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{{Short description|Mexican telenovela}}
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{{Infobox television
| image                = LazosdeAmorDVD.jpg
| image_upright        =
| image_size           = 260
| image_alt            = 
| caption              = 
| alt_name             = 
| genre                = [[Telenovela]]
| creator              = Carmen Daniels
| based_on             = <!-- {{based on|work|author}} -->
| developer            = 
| writer               = {{Plainlist| 
* Carmen Daniels
* Tere Medina
}}
| screenplay           = Carmen Daniels
| story                = Jorge Lozano Soriano
| director             = {{Plainlist| 
* [[Miguel Córcega]]
* [[Monica Miguel]]
}}
| creative_director    = 
| starring             = {{Plainlist|<!-- Organized by broadcast credit order, with new main cast added to the end of the list -->
* [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]]
* [[Luis José Santander]]
}}
| narrated             = 
| theme_music_composer = José Cantoral
| opentheme            = "Lazos de amor" performed by Lucero
| endtheme             = 
| composer             = 
| country              = Mexico
| language             = Spanish
| num_seasons          = <!-- Or num_series. Increment when new seasons/series begin. See template documentation for more info.-->
| num_episodes         = 100
| list_episodes        = 
| executive_producer   = [[Carla Estrada]]
| producer             = Arturo Lorca
| editor               = {{Plainlist|
* Juan Franco
* Antonio Trejo
}}
| location             = 
| cinematography       = {{Plainlist|
* Isabel Basurto
* Alejandro Frutos
}}
| camera               = [[Multi-camera]]
| runtime              = <!-- Reliable source required -->
| company              = [[Televisa]]
| network              = [[Canal de las Estrellas]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1995|10|2|df=y}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1996|2|23|df=y}}
| related              = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Tres veces Ana]]'' 
}} 
}}

'''''Lazos de amor''''' (English title: ''Τies of Love'') is a Mexican [[telenovela]] produced by [[Carla Estrada]] for [[Televisa]] in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alma-latina.net/LazosdeAmor/LazosdeAmor.shtml |title=Lazos de Amor |publisher=alma-latina.net |access-date=March 17, 2016 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805221256/http://www.alma-latina.net/LazosdeAmor/LazosdeAmor.shtml |archive-date=August 5, 2011 }}</ref> It stars [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]] and [[Luis José Santander]].

==Plot==
The series centers around María Guadalupe, María Paula and María Fernanda, identical triplets (all played by [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]]) with non-identical, complex personalities. When they all were very young, they were victims of a car accident that killed their parents.

As a result of the accident, María Guadalupe is presumed dead when she disappears after falling into a river. Instead, she suffers from amnesia and forgets she has a family and two sisters. Ana Salas, who is going through a tragedy coping with her own mother's death, raises María Guadalupe as her own, even after becoming aware of her true identity.

María Fernanda is a sweet girl who hopes to find her sister, but as a result of the accident is left blind. María Paula is different from her sisters in that she's glamorous, selfish and extremely jealous; however, she also harbors a devastating secret about the accident.

After an illness brings María Guadalupe and Ana to México City, María Guadalupe falls in love with Nicolás, a cab driver and good-hearted man, who had just moved to México to live with his grandmother. Living in fear that someone may recognize her daughter, Ana restricts María Guadalupe's actions, but Nicolás's grandmother learns Ana's secret without saying a word.

The girls' grandmother, Mercedes, and their uncle, Eduardo, have been searching for missing María Guadalupe for years, and the story inches closer and closer to the revelation of the truth as the ties of love eventually draw the three sisters together, weaving through the lives of those that surround them in unexpected ways.

==Cast==

=== Main ===
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* [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]] as María Guadalupe Rivas Iturbe / María Fernanda Rivas Iturbe / María Paula Rivas Iturbe / Laura Iturbe de Rivas
* [[Luis José Santander]] as Nicolás Miranda
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=== Also main ===
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* [[Marga López]] as Mercedes Viuda de Iturbe
* [[Luis Bayardo]] as Edmundo Sandoval
* [[Demián Bichir]] as Valente Segura
* [[Maty Huitrón]] as Ana Salas
* [[Felicia Mercado]] as Nancy Balboa
* [[Guillermo Murray]] as Alejandro Molina
* [[Ana Luisa Peluffo]] as Aurora Campos
* [[Otto Sirgo]] as Eduardo Rivas
* [[Juan Manuel Bernal]] as Gerardo Sandoval
* Bárbara Córcega as Flor
* [[Gaudelia Díaz|Crystal]] as Soledad Jiménez
* Nerina Ferrer as Irene
* [[Mariana Karr]] as Susana Ferreira
* [[Verónica Merchant]] as Virginia Altamirano
* Alejandra Peniche as Julieta
* [[Angélica Vale]] as Teresa "Tere"
* [[Guillermo Zarur]] as Professor Mariano López
* [[Orlando Miguel]] as Osvaldo Larrea
{{div col end}}

=== Recurring and guest stars ===
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* Guillermo Aguilar as Pablo Altamirano
* Emma Teresa Armendáriz as Felisa
* Enrique Becker as Sergio
* Rozenda Bernal as Sonia
* [[Leticia Calderón]] as Silvia Pinal's assistant
* Víctor Carpinteiro as Javier
* Eugenio Cobo as himself
* Juan Carlos Colombo as Samuel Levy
* Luis de Icaza as Gordo
* [[Eric del Castillo]] as Priest
* [[Eugenio Derbez]] as himself
* Luis García as himself
* [[Ernesto Laguardia]] as Bernardo Rivas
* [[Monica Miguel]] as Chole
* [[Pablo Montero]] as himself
* [[Silvia Pasquel]] as herself
* [[Silvia Pinal]] as herself
* [[Fabián Robles]] as Genovevo "Geno" Ramos
* [[Erik Rubín]] as Carlos León
* [[Mónika Sánchez]] as Diana
* [[María Sorté]] as herself
* Karla Talavera as Rosi
* Paty Thomas as Cecilia
* Gastón Tuset as Néstor Miranda
* [[Raúl Velasco]] as himself
* [[Silvia Derbez]] as Milagros
{{div col end}}

==Controversial ending==
In the final episode, Maria Paula locks her two sisters in the basement of her mansion and holds them hostage.  As their uncle Eduardo tries to rescue them, Maria Paula shoots and kills him. In an off-screen melee, as Gerardo and Nicolas come to check on them well-being, another gunshot is heard by the viewing audience and both Maria Guadalupe and Maria Fernanda emerge from the room relatively unscathed, while Maria Paula is rolled out in a body bag along with Eduardo. Maria Guadalupe and Nicolas then have a typical fairy tale novela wedding.  In the final scene, Maria Guadalupe and Nicolas are in a hotel room on their honeymoon, but when the camera zooms into Maria Guadalupe's face, she rubs her eyebrow with her pinky finger, which was Maria Paula's trademark [[idiosyncrasy|idiosyncratic]] habit.  This left viewers to speculate whether it was actually Maria Guadalupe instead of Maria Paula who died by gunshot wound and Maria Paula had assumed her identity.

The show's ending since then had left fans to debate over the fate of the two. Questions came up such as the timing of Maria Paula being able to change clothes, jewelry, makeup, and hair appearance with Maria Guadalupe before supposedly shooting her until help arrived, as well as how Maria Guadalupe was able to get loose and grab the gun to shoot Maria Paula. Also there's the fact that all three of the sisters rub their left eyebrow at some point in the telenovela.

In 2019 Lucero gave her opinion on who was the one that had survived in the final episode, believing that it was Maria Guadalupe.

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-  style="background:#b0c4de;
! Year || Award || Category || Nominee || Result
|-
| rowspan=23|1996 || rowspan=13|[[14th TVyNovelas Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?chid=6&schid=8541&secid=3144&cid=976340&pagenum=12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116102755/http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?chid=6&schid=8541&secid=3144&cid=976340&pagenum=12|title=Amores que hicieron época: Historia de los Premios TVyNovelas - Historia de los Premios TVyNovelas|archive-date=16 November 2007|language=es}}</ref> || [[TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela of the Year|Best Telenovela]] || [[Carla Estrada]] || {{won}}
|-
| [[TVyNovelas Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]] || {{won}}
|-
| [[TVyNovelas Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] || [[Luis José Santander]] || {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[TVyNovelas Award for Best Leading Actress|Best Leading Actress]] || [[Marga López]] || {{won}}
|-
| [[Silvia Derbez]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[TVyNovelas Award for Best Leading Actor|Best Leading Actor]] || [[Guillermo Murray]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[TVyNovelas Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] || [[Maty Huitrón]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[TVyNovelas Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || [[Otto Sirgo]] || {{won}}
|-
| [[TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actress|Best Young Lead Actress]] || Karla Talavera || {{nom}} 
|-
| rowspan=2|[[TVyNovelas Award for Best Male Revelation|Best Male Revelation]] || [[Juan Manuel Bernal]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[Orlando Miguel]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[TVyNovelas Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] || [[Miguel Córcega]] <br> [[Mónica Miguel]] || {{won}}
|-
| [[TVyNovelas Award for Best Direction of the Cameras|Best Direction of the Cameras]] || Isabel Basurto <br> Alejandro Frutos || {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=2|29th Diosa de Plata Awards<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pecime.com.mx/Files/HTMLs/Entregas/29.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412041052/http://pecime.com.mx/Files/HTMLs/Entregas/29.htm|title=Vigésima Novena Entrega|archive-date=12 April 2013}}</ref> || Best Telenovela || [[Carla Estrada]] || {{won}}
|-
| Best Actress || [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]] || {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=2|31st El Heraldo de México Awards<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmkEm5mFWhw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/XmkEm5mFWhw |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Lucero Maria Guadalupe Maria Paula en Premios Heraldo|date=2 June 2008|via=YouTube |language=es}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{Ref label|note_a1|A|}} || Best Telenovela || [[Carla Estrada]] || {{won}}
|-
| Best Actress || [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]] || {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=4|6th Eres Awards<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TteXHli0yBo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/TteXHli0yBo |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=LUCERO recibe premio eres por mejor actriz 1996 las nominadas son|date=13 February 2010|via=YouTube|language=es}}{{cbignore}}</ref> || Best Telenovela || [[Carla Estrada]] || {{nom}}
|-
| Best Actress || [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]] || {{won}}
|-
| Best Actor || [[Luis José Santander]] || {{nom}}
|-
| Best Telenovela Musical Theme || "Lazos de amor" <br> by [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]] || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|Aplauso Awards || Best Telenovela || [[Carla Estrada]] || {{won}}
|-
| Best Actress || [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]] || {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=3|1997 || rowspan=3|Latin ACE Awards || Best Scenic Program || ''Lazos de amor'' || {{won}}
|-
| Best Actress || [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]] || {{won}}
|-
| Best Direction || [[Miguel Córcega]] <br> [[Mónica Miguel]] || {{won}}
|}

==Album==
{{Infobox album
| name       = Lazos de amor
| type       = Soundtrack
| artist     = Lucero
| cover      = Lucerolazos.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|1995}}
| recorded   = 1989−1995
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[pop music|Pop]]
| length     =
| label      = Melody
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Siempre Contigo (Lucero album)|Siempre Contigo]]
| prev_year  = 1994
| next_title = [[Piel De Angel|Piel de Ángel]]
| next_year  = 1997
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Siempre Contigo
 | type        = Soundtrack
 | single1     = Lazos de Amor
 | single1date =
}}
}}

Due to the telenovela's success, Televisa published a soundtrack, which included previously released songs by Lucero as well as three versions of the theme song of the series.
{{track listing
| total_length = 
| title1  = Lazos de amor
| writer1 = José Cantoral
| length1 = 3:24

| title2  = Lazos de amor (Instrumental Sax.)
| writer2 = Rafael Pérez Botija
| length2 = 4:24

| title3  = Volvamos a empezar
| writer3 = Rafael Pérez Botija
| length3 = 3:46

| title4  = Lazos de amor (Reggae)
| writer4 = Rafael Pérez Botija
| length4 = 2:54

| title5  = Déjame ir (Remix Radio)
| writer5 = Rafael Pérez Botija
| length5 = 5:00

| title6  = Como perro al sol
| writer6 = Rafael Pérez Botija
| length6 = 3:36

| title7  = Caso perdido
| writer7 = J.R. Flores and C. Valle
| length7 = 3:28

| title8  = Sobreviviré
| writer8 = Rafael Pérez Botija
| length8 = 3:19

| title9  = Los parientes pobres
| writer9 = Rafael Pérez Botija
| length9 = 4:07

| title10  = 24 horas
| writer10 = Rafael Pérez Botija
| length10 = 3:58

| title11  = Siempre contigo
| writer11 = Rafael Pérez Botija
| length11 = 4:11
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0210426}}

{{Televisa telenovelas 1990s}}
{{Carla Estrada}}
{{TVyNovelas Award for Best Telenovela}}
{{Lucero}}

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[[Category:1995 telenovelas]]
[[Category:1995 Mexican television series debuts]]
[[Category:1996 Mexican television series endings]]
[[Category:Spanish-language telenovelas]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Mexico]]
[[Category:Televisa telenovelas]]
[[Category:Lucero (entertainer) soundtracks]]