Rina is a Mexican telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa.[1] It was written by Inés Rodena and starring Ofelia Medina[2] as a eponymous hunchback, Enrique Álvarez Félix as her love interest and María Rubio as the main villain of the story. It is based on the radionovela "Enamorada".

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Rina
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GenreTelenovela
Drama
Created byOriginal Story
Inés Rodena
Adaptation
Luis Reyes de la Maza
Directed byDimitrio Sarrás
StarringOfelia Medina
Enrique Álvarez Félix
María Rubio
Carlos Ancira
Alicia Rodríguez
Country of originMexico
Original languageSpanish
No. of episodes189
Production
Executive producerValentín Pimstein
Production locationsMexico City, Mexico
CinematographyFernando Chacón
Running time30 minutes
Production companyTelevisa
Original release
NetworkCanal de las Estrellas
ReleaseJanuary 24 (1977-01-24) 
September 23, 1977 (1977-09-23)
Related
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Rubí rebelde (1989)
Yo no creo en los hombres (1991)
María Mercedes (1992)
Velo de novia (2003)
Inocente de Ti (2004)
María Esperança (2007)
Maria Mercedes (Philippine version) (2013)
Yo no creo en los hombres (2014)
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Rina was broadcast in the United States in 1983 on XETV-TDT in San Diego, a tv station that was licensed by Televisa at the time. along with the other telenovelas "Los Ricos Tambien Lloran" and "Extraños caminos del amor".The telenovela was dubbed under the title "The Broken Doll" under the umbrella "Love and Tears".[3]

Plot

Rina is a poor hunchback woman selling flowers on the streets of Mexico City. She approaches cars at stop-lights to offer her products and she meets an old rich man. He gets acquainted with Rina and eventually manipulates her into marrying him. The old man dies soon afterwards, and Rina is faced with dealing with his greedy sister-in-law Rafaela and her feelings for the son of that woman, Carlos Augusto.

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