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Los Parientes Pobres (1993)

Los Parientes Pobres poster
Directed by
Miguel Córcega
Genre
telenovela
Country
Mexico
Length
1 season, 75 episodes
Rated
10
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 62 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two couples from different social classes clash over love, money, and family secrets. A poor woman falls for a wealthy man, while her rich rival schemes to keep them apart.

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What happens

Los Parientes Pobres (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, Maribel Fernández, Delia Casanova, Ana Patricia Rojo and the leading actress Bertha Moss starred as antagonists. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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