Santa Diabla

Plot synopsis:
Santa Diabla is the story of Santa Martínez (Gaby Espino), a woman who seeks revenge for the murder of her husband Willy Delgado (Lincoln Palomeque). Santa's revenge includes marrying Humberto Cano (Carlos Ponce), a powerful attorney in Marrero. Humberto hired Willy Delgado to give piano lessons to Humberto's niece Daniela Milan (Ana Osorio) at the Cano family's home, until Bárbara Cano (Wanda D'Isidoro), Daniela's mother and Humberto's sister, accused Willy of harassment and attempted rape of her daughter. Blaming the Canos for the unjust death of her husband, Santa intends to destroy the Cano family, but as she tries to complete her mission, she meets and falls in love with Santiago Cano (Aarón Díaz), Humberto and Bárbara's brother. Although Humberto portrays the evil brother throughout much of the story, toward the end it is uncovered that he was doing things to help hide the fact that Santiago Cano was really the evil brother. Santiago's mental disease (dissociative identity disorder) causes him to kill people at will and he exhibits strong psychopathy. He wishes to make Santa his wife by force and the truth finally comes out when people find out it is Santiago who is behind the many murders in Marrero County. Santiago had planned to make his way into Santa's life when he and Willy crossed paths in prison and he found a picture of Santa. Flashbacks recall that everything Santiago ever did was calculating and caniving. In the end Santa chooses Humberto despite the fact that people think he is evil (she knows he has been the good guy the entire time). Humberto is killed by Santiago and Santa never tells him that she becomes pregnant with his child. Barbara Cano and her mother live as prisoners in the family mansion for the rest of their days since Barbara cannot go anywhere since her face becomes scarred by Alicia "La Diabla" Cano, the daughter given up by the Canos several years earlier. Alicia goes to prison for killing Barbara's husband, George, and it is unclear if Willy is willing to wait for Alicia (although he really loves her). Santiago is placed in a mental asylum and it is left unclear if he escapes.

Tags: revenge, suspenseful

Review:
awful story.
when this story started it was entertaining, kept my attention for a little while, then it turned into a "culebron".
The story makes no sense, nobody works in this story.
i still don't know how Santa Diabla eats.
don't understand her motives for so much rage.
this Telenovela has turn out to be a complete disaster.
i will not be wasting my time with this Telenovela the only interesting thing is Carlos Ponce (humberto)then the rest can go away.As it can be truth that you don't know what is going to happen, when things happens then you feel you are watching a whole bunch of bad actors in an action movie.
Santa throwing a lot of punches like a mad woman.
this is horrible i can't wait until this awful things is over.please people make soap-opera that make sense..
All has gone downhill.
As stated by other reviewers, the plot in the beginning was intriguing and started off well because of its potential.
However, everything has gone downhill, which is a disgrace to viewers who have invested themselves for so long.
What the writer seems to be promoting is that it is OK to be evil and kill.
Sure we must forgive, but some sins really do not have forgiveness.
How can you kill your own father and be promoted as the good guy?
The total switch in plot towards the end has always caused much of the acting to lack passion and connection.
This novela is pure tragedy in my opinion.
No one in the family seems to be in the right mental state of mind.
While some people like the suspense that this story brings, who truly looks forward to seeing all kinds of evil prevail?.
Santa Diabla Story Development Massacre.
I have to say that what started as a well written telenovela (Santa Diabla) with an intriguing plot and story line, has become one of the worst novela's I have ever seen.
Did the writers get hit in the head?
Did they draw a blank and just try to stretch out the novela and just came up with the utterly most ridiculous story development script that make absolutely no sense and are ridiculous.It's a travesty that viewers are engaged in the beginning with good writing and good story line, however, this novela spiraled downhill.
It's a shame.
It's all over the place.
None of the characters or the stories are consistent, tie well into each other, makes sense.
IT IS FAR FROM CONSISTENT.
So many inconsistencies.
It's horrible.
Really horrible.I will not watch another novela by the same writers since it is obvious that it turns into a huge disappointment.
How can producers and director's allow such garbage to be written as we have been painfully subjected to these past two and a half months.
Truthfully, it's anti-climatic with no desire to even watch the last episodes.As a writer, I can say that writing has to be consistent, intriguing, a compelling story line, one that engages the readers/viewers, not one where the majority of viewers are so disgusted over how the script and plot has taken a dive off a cliff.Sad, very sad.
I would have hoped, like a good and well written book or story line, that the past 6 months I have been watching Santa Diabla had not turned out to be such a waste of time.
Guess it was..
Ending is so confusing.
As much as this novella needed to end, the ending had more questions than answers...does this mean they plan on a sequel?
I mean, watching this was like reading the 'Flowers In The Attic' series by V.C. Andrews.
Was that the writer's intent?
I have never been so disappointed with a Spanish novella the way I was with this one.
I look forward to the happy endings or at least something that makes sense.
I thought Dona Barbara was bad...at least there was some consistency...this one takes the award for the most confusing plot and worst endings.
I feel they should make this right by clarifying all in a sequel maybe showing 15 years having passed....
Great Story; But Too Many Plot-holes.
Santa Diabla is a very entertaining telenovela.
Its concept and themes are very intriguing, exciting, and full of suspense.
However, there is a great number of plot-holes and inconsistencies.
Santa Diabla is not the typical telenovela with a defined beginning, middle, and end.
One of the best things about Santa Diabla is that the viewers never really know what is going to happen.
That is what makes this telenovela so exciting and so intriguing.
The suspense is always there, but sometimes it is killed with really dumb and inconsistent solutions to the characters' problems/struggles.
The way the story has been developed has been full of plot-holes, especially when introducing new characters, or bringing others from the death (i.e. Willy).
The connection made between characters are very odd and weird and inconsistent with the telenovela's story.
While it is still a very entertaining and exciting telenovela, Santa Diabla lacks in character and story development.
Throughout the episodes there are many inconsistencies that do not satisfy the solutions to the characters' problems.
Although weak in development, it is still an enjoyable telenovela.