THE PAST DOES NOT FORGIVE
SYNOPSIS
Manuel Lara returns to the country to find his past, after having been in Costa Rica for seven years. He no longer has his name; now he is called Esteban Zaldívar, and he is a fugitive of justice, having been accused of killing Juliana Alcázar, the woman he loved, a crime he did not commit. He returns in order to prove his innocence and find the true culprit in Juliana's death.
Juliana dies when she falls from the mountain she is climbing with Esteban. After the fall, Esteban seeks out his partner, Harold, who reveals to him the sinister plan that he conceived to inculpate him of Juliana´s death. But Harold, who is then murdered by other man to silence him, is not the only culprit. There is someone else who ordered the murder and Esteban is back to discover him. What Esteban does not know is that Harold survived, is quadriplegic, cannot speak either, and is confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. His life-long girlfriend, Clemencia, an ambitious woman who does not stop at anything to achieve what she wants , takes care of him.
Upon his return, the only clue he has are the Santamarías. They had a motive: Juliana's mother's inheritance, which they got as soon as Juliana died. Esteban, believing that they are the guilty ones, decides to start his investigation with them. But he now has a dangerous enemy: Clemencia. Clemencia knows Esteban's true identity, knows that he returned to the country, and will use that information to pressure him. Esteban purchases a property to set up a business like the one he had before he fled. Here he meets a trio of youngsters: Ximena, Saúl and Fernando and be friends them. Ximena falls in love with Esteban at first sight and when she finds out about his plans, she offers to help him, together with her friends. Esteban meets Angela, Ximena's sister, the woman who will change his life and will give him new hope, but Angela is married to Alfonso Santamaría, precisely one of the men who Esteban suspects inculpated him. Ximena, helping Esteban, embarks on the investigation and discovers that Juliana is not who Esteban thought she was, discovering that there is something murky in her past: together with her lover, she stole an enormous amount of money from several people.
Esteban and Angela's love will not be easy to consummate. On the one hand, Alfonso is not going to allow his wife to leave him and will do everything he can to have her come back to his side. Esteban is persecuted by the detectives that Francisco Santamaría engaged. Furthermore, things are going to become even more complicated, because, at the height of his relationship with Angela, when both have given themselves a chance to love each other, she begins to suspect that Esteban had something to do with her father's murder.
TECHNICAL FILE
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION: FOXTELECOLOMBIA FOR RCN TELEVISION
PRODUCTION DATE: 2005
GENDER: TELENOVELA
DIRECTOR: LILO VILAPLANA.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: GONZALO PRIETO M.
SECOND UNIT DIRECTOR: JOSÉ CARMONA.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: DAGO GARCÍA AND LUIS FELIPE SALAMANCA.
FREELY ADAPTED AND SCRIPTS: ANA MARTÍNEZ PAZ AND CARLOS FERNANDEZ DE SOTO.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: AMPARO LÓPEZ G.
PRODUCTION MANAGER: ENRIQUE AFANADOR
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: CARLOS GOMEZ
ART DIRECTOR: RICHARD MURPHY
ORIGINAL MUSIC: MIGUEL DE NARVÁEZ
MUSIC: FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ
EDITION: LILIANA DIAZ.
SCRIPT: RACHEL PAZMINO
COSTUME DESIGNER: ROSITA CABAL.
HEAD OF COSTUME DESIGN: NELSON FORERO
KEY MAKEUP ARTIST: LUZ DARY GRANADOS
DURATION: 125 X 60"