Fuego en la sangre (Translated to "Fire in the Blood", but in English called Burning for Revenge) is a Mexican telenovela that began transmissions on January 21, 2008, through Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas network.
Starring Adela Noriega, Eduardo Yáñez, Jorge Salinas, Diana Bracho, MarÃÂa Sorté, Nora Salinas, Pablo Montero, Elizabeth ÃÂlvarez, Guillermo GarcÃÂa Cantú, René Casados and Ninel Conde.
It is the Mexican adaptation of the Colombian 1994 soap opera Las aguas mansas, which had previously been remade into a popular 2003 version titled Pasión de gavilanes and produced by RTI Colombia in association with Telemundo and Caracol Televisión.
The theme song called "Para siempre" was composed by Joan Sebastian and sung by Vicente Fernández.
The telenovela received the TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela of the Year in the 2009 TVyNovelas Awards.
From January 21 to November 2, 2008, Canal de las Estrellas broadcast Fuego en la sangre weeknights at 9pm.
From April 28, 2008 to February 20, 2009, Univision broadcast the series weeknights at 9pm/8c replacing Pasión. The last episode was broadcast on February 20, 2009, with Mañana es para siempre replacing it on February 23, 2009.
From July 22, 2013 to February 7, 2014, Canal de las Estrellas broadcast reruns of Fuego en la sangre weekdays at 11:30am.
As of April 18, 2016 to January 27, 2017, Tlnovelas broadcast the telenovela at 11:00, 17:00 and 23:00 replacing Sortilegio, with Amores verdaderos replacing it on January 30.
This story of love, heartbreak, revenge, lies, and betrayal centers on the lives of the Reyes brothers: Juan (Eduardo Yáñez), ÃÂscar (Jorge Salinas), and Franco (Pablo Montero), who, at the grave of their younger sister, Libia (Sherlyn), swear to avenge her death.
Shortly before her demise, Libia was having a clandestine affair with the rancher Bernardo Elizondo (Carlos Bracho), a man several years her senior, from whom she had recently become pregnant. Although Bernardo claimed to truly love Libia and be willing to marry her, he never had the chance, as he died suddenly after a fall from his horse. Despair seemed to drive the young woman to take her own life upon learning of her beloved's passing.
Despite the fact that the police report states that Libia's death was a suicide, her brothers remain unconvinced. Therefore, they decide to enter the Elizondo ranch disguised as bricklayers and carpenters, intending to find out what really happened.
Upon arriving at the ranch, they discover that Bernardo was actually a married man who had hidden this truth from their sister. There they meet Bernardo's three beautiful daughters: SofÃÂa (Adela Noriega), Sarita (Nora Salinas), and Jimena (Elizabeth ÃÂlvarez).
The three men, upon encountering the young women, decide that the best way to avenge Libia's tragic fate is to make them experience the same pain. Their initial plan is to seduce them, make them fall in love, and then abandon them heartbroken, forcing them to endure the same suffering their sister had felt before dying. Juan chooses to seduce SofÃÂa, ÃÂscar chooses to seduce Jimena, and Franco chooses to seduce Sarita.
However, their plan won't be as easy as they thought, since all three will fall deeply in love with each of the women. Juan will discover in SofÃÂa a kind and charitable woman who has lived through hell after being raped and forced into marriage by her family solely to maintain appearances. Meanwhile, ÃÂscar and Jimena will find out they share the same wild and passionate heart and will embark on an uninhibited love affair full of ups and downs. Likewise, Franco and Sarita will realize they are kindred spirits, sensitive and poetic.
Now, the three brothers will be forced to choose between fulfilling the oath of vengeance they swore at their sister's grave or surrendering to the three women who taught them the meaning of true love.
The soundtrack to Fuego en la sangre was released on CD on November 14, 2008 in Mexico.
Track listing
Fuego en la sangre was released in Mexico in a 4-disc DVD set in mid-2009. It contains all 200 episodes in abridged version.
A 2-disc US version containing English subtitles was released on September 1, 2009.
Below is a listing of the most important awards and nominations received by the production: