Sortilegio

*Sortilegio*
Sortilegio
Genre	Telenovela
Based on	Tú o nadie; by María Zarattini
Written by	Claudia Velazco
Directed by	Mónica Miguel; Karina Duprez;
Starring	Jacqueline Bracamontes; William Levy; Daniela Romo; Gabriel Soto; Chantal Andere; Ana Brenda Contreras; David Zepeda;
Theme music composer	Denisse de Kalafe
Opening theme	"Sortilegio" performed by Il Divo
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	90
Production
Executive producer	Carla Estrada
Producers	Guillermo Gutiérrez; Arturo Lorca;
Editors	Víctor Hugo Flores; Israel Flores;
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company	Televisa
Original release
Network	Canal de las Estrellas
Release	June 1 –; October 9, 2009
Related
	Mañana es para siempre; Corazón salvaje; Acapulco, cuerpo y alma (1995-1996);

Sortilegio (literally "Sortilege", "Love Spell" in English-speaking markets) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada, in her final telenovela for Televisa in 2009. and stars Jacqueline Bracamontes and William Levy as main protagonists, while David Zepeda, Chantal Andere, Otto Sirgo, Azela Robinson, Julián Gil and Ana Brenda Contreras are playing main villains/antagonists of the story.

From October 6, 2009, to February 17, 2010, Univisión broadcast Sortilegio weeknights at 9 pm/8c replacing Mañana es para siempre. The last episode was broadcast on February 17, 2010, with Corazón salvaje replacing it on February 22, 2010.^[1]^[2] From July 30 to September 7, 2012, Univision broadcast 2 hour reruns of Sortilegio weekdays at 1 pm/12c, replacing Corazón Apasionado.^[3] From September 10 to October 19, 2012, reruns of Sortilegio were broadcast at 2 pm/1c. The last episode was broadcast on October 19, 2012, with Cuidado con el ángel replacing it on October 22, 2012.^[4]^[5] This telenovela is a remake of Tú o nadie.

As of November 24, 2014, for the first time Galavisión.^[6] is debuting Sortilegio at 11 am/10c, replacing one hour of Amor Real.

As of December 7, 2015 - April 15, 2016 TL Novelas broadcast 11:00, 17:00 and 23:00 replacing Alma de hierro, with Fuego en la sangre replacing it the April 18.

As of March 21, 2016, for the first time UniMás.^[6] is debuting Sortilegio at 1 pm/12c, 2 hour of special.

Plot

Victoria had an affair with her husband Samuel's friend, Antonio Lombardo, resulting in the birth of twins, Bruno and Raquel. Antonio also had a son, Alejandro, with his wife Adriana. After their respective spouses died, they reunited and got married. However, they didn't tell their children that they are half-siblings, as that would reveal their infidelities. Instead they raised their children to recognize each other as step-siblings.

Years pass, and Bruno comes to be an irresponsible man who does not respect laws. Alejandro, on the other hand, is very responsible. Antonio prefers Alejandro over Bruno and decides that Alejandro should inherit his money when he passes away. Antonio and Victoria have a meeting at Bruno's high school about Bruno's behavior and are told that he is expelled. While leaving the school, Antonio is run over and killed. Bruno upon learning that Antonio left everything to Alejandro comes up with a plan to pretend to be Alejandro and marry Maria Jose, a sweet innocent girl and then kill Alejandro. Making Maria Jose a very rich widow. When news comes of Alejandro's death Maria Jose and her sister Paula travel to Merida for the funeral. Maria Jose is heart broken to learn that Alejandro has died. However, she also learns that the man she feel in love with is named Bruno and not Alejandro. Maria Jose is furious to learn that Bruno tricked her and wants nothing to do with his evil plan. Bruno then threatens to send her father to prison if she doesn't pretend to be Alejandro's widow. Maria Jose is trapped and reluctantly accepts to deceive everyone into believing that she did get married with Alejandro. Just as Bruno thinks he has gotten away with his plan, Alejandro returns alive and shocked to learn that his family thinks that he married Maria Jose. Alejandro must then discover the truth about his supposed marriage to Maria Jose, who he is slowly falling in love with. Thus begins a story of intrigue, sibling hatred and rivalry, two sons in love with and fighting for the love of the same women, corporate espionage, and twin sisters torn apart by circumstance.