Mentir para Vivir


Mentir para vivir is a Mexican telenovela produced by Rosy Ocampo for Televisa. The telenovela is written by Maria Zarattini, who last wrote La Fuerza del Destino.
Mayrín Villanueva and David Zepeda star as the protagonists, while Altair Jarabo, Leticia Perdigón and Diego Olivera star as the main antagonists.
On June 3, 2013, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Mentir para vivir weeknights at 7:25pm, replacing Qué bonito amor. The last episode was broadcast on October 20, with Quiero Amarte replacing it the following day.
Mentir para vivir, itself the fourth name, was previously known as La Sustituta, Oriana, and Mentiras de verdad. Production of Mentir para vivir officially started on March 4, 2013.
On October 7, 2013, Univision started broadcasting Mentir para vivir weeknights at 10pm/9c, replacing Qué Bonito Amor. On December 23, 2013, due to low ratings, Univision started broadcasting Mentir para vivir weeknights at 7pm/6c, replacing Corazón indomable. The last episode was broadcast on February 28, 2014.

Plot

Oriana Caligaris and José Luis Falcón are a Mexican couple who lives in Colombia with their six years old daughter, Alina .
José Luis works in Colombian customs. One day, he confesses to Oriana about his involvement in a smuggling operation, and that the earnings are deposited into an account opened in Oriana's name but without her consent. For this, Jose told Oriana that the police is searching for them.
Disappointed and out of fear, Oriana escapes to Mexico with her daughter Alina, to find her dear friend, Raquel , who along with Lucina own the hotel "El Descanso" in San Carlos, Sonora. Raquel decided to keep Oriana and her daughter in their hotel for the few days they would be staying. José Luis supposedly died in a chase with police.
Among the hotel guests is Don Gabriel Sánchez , an old friend of Lucia. Gabriel is a partner at a major spinning and weaving factory located in Hermosillo, Sonora. He is a widow that is remarried to Lila , an ambitious woman that is twenty years younger than him. Lila has a brother, Berto , who is a playboy.
One afternoon while Don Gabriel was relaxing at the hotel, Alina saw a gun by the beach while she was playing. The gun was dropped by some drunk guys the previous day. While Alina tried to show Gabriel the gun, she accidentally shot him in the chest. Gabriel falls dead. On hearing the shot, Oriana runs and sees his daughter with a gun. Out of fear and in a bid to protect them, Raquel and Lucina send Oriana and Alina to Guaymas, Sonora.
When Ricardo arrives in San Carlos to collect the body of his father and initiate investigations, it was reported that the main suspect of the crime is a young woman who is accompanied by her young daughter.
Few days after the shooting, Anas Valdivia , a strange, depressed and lonely young woman checked into the hotel, and drowned herself. Always-clever Lucina takes the opportunity to pass on Anas' identification, thus making Oriana impersonate Anas. This is to clear Oriana of her involvement in the murder of Don Gabriel. Though this was against Oriana's will, but she accepted because she has no choice but to 'Lie to Live'.
Living as Anas, Oriana worked in a cloth store, starting her life all over. She also changed Alina's name to Catalina and explained why she changed their names - so that they won't be separated.
Few weeks after, Mrs. Paloma Aresti , Ricardo's godmother and a wealthy woman who is in search of her only grandchild and heir, hired a private investigator, who went by the hotel to search for Anas Valdivia. an investigator sent by who is looking for her only grandchild and heir, whom she does not know: Inés Valdivia. Again timely, Lucina, knowing what she had done with Anas' identity, led the investigator to Oriana, painting her to be the 'likely' granddaughter of the wealthy old woman. She also told the investigator that she saw a little girl with the supposed Anas. Lucina then gives the investigator Oriana' picture, telling him it's Anas. Lucina also gives a brush with a lock of Anas' hair and advised a DNA test.
Eventually, Anas is located by Paloma, who takes her to live with her. There, Oriana meets Ricardo. Oriana then becomes a partner in Paloma's spinning and weaving factory.
Gabriel's son, Ricardo is a successful engineer who has a and rebellious teenager Sebastian.
The attraction between Oriana and Ricardo is immediate without imagining that there are among them many obstacles and adversities secrets to be overcome. Circumstances further complicate when José Luis who in reality is not dead comes back to Mexico determined to get his family and fight in a game of lies and truths, in which love will triumph in the end.

Cast

Main cast

;TVyNovelas Awards
YearPlaceCategoryNominatedResultLost to
2014Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de MéxicoBest TelenovelaMentir para VivirAmores Verdaderos
2014Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de MéxicoBest screenplay or adaptationMentir para VivirKary Fajer, Gerardo Luna and Ximena Suárez
2014Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de MéxicoTelenovela PlatformMentir para Vivir
2014Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de MéxicoBest Lead ActressMayrin VillanuevaErika Buenfil
2014Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de MéxicoBest Lead ActorDavid ZepedaJuan Diego Covarrubias
2014Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de MéxicoAntagonist Best ActressAltair JaraboMarjorie de Sousa
2014Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de MéxicoBest Actor AntagonistDiego OliveraManuel Ojeda
2014Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de MéxicoBest Leading ActorPatricio CastilloJesús Ochoa
2014Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de MéxicoBest Young ActorAlejandro Speitzer
2014Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de MéxicoBest actress co-starCecilia GabrielaCynthia Klitbo
2014Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de MéxicoBest Actor co-featureFelipe Najera
2014Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de MéxicoBest Supporting ActressLeticia PerdigónSusana Gonzalez
2014Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de MéxicoBest Supporting ActorJuan Carlos BarretoManuel 'Flaco' Ibáñez
2014Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de MéxicoBest Stage ManagerBenjamin Cann and Rodrigo Saunbos
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