About La Trepadora
La Trepadora is a Venezuelan telenovela produced by RCTV in 2008, adapted from the 1925 novel of the same name by Romulo Gallegos, one of Venezuela's most celebrated authors. Set against the backdrop of rural haciendas and old family rivalries, the series dramatizes a story of inheritance, social class, and revenge that runs across two generations of a divided family.
The plot centers on Nicolas del Casal, a young man raised in Europe who returns to Venezuela determined to recover the Cantarrana hacienda that was taken from his branch of the family. His path crosses that of Victoria Guanipa, the daughter of Hilario Guanipa, an ambitious man whose resentment toward his legitimate relatives shaped the conflict at the heart of the story. The novel's original theme of social climbing, captured in its title, frames the characters' struggles to rise above the circumstances of their birth.
Premiering on RCTV Internacional in 2008 and running for a single full-length telenovela season, the production continued RCTV's long tradition of adapting classic Venezuelan literature for television. As with the network's earlier melodramas, the series combines romance with themes of family honor and class division drawn directly from Gallegos's source material. Specific broadcast and streaming availability can vary by country and over time and should be verified for your region.
