I am your stepmother, and stepmothers are all evil.
Monica: No! You're my mom!
When this series was shown in Russia, I went to kindergarten, but I remember even then it made a huge impression on me, although I did not really understand the meaning at that time, but I was very impressed by the screensaver, shattering in the frame of photos and mannequins that a little girl hugs.
A few years ago I had the opportunity to revisit this series and I did it with great pleasure. Of course, now it looks a little old-fashioned, but it has not lost its charm, because the actors did not play and lived the lives of their characters, yet the old school was the best.
Life was unfairly treated with a talented fashion designer and a beautiful person Daniela Lorenti, her beloved husband Alberto was a bigamist, reveler and thief. Sending him to prison, she is in deep depression. Her best friend and co-worker, eccentric Gina, buys tickets to the Nordway cruise ship to get distracted and have fun in order to bring Daniela out of depression. There is a fateful meeting of Daniella with handsome stately Juan Antonio, who, in turn, is also experiencing personal drama - his wife died and there is a 10-year-old daughter Monica who is too hard to tolerate the sweat of his mother. Juan Antonio escaped from all the troubles on Nordway with his mistress, angry and greedy Irene.
Love broke out at first sight, that would never be extinguished again, Daniela will have to overcome many difficulties to be happy, find the key to the heart of little Monica who does not want to accept any foreign women in the house, lose a child, survive the rape and machinations of Alberto and Irene united after 10 years to take revenge, and most importantly, the betrayal of Juan Antonio.
A wonderful cast, an interesting plot gave the series the love of viewers around the world.
The soundtrack is also not strange at the height, the title track “Sola” (Lonely) performed by actress Maria Sorte (Daniela) firmly took a place in my playlist.
All the characters are charismatic, original and interesting.
Daniela/Maria Sorte
A beautiful woman, a talented fashion designer, very strong in spirit, but wants to be weak in strong male hands. But fate has prepared her many trials: betrayal, loneliness, pain, betrayal, despair. She became the second mother of little Monica who lost her birth mother, and in the future, when Monica was seduced and deceived by Alberto, released from prison by revenge-obsessed Daniele, she did not abandon her but fought for her like a wild cat. Danielle again has to experience the betrayal of her husband, Juan Antonio has a midlife crisis and with grief he starts an affair with his daughter’s girlfriend Leticia. Leticia gives birth to a girl and dies in childbirth, Juan Antonio calls her daughter Daniela and comes home to his wife with a child in her arms and asks to become her second mother. . .
Juan Antonio/Enrique Novi
A successful businessman, an attractive man, loves his family, but does not forget to have fun with his mistress Irene. Everything collapses when his wife dies and he is left alone with a young daughter who so needs feminine care, affection and warmth. And on the cruise, he meets such an angel, she turns out to be Daniela, and she will replace Monica’s mother.
Monica/Berenice Dominguez/Daniela Castro
A beautiful girl with sad eyes. She lost her mother and is struggling with this tragedy. At school, her friends set her up that if her father gets married again, she will have a creepy stepmother who will send her to boarding school. Frightened Monica rejects the milestones of women in the house, but Daniela managed to find a way to the girl's heart. After 10 years, Alberto is released from prison and as revenge Daniele seduces 18-year-old Monica, she is expecting a child, Alberto wants to take the child from Monica and thereby finally break the life of the girl setting her against her mother. Daniela is fighting for her daughter with all her strength.
Gina/Gina Morett
Daniela's best friend. Always ready to help. Very energetic and eccentric. Amazingly charming and cheerful, doesn’t let Daniela be sad. She is the one who buys tickets for that fateful cruise.
In general, I put the series 10, for the wonderful memories of childhood, actors, plot and the general atmosphere of Mexico in the 80s.