Mari Mar

For those of you who like drama/romance and are a big fan of Thalia (who sang with Fat Joe), the pop Mexican singer and actress, this 1994 soap launched Thalia as an international star. Translated into all languages MARIMAR is the most popular and beloved soap that Thalia made and is the second of the so-called "Maria triligoy" in which she plays poor peasent girls named Maria.STORY PLOT: Marimar, who's name means "Maria from the Ocean" lives by the sea with her grandparents in a small broken down shack. One day she meets a local soccor player named Sergio (Eduardo Capetillo) the son of Renato, the owner of an Hacienda (mansion.) Sergio's only desire is to recieve his part of the family inheritance in order to leave the small town along the coast and move into Mexico City. One day while stealing vegatbles from thier garden to feed her starving family, Marimar meets Sergio and falls in love immediately. Due to her innocence and lack of education, Marimar marries him shortly thereafter, unaware that Sergio was using her to further anger his father and cruel stepmother Angelica (Chantal Andere) because his father refused to give Sergio his part of the inheritance. Angelica does everything she can to embaress Marimar and force her out of the house. When Marimar returns to the shack, her husband informs her that he must go to the big city and find work...and so he leaves her despite her pleas not to. Angelica goes as far as forcing Marimar to her knees and pulling a bracelete out of the mud with her bare teeth, believing that the expensive bracelet belonged Sergio's mother. Angelica then accused her of theft and Marimar is sent to jail. While she's there her grandparents are killed when the small shack in which they lived is burned to the ground during the night as ordered by Angelica. When the charges are dropped by her, Marimar is forced to leave the small town and head into the big city to find work and make a living...where months later her path crosses once again with her husband. Believing that his wife is still at her home, Sergio at first does not recognize Marimar, as by now she had changed her name to "Bella" (Precious) and she had become a very-well educated woman, who appeared to have a very wealthy family. Marimar had in fact been taken in as a houseemaid by her own father, who had been looking for her. Not knowing that Marimar was his daughter and she not knowing that Gustavo was her father, he taught her how to walk, dress, speak, read...in the ways of the wealthy society. Eventually they both realize through Marimar's birth certificate who she really is. Months later when Marimar gives birth to a daughter and conceals that fact from everyone, except her family and close friends, she once again crosses path with not only Sergio, but also Angelica. Suspecting but not believing who she was, Angelica slowly falls victim to Marimar's plan to strip her and her husband of their fortune. Now the tables turn as it becomes an eye for an eye. Marimar would seduce Sergio only to reject him at the last minute. While she was in prison, Angelica had written and sent her a false letter suppoesdly written by Sergio in which he says he never loved her and that he wanted to divorce as soon as possible. Marimar does everything Angelica made her do when she was just a poor innocent girl...she manipulates Angelica, embaresses her, humilates her...by the time they all realize who Bella really is, it's too late. Marimar had by then forced them onto the street, becoming the new owner of thier Hacienda. In raged, Angelica vows to avenge herself and her husband by making Marimar "vanish from the face of the earth," however...the story has several more twists...including Sergio divorcing Marimar and then marrying another woman, thus adding yet another rival to the story. Marimar vows to avenge her grandparent's death and will stop at nothing until her enemy, Angelica, whom she knows is responsible for thier death, pays dearly "with tears of blood."Altough MARIMAR losses her innocene and becomes a bitter cold woman, she is still very good at heart. The story never does cease to surprise and capitivate audiences worldwide! The soap, along with the theme song, earned Thalia the title as "The Queen of Telenoelas."OTHER SOAP TITLES STARRING THALIA: MARIA MERCEDES (1991)MARIA LA DEL BARRIO (1995) ROSALINDA (1999)NOTE: THIS PARTICULAR NOVELA DOES HAVE ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

I thought I'd surprise my wife with this for her birthday. She grew up watching Mari Mar, and she's been translating it for me whenever we watch it.Yes it's subtitled in English, but they cut 80% of the series in this ripoff collection. To top it off, they dub over original music with cheap MIDI synthesizer music. It sounds like lousy karaoke music!!DO NOT BUY!! The reviews should have been warning enough. Thoroughly disappointed.

Though not a a huge Thalia fan I must admit that I just LOVE this novela!! It has to be one of the first ones that got my attention especially with a TALKING DOG!!! Also Chantal Andere and Itati Cantoral truly give NOVELA performances!! If you collect novelas on DVD this is a MUST HAVE!!! I can't wait for Maria Mercedes to be released on DVD that will make my set of Thalia's trilogy complete!! My recommendation is to BUY this telenovela because you will love it!!

El Dvd es Hermoso, la Presentacion, el Diseño, la Portada y demas. En cuanto a la Edicion, tiene la Entrada Original y los Creditos Finales, aunque la musicalizacion es otra, encima de la Original, lo que hace aveces imposible escuchar las voces de los personajes o dialogos, pero en algunas escenas no en todas. Por otra parte, el resumen esta hecho mas o menos, si bien mantiene la coherencia, hay muchas, pero muchas escenas que faltan, como cuando Marimar aparece vestida de Sirena en el Mar, en un sueño de Sergio, cuando Marimar se pelea con Angelica en la Hacienda, cuando Angelica humilla a Marimar haciendole sacar la pulsera del fango, cuando le pide a Nicandro que mate a los Abuelos, cuando los abuelitos mueren quemados, cuando Marimar se despide de ellos en el Cementerio, muchas partes de cuando Marimar se va a Mexico, cuando Renato mata a Nicandro para defender a Angelica, todo lo relacionado con el Hermano de Nicandro, y sobre todo el Final de Angelica, cuando queda quemada despues del Accidente y muere a los pocos dias sin haberse arrepentido de nada, y le pide a Renato que le prenda fuego a la Hacienda con Marimar adentro, no se ve nada de eso, lo cual me parece super importante, porque es el castigo de la Villana, y no tendrian que haberlo sacado, porque son escenas esenciales para la historia, lo demas esta bien. Otra cosa a destacar es que le dan mucha importancia al comienzo, dejan mucho de los inicios y sacan muchas escenas importantes a lo largo de la Telenovela lo cual aveces puede resultar algo confusa sobretodo para quien no la vio en television de manera completa. Y una cosa que me molesto mucho fue que el Dvd incluye 3 Discos, y el numero 3 al igual que los demas son de doble cara, de 2 lados, y el disco 3 solo tiene un lado disponible, el otro esta vacio, lo podrian haber aprovechado para poner al menos 2 Hs mas de Resumenes o Extras, como Entrevistas, Bloopers,Detras de Camaras, Fotos etc... pero no contiene nada de eso y fue una Exelente Telenovela, bien lo merecia.

Im so glad i could find this available on dvd. Its an old novela i really enjoy although the quality of the picture could be much better. Im sure its fine w/a small screen tv but when you've got one like mine, its blurry looking. But overall im happy w/it. The dvd was in great condition when i received it.

Love this soap opera

My wife is from Guatemala and she had this series on VHS. The VHS tapes stopped working so I bought this 3 disc set with 2 sides for Christmas and not only does she love it but my English speaking family does to. The subtitles are in English and easy to read. A good tv series clean and safe for the whole family.

LETS JUST SAY THAT I PURCHASED THIS AND AFTER WATCHING IT I FOUND THAT THE RECORDING OF THIS NOVELA IS NOT COMPLETE. IT PLAYS IN PARTS AND SKIPS MANY SCENES. IT JUMPS FROM ONE MOMENT TO THE NEXT AND LEAVES U COMPLETELY CONFUSED. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY YOU WILL BE UNHAPPY. THIS IS NOT THE ORIGINAL. WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU ADD MUSIC FROM MARIA LA DEL BARRIO TO MARI MAR LOL I MEAN COME ON!

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Many episodes are missing. I think there are only 26 out of the 70 originals, and these 26 remaining episodes have been cut and rearranged as Televisa could to make something that looks like the original story. Better watch this telenovela on YouTube. Still, the story is very good, even if I prefer "Maria la del barrio"

Lovely serial bit silly good for learning the Spanish language

As others have said this has been edited and large parts cut but you still get the story.My wife enjoyed it as she remembered original series dubbed into tagalog.