Alborada (2005–2006)

Fernando Colunga: Luis Manrique y Arellano

Quotes 

• Diego Arellano, Conde de Guevara : [drunk]  You wish you could be me!

  Luis Manrique y Arellano : [watches him pee in the bushes]  Uh-huh.

• Antonio's Mother : You have to sleep with her.

  Luis Manrique y Arellano : Are you serious?

  Antonio's Mother : If you don't I will call for the guards! And make sure to do it, I will ask her about it!

  Luis Manrique y Arellano : Why make her uncomfortable? Just pull up a seat and watch.

• Head Priest : [during Hipolita's interrupted whipping]  What is going on?

  Luis Manrique y Arellano : The King's representative has granted her a pardon!

  Head Priest : I don't believe you. And even if I did the chuch has more power than any earthly authority. Continue with the whipping!

  Luis Manrique y Arellano : [places sword at his throat]  Like hell you will.

  Representation of the King of Spain. : Enough!

  [crowd goes silent] 

  Representation of the King of Spain. : I have two things to say. Firstly, this woman has been granted a pardon. Secondly, the Inquisition has been abolished in Spain and it shall be the same in Mexico from now on!

  [crowd cheers] 

• María Hipólita Díaz de Guzmán : I commited a crime, I deserve this punishment.

  Luis Manrique y Arellano : This isn't punishment, it's just cruelty.

• Luis Manrique y Arellano : [Hipolita is leaving with her maid, her son Rafael, and her husband]  We have to stop them!

  Phillipe : All right. We kidnap Hipolita, Rafael and the maid, and make the husband disappear!

  Cristóbal de Lara : No we can't do that!

• Luis Manrique y Arellano : I have to hide out for a while, make them think that I'm dead so I can see what they'll do, it's the only way I'll know if Diego tried to kill me.

  Cristóbal de Lara : Luis...

  Luis Manrique y Arellano : [interrupts]  I know what your going to say! I know its a sin but I'm going to do it.

  Cristóbal de Lara : Actually, that's not what I was going to say. I was going to say that I have a house in the country that would be perfect for your purposes... but it IS a sin.