''Las grandes aguas'' (English title: ''The great waters'') is a Mexican

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

produced by

Carlos Sotomayor Carlos Sotomayor Román (1911–1988) was a Chilean painter, born in La Serena, Chile. He is considered to be one of the principal exponents of the cubism from South America. Early years His father, Carlos Sotomayor Cáceres was a Civil Engineer ...

for

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

in 1989. Gonzalo Vega and

Alma Muriel Alma Muriel del Sordo (20 October 1951 – 5 January 2014), known artistically as Alma Muriel, was a Mexican actress who appeared in plays, films, and telenovelas, best known for her role as Irene del Conde / Lucrecia Treviño in Televisa's tele ...

starred the protagonists, while

José Carlos Ruiz José Carlos Ruiz (born 17 November 1936) is a Mexican film and television actor. He starred in telenovelas such as ''María Isabel'', ''Soñadoras'', ''Mariana de la noche'', ''Sortilegio'', ''Soy Tu Dueña'', ''Un Refugio para el Amor'', ''Am ...

starred as main antagonist.

Plot

Adaptation of the novel by Luis Spota, which is a testimony to the brutality of man against the life, nature, and destiny. The story begins when Roberto Rivas, an ambitious engineer, is commissioned to build a large dam in a place away from civilization, a small community in which among its people arises only incomprehension, hatred, resentment, passions and betrayals. Here also find wood, the wife of Robert, a woman deeply unhappy and eager to find happiness.

Cast

as ''Lena de Rivas/Yolanda'' * Gonzalo Vega as ''Roberto Rivas'' * Daniel Rodríguez as ''Danielin'' *

as ''Graciano Alonso'' * Antonio Medellín as ''Antonio Álvarez'' *

Noé Murayama Noé Murayama (July 4, 1930 – August 25, 1997) was a Mexican actor, who starred in numerous Mexican films. Biography Noé was born in Ciudad del Maíz in the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. His father was Japanese Mexican. His name is a ...

as ''Don Lupe'' * Roberto Carrera as ''Sergio Peña'' * Constantino Costas as ''Ángel Ocampo'' * Alicia Fahr as ''Araceli de Ramos'' * Jerardo as ''Rogelio Urbieta'' * Irma Infante as ''Amalia de Álvarez'' *

David Reynoso David Reynoso (29 January 1926 – 9 June 1994) was a Mexican actor. He appeared in more than 170 films and television shows between 1955 and 1994. He was also a Deputy of The Seventh Federal Electoral District of the Federal District and die ...

as ''Don Artemio Rozas'' * Juan Carlos Muñoz as ''Chinto'' * Lili Blanco as ''María Alonso'' *

Pedro Infante Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957) was a Mexican ranchera music singer and actor, whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema. His popularity spread across Latin America. Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa ...

as ''Óscar Ramos'' * Gabriela Obregón as ''Sofía Álvarez'' * Ivette Proal as ''Lorena'' * Ramón Valdés Urtiz as ''Robertito Rivas''

References

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1989 telenovelas Televisa telenovelas 1989 Mexican television series debuts 1989 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico {{Mexican-telenovelas-stub