Pasión de Gavilanes (International Title:Hidden Passion) is a
Colombian telenovela that ran for 188 episodes, from 2003 to 2004.
Written by Julio Jiménez, it was produced by RTI Colombia in
conjunction with the Telemundo network and with the participation of
Caracol TV company.In Colombia, it was broadcast by Caracol TV. It is
based on the 1994 telenovela Las aguas mansas, also written by
Jiménez and produced by RTI.Bernardo Elizondo is the owner of a
hacienda, where he lives with his wife, Doña Gabriela, and their
daughters; Norma, Jimena and Sara (affectionately nicknamed Sarita),
the husband of their daughter Norma; Fernando Escandón, and his
father-in-law, Don Martín Acevedo, a retired military man who is
paralyzed. Norma and Fernando's marriage was arranged by Doña
Gabriela to hide that Norma had been the victim of a rape, but the
marriage is in name only and has not been consummated, due to her
trauma. Apart from that, Gabriela is in love with Fernando, so she
forces her daughter to marry him to keep him close.Although Bernardo
is in love with Libya Reyes, a humble young woman, he knows that he
could not marry her, since Gabriela, a very despotic woman and very
old-fashioned, would never give him a divorce. In any case, he is
determined to break with everything in order to live out his love for
Libya, and he decides to formally appear before the young woman's
brothers; Juan, Ã"scar and Franco Reyes, who did not support the
relationship but approve it, since the happiness of their sister
depends on it. Unfortunately, Bernardo has a horse accident and dies. Pasión de Gavilanes Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter