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.