''Un día para vivir'' is a Mexican thriller

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that premiered on

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on 6 September 2021. The series is produced by Rafael Urióstegui, and it is star María José Magán.

Premise

''Un día para vivir'' will tell the stories of men and women of different ages who are apparently going through a good time in their lives, but receive a visit from death who warns them that they have 24 hours to resolve what they have pending. In a race against time, each one will have to decide their responsibility and do the impossible if they want another chance.

Cast

María José Magán plays the character of "La muerte" —The Death in English— throughout the series. In each episode, guest actors also include: *

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* Issabela Camil *

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* Sylvia Pasquel

Production

The series was announced in early January 2021 by

TV Azteca Televisión Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V., commonly known as TV Azteca, is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa. It primarily competes with Televisa as well as so ...

, as part of Azteca 7's new programming for 2021; it was originally going to be called ''Contratiempo''. The production of the series began filming on March 17, 2021, taking into account hygiene and safety measures in light of the

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, and the title of the series will be changed to ''24 horas para vivir''. A mass was also held to celebrate the start of filming, which was attended by the production team, actress María José Magán, executives Rafael Urióstegui and Adrián Ortega, as well as writers Héctor Forero and David Mascareño. The series marks the return of

to fiction production, to which the V.P. of production and programming of

, Adrián Ortega, expressed his happiness for the restart of these fiction formats. In May 2021, the series was presented by TV Azteca Internacional at the LA Screenings 2021, now called ''Un día para vivir'' as the official title of the series, having confirmed a total of 60 episodes produced. On May 13 of the same year, PRODU's official website launched the official trailer for the series.

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dia para vivir, Un 2021 Mexican television series debuts TV Azteca 2020s Mexican drama television series