Lying Heart

Mariela Salvatierra is an orphan and was only 11 when her grandfather Manuel died because of Demián Ferrer. Being left on her own, destiny pushed her to leave the country under the care of Leonardo Del Río. 15 years have passed since they left, but now Mariela and Leonardo have returned to face Demián Ferrer. Demián is a fairly powerful and unscrupulous business man who doesn’t even honor his own family. He disregards Santiago, his youngest son, and manipulates and deceives his oldest son, Alonso. This attitude affects Mariela too, since Alonso doesn’t dare to turn his back on his father, which tinges their relationship with love and hatred at once. To make things worse, Renata, a luscious and dishonest girl, moves in to the Ferrer’s home and becomes obsessed with Alonso, doing everything she can to separate him from Mariela and making her come closer to another man who is in love with her.

Lying Heart (Corazón que miente) (2016) is a Mexican telenovela created by Caridad Bravo Adams for Las Estrellas. Mariela Salvatierra (Thelma Madrigal), an orphan who was eleven when her grandfather died, returns from abroad with her guardian Leonardo del Rio (Diego Olivera) fifteen years later to confront Demián Ferrer (Alejandro Tommasi), a powerful and unscrupulous businessman. Her quest for justice is complicated by her romance with Alonso Ferrer (Pablo Lyle), Demián's eldest son, who cannot bring himself to turn against his father. The engine of the series is this tangle of love and hatred: Renata (Dulce María), a manipulative newcomer who moves into the Ferrer household, schemes to pull Alonso away from Mariela and push Mariela toward another suitor who loves her. Told across seventy-one episodes in a single continuing storyline, the show is built from confrontations in the family home, secret alliances, and emotional reversals. Its tone is melodramatic and heated, with romance, betrayal and a wounded sense of injustice at its center. Set in a contemporary Mexican milieu, it offers the familiar pleasures of the telenovela form. Fans of Rosalinda, La usurpadora and Rubí will find resonance in its lavish family conflict and passionate romantic rivalries.

Audiences gave the telenovela a mixed-to-middling reception, with its melodramatic romance and villainy drawing mild praise and criticism alike.

• Rosalindatelenovela melodrama, family vendetta, romantic triangle and villainous scheming
• La usurpadoratelenovela romance built on class conflict, a wronged heroine and a powerful patriarch
• RubíLatin American soap melodrama with love and hatred intertwined across a wealthy family

Created by

Caridad Bravo Adams

Release Date

2016-02-08

Episode runtime

44 min

Rating

6.6 / 10 (79)

What is Lying Heart about?

An orphan returns after fifteen years to confront the powerful man who wronged her family, tangled in a love triangle with his eldest son.

What is Lying Heart like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Lying Heart as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.

Is Lying Heart violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Lying Heart as mild.

What did critics think of Lying Heart?

Audiences gave the telenovela a mixed-to-middling reception, with its melodramatic romance and villainy drawing mild praise and criticism alike.

Which shows are like Lying Heart?

Shows with a similar feel include Rosalinda, La usurpadora, and Rubí.

How long is Lying Heart?

Lying Heart: 1 season, 71 episodes.

Is Lying Heart still running?

No, Lying Heart has ended.