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MariMar (Philippines TV series)

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MariMar
Marimar.JPG
Format Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Created by Inés Rodena
Televisa
Developed by Dode Cruz
Directed by Joyce E. Bernal
Mac Alejandre
Starring Marian Rivera
Dingdong Dantes
Theme music composer Tata Betita
Opening theme MariMar (in Tagalog) sung by Regine Velasquez
Ending theme Mahal Kita, sung by Maricris Garcia
Country of origin Philippines
Mexico
Language(s) Filipino, Tagalog, English, Spanish
No. of episodes 155 + 4 specials
Production
Executive producer(s) Wilma Galvante
Location(s) Philippines Metro Manila
Philippines Zambales
Running time 30-45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel GMA Network
Picture format 480i SDTV
Original run August 13, 2007March 14, 2008
Chronology
Preceded by Lupin (Philippine TV series)
Followed by Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita
Related shows Marimar
External links
Official website

MariMar[1] was a Philippine drama previously being broadcast in GMA Network, starring Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera in her first lead role as the protagonist Marimar.[2]

Though a remake-adaptation of a Mexican telenovela the setting and some of the storylines were altered to avoid the series being too predictable.[3] Directed by award-winning directors Joyce E. Bernal and Mac Alejandre, the series premiered on August 13, 2007. The series ended on March 14, 2008. The series was successfully aired internationally on GMA Pinoy TV.

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[edit] Overview

[edit] 1994 TV series

Marimar was a Mexican TV telenovela that was first aired in 1994 on Televisa with singer-actress Thalía in the title role.

The series had 75 forty-five minute episodes, and is the second part of a "Thalía" trilogy. The first was Maria Mercedes, and the final was Maria la del Barrio.

[edit] Popularity in the Philippines

The original Mexican telenovela was massive a hit in the Philippines with ratings over 50%, the only hit program on Radio Philippines Network (RPN) in 1996. The series' success paved way to another Thalía telenovela, Rosalinda.

[edit] 2007 TV series

[edit] Casting Marimar

The contract with Televisa for the rights stipulates that GMA Network should start the series in 2007. With Angel Locsin's rejection of the offer, the network was prompted to give auditions to their roster of young actresses for the highly profiled role. On March 13, 2008, a video of the fifteen actresses who auditioned for the role of MariMar leaked on YouTube. These actresses are Bianca King, Nadine Samonte, Jennylyn Mercado, Ryza Cenon, Jewel Mische, LJ Reyes, Rhian Ramos, Camille Prats, Pauleen Luna, Katrina Halili, Valerie Concepcion, Nancy Castiglione, Cheska Garcia and Karylle. [4]

The role eventually went to Marian Rivera, who beat her closest rival for the role, Jennylyn Mercado. Some actresses who took part in the audition also landed major and supporting roles in the series. The anatagonist role of Angelika Santibanez went first to Bing Loyzaga but replaced by Katrina Halili after her character Ashley killed off from Lupin which would replace it, so the role of Esperanza went to Bing Loyzaga instead. The role of Natalia and Inocencia went to Bianca King and Nadine Samonte respectively. [5]

[edit] Production crew

This series is a comeback project for Joyce E. Bernal in TV and for GMA Network.[6]

[edit] Plot synopsis

Gustavo Aldama, a rich businessman, marries a woman named Lupita despite his mother's disapproval of their relationship. Things become more complicated when Lupita gives birth to Gustavo's daughter, who she names Marimar. Dolores, Gustavo's mother, believing Lupita married her son only for their wealth, does everything to separate the two of them.

Dolores drugs Lupita and hires a man, setting them up to make it look like Lupita is having an affair. Gustavo is devastated to find Lupita "sleeping" with another man, unknown to him that it was a plot by his own mother. Dolores then demands Lupita to leave their property and never to come back.

It's too late, however, when Gustavo finds out his mother's treachery. He could no longer find Lupita, who had gone into hiding along with his daughter. Lupita promises her daughter that one day Marimar will claim what is rightfully hers. Meanwhile, Gustavo leaves his parents and decides to live alone in Manila, not losing hope that one day, he would find his wife and daughter.

Seven years pass, but Gustavo's efforts to locate the whereabouts of Lupita and Marimar remain fruitless. One day, his cousin Esperanza visits him, carrying with her the news of his parents' fatal accident. Despite his ill feelings towards his mother, Gustavo goes home to finally put closure on his past.

While visiting the grave of his parents, Silva, a friend of Lupita, comes by to inform Gustavo the whereabouts of Lupita and Marimar. Gustavo doesn't waste any time and goes to reunite with his family. Lupita manages to forgive Gustavo, to the delight of Marimar who is overjoyed to finally meet her father.

On their way back to Manila, the passenger plane on which the family is riding crashes into the sea and separates Marimar from her parents. Gustavo once again loses the family he had tried so hard to rebuild. Lupita is later found dead, but Marimar is nowhere to be seen.

Marimar is washed ashore on a nearby island. She is found by a childless couple, Lola Cruz and Lolo Pancho, and upon discovering that Marimar suffers from amnesia, decide to raise Marimar as their own granddaughter. Lola Cruz calls her Marimar after seeing the name on Marimar's necklace. Young Marimar meets a young Angelika, and they become friends, playing in a beach. However, Marimar and Angelika start fighting when Angelika falls and breaks her arm, blaming the incident on Marimar.

Marimar then grows into an innocent and naive young woman, whose complicated and tormented life begins when she meets, falls in love with, and agrees to marry Sergio Santibañez, for the latter's reason to have revenge against his father Renato and Sergio's ex-girlfriend, Angelika, Marimar's childhood friend, who had become his new stepmother. Marimar is then subjected to the cruelty of Angelika in the Santibañez mansion. Here starts Marimar's awakening to the harsh reality of what her love for Sergio had done to her.

Fate begins to favor the once oppressed Marimar when she decides to leave San Martin de la Costa after suffering much from the Santibañez household and the death of her adopted grandparents from a fire under Angelika's order. Marimar changes her name to Bella. In the city, she gives birth to a beautiful baby girl whom she named Cruzita after her Lola Cruz. Marimar doesn't allow the child's father, Sergio, to see her, believing that Sergio had left her for good when he went on a business trip.

After many years of searching, Gustavo finally meets Marimar, but since the latter had changed her name to Bella, Gustavo does not recognize her. Natalia, an insane and ambitious provincial lass from San Martin dela Costa who also hated Marimar when she still lived in Villa Santibanez, had snatched up Marimar's pendant before the latter left, which would prove the identity of Gustavo's missing daughter and heiress. Natalia begins pretending to be Gustavo's missing daughter, yet her deception does not last long as Marimar's lost memory comes back with Natalia later on proved to be an impostor. Gustavo finally acknowledges Marimar as his daughter, yet he dies from a heart attack soon after, leaving the countless wealth of the Aldamas to her. With the help of her Tia Esperanza and friend Innocencia, Marimar leaves for the United States and completely transforms herself from a poor and naive lass into the rich and sophisticated Bella Aldama.

When she returns to the Philippines, Marimar meets Rodolfo San Jinez, a businessman who plans to marry her because his family's company was losing money. Rodolfo invites her to his masquerade party as his guest of honor. Unknown to MariMar, now known as Bella, Sergio was also going to the party. Sergio unexpectedly sees Bella and recognizes her as Marimar. Sergio tells Rodolfo that Bella is his wife, but Rodolfo thinks it's impossible. Marimar then rejects San Jinez at their wedding and proves to herself that she still loves Sergio.

Meanwhile, as the Villa Santibañez begins to fall, Angelika returns from abroad and brings a mentally-weakened Renato to their house where she "takes care" of him. Unknown to Renato, Angelika puts "medicine" in his food, which is to weaken his memory. Renato realizes that Angelika is responsible for the loss of his money and his company. Angelika goes to Manila for an auction but Marimar, as Bella Aldama, shows up and a confrontation ensues. Because of Marimar's vengeful tactics, Angelika loses everything to her. Angelika goes back to Villa Santibañez and sends her husband to a mental hospital. However, Renato had already escaped from the hospital before Angelika and her men showed up. Nicandro, a worker under Angelika, shoots him at Angelika's order. However, he is brought by Dra. Rhia to cure him. Renato finally reunites with Sergio and takes revenge on Angelika. Marimar buys the title of Villa Santibañez and humiliates Angelika during a fight, in which the latter accidentally stabs her own right eye. Many run-ins between Sergio, Marimar, and Rodolfo occur. Finally, Marimar once again decides to leave the country to put her life in order. However, Rodolfo kidnaps her before she could leave. Sergio then saves her from her captors but Rodolfo accidentally shoots her when he meant to aim at Sergio. All three inadvertently ended up getting shot but not fatally. Rodolfo is brought to the hospital to later face trial and jail time.

After much heart searching, MariMar decides to forgive Sergio and the family is reunited. Later on, Marimar meets Vanessa May, who was Gustavo's girlfriend while he was separated from Lupita, who tells her that she wants to find her missing daughter who turns out to be Angelika - Marimar's rival. Unknown to Marimar, Angelika plans the downfall of the heir of Aldamas to get Sergio. Angelika is responsible for murders of her mother, Vanessa May, and Esperanza. She blackmails Marimar of Esperanza's murder so that she could take Marimar out. Sergio and the others know that Angelika is the one responsible for the murders but could not find incriminating evidence against her while Angelika has a knife with MariMar's fingerprints and a blouse with Esperanza's blood. Angelika kidnaps MariMar so she could kill her and tells MariMar that she was really the one who murdered Esperanza to keep her silent. Angelika's henchmen Nicandro and Diego save Marimar from Angelika's plan to kill her and they tell a lie to Angelika about Marimar's death. Angelika's plan fails but she sets another trap for Marimar. She dogs Marimar until they have a face-off to finish everything. Angelika shoots Marimar repeatedly, but she survives because of her flak vest. Marimar realizes that Angelika will stop at nothing to destroy she and her family so she decides to finally fight back at Angelika. After a series of attempted police interventions, Angelika is involved in a shoot out and is subsequently arrested. In the incident, MariMar was run over by Angelika and left badly wounded. After a harrowing near-death experience, Marimar survives by a miracle. Meanwhile, Renato betrays Nicandro to the police and a group of police officers shoot Nicandro dead before he can attempt to escape from them.

One month later, after Marimar's recovery, she, along with Sergio and her company, go to the court hearing where Angelika is in custody. The jury finds Angelika guilty for the murders. Sergio and Marimar hold a thanksgiving dinner with their family and close friends after the trial. Meanwhile, Renato goes to the jail where Angelika was sentenced and gives a reward (which is money) and a "permission" to the warden in which she accepted. A "permission" from Renato is to suffer Angelika in jail by giving her a burning mark with MariMar's name on it in which what Renato says to her that a burned mark is also a "gift" from MariMar and continues to hurt her more along with her inmates who joined him also to hurt her. Sergio and Marimar announce that they would finally get married and Marimar gives back to Renato the title of Villa Santibañez. Meanwhile, Angelika's foster father visits her in prison and he gives her a plan to make her escape from prison and she could work with him to ruin the wedding of Sergio and Marimar. She escapes along with other inmates after a bomb explodes opening up the wall. Unaware that Angelika had escaped from prison, Marimar and Sergio prepare for their wedding.

[edit] Ending

On the day of the wedding, Angelika knocks Arturo out, puts him inside the car trunk, and disguises herself as the driver, replacing Arturo. Sergio, along with Cruzita, ride in the car to go to the church. Angelika kidnaps both father and daughter then gives Marimar the choice of two "special presents". She has Marimar go to a beach where she calls Marimar up on her cellphone. She tells Marimar to choose her present: Sergio's or Cruzita's life. Angelika has Sergio and Cruzita in two different boats with bombs set to go off at the same time strapped to their chests. Marimar heads off to sea in a third boat provided by Angelika and ultimately decides to save Cruzita. Once she gets her daughter, Marimar shoots down Angelika's henchman. As she hugs Cruzita, the boat with Sergio in it explodes. Marimar grabs Cruzita and jumps into the water just as the bomb that was strapped to Cruzita explodes. They make it to the shore undetected by Angelika. Marimar and Cruzita are shocked by what had just happened to Sergio. Marimar tells Cruzita that she should be brave and strong even without Sergio, then hides Cruzita saying that she would come back for her.

Meanwhile, Sergio didn't die in the explosion after all. Just before the time set on the bomb ran out he was able to knock down Angelika's henchmen, remove the bomb and escape from the boat. Marimar goes off to face Angelika. She escapes detection by Angelika's henchmen and finally finds and fights Angelika. Unknown to her, Sergio is also in the area and fighting the remaining henchmen. When Angelika's foster father has Sergio at gunpoint, Renato saves his son by shooting him. Sergio learns from Renato that Marimar is in the area and he goes off to find her. Meanwhile, Marimar and Angelika are fighting in Angelika's helicopter off the ground. Sergio is able to catch hold of the chopper before it completely lifts off. Marimar pushes Angelika out where she falls to the ground in a river full of crocodiles. A bleeding Angelika is last shown being dragged - apparently devoured by the reptiles. Sergio climbs into the helicopter and he and Marimar are reunited.

The episode picks up on the wedding day itself. After much heartbreak and sorrow, tears and hardships and the death of Angelika, the two lovers are finally married amidst their close friends and loved ones.

[edit] Finale Episode (The Wedding)

The finale episode of MariMar, "Sergio and MariMar, the Wedding", was aired live on March 14, 2008. The venue was at San Agustin Church, Manila.[7] The reception was at Studio 3 of GMA Network Center and aired live. It replaced two Koreanovelas, Coffee Prince and The Legend to make it 2-hour special before Bubble Gang. This event includes not only the whole cast and staff of MariMar but also celebrities, fans and GMA staff. This is the third time that a Philippine finale episode event takes place live, the first one was ABS-CBN's Basta't Kasama Kita in 2004 and the second was Bakekang's finale episode. This event was tagged "The Wedding of the Year". The special guests in the final episode before the live event includes Rufa Mae Quinto, who is the voice cast of a dog Fifi, German Moreno, Tim Yap, Sandy Talag, Ricky Reyes, LJ Reyes, Arci Muñoz, Regine Velasquez and Ogie Alcasid as wedding singers, Regal Films producer Mother Lily Monteverde, executive producer Wilma Galvante, GMA Films president Annette Gozon-Abrogar, MTRCB chairwoman Consoliza Laguardia, and talent manager the late Douglas Quijano (died in 2009).

[edit] Awards

  • 1st Filipino-American Visionary Awards (2008)
  • 4th USTv Students' Choice Awards (2008)
    • Most Popular Drama/Miniseries
    • Most Popular Actor in a Drama/Miniseries - Dingdong Dantes
    • Most Popular Actress in a Drama/Miniseries - Marian Rivera
  • 38th Box-Office Entertainment Awards (2008)
    • Most Popular TV Program
    • Most Popular TV Directors - Mac Alejandre & Joyce Bernal
    • Most Promising Female Star -Marian Rivera [8]
    • Phenomenal TV Star - Marian Rivera
  • Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards Philippines 2008 Favorite TV Show - Marimar

[edit] Cast and characters

[edit] Main cast

Cast Character Summary
Marian Rivera MariMar Perez-Santibañez
Bella Aldama
Marimar Aldama Santibanez
The epitome of simplicity and innocence, MariMar is an unassuming girl who falls in love with Sergio, the rich heir to the Santibañez hacienda. Her relationship with Sergio causes her misery until she learns to fight back. Little does MariMar know that she is the only heiress of the Aldamas.

Dingdong Dantes Sergio Santibañez Rebellious and impulsive, Sergio takes advantage of MariMar's naïveté to retaliate against his father and ex-girlfriend-turned-stepmother, but later because of Marimar's good nature he started falling in love with her.

Katrina Halili Angelika Santibañez
Angelika Aldama
The ambitious and stuck-up Angelika was Sergio's first girlfriend. Although she married Renato (Sergio's father) for his money, she makes it her life's purpose to ruin Sergio and MariMar/Bella Aldama's relationship.

Richard Gomez Renato Santibañez Renato is Sergio's father who's blinded by his love for Angelika. Although he is one of MariMar's main adversaries, he becomes an ally to MariMar/Bella Aldama to downfall Angelika's evil plans.

[edit] Supporting cast

[edit] Extended Cast

  • Arthur Solinap as Diego
  • Marvin Agustin as Rodolfo San Jinez
  • Francheska Salcedo as Cruzita Aldama - Santibañez
  • Dino Guevarra as Antonio
  • Carmina Villaroel as Dra. Rhia Concepcion
  • Lani Mercado as Vanessa May Aldama
  • Hayden Kho, Jr. as Dr. Hayden Miranda
  • Paolo Paraiso as Carlitos
  • Sharmaine Santiago as Brenda
  • Victor Aliwalas as Atty. Adrian Alasco
  • K Brosas as Ms. Maressa
  • Pocholo Montes as Inspector Vitug
  • Raquel Montessa as Leonor
  • Joseph Izon as Rodrigo
  • Mike Gayoso as Angelika's bodyguard

[edit] Guest cast

  • Cristine Reyes as Kim Chan
  • Kirby de Jesus as Mental hospital patient
  • Irma Adlawan as Silva
  • Rita Avila as Lupita Aldama
  • Solidad Cruz as Berto
  • Jaime Fabregas as Don Augusto Aldama
  • Bruno Folster as Bruno
  • Gwen Garci as Olga
  • John Lapus as Rafa Laurente
  • Ailyn Luna as Cecilla
  • Jan Marini as DSWD officer
  • Pilar Pilapil as Doña Dolores Aldama
  • Joanne Quintas as Carlitos' wife
  • Ronnie Lazaro as Angelika's father

[edit] Changes from the original

  • MariMar's grandparents are now adoptive, instead of being her mother's parents as in the original.
  • Esperanza is now the cousin of Gustavo Aldama and aunt of Marimar, whereas in the original, she is the aunt of Gustavo and grandaunt of Marimar.
  • The theme song is changed yet keeps certain elements from the original.
  • MariMar's dance will be incorporated into the show as a nod to the opening sequences of the original. In the original she dances in the opening credits but is not in essence a 'dancer' in the show itself.
  • Sergio is a professional NASCAR driver, whereas in the original he was a professional soccer player.
  • The Santibañez patriarch is a resort tycoon, whereas in the original series, they own a hacienda.
  • Lupita Aldama's backstory as MariMar's mother is fleshed out, originally only seen in pictures. This is part of the flashback sequences that introduce MariMar's childhood, loss of her parents and arrival at the Perez's care.
  • Angelica name is respelled to Angelika and is now MariMar's childhood friend, whereas in the original she is a couple of years older. A new subplot is included wherein Sergio, who was her lover, refused to marry her and she then marries his father. Sergio uses MariMar to embarrass the family in revenge.
  • It also appears that Natalia Montenegro (governor's daughter) won't be MariMar's future rival to Sergio's heart in the big city but instead be a new character, from rich girl to provincial lass. She will also become Marimar's rival to Gustavo Aldama as his long lost daughter and schemes to do everything to ruin Bella's image in the eyes of Gustavo. It was mentioned too that she will harbor feelings for Choi, a trait originally displayed by Angelika's sister, Antonietta.
  • Arturo (formerly Sergio's teammate in the soccer team) was rewritten to be his driver. Originally a playboy and he also married Gema, he is now 'in the closet' harboring feelings for Sergio.
  • In the original series, when Marimar became wealthy, she trained under Gustavo Aldama's supervision and eventually changed her name to Bella Aldama. In this series, she first changed her name to Bella Cruz upon arrival in the City. After four years of education in the United States, she changed her name to Bella Aldama.
  • It is also noticeable that in the original, Gustavo Aldama died when Marimar is already Bella Aldama. Whereas in the remake, Gustavo died after his brief reunion with his long lost daughter (MariMar). Marimar then went to the United States in order to prepare for her responsibilities as the rightful heiress of Gustavo.
  • Pulgoso the dog's love interest is now Fifi. In the original Mexican version, Fifi is the villainous dog of Esperanza and Pulgoso's love interest is Mimi. But now Mimi is not in the story (it is also seen in a part of the few episodes) and Fifi is now Angelika's dog.
  • Innocencia the nerdy girl who would be Marimar's rival to Sergio in the end was turned into her ally. From a rich girl she was turned into his secretary.
  • Antonnieta was replaced by a male character named Antonio, and Angelika has no sister, instead, Innocencia became her dorky cousin, whom she used to attract Sergio to make Marimar jealous.
  • Innocencia del Castillo became Marimar's friend, and an ally to seek revenge on Sergio and Angelika.
  • Angelika was responsible for murders of her mother, Vanessa May, and Esperanza (Marimar's aunt). She accused Marimar for the murder of Esperanza so that she could take Marimar out. Sergio and the others knew that Angelika was the one responsible for the murders but could not find incriminating evidence against her while Angelika had a knife with MariMar's fingerprints and blouse with Esperanza's blood. Angelika kidnapped MariMar so she could kill her and told MariMar that she was really the one who murdered Esperanza to keep her silent. In the original, Esperanza (Marimar's grandaunt) is still alive and she joins the wedding scene of Marimar & Sergio (in finale).
  • Angelika Santibanez revealed to be MariMar's lost half sister due to her mother, Vanessa May who was Gustavo's first wife before Lupita, MariMar's mother. In the original, Angelica has no relations with the Aldamas.
  • Adrian Rosales is now Bella Aldama's attorney, who in the original Mexican telenovela was an engineer, whom Bella/Marimar met towards the end of the series when she got hold of Hacienda Santibanez (now Hacienda Los Abuelos) and also he's guy interest of Marimar/Bella.
  • Inocencia died because she was shot when she was going to tell Marimar the truth about Angelika. In the original after Innocencia's surgery she sets Sergio free to be with Marimar and she joins the wedding in finale.
  • Esmeralda appears in the original story in the beginning as a seer and a bar owner by the sea, she foretold and gave Marimar the address of her long-lost father (at that time she didn't know). Now, she is Corazon's friend, but still a seer, who can hear Pulgoso's thoughts.
  • Marimar and Sergio drop Angelika off from the helicopter and dies when a group of crocodiles devour her. In the original, Angelica dies in a car accident as her last wish is for Marimar to be burned in her house alive.
  • All the Santibañez members have made their life miserable by MariMar/Bella Aldama in the original. In this series, Bella Aldama (known to them as MariMar) made revenge to both Angelika and Sergio except for Renato who became mentally ill in which Angelika gave him a "medicine" or illegal drugs to overdose him more.
  • Angelika has no son with Renato (Sergio's father), but instead, she uses Cruzita as her niece. In the original series, Angelica and Renato have a son named Rafaelito (Sergio's baby half-brother).
  • In the original, Nicandro was killed by Angelica after he intended to rape her. In this series, Nicandro was brutally shot by a group of policemen as a part of Renato's plot.
  • Ysadora Sanitbañez was Renato's deceased wife and Sergio's mother as it is mentioned in finale (found in an invitation). In the original, the name of Renato's deceased wife was not known.

[edit] Farewell TV Special

A farewell special entitled "MariMar: Isang Pasasalamat" was aired on March 9, 2008 prior to the finale week of the show. This is the second time that GMA Network made a farewell special, the first was for Encantadia. It got a 52.9% rating in Mega Manila which is the second highest for that date according to AGB-Nielsen. It rated a higher 38.1% in the March 2008 ranking of AGB Nielsen's Nationwide Urban Television Audience Measurement (NUTAM).

Due to insistent public demand, the special, retitled "MariMar Memories" was re-aired on March 16, 2008 and it got an impressive 28.4% rating in Mega Manila and 25.9% in AGB Nielsen's Nationwide Urban Television Audience Measurement (NUTAM).

[edit] Soundtrack

  • The theme song of MariMar (in Tagalog) is sung by Regine Velasquez and it is a homage to Thalia's original song.
  • The love song of Sergio and Marimar, "Mahal Kita", is sung by Maricris Garcia, the original version being sung by Gerald Santos.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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