Dulce amargo
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Iris Dubs
Based on	Los treinta by Marcelo Leonart, Nona Fernández, Hugo Morales and Ximena Carrera
Written by	Verónica Bellver Jose Vicente Quintana José Manuel Peláez
Directed by	Olegario Barrera José Manuel Carvajal Miguel Pineda Luis Gaitán
Creative director	Ana Rosa Gallegos
Starring	Scarlet Ortiz Erik Hayser Fernando Noriega Alejandra Ambrosi Juan Carlos García Roxana Díaz Juan Carlos Martín del Campo Alejandra Sandoval Anabell Rivero Carlos Guillermo Haydon
Opening theme	"Una vida" by Leonel García
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	120
Production
Executive producer	Juan Pablo Zamora
Producer	Mileyba Álvarez
Editors	Cacho Briceño Ray Suárez
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production companies	Cadenatres Televen
Original release
Network	Televen
Release	October 31, 2012 (2012-10-31) – April 2, 2013 (2013-04-02)

Dulce Amargo^[1] (Bittersweet) is a Venezuelan telenovela produced and aired on Televen^[2] in co-production with Mexican channel Cadena Tres and distributed internationally by Telemundo. It is a remake of the Chilean telenovela Los treinta, which is adapted by Venezuelan writer Iris Dubs. Official production of Dulce Amargo began on June 11, 2012, and premiered on October 31, 2012 in the prime-time hours.

Scarlet Ortiz^[3] and Erik Hayser star as the main protagonists with Fernando Noriega and Juliet Lima as the main antagonists. The co-protagonists include Roxana Díaz, Juan Carlos Martín del Campo, Alejandra Ambrosi, Carlos Guillermo Haydon, Alejandra Sandoval, Juan Carlos García, and Anabell Rivero.^[4] This is the reunion project of Scarlet Ortiz and Roxana Díaz after Mis 3 Hermanas.

It is the second telenovela produced in high definition by Televen after Nacer Contigo, and the first to be co-produced with Cadena Tres. The cast is composed of Venezuelan, Mexican, and Colombian actors.

Plot

Dulce Amargo focuses on five couples and their daily struggles. The main couple are Mariana and Nicholas, who are about to celebrate their seven-year anniversary. Mariana, overwhelmed by the concern that she can develop a hereditary mental illness, decides to leave her husband and son to make them avoid the pain of seeing her suffering. But soon after, she will be unwittingly captivated by a new passion, and behind this romance will hide the madness of a psychopath. Nicholas and Mariana's friends try to help, but they must first resolve their own conflicts, including infidelity, jealousy, ambition, and addiction.

Dulce Amargo is a contemporary love story, full of suspense and excitement, in which the fall in love, as in real life, can be bitter sweet.

Cast

Awards and nominations

Versions

• Los treinta – telenovela made in 2005 by TVN, written by Marcelo Leonart, Nona Fernández, Hugo Morales and Ximena Carrera; and starring Francisco Melo, Alejandra Fosalba, Katyna Huberman, Malucha Pinto, Álvaro Espinoza, Luz Valdivieso, Andrés Velasco, and Juan José Gurruchaga
• Jura – telenovela made in 2006 by SIC, starring Ricardo Pereira and Patrícia Tavares

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