The Wait Is Over for Fans of One of the Hottest Telenovelas of All Time

The Wait Is Over for Fans of One of the Hottest Telenovelas of All Time

Xenon Pictures Announces the October 17th US DVD Release of ALBORADA, the Record-breaking Telenovela Set in Colonial Latin America

Features a Music Video With Renowned Tenor Placido Domingo, English Subtitles, Photo Gallery, Bloopers, Interviews, Behind-the-Scenes Featurette, and More!

Winner of 7 Prestigious TVyNovelas Awards including 'Best Telenovela,' 'Best Leading Actor,' 'Best Leading Actress' and 'Best Villainess'

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Xenon Pictures and Televisa Home Entertainment have announced the US release on October 17th of ALBORADA ("The Dawning"), one of the most anticipated telenovela releases of the year. The special-edition DVD will include 4 double discs in Spanish with English subtitles, along with a behind-the-scenes featurette, bloopers, a photo gallery, a day-of-shooting featurette, an interview with director Carla Estrada, and a music video starring renowned operatic tenor Placido Domingo.

Packed with over 860 minutes of luscious scenery, magnificent sets, authentic costumes, and a compelling, unforgettable story, ALBORADA will be available nationwide through all major retail stores and on-line merchants for $24.99 (SRP). The DVD is rated TV-PG.

"This will be the highest-profile telenovela release of the year, and the type of content that the market really needs to demonstrate the power of this genre. Major hits like ALBORADA are what places Televisa at the top of the heap in Spanish-language programming," says Xenon founder and CEO, S. Leigh Savidge III.

Produced, filmed and directed in Mexico by Carla Estrada (AMOR REAL), and heralded as one of the best Spanish-language period love stories of all time, ALBORADA broke television records in the US, topping ABC, CBS and WB in the national overnight ratings, ranked third overall among adults 18-34, and finished #1 in the US by reaching 5 million viewers during its grand-finale primetime special and beating all the major networks.

Starring Latin Emmy(R) Award-winners Lucero (MI DESTINO ERES TU), Fernando Colunga (AMOR REAL), Valentino Lanus (MARIA ISABEL), Daniela Romo (EL MANANTIAL), Ernesto Laguardia (AMOR REAL), Iran Castillo (REBELDE), Manuel Ojeda (AMARTE ES MI PECADO), Mariana Karr (LA MADRASTRA) and Sherlyn (CLASE 406), ALBORADA is a breathtaking 19th-century drama that tells the story of Hipolita Diaz, a young woman who has escaped a loveless marriage and a cruel mother-in-law in search of her son's father in the oppressive atmosphere of colonial Latin America. Hipolita is soon swept up in a whirlwind of intrigue and violence, and she will have to fight for her life and that of her son, while her heart is torn between her hatred for the stranger who fathered her child, and the love she has come to feel for the good-hearted Luis Manrique y Arellano, without realizing that they are the same man.

The soundtrack features Placido Domingo and the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Grammy(R) Award-winner Bebu Silvetti, with songs written by Jose Alfredo Jimenez and Armando Manzanero, and by Placido Domingo, Jr. The popular telenovela has recently been awarded 7 prestigious Premios TVyNovelas, including "Best Telenovela," "Best Female Lead" (Lucero), "Best Male Lead" (Fernando Colunga), "Best Supporting Actor" (Ernesto Laguardia), "Best Supporting Actress" (Mariana Karr), "Best Villainess" (Daniela Romo) and "Best Actor" (Manuel Ojeda). The telenovela's overwhelming popularity has even inspired a fragrance to be created in its honor!

With the release of ALBORADA, along with such classics as AMOR REAL, RUBI, PIEL DE OTONO, the epic LA ANTORCHA ENCENDIDA, MARIA ISABEL and ROSALINDA, among others, Xenon Pictures stands as the leading distributor of Spanish-language DVD content in the US, thanks to their exclusive partnership with Latin American media conglomerate Televisa Home Entertainment.

Xenon Pictures' future plans include the release of Season 1 of the hit telenovela REBELDE, slated for January and featuring international crossover Latin pop megastars RBD, as well as the February theatrical release of 7 DIAS, starring Jaime Camil (LA FEA MAS BELLA), Eduardo Arroyuelo (BEFORE NIGHT FALLS), Sofia Vergara (ABC's THE KNIGHTS OF PROSPERITY), Beto Cuevas (LA MUJER DE MI HERMANO), and a special appearance by the world-renowned band U2.

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Marcella Cuonzo
Marcella C. Public Relations, Inc.
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Source: Xenon Pictures

CONTACT: Marcella Cuonzo of Marcella C. Public Relations, Inc.,
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