| Los Parientes Pobres | |
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| Genre | Telenovela Romance Drama |
| Created by | Liliana Abud |
| Written by | Carmen Daniels Tere Medina |
| Directed by | Miguel Córcega Mónica Miguel |
| Starring | Lucero Ernesto Laguardia Chantal Andere Alexis Ayala Nuria Bages Joaquín Cordero Humberto Elizondo Maribel Fernández |
| Theme music composer | Rafael Pérez-Botija |
| Opening theme | Los parientes pobres byLucero[1] |
| Composer | Pedro Plascencia Salinas |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 75 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Carla Estrada |
| Producer | Arturo Lorca |
| Production location | Tonatico, Estado de Mexico |
| Cinematography | Alejandro Frutos Manuel Ruiz Esparza |
| Running time | 41-44 minutes |
| Production company | Televisa |
| Original release | |
| Network | Canal de las Estrellas |
| Release | May 3 (1993-05-03) – August 13, 1993 (1993-08-13) |
| Related | |
Los Parientes Pobres (Poor Relatives) is a Mexicantelenovela produced byCarla Estrada forTelevisa in 1993.[2] 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 albumLazos de Amor and herLucero album known asVeleta.
Lucero andErnesto Laguardia starred as protagonists, whileAlexis Ayala,Chantal Andere, Humberto Elizondo,Maribel Fernández,Delia Casanova,Ana Patricia Rojo and the leading actressBertha Moss starred as antagonists.
Two families, the Santos and the Olmos, face a fight of power, ambitions, selfishness and love. The Santos are provincial family that has a pottery factory with financial problems, which Ramiro Santos (Rogelio Guerra) manages along with his cousin Evaristo Olmos (Joaquín Cordero). However, this business deal finishes due to personal differences, this provokes the rancor and hate of Ramiro, and his family goes into bankruptcy, while Evaristo Olmos achieves an excellent status.
When Ramiro dies, his family moves to the capital, hoping for a good fortune. But destiny will set a trap, when Evaristo offers his house for them to live, here his family treat them very bad, with contempt and haughtiness because they are the poor relatives.[3]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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| 1994 | 12th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Telenovela of the Year | Carla Estrada | Nominated |
| Best Actor | Ernesto Laguardia | |||
| Best Antagonist Actress | Chantal Andere | |||
| Best Antagonist Actor | Humberto Elizondo | |||
| Best Leading Actor | Joaquín Cordero | |||
| Best Young Lead Actress | Lucero | Won | ||
| Best Musical Theme | Nominated | |||
| 4th Eres Awards | Best Telenovela | |||
| Best Song | "Los Parientes Pobres" | Won | ||
| Best Actress | Lucero | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor | Ernesto Laguardia | |||
| 25th ACE Awards | Best Actress | Lucero | Won | |
| A.C.C.A. Awards | ||||
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