Aquelarre (TV series)


Aquelarre is a Chilean television drama series created by Hugo Morales and directed by María Eugenia Rencoret, and Víctor Huertathat originally aired on Television Nacional de Chile and TV Chile from August 4, to December 29, 1999.

Plot

This is a love story between Emilia and Juan Pablo who are members of two feuding families. This TV series is inspired by The House of Bernarda Alba chronicles which talk of the occurrence of a strange event. Aquelarre is located in central Chile. For the past thirty years only females are born amongst the town's inhabitants, no male has been born within its boundaries. All men are thirty or more and those with less have come from outside of town.
Three families control everything. Elena Vergara is a chemist who has developed a substance that prevents the birth of males.
She has a son, Juan Pablo, who lives in Holland and has arrived back in town and he suffering from leukemia. He falls in love with Emilia, daughter of Bernardita, the Elena's archenemy.
Emilia has had to take over her late father's work, also maintaining the upkeep of the house and sisters. All of her sisters have male names as her parents has always wished for a son.
This family is only composed bu women, each has a very particular characteristic. Rodolfa has gone insane after her boyfriend Pepe Romano dumped her. Eduarda who cannot control her passion for Toro Mardones, sweet Gustava is a local school teacher and the rude Ricarda.
The home of Bernardita is a refuge for women Fernando it is of men. Divorced three women has a child with each of them.
The phenomenon that makes women born Ignacio Pastene, a renowned geneticist, is to live in the village to investigate the phenomenon. There is reunited with Silvana, a woman who never wanted to see in your life.

Cast

Main characters