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'' ...
that premiered on Las Estrellas on 22 October 2017, and concluded on 11 March 2018. Produced 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 ...
by Eduardo Meza. The telenovela revolves around four dads of different ages, who have a radical change in their lives by assuming their role as parents.
It stars
Sebastián Rulli
Sebastián Oscar Rulli ( or , born 6 July 1975) is an actor and model. Born in Argentina, he has spent most of his professional career in Mexico, becoming a dual Argentine and Mexican citizen.
Biography
Rulli was born in Buenos Aires, the ol ...
as Mauricio—a partier and womanizer who suddenly has to assume his role as father—alongside
Maite Perroni
Maite Perroni Beorlegui (born 9 March 1983) is a Mexican actress, singer, songwriter and producer.
Perroni gained international fame in 2004 as a member of the Latin Grammy-nominated Latin pop group RBD.
As an actress, Perroni's career began ...
Juan Carlos Barreto
Juan Carlos Barreto (born March 11, 1957, Monterrey Nuevo León, Mexico) is a Mexican actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the the ...
,
Sergio Mur
Sergio Mur (born May 23, 1977 in Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Fur ...
, and
Raúl Araiza
Raúl Araiza (; born Raúl Araiza Herrera on 14 November 1964) is a Mexican actor and television presenter.
He studied drama in the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa
Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A m ...
.
Plot
The telenovela revolves around four dads of different ages and a
gay couple
A same-sex relationship is a romantic or sexual relationship between people of the same sex. ''Same-sex marriage'' refers to the institutionalized recognition of such relationships in the form of a marriage; civil unions may exist in countries ...
(
Andrés Zuno
Andrés Zuno, (born November 7, 1982) is a Mexican actor and singer. Known for being the first mexican actor to star in an American Soap Opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Also known for his starring role as Esteban in Todo por Lucy, the latin rem ...
), (Raùl Coronado), who have a radical change in their lives by assuming their role as parents; Mauricio López-Garza (
Sebastián Rulli
Sebastián Oscar Rulli ( or , born 6 July 1975) is an actor and model. Born in Argentina, he has spent most of his professional career in Mexico, becoming a dual Argentine and Mexican citizen.
Biography
Rulli was born in Buenos Aires, the ol ...
) is a handsome and charming man who works in a children's
toy store A toy store or toy shop is a type of retail business specializing in selling toys.
Notable examples
* Hamleys, the world's oldest toy shop
* Toys "R" Us, international company now Tru Kids
* FAO Schwarz, famous American brand and store
* The LEG ...
, but who—paradoxically—does not like children, all he does is waste money and enjoy the good life. Mauricio is accustomed to having others solve his problems; so his toy company is managed by Fabián Carbajal ( Mark Tacher), his best friend since childhood. After a while Mauricio's company becomes bankrupt and his salary decreases, so decides to marry the daughter of an investor, who has an economic position and that can get him out of all his financial problems. The day of Mauricio's wedding a little girl, Anifer (Regina Graniewicz), interrupts the wedding, Claiming that Mauricio is her father. After the scandal, Mauricio's wedding is suspended. He must now take care of his daughter, but the problems soon begin when he is forced to pay all his debts and his company goes bankrupt. Because of this Mauricio is forced to leave his lavish lifestyle and move to a barrio. There he becomes a neighbor to many of the people that were left out of a job because his factory “Logatoys”. In his new home with his daughter, Mauricio must live with his new neighbors and Renée (
Maite Perroni
Maite Perroni Beorlegui (born 9 March 1983) is a Mexican actress, singer, songwriter and producer.
Perroni gained international fame in 2004 as a member of the Latin Grammy-nominated Latin pop group RBD.
As an actress, Perroni's career began ...
), a young and beautiful engineer who used to work at his factory. Renée does not believe in love, but falls in love with him and decides to help him with his daughter and turn him into a good man.
On the other hand, they are Jorge Turrubiates (
Sergio Mur
Sergio Mur (born May 23, 1977 in Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Fur ...
), a strict and conservative lawyer, who to the divorce of his wife is left in charge of his two children who, to their bad luck, are entering the full age of adolescence. Toño Barrientos (
Raúl Araiza
Raúl Araiza (; born Raúl Araiza Herrera on 14 November 1964) is a Mexican actor and television presenter.
He studied drama in the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa
Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A m ...
), a computer engineer who has exchanged roles with his wife, who will now be the provider of the home giving him the role of "master of home", leaving him in the care of his three children. Nerón Machuca (
Juan Carlos Barreto
Juan Carlos Barreto (born March 11, 1957, Monterrey Nuevo León, Mexico) is a Mexican actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the the ...
), a widower who, despite believing that his father's labors are finished—his children are already older—and for the love of a woman twenty years his junior, returns to be the father of a beautiful baby whom they often confuse with his granddaughter.
Cast and characters
Main characters
*
Sebastián Rulli
Sebastián Oscar Rulli ( or , born 6 July 1975) is an actor and model. Born in Argentina, he has spent most of his professional career in Mexico, becoming a dual Argentine and Mexican citizen.
Biography
Rulli was born in Buenos Aires, the ol ...
as Mauricio López-Garza, a party man and womanizer who suddenly has to assume his role as father.
*
Maite Perroni
Maite Perroni Beorlegui (born 9 March 1983) is a Mexican actress, singer, songwriter and producer.
Perroni gained international fame in 2004 as a member of the Latin Grammy-nominated Latin pop group RBD.
As an actress, Perroni's career began ...
as Renée Sánchez Moreno, a beautiful and young university student and mechatronic engineering that through various unusual circumstances ends up helping Mauricio in everything related to his daughter.
* Mark Tacher as Fabián Carvajal, is Mauricio's best friend since childhood.
*
Juan Carlos Barreto
Juan Carlos Barreto (born March 11, 1957, Monterrey Nuevo León, Mexico) is a Mexican actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the the ...
as Nerón Machuca, a car mechanic, who after being a father decides to have another child again.
*
Sergio Mur
Sergio Mur (born May 23, 1977 in Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Fur ...
as Jorge Turrubiates, a lawyer who works for Logatoys, is a religious and strict man. After his wife leaves him, he assumes the role of householder.
*
Raúl Araiza
Raúl Araiza (; born Raúl Araiza Herrera on 14 November 1964) is a Mexican actor and television presenter.
He studied drama in the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa
Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A m ...
as Toño Barrientos, a systems engineer, who after losing his job assumed his role as a househusband.
Recurring characters
* Verónica Jaspeado as Verónica Valencia, is the wife of Toño, after losing her job in Logatoys she decides to look for a new job and leave her husband in charge of her children.
* Verónica Montes as Chiquinquirá Braun, is a young Venezuelan woman known for marketing and advertising videos on the internet.
* Ana La Salvia as Dulce Goyeneche, she is a lawyer, Jorge's wife, after seeing that her marriage did not work she decides to leave the house and leave her husband in charge of her children.
*
Agustín Arana
Agustín Arana (born Agustín Arana Flores on August 27, 1968) is a Mexican actor and singer. He was a member of the Mexican singing group, Garibaldi. This was the second Garibaldi group that succeeded the first group of the same name. He grew ...
as Sebastián, he is one of Mauricio's party friends.
*
Franklin Virgüez
Franklin José Virgüez Dun (born October 1, 1953 in Barquisimeto) is a Venezuelan actor.
His comic roles are very popular. He lives in Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the ...
as Leopoldo Falcón, is one of the majority partners of Mauricio in Logatoys.
*
Sergio Klainer
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He started his acting career at the age of 21 at a play in Buenos Aires. He then toured with ...
as Noel
* Michelle González as Flor Ivone, she is a beautiful young model, wife of Nerón.
*
Andrés Zuno
Andrés Zuno, (born November 7, 1982) is a Mexican actor and singer. Known for being the first mexican actor to star in an American Soap Opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Also known for his starring role as Esteban in Todo por Lucy, the latin rem ...
as Rafael Restrepo, is a veterinarian and husband of Rodrigo.
* Raúl Coronado as Rodrigo Conde, he is the main police officer who lives in the private one where he lives with his husband Rafael.
*
Bárbara López
Bárbara Elizabeth López Pérez (born 13 August 1992), best known as Bárbara López is a Mexican actress best known for her role as Juliana Valdés in the crime drama television series ''Love to Death'' (2018–2019). Her other notable TV roles ...
as María Cruz, she is Anifer's mother, who apparently died.
* Estefanía Ahumada as Miranda, she is the daughter of a businessman who was going to invest in Logatoys, when she meets Mauricio she decides to marry him, until the day of their wedding when she discovers that Mauricio had a daughter.
* Ricardo Baranda as Lupe, he is a young doctor, who has been in love with Renée all his life.
*
Bárbara Torres
Bárbara Torres (born May 9, 1975, in Mar del Plata) is an Argentine television, theatre and film actress best known for her roles in ''Hospital El Paisa'', ''VidaTV'', and as " Exelsa" in '' La familia P. Luche''.Fernanda Urdapilleta as Lili Turrubiates, Jorge daughter's.
* Victoria Viera as Tania Barrientos, Toño daughter's.
* Pato de la Garza as Ernesto Barrientos, Toño son's.
* Simón Goncalves as Fidelito, Toño son's.
* Sandra Beltrán as Wilma Hernández, she is Renée's teacher and advisor at the university.
* Cruz Rendel as Pablo Urquiza, is an undocumented young Guatemalan who works with Nerón.
* Nando Estevané as Padre Cutberto
* Emmanuel Okaury as Sócrates Machuca, Nerón son's.
* Mercedes Vaughan as Queta, she is a false nun who tries to kidnap Anifer to sell her to a couple.
* Roberto Sen as Aurelio, is Jorge's godfather, who chantega after Jorge discovers a secret of him and his dad.
* Thelma Dorantes as Irene, she is Jorge's godmother.
* Cecilia Constantino as Sonia Serrano
* Martín Brek as Onofre
* Archie Balardi as Police
* Lalo Zayas as Víctor
* Gwendolyn Amador as Tina
*
Raquel Pankowsky
Raquel Pankowsky (July 10, 1952 – March 28, 2022) was a Mexican Jewish film and television actress.
Early life
Born in Mexico City, Mexico, she grew up in Narvarte, Mexico City. Pankowsky never married and did not have children. She was the ...
as Esperanza Félix, Toño's mother, Vero's mother-in-law, grandmother of Tania, Neto and Fidelito.
Guest appearances
* Pablo Cruz Guerrero as Alejandro Villaseñor, is an engineer in mechatronics, who falls in love with Renée and decides to marry her, until the day of his wedding Renee rejects him.
*
Leticia Perdigón
Leticia Perdigón (; born Guadalupe Leticia Perdigón Labrador on August 7, 1956, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican
Mexican may refer to:
Mexico and its culture
*Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North Amer ...
as Catalina Moreno, Renée's mother.
* Eugenia Cauduro as Aurora Silvetti de López-Garza, Mauricio's mother.
* Marisol del Olmo as Yuriria Bullegoyri, Jorge's other wife.
* Eugenio Montessoro as Bosco López-Garza, Mauricio's father.
Production
The start of production of the telenovela was confirmed on August 17, 2017, but previously production began on August 14, 2017. The telenovelas is created by Pedro Armando Rodríguez and Montserrat Gómez García, and written by Alejandra Romero, Humberto Robles and Héctor Valdés, and directed by Benjamín Cann and Rodrigo Zaunbos.
The telenovela trailer was released in May 2017, during
Univision
Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and includes ...
's upfront for the 2017-2018 television season. Where only
Sebastián Rulli
Sebastián Oscar Rulli ( or , born 6 July 1975) is an actor and model. Born in Argentina, he has spent most of his professional career in Mexico, becoming a dual Argentine and Mexican citizen.
Biography
Rulli was born in Buenos Aires, the ol ...
and Lara Campos are shown, Campos previously appeared in '' La doble vida de Estela Carrillo''. On October 19, 2017, it was confirmed that the
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'' ...
would be the first telenovela of
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 showing a
gay couple
A same-sex relationship is a romantic or sexual relationship between people of the same sex. ''Same-sex marriage'' refers to the institutionalized recognition of such relationships in the form of a marriage; civil unions may exist in countries ...
looking to form a home.
Casting
On August 9, 2017, it was confirmed that
Sebastián Rulli
Sebastián Oscar Rulli ( or , born 6 July 1975) is an actor and model. Born in Argentina, he has spent most of his professional career in Mexico, becoming a dual Argentine and Mexican citizen.
Biography
Rulli was born in Buenos Aires, the ol ...
and
Maite Perroni
Maite Perroni Beorlegui (born 9 March 1983) is a Mexican actress, singer, songwriter and producer.
Perroni gained international fame in 2004 as a member of the Latin Grammy-nominated Latin pop group RBD.
As an actress, Perroni's career began ...
would be the protagonists of the
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'' ...
. On August 11, 2017, was confirmed to Regina Graniewicz as Anifer. On August 30, 2017, Mark Tacher was confirmed as a villain of the history. The rest of the protagonists are formed by
Sergio Mur
Sergio Mur (born May 23, 1977 in Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Fur ...
, who makes his debut on
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 ...
, after being on
Telemundo
Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast. It provides content nationally with pr ...
.
Raúl Araiza
Raúl Araiza (; born Raúl Araiza Herrera on 14 November 1964) is a Mexican actor and television presenter.
He studied drama in the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa
Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A m ...
who returns to the television after being absent and
Juan Carlos Barreto
Juan Carlos Barreto (born March 11, 1957, Monterrey Nuevo León, Mexico) is a Mexican actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the the ...
.
Controversy
The company
CitizenGo
CitizenGO is an ultra-conservative advocacy group founded in Madrid, Spain, in 2013 by the ultra-Catholic and far-right HazteOir organization.
The foundation aims to be "a community of active citizens that seeks to promote the participation of ...
, launched through its website a request that calls for the
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'' ...
to be taken off the air, because
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 ...
wants to normalize
homosexuality
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as normal in society. Due to this controversy, People en Español announced the news and created a survey for readers to vote if they agree or disagree with the proposal of
CitizenGo
CitizenGO is an ultra-conservative advocacy group founded in Madrid, Spain, in 2013 by the ultra-Catholic and far-right HazteOir organization.
The foundation aims to be "a community of active citizens that seeks to promote the participation of ...
. The petition to sign for the telenovela to be taken out of the air, says the following:
On November 15, 2017
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 ...
showed the first
gay
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While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...
kiss in their telenovelas, although it has already been shown twice in the series ''
Como dice el dicho
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Its proximity to Lake Como and to the Alps has m ...
'', something that generated a lot of controversy and that several media have tried to sense. Previously this topic had been played, a scene was filmed in the telenovela '' Los exitosos Pérez'' but due to the controversy generated, that scene was censored.