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Los Parientes Pobres

Los Parientes Pobres
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Genre Telenovela
Romance
Drama
Created by Liliana Abud
Written by Carmen Daniels
Tere Medina
Directed by Miguel Córcega
Mónica Miguel
Starring Lucero
Ernesto Laguardia
Chantal Andere
Alexis Ayala
Nuria Bages
Joaquín Cordero
Humberto Elizondo
Theme music composer Rafael Pérez-Botija
Opening theme Los parientes pobres by Lucero
Country of origin Mexico
Original language(s) Spanish
No. of episodes 75
Production
Executive producer(s) Carla Estrada
Producer(s) Arturo Lorca
Location(s) Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
Cinematography Alejandro Frutos
Manuel Ruiz Esparza
Running time 41-44 minutes
Production company(s) Televisa
Distributor Televisa
Release
Original network Canal de las Estrellas
Picture format 480i SDTV
Original release May 3 – August 13, 1993
Chronology
Preceded by Mágica juventud
Followed by Dos mujeres, un camino
Related shows Juro que te amo (2008)

Los Parientes Pobres (English title: Poor Relatives) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1993. Lucero sang the main theme and it was an airplay hit in all Latin America. It was never released as a single, but it appears in the special album Lazos de Amor and her Lucero album known as Veleta.

Lucero and Ernesto Laguardia starred as protagonists, while Alexis Ayala, Chantal Andere, Humberto Elizondo, Delia Casanova, Ana Patricia Rojo and the leading actress Bertha Moss starred as antagonists.

Two families, the Santos and the Olmos, face a fight of power, ambitions, selfishness and love. The Santos are provincial family that has a pottery factory with financial problems, which Ramiro Santos (Rogelio Guerra) manages along with his cousin Evaristo Olmos(Joaquín Cordero). However, this business deal finishes due to personal differences, this provokes the rancor and hate of Ramiro, and his family goes into bankruptcy, while Evaristo Olmos achieves an excellent status.

When Ramiro dies, his family moves to the capital, hoping for a good fortune. But destiny will set a trap, when Evaristo offers his house for them to live, here his family treat them very bad, with contempt and haughtiness because they are the poor relatives.



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