Azul Tequila

Directed byHumberto ZuritaStarringMusic byOpening themeInstrumentalCountry of originMexicoOriginal languageSpanishNo. of episodes160ProductionProducerZuba ProduccionesCinematographyProduction companiesTV Azteca Digital
ZUBA ProduccionesOriginal releaseNetworkAzteca TreceRelease1998 (1998)

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".^[1]

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]} but was not a great success with the Mexican audience.^{[citation needed]} It was a successful telenovela in Europe, Asia, Malaysia, and Thailand.^{[citation needed]} This was the first telenovela for Ursula Pratts with TV Azteca, and also the first in 10 years after Monte Calvario in 1988.

References

External links

• Azul Tequila at IMDb