Camila is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa in 1998. The story is a remake of 1978 Mexican telenovela Viviana. It aired on Canal de Las Estrellas from September 14, 1998 to January 15, 1999.
Bibi Gaytán and Eduardo Capetillo starred as protagonists, while Adamari López, Kuno Becker, Diana Golden, Arlette Pacheco, Julio Mannino, Lourdes Reyes, Xavier Ortiz and Mariagna Prats starred as the main antagonists. Gabriela Goldsmith, Víctor Noriega and Enrique Lizalde starred as the Stellar performances.
Plot
Camila Flores (Gaytán) lives with her grandfather in a small village. She meets Mexico City attorney, Miguel Gutierrez (Capetillo), and they quickly fall in love and are married in a civil ceremony. Their church wedding is planned to be a few weeks later, but it never takes place.
Miguel abandons his new wife to marry Mónica Iturralde (López), the spoiled daughter of powerful lawyer Don Armando Iturralde (Lizalde). Racked by guilt in a loveless (and bigamous) marriage, Miguel is torn between his love for Camila and his fear of returning to the poverty that he has spent so much energy escaping.
Meanwhile, Camila finds out she is pregnant and resolves to raise her child by herself and to never forgive her husband. Mónica rapidly becomes disillusioned with her marriage, and she falls in love with Julio (Kuno Becker), the son of the owners of a local beauty salon and gym.
The gym is one of the main locations where the action takes place, as Camila is employed there before her pregnancy becomes noticeable. Ada (Dinorah Cavazos) is soon a good friend of Camila's, while Selene (Lourdes Reyes) sees Camila as a rival for Julio's affection.
Rodrigo (Xavier Ortiz) has his advances rejected by Camila and helps Selene frame her for a theft. The Iturralde Law Firm is also central to the action, as is Don Armando's home, where his wife Ana María (Gabriela Goldsmith) fights a long-term illness.