Abismo de pasión

Abismo de pasión (English: Abyss of Passion) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa. It is a remake of the 1996 telenovela Cañaveral de Pasiones by Caridad Bravo Adams. The telenovela aired on Canal de las Estrellas from January 23 to September 2, 2012

The telenovela follows childhood friends Elisa (Angelique Boyer), Damián (David Zepeda), and Gael (Mark Tacher) as they reunite as adults after their families were torn apart by a scandal. Alejandro Camacho, Blanca Guerra, Sabine Moussier, Salvador Zerboni, and Eugenia Cauduro also star.

In the United States, the telenovela aired on Univision weeknights at 9pm EST from March 12 to November 7, 2012. The finale was followed by a program where the cast discussed their experience working on the show.

Plot
Abismo de pasión takes place in La Ermita, Yucatán, where El Grupo Anito factory is located. Rosendo, the plant's owner, is having an affair with Carmina. Later that night, he, his wife Alfonsina, and their son Damián have dinner with Rosendo's best friend Augusto, his wife Estefania, their daughter Elisa, and Carmina, Estefania's sister. Alfonsina privately tells Augusto that she believes his wife is cheating on him with her husband. When Rosendo and Carmina attempt to leave town, Estefania locks Carmina inside and gets into the car with Rosendo to reason with him. The two die in a car accident, seemingly confirming Alfonsina's theory that they were having an affair. A rift divides the families and Elisa and Damián are no longer allowed to play together. Damián is sent to study in Italy. Years later, he returns to La Ermita and reconnects with Elisa and Gael. He and Elisa begin falling in love until his fiancée Florencia arrives in town. Elisa, Damián, Florencia, Paloma, and Gael's romantic lives become entangled. Meanwhile, Carmina manipulates, lies, and murders to make sure her affair with Rosendo remains a secret. El Grupo Antio factory employee Gabino aspires to take over the firm, marry Alfonsina, and keep quiet his defrauding of El Grupo Anito.

Main

 * Alejandro Camacho as Augusto Castañón
 * Blanca Guerra as Alfonsina Mondragón - Damián's mother and Rosendo's widow
 * Angelique Boyer as Elisa Castañón Bouvier - daughter of Augusto and Estefania
 * Briggitte Bozzo as Child Elisa
 * David Zepeda as Damián Arango Mondragón - son of Rosendo and Alfonsina
 * Robin Vega as Child Damián
 * Mark Tacher as Gael Mondragón / Gael Arango Navarro - who was raised by Alfonsina's brother Lupe
 * Diego Velázquez as Child Gael
 * Sabine Moussier as Carmina Bouvier de Castañón - Estefania's sister, Rosendo's lover, and Augusto's wife
 * Altair Jarabo as Florencia Landucci Cantú
 * René Casados as Padre Guadalupe "Lupe" Mondragón, Alfonsina's brother and Gael's guardian
 * Salvador Zerboni as Gabino Mendoza - El Grupo Anito employee and the series' main antagonist
 * Eugenia Cauduro as Dolores "Lolita" Martínez - Braulio's wife
 * Francisco Gattorno as Braulio Chinrios
 * Alexis Ayala as Dr. Edmundo Tovar
 * Livia Brito as Paloma González - granddaughter of Ramona, the town healer, Gabino's daughter
 * Marilyz León as Child Paloma

Recurring

 * Eric del Castillo as Lucio Elizondo
 * Raquel Olmedo as Ramona González
 * Nailea Norvind as Begoña Narvaez de Tovar
 * Armando Araiza as Horacio Ramírez
 * Isaura Espinoza as Maru
 * Dacia González as Blanca "Nina" Muriel de Elizondo
 * Sergio Mayer as Paolo Landucci
 * Isabella Camil as Ingrid Navarro de Jasso
 * Vanessa Arias as Antonia "Toña" Mendoza de Chinrios
 * Alberto Agnesi as Enrique Tovar Narvaez
 * Ricardo Dalmacci as Guido Landucci
 * Lourdes Munguía as Carolina "Carito" Meraz
 * Esmeralda Pimentel as Kenia Jasso Navarro
 * Jade Fraser as Sabrina Tovar Narvaez
 * Adriano Zendejas as Vicente Chinrios / Vicente Mendoza

Guest stars

 * Ludwika Paleta as Estefanía Bouvier de Castañón
 * César Évora as Rosendo Arango

Production
Production of Abismo de pasión officially started on November 14, 2011 and took place in and around Yucatán.

Reception
Univision's November 5, 2012, finale broadcast of Abismo de pasión averaged 5.4 million viewers.