
Esmeralda (1997)
Rodolfo Peñareal is obsessed with having a male child. After many miscarriages, his wife Blanca is pregnant again. One night, a girl is born, but they believe that she was born dead. In the same town, in another, more humble house, a boy is born, but his mother dies during labor. The midwife and the nanny of Blanca, with their best intention and with the aim to calm down Rodolfo, decide to exchange the children. Blanca puts a pair of emerald earrings on her supposedly dead baby so that she is buried with them. Once the exchange is done, the midwife Dominga, discovers that the girl is not dead, but now it is too late to right the wrong. In this way, the boy that was born in a miserable hut sees his first light in the opulence of a big house, while the sweet little girl who was entitled to a golden crib, gives her first steps among ramshackle walls and misery. Esmeralda, the Peñareal's baby girl, was born blind, but the kindness of her heart provides her the light to be happy and the illusion to believe that someday she will meet love. Her eyes are the "eyes of love". Time passes and the destiny of both of the children, Esmeralda and José Armando, comes across as they instantly fall in love. However, the obsession, the wish, the family interests, the false love of a woman and the Peñareal's pride to make their lineage prevail, destroy any noble feeling. Esmeralda and José Armando are the victims in this sea of resentment that, little by little, submerges them into the darkness of indifference.
Recent Episodes
| Episode | Name | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| S01E137 | Episode 137 | nov. 28, 1997 |
| S01E136 | Episode 136 | nov. 27, 1997 |
| S01E135 | Episode 135 | nov. 26, 1997 |
| S01E134 | Episode 134 | nov. 25, 1997 |
| S01E133 | Episode 133 | nov. 24, 1997 |
Cast

Salvador Pineda

Laura Zapata

Fernando Colunga

Ignacio López Tarso

Enrique Lizalde

Leticia Calderón
Characters

Dr. Lucio Malaver

Fátima Linares Viuda de Peñarreal

José Armando Peñarreal De Velasco

Melesio

Don Rodolfo Peñarreal

Esmeralda Rosales-Peñarreal
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