El juego de la vida

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El juego de la vida
Genre	Telenovela
Written by	Katia R. Estrada Graciela Gómez Enna Márquez
Directed by	Claudio Reyes Rubio Eric Morales Mendoza
Starring	Valentino Lanús Ana Layevska Margarita Magaña Sara Maldonado Jackie García
Theme music composer	Carlos Páramo
Opening theme	"El juego de la vida" by Twister
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	165
Production
Executive producer	Roberto Gómez Fernández
Producer	Giselle González Salgado
Production locations	Televisa San Ángel Mexico City, Mexico Acapulco, Guerrero Cuernavaca, Morelos El Ajusco, Mexico City, D.F. Mexico City, D.F. Toluca, State of Mexico Tokyo, Japan
Cinematography	Héctor Márquez Armando Zafra
Editors	Alejandro Becerril Juan Alfredo Villareal
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	41–44 minutes
Production company	Televisa
Original release
Network	Canal de las Estrellas
Release	November 12, 2001 (2001-11-12) – June 28, 2002 (2002-06-28)

El juego de la vida (English: The game of life) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Roberto Gómez Fernández and Giselle González Salgado for Televisa.^[1] It premiered on November 12, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2002.

Sara Maldonado and Valentino Lanús star as protagonists; Ana Layevska, Margarita Magaña, Ingrid Martz, and Jackie García star as co-protagonists, while Raquel Pankowsky, Cristián Seri, Rodrigo Mejía, Maki Soler, and Raúl Araiza starred as antagonists. The series was also the first Mexican telenovela to air over-the-air in Japan, with the series airing dubbed on the Kyoto Broadcasting System in Kyoto Prefecture in 2004.^[2]

Lorena, the more focused of the group, is a cute girl with a good heart. When she returns to school, Lorena's longtime boyfriend, Mariano, leaves her after he confesses that he loves her supposed best friend Tania.

Lorena runs home crying, and when she crosses the street, she clashes with Juan Carlos Domínguez, who falls in love with her at first sight.

Paulina, is a beautiful, sweet girl with a good heart, but also suffers from the death of her mother, who is actually alive, but her father and her aunt make her believe she died. Paulina's father shows little interest in her.

Fernanda is a wild shrinking girl who does not believe in love and can't control her nerves sometimes.

Daniela is a young innocent girl who gets her heart broken by her boyfriend Tono who suffers from a car accident and goes blind. Tono doesn’t want Daniela to spend her life suffering and looking out for him so he ends up breaking up with her.

• Official website at esmas.com (in Spanish)
• El juego de la vida at IMDb