and ragged orphan is despised by villagers who see it inherited traits madness of his mother committed suicide by jumping off a ravine. Is that where Marianela goes in search of advice ghost of his mother. When Pablo returns, cured, he is horrified to see the true aspect of Marianela, and prefers to Florentina corresponding to their ideal of feminine beauty. The Marianela desperate attempts suicide, but is rescued by Tomás who falls for her.