''Tú o nadie'' (English: ''You or no one'') is a Mexican

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directed by José Rendón and produced by

Ernesto Alonso Ernesto Alonso (February 28, 1917 – August 7, 2007) was a Mexican producer, director, cinematographer and actor. He was nicknamed "''El Señor Telenovela''" ("Mr. Soap Opera") because most of his work centered on telenovelas known around the w ...

for

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and broadcast by

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in 1985.Tú o nadie in Alma Latina
Retrieved December 5, 2015 It became a major international hit, and is considered one of the most successful telenovelas from the 1980s.

Lucía Méndez Lucía Leticia Méndez Pérez (born January 26, 1955) is a Mexican telenovela and film actress, top model and singer. Méndez was born in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. Career In 2011, Lucía starred in Mexico the telenovela ''Esperanza del Co ...

and

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starred as protagonists, while

Salvador Pineda Salvador Pineda Popoca (born June 16, 1952 in Huetamo, Michoacan, Mexico) is a Mexican actor, who has participated in over 20 Mexican telenovelas and Mexican movies, as well as two Hollywood low budget movies. Born to Mexican politician Salvado ...

and

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starred as main antagonists.

Plot

Max and Antonio are stepbrothers. Max loathes his stepbrother Antonio because his father, the husband of Max's mother Victoria, left all his fortune and the business to his son Antonio. Max hatches a plan to take all of Antonio's money by marrying Raquel, a girl of humble origins that lives in the city of Guadalajara with her sister & father. Max marries Raquel under the name of Antonio and on their wedding night he is called away. Max leaves Raquel informing her that he has to go away on business. Max returns home to see his brother Antonio off on a business trip. The plane that Antonio boards was sabotaged by Max and when the plane goes down it is presumed that Antonio perished. Max plants the marriage license in Antonio's room, and their mother contacts Raquel informing her of Antonio's death and that she should come right away to the funeral. When Raquel arrives at the mansion she is in disbelief that Antonio lived there since she thought she had married a middle-class man. During her stay Max presents himself to her she is stunned but he explains to her that he had to create this whole story to regain what was rightfully his and paints Antonio as a despicable man. At first Raquel figures out that Max had his brother killed but Max convinces her otherwise that he did not do it, it was just luck. Max tries to have her go along with the story. But Raquel being of good will and not wanting to be a delinquent rebukes his plan. Max tells her they only have to live out the lie until things calm down then he will marry her to then in turn have access to the fortune. Raquel declines to go along with the ruse at first, but is then blackmailed since Max knows that Raquel's father is into some shady business and if she does not go along with his plan he will send her dad and sister to jail and blame the death of Antonio on her. As days go by she comes to realize what an evil person Max is and no longer loves him. Antonio then resurfaces alive. When he is told that he will go home to his wife Antonio is a bit perplexed as he is pretty sure he would remember a wife however, doctors have convinced him that he has amnesia. Antonio remains still unsettled. When Raquel and the real Antonio first see each other they are a bit surprised but yet enthralled. Eventually with time they began to fall for each other, to Max's dismay since he actually loves Raquel. Antonio's former lover Maura teams up with his sister setting a plot against Raquel by bringing a fictive secret lover to the later whose repetitive calls start to unsettle Antonio. Antonio and Raquel's love holds on despite the challenges. A second assassination attempt is mounted by Max and his aid Luis yet again fails at killing Antonio. the latter recovers at Maura's place before leaving to seek personal revenge against his stepbrother. The 2 ultimately confront with guns in the final episode and Antonio kills Max in self defense. Raquel who is few months pregnant is shattered and decides to leave. After her daughter's birth she gets a visit by Victoria Maximiliano's mother who asks her to give Antonio another chance. Antonio, Raquel and their daughter ultimately reunite.

Cast

as ''Raquel Samaniego Silva'' *

as ''Antonio Lombardo'' *

as ''Maximiliano "Max" Albéniz'' (Killed by Antonio Lombardo) *Luz María Jerez as ''Martha Samaniego'' *

Magda Guzmán María Magdalena Guzmán Garza (16 May 1931 – 12 March 2015), better known as Magda Guzmán, was a Mexican film and television actress. She died of a myocardial infarction. Filmography Films Television Archive footage Awards ...

as ''Victoria Vda. de Lombardo / de Albéniz'' *

as ''Maura Valtierra Cortázar/Laura Zavala Cortés'' *

Liliana Abud Liliana Abud (born 5 July 1948) is an actress in telenovelas and Mexican cinema. She is also a screenwriter of telenovelas. Abud played Raquel Rodríguez, the main character in the educational television program ''Destinos''. As an actress Film ...

as ''Camila Lombardo'' *

Miguel Manzano Miguel Manzano (14 September 1907 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – 21 January 1992 in Mexico City) was a Mexican actor during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, winning an Ariel Award in 1985, for best supporting actor for the film ''Las glo ...

as ''Daniel Samaniego'' *Arsenio Campos as ''Claudio'' *Miguel Ángel Negrete as ''Pablo Martínez'' *Fabio Ramirez as ''Oscar'' *

Guillermo Zarur Guillermo Zarur (July 20, 1932 – August 8, 2011) was a Mexican television actor. His career lasted for more than 54 years, with credits including telenovelas. Zarur's numerous telenovela credits included ''Tú o nadie'' in 1985, '' Sortilegio'' i ...

as ''Ramon'' *Tony Bravo as ''Luis Trejo'' (Was arrested by the police) *Roberto Antunez as ''Chucho'' *Marcela de Galina as ''Carla'' *Antonio Valencia as ''Rodrigo Tornelli'' (Was arrested by the police) *Gaston Tuset as ''Andrés'' *Paola Morelli as ''Alejandra'' *Fernando Sáenz as ''"El Gato"'' (Killed by Rodrigo Tornelli) *

Julieta Egurrola Julieta Egurrola (born 13 June 1953, Mexico City) is a Mexican actress. She studied acting at ''Centro Universitario de Teatro'' and has participated in more than 41 theater plays. Trajectory Telenovelas TV Azteca * Los Rey (2012) ... ...

as ''Mercedes "Meche" Fernández'' *Abraham Méndez as ''Gabriel Fernández'' *Luis Xavier as ''Humberto'' *Jacaranda Alfaro as ''Pamela Martínez *Rebeca Silva as ''Julia'' *Alejandro Ruiz as ''Felipe Acuña'' *María Regina as ''Lissette'' *

Cecilia Gabriela Cecilia Gabriela Vera Sandoval ( born January 9, 1962) is a Mexican actress known best for her work in telenovelas. She was born in Mexico City. Filmography Awards and nominations Premios TVyNovelas The Premios TVyNovelas are presente ...

as ''María José''

Awards

References

External links

Tú o nadie at My Favorite Things
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