Mariana de la Noche

Mariana de la Noche (Lit. title: Mariana of the Night, English title: Dark Fate) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre for Televisa in 2003.
On Monday, October 20, 2003, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Mariana de la Noche weekdays at 9:00pm, replacing Amor Real. The last episode was broadcast on Friday, April 23, 2004 with Mujer de Madera replacing it on Monday, April 26, 2004.
The series stars Angélica Rivera, Jorge Salinas, Alejandra Barros, César Évora, Patricia Navidad, Adriana Fonseca, René Strickler and Alma Muriel.
Plot
In this small mining town, rumor has it that Mariana Montenegro (Alejandra Barros) is under a curse, since all the men who fall in love with her sooner or later suffer a fatal accident. Mariana is a romantic and dreamy young woman who lives with her father, Atilio (César Évora), and is a maternal orphan. Atilio is the owner of the mine; a powerful man with a strong character who becomes cruel when someone opposes his will and who keeps a secret that eats away at his soul: Mariana is not his daughter and what he feels for her is far from being paternal affection.
Atilio has two sisters; Isabel (Alma Muriel), the eldest, is a good and affectionate woman who has raised Mariana and loves her as if she were her own daughter. Marcia (Angélica Rivera), the youngest, is arrogant and vain, harsh with the miners and with a cold heart that has never known love, until in town appears Ignacio Lugo (Jorge Salinas), a young and attractive journalist who has arrived at the place under a false name, in search of his roots.
Upon meeting Mariana, Ignacio knows that he will never be able to love another woman and Mariana also gives herself to him in body and soul. But Marcia falls passionately in love with Ignacio and is consumed by jealousy when she discovers that he and Mariana have secretly married. Furious and spiteful, Marcia informs her brother of the marriage and Atilio is determined to have Ignacio killed, without knowing that the man he is sentencing to death is his own son, the product of an affair with Lucrecia (María Rojo), the owner of the town’s restaurant.
However, fate saves Ignacio's life when an accident occurs in the mine and Atilio is seriously injured. Mariana finds out that Atilio is not her father and is horrified to learn that he is in love with her. Desperate and believing that she is actually cursed, Mariana flees the town carrying Ignacio's child in her womb. Marcia takes advantage of the situation to marry a man she does not love and become pregnant, but after a miscarriage, she manages to seduce Ignacio and steal Mariana's son, whom she passes off as her own to force Ignacio to marry her.
Mariana's story is a heartbreaking and exciting tale; a complex and surprising plot of intrigues and dark secrets that dominate the life of a small mining town full of unforgettable characters, superstitions, rumors and legends. Like the legend of the beautiful woman who always dresses in black because a terrible curse hangs over her.
Cast
Main
Angélica Rivera as Marcia Montenegro
Jorge Salinas as Ignacio Lugo Navarro / Halcón Luna
Alejandra Barros as Mariana Montenegro Madrigal / "Mariana de la Noche" / Elisa Madrigal de Montenegro
César Évora as Atilio Montenegro
Patricia Navidad as Yadira
Adriana Fonseca as Caridad "Chachi" Montenegro
René Strickler as Dr. Camilo Guerrero
Alma Muriel as Isabel Montenegro
Also main
María Rojo as Lucrecia Vargas
José Carlos Ruiz as Isidro Valtierra
Patricia Reyes Spíndola as María Dolores "María Lola"
Raúl Ramírez as Father Pedro
Recurring
Aurora Clavel as Mamá Lupe
Sergio Acosta as Cumache
Rafael Rojas as Gerardo Montiel
Miguel de León as José Ramón Martínez
Ignacio Guadalupe as Mediomundo Páramo
Aleida Núñez as Miguelina
Marjorie de Sousa as Carol
Roberto Blandón as Iván Lugo Navarro
Guest stars
Carlos Amador as Sergio López
Agustín Arana as Oropo
Juan Ignacio Aranda as Dr. Jorge Lozano
José Luis Avendaño as Francisco
Esther Barroso as Cándida Chávez
Socorro Bonilla as Nelly
Verónika con K as Ruth Samanéz
Daniel Continente as Juan Pablo Guerrero
Salvador Garcini as Lauro
Ana Hally as Raquel de Mendieta
Benjamín Islas as Liborio Hernández
Valentino Lanús as Javier Mendieta
Jaime Lozano as Eladio González
Sandra Montoya as Itzel
Ileana Montserrat as Teresa "Teresita"
Arturo Muñoz as Máximo "Max" Moraje
Xorge Noble as Commander Aragón
Manuel Raviela as Benito
Esperanza Rendón as Vilma Olvera
Patricia Romero as Doris
Gabriel Roustand as Zamora
Joustein Roustand as Gonzalo "Gonzalito" González
Roberto Ruy as Miztli
Alberto Salaberry as Manuel Rivero
Ricardo Vera as Agent Romo
Liza Willert as Juana "Juanita" López
Awards and nominations
References
External links
at esmas.com
2003 telenovelas
2003 Mexican television series debuts
2004 Mexican television series endings
Television shows set in Veracruz
Televisa telenovelas
Mexican television series based on Venezuelan television series
Spanish-language telenovelas