Leonela is a Venezuelan telenovela written by Delia Fiallo and produced by Radio Caracas Televisión in 1983.
Leonela Ferrari Mirabal is a young and beautiful woman who has finished her law career abroad and returns to Venezuela to marry her boyfriend Otto Mendoza.
Leonela despises her son from the moment she learns of her pregnancy, and she decides to give him up for adoption.
Although Pedro Luis begs her to give the child to his family, Leonela nevertheless leaves the baby at an orphanage.
Years later, Pedro Luis, who has studied Law while in prison, gets a sentence reduction on good behavior.