Topacio was a 1984 Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n telenovela

Telenovela

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 produced and broadcast by Radio Caracas Televisión

RCTV

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. It is a remake of Esmeralda, a 1970s

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 telenovela produced by rival network Venevisión

Venevisión

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, which in turn has been remade twice (Esmeralda

Esmeralda (telenovela)

Esmeralda is a telenovela that was released by Televisa in 1997. It is a remake of a 1970 Venezuelan telenovela of that same name, and was itself remade in Brazil in 2004. Another version is Topacio from Venezuela in 1984.-Plot:...

, by Televisa

Televisa

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 in 1997, and Esmeralda by SBT in 2004).

Topacio was written by Benilde Avila, Milagros del Valle, Ana Mercedes Escámez, and Delia Fiallo and directed by Luis Alberto Lamata and Luis Manzo. This telenovela lasted 181 episodes and was distributed internationally by RCTV International

Coral Pictures

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. It was also aired in Mexico

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's Canal 5 at 8 p.m. in 1985 and throughout Latin America

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, Spain

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 and other countries.

Synopsis

Topacio, blind, the daughter of rich farmers, was brought up as a poor orphan. On the contrary, Jorge Luis, the orphan of a family of poor farmers, inherits a large fortune. When Topacio's background was discovered, the young girl had eye surgery and recovered her vision. From that moment on her life has changed, Aurelio and Blanca accept her, although she doesn't find love immediately.

Cast

• Grecia Colmenares
  Grecia Colmenares
  Grecia Dolores Colmenares Mieussens , better known plainly as Grecia Colmenares, is a Venezuelan-Argentine actress who gained fame across Latin America, specially during the 1980s....
  
   as Topacio
• Víctor Camara as Jorge Luis
• Carlos Montilla as Rafaelote
• Mahuampi Acosta as Eulalia
• Alberto Alvarez as Indio Carvallo
• Nohely Arteaga as Valeria
• Arturo Calderón as Fermín
• Carlos Cámara Jr. as Cirilo
• Zoe Ducos as Sor Piedad
• Freddy Escobar as Humberto
• Lino Ferrer as Alberto
• Chony Fuentes as Hilda
• Pedro Lander as Evelio
• Alberto Marin as Dr. Martín Buitrago
• Carlos Márquez as Aurelio
• Amalia Perez Diaz as Domitila
• Rosario Prieto as Doña Pura
• Jeannette Rodríguez as Yolanda
• Lourdes Valera as Violeta
• Cecilia Villarreal as Blanca
• Henry Zakka as Dr. Andrade

Theme song

The theme song to Topacio is "Que por qué te quiero", performed by Carlos Mata. The song was later covered by the tejano

Tejano

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 band Mazz

Mazz

Mazz is a Grammy Award–winning Tejano band originating from south Texas. They were formed in Brownsville, TX, by singer/guitarists Jimmy González and Joe López, and emerged as one of the most innovative bands in their genre after adding synthesizer to combine traditional Mexican music and popular...

.

External links

• Topacio at the Internet Movie Database
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• Presentation of La Dama de Rosa
• Videoclip of a scene in Topacio