Synopsis
El Privilegio de Amar (The Privilege to Love, 1998) is a Mexican telenovela from Televisa you can watch online on iFILM. Years ago, fashion-house owner Luciana left her newborn daughter on a stranger's doorstep because she couldn't feed her — and now she's searching for the girl, never guessing she has already found her.
That daughter, Cristina, grows up in a convent dreaming of the runway and eventually lands as a model inside the very fashion house Luciana runs. There she meets Victor Manuel, Luciana's stepson, and the two fall hard for each other. Standing in the way is Tamara, who insists she's carrying Victor's child. Luciana tears the lovers apart, Cristina comes to hate her with everything she has, and neither woman realises they are mother and daughter. The whole ache of the show rides on that one secret.
Adela Noriega, René Strickler, Helena Rojo and Cynthia Klitbo — magnetic as the scheming Tamara — play the genre to the hilt across 155 episodes. A remake of the Venezuelan novela Cristal, it shattered ratings records at home and is still remembered as one of the most-watched programs in Mexican television history, picking up the TVyNovelas prize in 1999. It's made for anyone who loves a sprawling family saga built on swapped babies, birth secrets and a villain you love to boo. Stream every episode of El Privilegio de Amar online on iFILM.
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