Name: Camila
Genre: Drama, Soap
Released: 1998-09-14
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Bibi Gaytán, Eduardo Capetillo, Adamari López, Enrique Lizalde, Gabriela Goldsmith

She traded cornfields for heartbreak — 90 episodes of telenovela chaos incoming.

Mini Series

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Latest Episode

45 min

Season 1 • Episode 90

Latest

Episode 90

Jan 15, 1999

Overview

Drama Soap

This page refers to the 1998 soap opera. For the 1984 Argentinian movie see Camila. Camila is a Mexican romantic drama telenovela produced by and originally broadcast on Televisa in 1998. It is a remake of Viviana, a Mexican telenovela from 1978. It starred Bibi Gaytán, Eduardo Capetillo, and Adamari López and is the story of a simple country girl brought to the big city, but abandoned when her new husband bigamously marries his employer's daughter.

MX Spanish

Content warning

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Standout Aspects

Acting

Bibi Gaytán's transformation from naive to fierce.

Costume

Peak late-90s fashion and big-city makeover sequences.

Production

Classic Televisa sets — opulent mansions vs. humble pueblos.

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Creator

Inés Rodena

First AiredSep 14, 1998

StatusEnded

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensityhigh

Tonemixed

Feelheavy

Seasons1·Episodes90

Top Cast

Eduardo Capetillo

Miguel Gutiérrez

Adamari López

Mónica Iturralde

Gabriela Goldsmith

Ana María de Iturralde

Kuno Becker

Julio Galindo

Arlette Pacheco

Iris Molina

Rebeca Mankita

Natalia de Galindo

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Bibi Gaytán and Eduardo Capetillo married in real life in 1994, four years before playing this toxic couple — their actual chemistry made the betrayal scenes even more uncomfortable.

Cultural

This remake swapped the original 1978 Viviana's radio singer protagonist for a rural seamstress, reflecting Mexico's shifting urban-rural dynamics in the 1990s.