Sentimientos Ajenos

“Other People’s Feelings”

Mexico (Televisa) 1997.

USA (Univision) 1/20/97 - 4/18/97

USA (Telefutura) Sept. 2004 –

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Sources/fuentes: El Universal (www.el-universal.com.mx), Telenovela-World (www.telenovela-world.com),

Univision (http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=160840)

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SINOPSES

Summary: Sofia es la hermana timida y buena quien estudie la pintura; Leonor es la hermana hermosa y mala. Su madre murió hace años. Su padre, José Maria, está enfermo and is having business problems. Renato is the jealous, millionaire son of a father who killed his wife and then himself in a fit of jealousy when Renato was a young boy. He lives with his aunt and uncle (Andrés and ______) and cousin Gerardo. Malena is Gerardo’s girlfriend and Leonor’s best friend. Aurora is an old family friend, owner of an expensive dress shop, mother of Darío, Leonor’s lover. Sofia and Renato fall in love almost at first sight, but Aurora wants him and does whatever is necessary to interpose herself between the two, before and after their wedding.

From Show Continental 2/97: Leonor conoce a Humberto como “Sofia”. Cuando Renato descubre la supuesta relación entre su esposa y Humberto echa a Sofía de su vida. Ella se refugia en una casa de huéspedes donde se comete un asesinato, del cual la culpan. Sofia, convencida de que jamás podrá probar su inocencia, huye mientras se aclara su situación, en tanto Renato tramita el divorcio e intenta arrebatarle la custodia de su hijo. El asesinato se aclara pero Renato sigue convencido de la infidelidad de su esposa, quien no se deja vencer y logra situarse privilegiadamente en el ámbito del arte. Aunque no ha podido olvidarla, Renato se siente en la obligación de contraer matrimonio con Leonor, ya que ésta se ha convertido en una compañia necesaria para su hijo. Poco antes de realizarse la boda, Humberto aparece y descubre el engaño. Renato ruega a Sofía lo perdone pero ella duda en hacerlo porque ha encontrado en Miguel Angel, un hombre que la protegió, la paz y la seguridad anhelada. Leonor comienza a pagar sus culpas mientras. [she dies in last episode] Sofía decide entre volver con el amor de su vida or refugiarse en el cariño apacible de Miguel Angel. [She chooses Renato].

UNIVISION (http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=160840)

Imaginativa historia que narra el peligro de los celos patológicos. Ese cuento de Arturo Moya Grau fue el debut del cantante boricua Carlos Ponce en las telenovelas. Excepcional estuvo Chantal Andere como la perversa Leonor que manipula los celos y sospechas de su cuñado para deshacerse de su hermana y rival.

Sinopsis

Es la historia de Sofía, joven pintora, dulce y buena, que se enamora de Renato sin imaginar que su amor desatará el odio de su propia hermana y sin siquiera suponer que su marido sufre de celos compulsivos. Leonor no se detiene ante nada para evitar el matrimonio de ellos. Al no lograrlo, intenta de mil maneras de arrebatarle a su hermana el amor de su esposo, lo que lleva a su padre a la tumba. Intrigando, Leonor enamora a Humberto, un muchacho impetuoso y apasionado, haciéndose pasar por Sofía. Cuando Renato descubre los supuesto amores de su esposa y Humberto, la hecha de la casa y la separa de su pequeño hijo. Confundida y dolorida, Sofía tendrá que luchar para recuperar su vida de las garras de una enemiga que ella nunca sospecharía. Pero en la vida de Sofía entrará un nuevo hombre Miguel Angel quien, quizás podrá hacerla olvidar a Renato.

Idea Original de Emilio Larrosa

Escrito por Alejandro Pohlenz

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BRIEF SUMMARIES/BREVES AVANCES

First episode: They are rich but, unknown to them, their father’s business has gone bad. In addition, José Maria is about to have a heart attack (which, of course, he doesn’t know). Inez is the housekeeper. José Maria’s wife is dead. In an antique shop, Sofia sees a young man. Leonore’s friend Malena has arranged a “surprise” party for Leonore with the express purpose of introducing her, at Leonore’s request, to Renato Aramandia, a young, orphaned millionaire who is an attorney who lives with his padrinos, Andrés and Eva, los padres de Gerardo, his best friend, cousin y novio de Malena. Leonor buys a lot of clothes at an expensive shop run by Aurora, mother of Dario (her lover, although the mother doesn’t know it). When Aurora finds cash missing from the register, she questions Amalia, a longtime employee, but only Leonor and Dario had been in the shop. When Renato doesn’t appear at once at the party, Leonor is upset and refuses to join her guests. She is also upset when her father gives her only flowers. When Renato does turn up, he turns out to be the young man Sofia saw in the store and it is clear that he is not attracted to Leonor. When she discovers this fact from Malena she isn’t worried; she has no doubt that she can win him over from her dowdy sister. José Maria visits Aurora to pay her for the clothes and tells her the truth about his business. It’s clear they love each other. Renato learns that he has just received a grant and will go to London in 3 months. His gardener Pedro and maid Luchita are the comic interests. Renato tells Sofia he likes her.

Early episodes: They become novios and Leonor immediately begins a plan to separate them by sending Sofia flowers. Renato is very jealous and doesn’t believe Sofia when she says she doesn’t know who’s sending them. When she meets Renato’s padrinos, Don Andrés tells her that Renato has one serious character flaw, jealousy, but not why (his jealous father killed his wife and then himself when Renato was a young boy). Andrés tells Renato to trust Sofia or to leave her. Malena warns Leonor to be careful because Renato’s father was also jealous. José Maria tells Aurora he would ask her to marry him if his economic situation were better. Leonor tells Darío to accept her conditions (lovers but not novios) or forget her; he accepts. José Maria tells Aurora they must wait because he’s afraid of Leonor’s reaction. The man is a coward. Leonor continues to enflame Renato’s jealousy, at the same time pretending to be her sister’s best friend and his. Claudia, amiga de Darío, turns up in Aurora’s shop asking Darío when he returned from Europe and, for the first time, Aurora suspects that he’s been lying to her. He leaves her home. Renato asks Sofia’s father for her hand; he agrees and then almost has a small heart attack. Don Andrés asks if he marries out of love or jealousy.

On visiting her father’s office, Leonor learns about the business problems from her father’s partner but asks him not to tell her father she knows. Then she tells Sofia...and places an anonymous call to Don Andrés suggesting that the only reason Sofia wants to marry a man whose father called his mother is because her own father is bankrupt (though I hardly see how this will help her get Renato). Sofia tells Renato they must postpone the wedding (because of the financial situation) but not why, and he breaks the engagement. They reconcile and wed. Leonor makes her father promise not to leave her alone by marrying until after she is wed; he agrees. (She swears that nobody will be happy until she has Renato). Sofia and Renato return early from their honeymoon (Renato has rejected his grant, at least for awhile) and they live with her father, who is increasingly weak although he apparently doesn’t know how ill he is. She becomes pregnant. Late in the pregnancy, Leonor tells Darío to arrange an auto accident to kill Sofia, or at least her child. Malena participates in part of the plan (don’t think she knows about the accident) because Leonor knows a secret: some time before Malena left her illegitimate baby on the steps of a church. Aurora discovers that Dario is a thief. Leonor’s father discovers she is responsible for the flowers (she’s started sending them again after the birth of Sofia’s son---and after trying to kill her or the baby) and tells Aurora but makes her promise not to tell Renato. Leonor takes up with Joaquin, a much older man. When she learns her father is dying, she has Darío break into the safe. She learns that Sofia was adopted, tells her father she retracts her promise not to hurt her sister, he has a final heart attack and dies. Leonor asks Renato if an adopted child has the same rights as a real child and learns that the child does, provided it’s been recognized (and Leonor has the papers). Leonor accuses Aurora of being her father’s lover (which isn’t true) and uses that as an excuse to break up with Darío and to keep Aurora away from Sofia. Aurora leaves the country.

Leonor takes up with Humberto (whose sister, Marcela, is in a wheelchair) but tells him her name is Sofia so she can prove to Renato that Sofia has been unfaithful. She tells Joaquin that Sofia is unfaithful. Eventually, Renato believes the lie and throws Sofia out of the house. She goes to live in a boarding house, becomes friends with Teresa, the owner, and is determined to find out who is responsible and to prove her innocence to Renato. Sofia is pregnant again. Leonor manages to convince everybody, including Renato’s padrinos, that Sofia is guilty, not only of adultery but of stealing some jewels from Renato’s padrinos. Renato, Leonor, and Inés leave the house and Mexico without telling Sofia. Gerardo doesn’t believe Sofia is guilty and is determined to discover the truth.

Raquel shoots Delia and flees the room with Ramiro. Sofia enters, picks up the gun and shoots it (of course!) just as Don Jesús enters the room. Sofia, all bloody, flees and takes refuge in a church whose priest is Ifraim and whose housekeeper is Ernestina. She has a miscarriage. She goes to live with Gracianita and Marta(?). Gerardo continues to try and help her. Renato’s padrinos now seem to believe in her innocence.

Weekly summaries from El Universal starting 11/10/96:

El Universal, 11/10/96 - Inés aconseja a Malena sobre lo que debe hacer, tell the truth to her novio. Sofia huye de la casa donde está hospedada when Marta(?) warns her that Gracianita has recognized her from the paper and is going to tell the police. Norma arranges for her to stay with Miguel Angel, a painter, teacher and owner of a gallery. Humberto sabe la verdad sobre la enfermedad de Marcela, that there is nothing physically wrong with her. Renato dice a Leonor que deben comenzar a actuar como una familia, por lo que acepta su proposición, a marriage of convenience. Humberto acepta que Marcela debe ir con un psiquiatra.

Malena finally tells Gerardo the truth: how she was taken advantage of by a man in a setup arranged by Leonor, how she gave away her child, and how Leonor was behind everything. Gerardo forgives her and asks her to continue to go along with Leonor until he can get the proof he needs to clear Sofia. Leonor sees the change in Malena and suspects that she has, or will, tell Gerardo the truth. Gerardo tells Sofia he knows who is behind everything but not that it is Sofia so she, almost immediately, calls Leonor and tells her. Leonor tells Dario he must kill Gerardo.

El Universal, 11/17/96 - Darío acepta ayudar a Leonor con la condición de que se vuelvan a ver y le pide se case con él. He hires Ramiro for the job. Andrés está a punto de hacerle una confesión a Eva, pero ella no lo deja terminar. Teresa pregunta a Sofia si oculta algo y ella le pide que no la cuestione. Gerardo está dispuesto a contarle la verdad a Renato.

El Universal, 11/24/96 - Ramiro logra sus objetivos:he kills Gerardo in a fight in his office, with no disguise and in front of Malena. She calls Renato but is unable to tell him anything; Leonor threatens her with the death of her father. Leonor hace a Joaquin una falsa propuesta de amor. Eva finally believes what Andrés has always told her: he is not Renato’s father although he did once love Renato’s mother (before her marriage to his father). Renato confiesa la atracción que siente por Leonor. Leonor runs over Raquel on her way to meet Ramiro. Raquel hace una importante revelación a la policía. Sofia recibe una gran alegría: as the result of Raquel’s confession, she is completely cleared. Renato no puede negar que sigue amando a Sofia. Eva believes Sofia did not deceive her son but Andrés still has doubts because of all the evidence (of which she knows nothing) against her. Malena continúa en estado de shock. Norma sospecha que Leonor planea algo contra Sofía.

El Universal, 12/1/96 - Leonor gives Renato Miguel Angel’s address so he will find Sofia there. Sofia then sees Leonor declare her love for Renato outside their home and saca conclusiones sobre su hermana Leonor. Renato toma una decisión respecto al viaje que hará. Leonor finge estar angustiada por haberle confesado sus sentimientos a Renato. Sofia, dispuesta a demostrar su inocencia, le confiesa al licenciado Felipe sus sospechas sobre Leonor. Marcela y Humberto visitan la galeria de arte de Miguel Angel y ocurre un suceso inesperado. Sofia le ruega a Inés que guarde el secreto que le ha confiado, that she not tell Leonor what she suspects (that she is responsible for everything).

El Universal, 12/15/96 - Ultimos capitulos (last two weeks): Renato asks Sofia to marry him and gives her a ring. Ines tells Sofia but she says the two deserve each other. Sofia kills Dario. For some reason, Sofia is asked to identify his body. She is sure Leonor killed him (how she got from knowing Lenor wanted her husband to thinking her capable of multiple murders, I don’t know.) Sofia da la noticia a Aurora lo que le sucedió a Dario. Norma piensa que Leonor es la culpable y autora de todo. Sofia trata de alargar el proceso de firma de un documento importante para entorpecer los planes de Leonor (the papers that will let Leonor take her child out of the country). Renato continúa firme en la decisión que tomó. Leonor y Renato están dispuestos a seguir con sus planes (of leaving the country with the child and then marrying, although his padrinos aren’t too happy about it). Norma y Sofia llevan a cabo el plan para convencer a Renato de que ha cometido un terrible error. Citan a Humberto con Leonor. Renato los espia y reconoce el grave daño que le ha hecho a Sofía.

El Universal, 12/22/96 - Renato throws Leonor out and she goes to stay with Malena, where she tells Malena’s father that Renato threw her out because she was caring for Malena. Inés tells Renato that Leonor couldn’t have killed anybody. Aurora returns and finds a nightgown in her apartment and suspects Leonor. Miguel Angel impide que Renato vea a Sofia. Renato brings her son to Sofia and asks pardon, but she tells him she never wants to see him again. Leonor trata de vengarse de Sofia. Aurora presiona a Leonor para que diga la verdad and Leonor pretends she didn’t even know Darío was dead, that she hadn’t seen him in ages. Teresa aconseja a Sofía sobre algo importante en su vida. Norma sospecha que Leonor intentará lastimar a Sofía. Eva escucha a Renato y le da una solución a sus problemas. Renato está dispuesta a luchar por el amor de Sofía.

El Universal, 12/29/96 - Como Renato le pidió el divorcio a Sofia, Miguel Angel tratará de conquistarla y por eso tiene un enfrentatmiento con Renato, quien luego se da cuenta que necesita consulta psiquiátrica pues está loco de celos. Sofia ha decidido no volver con Renato, pues sigue igual de inseguro. Malena starts to recover; her father refuses to listen to Renato and Andrés’ warnings about Leonor. Humberto is in love with his sister’s doctor (Judy?).

Next to last episode: Renato returns Sofia’s picture to the gallery and Miguel Angel tells him he loves Sofia. Andrés gets a photo of Ramiro, the man who stole his jewels, and when Malena sees it, she tells Andrés and her father that he is the man who killed Gerardo. Inés doesn’t believe a still-shocked Malena when she tells her Leonor is bad, until she tells Inés that the bad woman who had her give her child away was Leonor. Andrés y Fernando se dan cuenta que Leonor está inmiscuida y van a la policía para acusarla por el asesinato de Gerardo. Cuando Leonor llega a su casa (Fernando’s), Inés la corre porque ya sabe que es una asesina. Then she tells Fernando about the baby and he finally believes in Leonor’s guilt. Leonor tells Joaquin that Inés is against her because she is Sofia’s real mother; he believes her and takes her to a hotel. Miguel Angel declares his love to Sofia. Humberto tells Judy he loves her. Ramiro tells the police that Leonor planned everything.

Last episode: Joaquin finds Renato’s engagement ring and, later, what she’s done with his money. He rejects her and she tells him that Renato is the only man she has ever loved. She goes to her old home, not knowing it is being fumigated and dies, trapped in a small room. Malena gets her child back and Eva and Andrés treat it as their own grandchild. Renato comes to Sofía’s exhibition and they reconcile.