Azul Tequila
{{Short description|Mexican telenovela}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = Azul Tequila poster.jpg
| genre = Telenovela
| country = Mexico
| network = Azteca Trece
| first_aired = {{start date|1998}}
| language = Spanish
| director = Humberto Zurita
| producer = Zuba Producciones
| writer = {{Plainlist|
- Alfonso Acebal
- Jorge Landa
}}
| creator = Alfonso Acebal
| starring = {{Plainlist|
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| music = {{Plainlist|
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| opentheme = Instrumental
| company = TV Azteca Digital
ZUBA Producciones
| cinematography = {{Plainlist|
- Carlos Guerra
- Sergio Treviño
}}
| num_episodes = 160
}}
Azul Tequila is a Mexican telenovela. The 160-episode serial was produced for TV Azteca by the celebrity couple Christian Bach and Humberto Zurita in conjunction with Humberto's brother Gerardo through their production company ZUBA Producciones. The complete series has been released in an 8 DVD box set.
Plot
Azul is a young woman in the end of the 19th century who has been forced to get engaged to Arcadio Berriozabal when she is in love with his brother Santiago Berriozabal. Before her wedding peasant revolution is started and she is kidnapped. Santiago, believing she is dead, creates one of the finest tequilas and calls it "Azul Tequila".[http://www.alma-latina.net/AzulTequila/AzulTequila.shtml "Azul Tequila"] Alma-Latina. Retrieved 2014-1-5.
Cast
- Bárbara Mori as Azul / Soledad
- Mauricio Ochmann as Santiago Berriozabal
- Víctor González as Arcadio Berriozabal
- Rogelio Guerra as Adolfo Berriozabal
- Leonardo Daniel as Mariano
- Fabiola Campomanes as Lorenza
- Úrsula Prats as Hilda
- Lorena Rojas as Catalina
Reception
With an approximate cost of $5,000,000 United States dollars, this production was praised by the critics,{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} but was not a great success with the Mexican audience.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} It was a successful telenovela in Europe, Asia, Malaysia, and Thailand.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} This was the first telenovela for Ursula Pratts with TV Azteca, and also the first in 10 years after Monte Calvario in 1988.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0186734|title=Azul Tequila}}
{{TV Azteca telenovelas 1990s}}
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Category:1998 Mexican television series debuts
Category:1998 Mexican television series endings