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2004 - Sabor a Tí
Leading Actors:
 Ana Karina Manco, Miguel de León, Astrid Carolina Herrera, Juan Carlos Vivas, Guillermo Pérez

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Miguel de León and Ana Karina Manco SYNOPSIS:
Returning home early from a business trip, successful entrepreneur Leonardo Lombardi (Miguel de León) discovers his beloved wife, Raiza (Astrid Carolina Herrera), in the act of betraying him with his best friend Federico (Juan Carlos Vivas).  This devastating blow drastically transforms Leonardo from a loving, good-natured and trusting soul into an embittered, hostile, and cynical man who distrusts everyone, especially women.

Abandoning her most treasured dream of someday becoming a pediatrician, Miranda Valladares (Ana Karina Manco) has had to quit her medical studies in order to work on odd little jobs, here and there, to help support her needy family.

At the brink of poverty, she and her family are about to be evicted from their apartment when she meets Leonardo.  Leonardo owns the apartment building where Miranda and her family live, so when he offers her a job as caretaker to his elderly grandfather, Salvador Lombardi (Humberto Buonocuore), Miranda jumps at the chance.  Neither one suspecting that this precise instant marks the beginning of a truly intense passion.

Things are never easy for Miranda at the Lombardi mansion.  Leonardo's bitterness, his sister-in-law Fabiana's (Sonia Villamizar) resentment, his daughter Karina's (Michelle Naseff) constant whining about wanting her mother home again, Raiza's neverending meddling in Leonardo's life as she tries to win her husband back... everything conspires against Miranda and complicates her life with the Lombardis.

Only the steadfast affection shown by Leonardo's grandfather and Leonardo's adopted son, Carlitos, give Miranda the strength to remain in her job.  Slowly but surely, Leonardo begins to discover within him a tenderness he had forgotten and a profound love is kindled where only ashes were left.  Suddenly, Leonardo sees Miranda as the woman who could make him happy once again and she feels the same way too.

Many events will unfold before Miranda and Leonardo can love each other freely.  But in the end, the luck that brought them together in the midst of serious personal problems will finally give them the happiness they deserve.

Length:  153 episodes approximately/45 minutes
Produced by:  Venevisión (Venezuela)
Shown in the U.S.:   From 10-18-2004 to 5-23-2005 on Univision



Miguel de León, Michelle Naseff and Alejandro Rodríguez
Leonardo Lombardi is a happily married man with two small children...



Miguel de León and Astrid Carolina Herrera Miguel de León and Astrid Carolina Herrera
...who is madly in love with his wife Raiza
and worships the ground she walks on.



Miguel de León and Astrid Carolina Herrera
Leonardo is devastated when he finds his wife with another man...



Miguel de León
...and transforms into a wild-eyed, cynical and abusive drunkard.



Ana Karina Manco
Miranda Valladares is a former medical student
who gives up on her dream of becoming a pediatrician....



Ana Karina Manco hugging Eva Blanco
...in order to help her struggling family
earn enough to pay the rent on their small apartment.



Miguel de León and Ana Karina Manco
Miranda literally bumps into (and thus meets) her landlord,
Leonardo Lombardi.  Leonardo offers her a job at his mansion.



Miguel de León and Ana Karina Manco
Will their boss/employee relationship
someday evolve into something more?


   

Miguel de León and Ana Karina Manco RESUMEN:
Al regresar a casa después de un viaje de negocios, el exitoso ingeniero Leonardo Lombardi se encuentra a su adorada esposa, Raiza, en la cama con su mejor amigo.  Este golpe devastador transforma drásticamente a Leonardo:  de un hombre sensible, simpático, ejemplar, se convierte en un ser amargado, hostil, desconfiado de todo el mundo, especialmente de las mujeres.

A pesar de que su mayor ilusión es ser pediatra, Miranda Valladares no tiene otra opción que abandonar sus estudios de medicina para ayudar a mantener a su familia.  Su situación económica es precaria; tanto, que están a punto de ser desalojados de su casa.

En estas circunstancias difíciles se conocen Miranda y Leonardo.  Él es el dueño del edificio donde viven los Valladares.  Ella está tratando de salvar su hogar.  Por eso, cuando Leonardo le ofrece un trabajo en la mansión Lombardi para cuidar de su abuelo y sus hijos, Miranda acepta.  Sin saberlo ellos aún, ese momento marca el inicio de una gran pasión.

En casa de los Lombardi, Miranda debe soportar maltratos y contratiempos.  La amargura de Leonardo... la ira de Fabiola, hermana de Raiza... y el regreso de la propia Raiza, quien manipula a Leonardo con el padecimiento emocional de su hija para volver a su vida y reconquistarlo, arremetiendo contra Miranda, a quien considera una peligrosa rival... todo se confabula para complicar la estadía de Miranda en esa casa.

Sólo el cariño de Don Salvador, abuelo de Leonardo, y de los dos hijos de éste, Carlitos y Karina, logran que Miranda encuentre las fuerzas para seguir en su empleo.  Con el pasar del tiempo, sin embargo, Leonardo va descubriendo dentro de él una ternura que había olvidado; un amor muy profundo está naciendo donde sólo quedaban cenizas.  De pronto, comienza a ver en Miranda a la mujer que podría devolverle la felicidad.  Ella siente lo mismo, aunque no se atreve a admitirlo.

Muchos acontecimientos tendrán lugar antes de que Miranda y Leonardo puedan amarse sin tropiezos.  Pero al final, el destino que los unió en medio de serios problemas les regalará la felicidad que se merecen.

Duración:  153 capítulos aprox./45 minutos
Producción de:  Venevisión (Venezuela)
En Venezuela:  De 8-24-2004 a 4-5-2005 por Venevision

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