Peregrina (English: Pilgrim) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nathalie Lartilleux for Televisa. The series is a remake of the Venezuelan telenovela Kassandra. It premiered on November 14, 2005 and ended on March 31, 2006. It became an unexpected success, garnering ratings in excess of 30 points.
ÃÂfrica Zavala starred as protagonist and Eduardo Capetillo starred has a dual role of protagonist/antagonist, while Jacqueline Andere, Cynthia Klitbo and Natasha Dupeyrón starred as antagonists.
Millionaire Eliseo (Carlos Cámara) and his family are struck by tragedy when his beloved daughter Marisela (ÃÂfrica Zavala) is diagnosed with a fatal illness. Marisela becomes pregnant and dies after giving birth to a baby girl.
Widowed, devastated, and lonely, Eliseo marries Victoria (Jacqueline Andere). Victoria is a widow who has two children, identical twins AnÃÂbal and Rodolfo (both played by Eduardo Capetillo). Victoria knows that Marisela's daughter is EliseoâÂÂs heir, and she views her as an obstacle to her sons chances to inherit EliseoâÂÂs fortune.
She takes advantage of the presence of a travelling circus where the fortunetellerâÂÂs daughter, Sabina (Helena Rojo), has given birth to a stillborn daughter. Victoria switches the infants; she replaces the stillborn baby with Marisela's daughter, with DelfÃÂn as the only witness. DelfÃÂn later dies in a mysterious accident.
Years pass and Rodolfo is now a just and kind man, the opposite of his egotistic twin AnÃÂbal. Fate takes him to the circus where he meets Peregrina, a beautiful gypsy dancer. She is the fortunetellerâÂÂs granddaughter.
Peregrina is the spitting image of Marisela. Rodolfo and Peregrina fall in love, but her resemblance to his stepfatherâÂÂs daughter reminds him of the hatred that Victoria feels for Marisela. He decides to forget all about it and leaves without saying a word.
When Peregrina goes looking for Rodolfo at EliseoâÂÂs house, she meets Angélica (Carmen Amezcua), her real motherâÂÂs aunt. Angélica takes to Peregrina due to her resemblance to Marisela. Shortly after, Peregrina is victim of an accident and is taken to EliseoâÂÂs house.
Eliseo offers her a home, but Victoria, who knows exactly who Peregrina is, is enraged and so, she reveals her secret to AnÃÂbal.
Taking advantage of the prolonged absence of Rodolfo, AnÃÂbal assumes his identity and proposes marriage to Peregrina. AnÃÂbal confesses to his lover AbigaÃÂl (Cynthia Klitbo) that he is only marrying Peregrina in order to seize the fortune of Eliseo.
AbigaÃÂl gets into a heated fight with him, in which she kills him to prevent his marriage to Peregrina. Peregrina is accused of AnÃÂbalâÂÂs homicide.
When Rodolfo returns, she now has to face the only man whom she has ever loved. RodolfoâÂÂs love for her has turned into ferocious revenge.
In the end, Rodolfo tells Peregrina that AnÃÂbal tricked her and that he now knows she is innocent. Peregrina forgives him and moves into the house that Eliseo left her as part of her inheritance. AbigaÃÂl and Evita (Natasha Dupeyrón), her secret daughter, plot against her to get rid of her.
Eventually, AbigaÃÂl is found out to be AnÃÂbal killer and is sent to prison to pay for her crime. Months later, Peregrina and Rodolfo marry in the presence of loving relatives and circus friends.