La suegra


La Suegra is a 2014 Colombian telenovela produced and broadcast by Caracol Televisión.

Plot

Victoria Maldonado is a vivacious, ambitious and passionate woman who lives in Bogota, Colombia. Founder of Casa Victoria Victoria is also a single mother of three. She impulsively decides to leave Colombia to go to Miami to further her modeling career. She leaves the business in the hands of her three children and abruptly ends a loving relationship with her boyfriend Carlos. Once she arrives at Miami, she starts a successful TV show, which makes her a household name in the United States. Ten years go by and the children run the business into the ground due to their negligence, lavish lifestyles and irresponsibility. At the brink of collapse, they reach out to Victoria and ask her to help them by providing the funds to rescue the company. Having had her show sabotaged by her producers, Victoria decides to leave Miami and return to her family and friends in Colombia. However, she puts forth several demands that they must meet before she will help them rescue her business. Noting the fiscal irresponsibility of her children, she demands that they give her complete control of the business as President of Casa Victoria and that they allow her to control all of the finances and business decisions. In order to collect emergency funds, she says they must sell their cars, houses and lavish goods and immediately provide her with those funds. To foster solidarity and unity, she also demands that they all move into her large home. Her eldest son Bernardo and her son in law Rene compete to win Victoria's favor. Though they dislike each other, Bernardo and Rene agreed that Victoria is the best person to rescue the business; they agreed to put her in charge and earn her favor. Victoria's eldest son Bernardo is married to a spoiled and demanding wife named Margarita who tries to pit him against his mother in order to keep him subjugated. Victoria's son in law Rene is married to Victoria's beautiful but insecure daughter Marcela. Rene admires the shrewdness, tenacity, assertiveness of his mother in law and is keen on proving himself to her. Feeling neglected and ignored by her mother, Marcela often sides with Margarita, who openly despises Victoria. In desperation to fix their financial plight, everyone agrees to Victoria's terms and they all move in with her.
The show then follows the power struggles between Bernardo/Rene and Victoria/Margarita as well as the turbulence generated from Victoria's desire to "straighten out" the misguided and unstable lifestyles of her children. Being frank, insightful and brusque, Victoria identifies different problems in the lives of her children and tries to help them address those problems. Victoria tries to help her estranged daughter Marcela find her passion and direction in life. Victoria tries to help her eldest son Bernardo overcome his dependence on his meddling and immature wife Margarita- who tries to be a good wife/mother and both succeeds as well as struggles Sensing the bad intentions of her youngest son's girlfriend Carolina Victoria tries to help Juan remember his individuality and escape from the unhealthy relationship that is consuming him and turning him into someone that he is not. In terms of her own personal life, Victoria tries to ignore her romantic interest in Carlos, who is still in love with her and who she still has feelings for. Victoria's magnetic personality attracts genuine friends as well as false friends including Beatriz- a likable woman who tries to be a good friend but can be dishonest Beatriz has been dating Carlos for the past 10 years, a fact she actively hides from Victoria along with many other secrets. Victoria herself has her faults as well. She struggles to decide whether she should follow her heart and reconnect with Carlos or use her beauty and charm to marry a wealthy man and solve her family's financial crises.

Cast

;Premios Saturn
YearCategoryNominated WorkResult
2014Best supporting actorSebastián Vega

;Premios TvyNovelas
;Premios Talento Caracol
YearCategoryNominatedResult
2015Best supporting actorAndrés Parra
2015Best antagonistic actressMaría Cecilia Botero
2015Best antagonistic actressLaura Perico
2015Best antagonistic actorAlberto Saavedra
2015Best coupleVictoria and Caliche
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