Also known as Zaragoza Family Original language(s) Filipino Running time 1 ⁄2 hour Final episode date 29 September 1996 Number of episodes 69 | Country of origin Philippines No. of episodes 69 First episode date 11 June 1995 | |
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Starring Jaclyn JoseJanice de BelenGloria Romero Similar Labs Ko Si Babe, Marinella, Calla Lily, Hiwaga sa Bahay na Bato, Ang Munting Paraiso | ||
Familia Zaragoza (lit. Zaragoza Family) is a Philippine weekly primetime family drama television series that aired on ABS-CBN from June 11, 1995 to September 29, 1996.
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Plot
The story of Familia Zaragoza, an intricate web of lies and deception surrounding the Zaragoza family is engineered by a woman who is insanely driven with ambition that she would resort to manipulation, treachery, and even murder to achieve her goals. With the death of Don Luis, the patriarch of the wealthy Zaragoza clan, the dark veil of secrecy is slowly lifted as the drama begins.
The widowed Doña Amparo Zaragoza does not waste time to know how much she and her children, Divina and Alferdo, have inherited. To her surprise, most of Don Luis Zaragoza's estate is awarded to a certain Benita who is believed to be the legal wife of the deceased. Doña Amparo insists that she is the only spouse the society and the entire Zaragoza clan has known and being confined in a mental institution for so long, Benita has never been a wife to the late Don. Even though the situation does not turn out the way she has expected, Doña Amparo is confident that she will win her case believing that someone who is mentally ill could not possibly mind about her inheritance. What she does not know is that Beatrice, Don Luis and Benita's daughter and only legitimate heir who was believed to be dead, is alive and well. Deprived of her father's love and support since birth, she will try to pursue the full inheritance of her father's wealth and leave his mistress and illegitimate children with nothing.
Divina and her mother share the same fate in a way that they both have fallen deeply in love with another woman's husband. When she met Lorenzo, she knew very well that he has a wife, Ester, and has three children with her. They live in a shanty not very far away from the Zaragoza mansion. Divina had convinced Lorenzo to leave the country with her and start a new life in the United States. Lorenzo agreed, if only for the sake of his ailing wife and the future of his three children. Lorenzo worked hard to support his two families with his business in the States. But with Lorenzo's absence, Ester's children have learned to believe that their father abandoned them for a more comfortable life.
Unknown to both, the wealthy Divina and the lowly Ester share more than the love for the same man. Not far ahead looms a chartered fate that will boggle even one's wildest imagination.
Cast
Music theme
The theme song "Ikaw Na Sana," composed by Vehnee Saturno, was initially used for the television show "Familia Zaragoza." Later, the song was adopted by GMA Network for a 1997 series of the same name, "Ikaw Na Sana," starring Angelu de Leon and Bobby Andrews. The same composition was also used as the theme song for the 2012 series "Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga," performed by Rachelle Ann Go and Mark Bautista.