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{{Short description|Mexican telenovela}}
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'''''Volver A Empezar''''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for "to start again", literally "to return to starting") is a popular [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[telenovela]] of the 1990s, filled with action, intrigue and light hearted moments.
| image = Volver a empezar poster.jpg
Produced by [[Televisa]] in 1994, it is one of Mexico's most popular soap operas in history.
| num_episodes = 145
| genre = [[Telenovela]]<br>[[Romance film|Romance]]<br>[[Drama film|Drama]]
| creator = [[Emilio Larrosa]]
| writer = Verónica Suárez<br>Alejandro Pohlenz
| starring = [[Yuri (Mexican singer)|Yuri]]<br>[[Chayanne]]
| opentheme = ''Volver a Empezar'' by [[Yuri (Mexican singer)|Yuri]]<br>''Atado a tu amor'' by [[Chayanne]]
| endtheme =
| theme_music_composer =
| language = Spanish
| country = Mexico
| runtime = 41-44 minutes
| company = [[Televisa]]
| location =
| channel = [[Canal de las Estrellas]]
| first_aired = {{start date|1994|7|25}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1995|2|10}}
| executive_producer = [[Emilio Larrosa]]
| producer =
| director = Salvador Garcini<br>José Ángel García
| cinematography =
| camera =
| editor =
| related = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Prisionera de amor]]''
* ''[[María José (1995 telenovela)|María José]]''
}}
}}

'''''Volver a Empezar''''' (English title: ''Starting Again'') is a Mexican [[telenovela]] produced by [[Emilio Larrosa]] for [[Televisa]] in 1994{{en dash}}95.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alma-latina.net/VolveraEmpezar/VolveraEmpezar.shtml |title=Volver a Empezar |publisher=alma-latina.net |access-date=March 10, 2016 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910030531/http://www.alma-latina.net/VolveraEmpezar/VolveraEmpezar.shtml |archive-date=September 10, 2011 }}</ref> It originally released on the Mexican television network [[Las Estrellas|Canal de las Estrellas]].

[[Yuri (Mexican singer)|Yuri]] and [[Chayanne]] starred as protagonists, while [[Rafael Sánchez Navarro]] and [[Claudia Silva (actress)|Claudia Silva]] starred as antagonists.


==Plot==
==Plot==
It stars Mexican diva [[Yuri (Mexican)|Yuri]] as Reni, [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] singing legend [[Chayanne]] as himself, [[Carlos Miguel]] as Poncho and [[Pilar Montenegro]] as Jessica. Reni is a 26 year old whose father leaves her a fortune upon dying, and who dreams of someday meeting Chayanne, who is (in real life and in the soap opera) an international singing star and teen idol. The dream comes true because Renis boyfriend, named Santiago (played by [[Rafael Sanchez Navarro]]) is a music producer and he arranges for the meeting to happen after one of Chayanne's concerts.
The telenovela revolves around the story of Mexican diva Renata or "Reny" and [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] singing legend [[Chayanne]]. Other significant characters include Lalo, Tony, Sandra, Poncho and Jessica. Reny is a 26-year-old whose father leaves her a fortune upon dying. Reny who is an aspiring singer, dreams of someday meeting Chayanne. Chayanne is (in real life and in the telenovela) an international singing star and teen idol.<ref name="Chayanne">{{cite web |date=August 30, 2010 |title=El concierto de Chayanne despide el verano esta noche en la Playa Victoria |url=https://www.lavozdigital.es/cadiz/20100830/sociedad/concierto-chayanne-despide-verano-20100830.html?ref=https:%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618015954/https://www.lavozdigital.es/cadiz/20100830/sociedad/concierto-chayanne-despide-verano-20100830.html?ref=https:%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F |archive-date=June 18, 2020 |access-date=June 17, 2020 |work=[[La Voz de Cádiz]] |language=es |location=Spain}}</ref>


Reny’s dream comes true when her boyfriend, Santiago, a music producer, arranges a meeting to happen after one of Chayanne's concerts. As the drama unfolds, Reny becomes increasingly famous, and her bond with Chayanne evolves into romance.
As the drama unfolds, Reni becomes famous and she and Chayanne start a close friendship which later turns into romance. Santiago becomes increasingly jealous and evil. Reni becomes afraid of Santiago and starts seeing him less and less. Then Santiago's lawyer, Tony, played by [[Guillermo Garcia Cantú]], starts to develop an interest for Reni.


While all this is going, in Reni's house, her sister Sandra, (played by [[Claudia Silva]]) becomes increasingly jealous of Reni 's success and the fact their father left Reni the family fortune. Unknown to the TV viewer for most of the soap is the fact Sandra had a degenerative mental illness and that was why Reni's father left Reni the fortune and not Sandra.
However, Santiago becomes increasingly jealous and angry. Reny becomes afraid of Santiago and starts seeing him less often. Santiago's lawyer, Tony, starts to develop an interest in Reny. While this plays out, Reny’s sister Sandra also becomes jealous of her success and the fact that their father left the family fortune to Reny.


Unknown to viewers for most of the telenovela is that Sandra suffers from a degenerative mental illness, which explains Reny’s father not leaving the fortune to Sandra. Sandra and Santiago create a diabolic plan where they will make Reny have an accident during one of her concerts. Their plan succeeds, leaving Reny paralyzed and with [[amnesia]] after her fall.
Sandra and Santiago have a diabolic plan where they will make Reni have an accident during one of her concerts, and the plan works, leaving Reni paralyzed and with [[amnesia]] after her fall. Eventually, she recovers her mind and begins to walk again, and she plans her return to the world of show business under the name of Chakira (not to be confused with the real life singer [[Shakira]]). She uses that name so not to tip off her enemies as to who she really is and that she's still alive.


Eventually, she recovers and begins to walk again, and plans to return to the show business under the name of Chaquira. She uses this pseudonym to not tip off her enemies as to who she really is and that she's still alive.
Through all of this, and before Reni's accident happened, a fan of hers, Lalo, (played by [[Eduardo Changerotti]]) becomes her friend and falls in love with her, causing the ire of Jessica, (Pilar Montenegro), who has just broken up with Poncho (Carlos Miguel). Jessica becomes enemies with Reni and her attraction towards Lalo in turn makes Poncho mad and jealous too.


Through all of this, and before Reny’s accident, a fan of hers, Lalo, becomes her friend and falls in love with her. This causes tension with Jessica, who has just broken up with Poncho. Jessica becomes enemies with Reny and her attraction towards Lalo fuels Poncho's anger and jealousy.
Chayanne had to go away from Reni because of his professional compromises and Tony started to move in on her. He became her greatest friend during the time she was in the wheelchair, and a great deal of love grew between them.


Chayanne had to leave Reny because of his professional compromises. During this time, Tony started to move in on her. He became her greatest ally and protector during the time she was in her wheelchair, and a great deal of love grows between them.
Tony ended up protecting Reni from Santiago, who ends up paralyzed. Jessica moved to [[Guadalajara, Jalisco]] after finding she was suffering a terrible disease, Lalo purposely gets himself killed in a motorcycle crash, Chayanne decides that he and Reni should stay only as good friends because of their busy singing career schedules, Sandra gets committed to a mental hospital, Reni starts using her real name again and makes a big comeback into the musical world, she goes on tour, and Tony gets married to her and later on, they have a family.

Tony ended up protecting Reny from Santiago, who himself ends up paralyzed and jailed. Jessica moved to [[Guadalajara, Jalisco]] after finding she was suffering a terrible disease, Lalo purposely gets himself killed in a motorcycle crash, and Chayanne decides that he and Reny should stay only as good friends due to their busy singing careers.

Sandra gets committed to a mental hospital. Reny starts using her real name again and makes a big comeback into the musical world where she goes on a tour. At the end, Tony marries her and they have a family together.


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
*[[Yuri (Mexican singer)|Yuri]] as Renata "Reny" Jiménez / Chaquira
*[[Chayanne]] as himself
*[[Rafael Sánchez Navarro]] as Santiago Ugalde
*[[Carmelita González]] as Encarnación
*María Elena Saldaña as Tina
*[[Claudia Silva (actress)|Claudia Silva]] as Sandra "Sandy" Jiménez / Sandunga
*Silvia Suárez as Susana Ugalde
*[[Pilar Montenegro]] as Jessica
*[[Carlos Miguel Suarez|Carlos Miguel]] as Poncho
*Luis Couturier as Gabriel Jiménez
*[[Margarita Isabel]] as Aurora
*Raúl Alberto as Mike
*[[Mauricio Islas]] as Freddy Landeros
*[[Guillermo García Cantú]] as Antonio "Tony" Resendiz
*[[Fernando Ciangherotti]] as Eduardo "Lalo" Villafañe
*Paco Ibáñez as Gustavo
*Luisa Huertas as Magda
*Vilma Traca as Teodora
*[[Roberto Tello]] as Coreano
*Alejandro Aragón as Dr. Francisco
*Ricardo Barona as Humberto Navarro
*Sussan Taunton as Rita
*Radamés de Jesús as Paul
*José Luis Avendaño as Dr. Humberto
*[[Karyme Lozano]] as Liliana de Zares
*Leonor Llausás as Anita
*Isadora González as Sonia
*Adriana Lavat as Flor
*Patricia Martínez as Ágata
*Alfonso Mier y Terán as Toby Reyes Retana de las Altas Torres
*[[Mónica Dossetti]] as Karla Greta Reyes Retana de las Altas Torres
*Beatriz Monroy as Adelina
*[[Konnan]] as Himself
*Beatriz Martinez
*María Montejo
*Gustavo Bermudez
*Fernando Pinkus
*Jaime Puga
*Roberto Ruy
*Lorena Álvarez
*Verónica Macías
*Graciela Magaña
*Baltazar Oviedo
*Rubén Santana
*Alfredo Escobar
*Paola Rodríguez
*Roxana Castellanos
*Ramón Coriat
*Abigail Martínez
*Ricardo Silva
*Manuel Benítez
*Rafael Valdés
*[[Laura Serrano]] as herself

{{Div col end}}


== Awards and nominations ==
==Main cast==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de;
! Year || Award || Category || Nominee || Result
|-
| rowspan=8|1995 || rowspan=7|[[13th TVyNovelas Awards]] || [[TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela of the Year|Best Telenovela]] || [[Emilio Larrosa]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[TVyNovelas Award for Best Antagonist Actor|Best Antagonist Actor]] || [[Rafael Sánchez Navarro]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[TVyNovelas Award for Best Leading Actress|Best Leading Actress]] || [[Carmelita González]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actor|Best Young Lead Actor]] || [[Guillermo García Cantú]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[TVyNovelas Award for Best Female Revelation|Best Female Revelation]] || [[Claudia Silva (actress)|Claudia Silva]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[TVyNovelas Award for Best Male Revelation|Best Male Revelation]] || Radamés de Jesús || {{nom}}
|-
| colspan=2|Highest-rated Telenovela in Mexico || {{won}}
|-
| Eres Awards || Best Musical Theme || ''Volver a empezar'' by [[Yuri (Mexican singer)|Yuri]] || {{won}}
|}


== References ==
* [[Yuri (Mexican singer)|Yuri]] as Renata "Reni" Jimenez
{{reflist}}
* [[Chayanne]] as Chayanne
* Claudia Silva as Sandra "Sandy" Jimenez
* Rafael Sanchez Navarro as Santiago Ugalde
* Fernando Ciangherotti as Eduardo 'Lalo'
* Alejandro Aragon as Francisco
* Guillermo Garcia Cantu as Tony


==Supporting cast==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0214381}}
* Maria Elena Saldana as Tina
* Luis Couturier as Gabriel Jimenez
* Carmelita Gonzalez as Encarnacion
* Silvia Suurez
* Pilar Montenegro as Jessica
* Carlos Miguel as Poncho
* Raul Alberto as Mike
* Mauricio Islas as Freddy
* Paco Ibanez as The manager
* Luisa Huertas as Magda
* Beatriz Martinez
* Vilma Traca as Teodora
* Roberto Tello as Coreano
* Ricardo Barona
* Sussan Taunton as Rita
* Radames de Jesus as Paul
* Margarita Isabel as Aurora
* Jose Luis Avendano
* Gustavo Bermudez
* Leonor Llausas
* Patricia Martinez as Agata
* Fernando Pinkus
* Jaime Puga
* Roberto Ruy
* Isadora Gonzalez
* Karyme Lozano


{{Emilio Larrosa}}{{Televisa telenovelas 1990s}}
==DVD Release==
Xenon Pictures / Televisa Home Entertainment released a 4 DVD set on 05/05/09.


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Latest revision as of 23:43, 18 October 2024

Volver a Empezar
GenreTelenovela
Romance
Drama
Created byEmilio Larrosa
Written byVerónica Suárez
Alejandro Pohlenz
Directed bySalvador Garcini
José Ángel García
StarringYuri
Chayanne
Opening themeVolver a Empezar by Yuri
Atado a tu amor by Chayanne
Country of originMexico
Original languageSpanish
No. of episodes145
Production
Executive producerEmilio Larrosa
Running time41-44 minutes
Production companyTelevisa
Original release
NetworkCanal de las Estrellas
ReleaseJuly 25, 1994 (1994-07-25) –
February 10, 1995 (1995-02-10)
Related

Volver a Empezar (English title: Starting Again) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa for Televisa in 1994–95.[1] It originally released on the Mexican television network Canal de las Estrellas.

Yuri and Chayanne starred as protagonists, while Rafael Sánchez Navarro and Claudia Silva starred as antagonists.

Plot

[edit]

The telenovela revolves around the story of Mexican diva Renata or "Reny" and Puerto Rican singing legend Chayanne. Other significant characters include Lalo, Tony, Sandra, Poncho and Jessica. Reny is a 26-year-old whose father leaves her a fortune upon dying. Reny who is an aspiring singer, dreams of someday meeting Chayanne. Chayanne is (in real life and in the telenovela) an international singing star and teen idol.[2]

Reny’s dream comes true when her boyfriend, Santiago, a music producer, arranges a meeting to happen after one of Chayanne's concerts. As the drama unfolds, Reny becomes increasingly famous, and her bond with Chayanne evolves into romance.

However, Santiago becomes increasingly jealous and angry. Reny becomes afraid of Santiago and starts seeing him less often. Santiago's lawyer, Tony, starts to develop an interest in Reny. While this plays out, Reny’s sister Sandra also becomes jealous of her success and the fact that their father left the family fortune to Reny.

Unknown to viewers for most of the telenovela is that Sandra suffers from a degenerative mental illness, which explains Reny’s father not leaving the fortune to Sandra. Sandra and Santiago create a diabolic plan where they will make Reny have an accident during one of her concerts. Their plan succeeds, leaving Reny paralyzed and with amnesia after her fall.

Eventually, she recovers and begins to walk again, and plans to return to the show business under the name of Chaquira. She uses this pseudonym to not tip off her enemies as to who she really is and that she's still alive.

Through all of this, and before Reny’s accident, a fan of hers, Lalo, becomes her friend and falls in love with her. This causes tension with Jessica, who has just broken up with Poncho. Jessica becomes enemies with Reny and her attraction towards Lalo fuels Poncho's anger and jealousy.

Chayanne had to leave Reny because of his professional compromises. During this time, Tony started to move in on her. He became her greatest ally and protector during the time she was in her wheelchair, and a great deal of love grows between them.

Tony ended up protecting Reny from Santiago, who himself ends up paralyzed and jailed. Jessica moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco after finding she was suffering a terrible disease, Lalo purposely gets himself killed in a motorcycle crash, and Chayanne decides that he and Reny should stay only as good friends due to their busy singing careers.

Sandra gets committed to a mental hospital. Reny starts using her real name again and makes a big comeback into the musical world where she goes on a tour. At the end, Tony marries her and they have a family together.

Cast

[edit]
  • Yuri as Renata "Reny" Jiménez / Chaquira
  • Chayanne as himself
  • Rafael Sánchez Navarro as Santiago Ugalde
  • Carmelita González as Encarnación
  • María Elena Saldaña as Tina
  • Claudia Silva as Sandra "Sandy" Jiménez / Sandunga
  • Silvia Suárez as Susana Ugalde
  • Pilar Montenegro as Jessica
  • Carlos Miguel as Poncho
  • Luis Couturier as Gabriel Jiménez
  • Margarita Isabel as Aurora
  • Raúl Alberto as Mike
  • Mauricio Islas as Freddy Landeros
  • Guillermo García Cantú as Antonio "Tony" Resendiz
  • Fernando Ciangherotti as Eduardo "Lalo" Villafañe
  • Paco Ibáñez as Gustavo
  • Luisa Huertas as Magda
  • Vilma Traca as Teodora
  • Roberto Tello as Coreano
  • Alejandro Aragón as Dr. Francisco
  • Ricardo Barona as Humberto Navarro
  • Sussan Taunton as Rita
  • Radamés de Jesús as Paul
  • José Luis Avendaño as Dr. Humberto
  • Karyme Lozano as Liliana de Zares
  • Leonor Llausás as Anita
  • Isadora González as Sonia
  • Adriana Lavat as Flor
  • Patricia Martínez as Ágata
  • Alfonso Mier y Terán as Toby Reyes Retana de las Altas Torres
  • Mónica Dossetti as Karla Greta Reyes Retana de las Altas Torres
  • Beatriz Monroy as Adelina
  • Konnan as Himself
  • Beatriz Martinez
  • María Montejo
  • Gustavo Bermudez
  • Fernando Pinkus
  • Jaime Puga
  • Roberto Ruy
  • Lorena Álvarez
  • Verónica Macías
  • Graciela Magaña
  • Baltazar Oviedo
  • Rubén Santana
  • Alfredo Escobar
  • Paola Rodríguez
  • Roxana Castellanos
  • Ramón Coriat
  • Abigail Martínez
  • Ricardo Silva
  • Manuel Benítez
  • Rafael Valdés
  • Laura Serrano as herself

Awards and nominations

[edit]
Year Award Category Nominee Result
1995 13th TVyNovelas Awards Best Telenovela Emilio Larrosa Nominated
Best Antagonist Actor Rafael Sánchez Navarro Nominated
Best Leading Actress Carmelita González Nominated
Best Young Lead Actor Guillermo García Cantú Nominated
Best Female Revelation Claudia Silva Nominated
Best Male Revelation Radamés de Jesús Nominated
Highest-rated Telenovela in Mexico Won
Eres Awards Best Musical Theme Volver a empezar by Yuri Won

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Volver a Empezar" (in Spanish). alma-latina.net. Archived from the original on September 10, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  2. ^ "El concierto de Chayanne despide el verano esta noche en la Playa Victoria". La Voz de Cádiz (in Spanish). Spain. August 30, 2010. Archived from the original on June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
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