Sylvia Pasquel

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Biography

Sylvia Pasquel is a Mexican celebrity who belongs to an entire dynasty of famous Mexicans. She is the daughter of actress Silvia Pinal and actor Rafael Banquells, who separated when she was only 3 years old. Sylvia quickly felt attracted to this profession and began studying Fine Arts. Her siblings are the singer Alejandra Guzmán, Luis Enrique Guzmán and Viridiana Alatriste, an actress who died in 1982. Her daughter is Stephanie Salas, a Mexican actress and singer who had a daughter with the singer Luis Miguel: Michelle Salas. Regarding Pasquel's filmography, his resume includes nearly 70 productions, among which, in addition to an endless number of soap operas, The Wolf's Awakening (1970), a comedy by René Cardona Jr., and some Mexican cinema classics such as El Santo against Blue Demon in Atlantis (1970) and Chabelo and Pepito against the monsters (1973). In 2015 Silvia Pasquel collaborated with Arturo Ripstein in La calle de la bitterra, which competed at the Venice Film Festival; Nobody Will Never Know (2018), a drama that was presented in some festivals in Canada and the United States, and the comedy My Little Big Man (2018), where he shared credits with Fernanda Castillo and Jorge Salinas. She recently worked again with Ripstein in The Devil Between the Legs (2019), a film that was presented within the framework of the Morelia International Film Festival and for which she was nominated for the Ariel Award.

Movies

In the village of San Andres, the rivalry between two families the Valdes and the Ramirez is centered on "El Manantial", a beautiful fountain of water that happens to bathe the small property of the Valdes and not the neighboring ranch, the rich and prosperous hacienda "Piedras Grandes", where the best cattle are raised and is property of the Ramirez. But the spring is not the real reason for the hatred between the families. Justo Ramirez, married to Margarita Insunza, had a relationship with Francisca Rivero, wife of his enemy and neighbor Rigoberto Valdes. This relationship, founded in the betrayal, will cause the utmost bitterness and the destruction between the two families. The Valdes have a beautiful daughter named Alfonsina, who was born in the same year as Alejandro, the son and heir of the Ramirez. Although they have grown separately with their souls full of prejudices against their respective families, the two cannot avoid feeling attracted to each other. Margarita will not permit this and so she tells her husband to make sure her son will never be together with Alfonsina so he could marry Barbara, her cousin's daughter. Justo rapes Alfonsina and she leaves along with her mom and her aunt. Five years later... Alfonsina is graduating from school and has a good life until her mother commits suicide because she found out she was deathly ill and could no longer live with the guilt of her lifestyle. Before dying, her mother confesses to Alfonsina that Justo Ramirez destroyed her life and after that Alfonsina vows revenge on the man who destroyed her family. She returns to San Andres and there she once again sees Alejandro who is now engaged to Barbara. Their love is still present in their hearts. They will have to fight for their love and see if they can be happy by the shores of El Manantial... El Manantial is a Mexican telenovela that first aired in 2001, starring Adela Noriega and Mauricio Islas. The telenovela received TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela, in 2002.

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El Manantial
2001