Xenon Pictures releases ‘Maria La Del Barrio’ DVD.
January 11, 2008
Xenon Pictures, in association with Lionsgate Home Entertainment, announced the January 29th release of the worldwide hit telenovela MARIA LA DEL BARRIO on DVD. Though it was the final novela in Thalia’s legendary “Maria Trilogy”, which also included “Maria Mercedes” and “Marimar”, it is the first to ever appear on DVD. This TVyNovelas “Telenovela of the Year” award-winner cemented the acting career of Mexican diva Thalia, and was the first starring vehicle for the celebrated Fernando Colunga, the only actor to have ever starred in five successive hit telenovelas. MARIA LA DEL BARRIO also stars veteran actress Iran Eory and the beautiful Itati Cantoral, whose excellent portrayal of the evil Soraya earned her the 1996 TVyNovelas award for Best Villain.
Filmed in Las Lomas de Chapultepec in Mexico City, MARIA LA DEL BARRIO was written by Ines Rodena (“Marimar”, “Marisol”) and directed by Beatriz Sheridan (“La Intrusa”, “La Usurpadora”).
Originally airing in primetime in 1996, MARIA LA DEL BARRIO broke ratings records in the both US and around the world, becoming one of the most popular telenovelas in history, seen in more than 120 countries. Its international success was evident when lead actress Thalia visited the Philippines in 1996; the media frenzy was surpassed only by Pope John Paul II’s visit to the country the previous year.
