Destilando amor (English: Distilling Love) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa in 2007. It is the remake of the 1994 Colombian telenovela Café con aroma de mujer.

On Monday, January 22, 2007, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Destilando amor weekdays at 9:00pm, replacing Mundo de fieras. The last episode was broadcast on Sunday, September 16, 2007 with Pasión replacing it the following day.

Starring Angélica Rivera, Eduardo Yáñez, Sergio Sendel, Chantal Andere, Ana Martín, Martha Julia, Alejandro Tommasi and Ana Patricia Rojo.

The telenovela received the TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela of the Year in the 2008 TVyNovelas Awards.

Plot

Teresa Hernández (Angélica Rivera), whom everyone calls Gaviota, is a farm laborer who travels the country with her mother, Clara (Ana Martín), working the harvest. Every year, they return to Tequila, Jalisco for the reaping of the blue agave at the La Montalveña hacienda, owned by Don Amador (Joaquín Cordero), the patriarch of the Montalvos, a family with a long history of tequila production. At the beginning of the story, Don Amador knows his end is near and arrives to spend his final days in the land he so much loves.

When Don Amador dies, his family gathers for his funeral. His grandsons, Rodrigo (Eduardo Yáñez) and his cousin Aarón (Sergio Sendel), travel from London, where they are studying for a doctorate. The cousins grew up as brothers, but their grandfather's will awakens Aarón's ambition, as control of the family fortune will ultimately fall to the first son fathered by one of them. Aarón feels confident, knowing that Rodrigo has never been able to make love; however, Gaviota's arrival in his life will change Rodrigo's destiny.

Upon meeting, Rodrigo and Gaviota feel the disturbing call of love for the first time; awakening a passion that dominates them and they both give themselves completely. Rodrigo promises Gaviota that he will return in a year when he finishes his doctorate to marry her. Shortly after, Gaviota discovers she is pregnant. Unaware of the size of the world, she decides to go to England to find Rodrigo. Tricked by a local photographer who promises her help, Gaviota falls into the hands of a gang of white slavers who send her to a brothel in Paris.

Gaviota escapes and begins her pilgrimage in search of the man she loves. Alone, without knowing the language, only her faith and her great love will sustain her in the worst of times. Aided by a generous Italian man and a group of English nuns, she returns to Mexico to find a life very different from the one she left behind; a life of pain and disappointment. A life in the big city, where ambition, resentment, and lies reign; a life that could turn to stone the innocent heart that began that fateful journey... Distilling Love.

Cast

Main

Also main

Recurring and guest stars

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The original motion picture soundtrack of the telenovela was released on April 3, 2007 by EMI Latin.

Track listing

  1. "Por amarte (Tema de la telenovela Destilando amor)" - Pepe Aguilar
  2. "Gaviota" - Gaviota
  3. "La campirana (Rolitacampirana 4)"
  4. "Llegando a ti" - Gaviota
  5. "Esos Altos de Jalisco" - Gaviota
  6. "Campo abierto (Rolitacampirana 3)"
  7. "Esta triste guitarra" - Pepe Aguilar
  8. "Penas del alma" - Gaviota
  9. "Enamorándonos (0707DESVOXP1)"
  10. "Cielo rojo" - Pepe Aguilar
  11. "Música del campo (Rolitacampirana 1)"
  12. "Corazoncito tirano" - Gaviota
  13. "Échame a mí la culpa" - Pepe Aguilar
  14. "Luz de luna" - Gaviota
  15. "Ilusión de amarte (0107DESVOXP1)"
  16. "El impedimento (1207DESORQS1)"
  17. "Poder y soberbia (2007DESORQS1)"
  18. "Gaviota (Versión Jalisciense)" - Gaviota

Awards and nominations

Below is a listing of the most important awards and nominations received by the production:

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)Result
2007TV Adicto Golden AwardsBest SongDestilando amorWon
Best Leading ActressAna MartínWon
Best Female LeadAngélica RiveraWon
Best CoupleAngélica Rivera Eduardo YáñezWon
Best Character DesignDestilando amorWon
Best ScriptKary Fajer Gerardo LunaWon
Best LocationsDestilando amorWon
Best Mexican TelenovelaDestilando amorWon
Special Award for Great Telenovela of the YearDestilando amorWon
2008TVyNovelas AwardsBest TelenovelaNicandro Díaz GonzálezWon
Best ActressAngélica RiveraWon
Best ActorEduardo YáñezWon
Best Antagonist ActressChantal AndereWon
Best Antagonist ActorSergio SendelWon
Best Leading ActressAna MartínWon
Best Leading ActorJulio AlemánNominated
Best Co-lead ActressMartha JuliaNominated
Best Co-lead ActorAlejandro TommasiWon
Best Original Story or AdaptationFernando Gaitán Kary Fajer Gerardo LunaWon
Best DirectionMiguel Córcega Víctor RodríguezWon
Best Direction of the CamerasErnesto ArreolaWon
Bravo AwardsBest TelenovelaNicandro Díaz GonzálezWon
Best ActressAngélica RiveraWon
Best ActorEduardo YáñezWon
Best Antagonist ActressChantal AndereWon
Best Antagonist ActorSergio SendelWon
Latin ACE AwardsBest SoapDestilando amorWon
Best ActorEduardo YáñezWon
Best Supporting ActressAna Patricia RojoWon
Best DirectionMiguel CórcegaWon
2010Golden Awards Of The DecadeBest Leading Actress of the DecadeAna MartínWon
Best Mexican Telenovela of the DecadeDestilando amorWon
  • Recognition to 'Gaviota' for the international projection generated by the telenovela Destilando amor by spreading the culture of the most Mexican of beverages: tequila [Received by Angélica Rivera and Ana Martín (Date 2007)].

External links

  • at IMDb
  • at esmas.com (in Spanish)