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
- Mayrín Villanueva as Oriana Caligaris
- David Zepeda as Ricardo Sánchez Bretón
- Diego Olivera as José Luis Falcón
- Altair Jarabo as Raquel Ledesma
Supporting cast
- Leticia Perdigón as Matilde Aresti de Camargo
- Cecilia Gabriela as Lucina González
- Nuria Bages as Fidelia Bretón
- Lourdes Munguía as Lila Martín de Sánchez
- Ferdinando Valencia as Berto Martín
- Joaquín Cosío as Joaquín
- Juan Carlos Barreto as Rubén Camargo
- Fabián Robles as Piero Verástegui
- Felipe Nájera as Padre Mariano
- Osvaldo de León as Leonardo Olvera de la Garza
- Luis Fernando Peña as Eliseo
- Geraldine Galván as Fabiola Camargo Aresti
- Lucas Velázquez as César Camargo Aresti
- Alejandro Speitzer as Sebastián Sánchez Bretón
- Ana Paula Martínez as Alina
- Alberto Agnesi as Antonio Araujo
- Mariluz Bermúdez as Marilú Tapia
- Manuel Guízar as Benigno Jiménez
- Mariana Garza as María Jiménez
- Joana Brito as Nadia
- María Prado as Elvira
- Claudia Ortega as Berenice
- Ignacio Guadalupe as Manolo
- Germán Gutiérrez as Ezequiel Santos
- Erik Guecha as Jorge
- Adriana Roel as Paloma Aresti
Special participation
- Erik Díaz as Ricardo
- Lorena Velázquez as Señora Carmona
- Kika Edgar as Young Celeste Flores
- Alejandro Tommasi as Gabriel Sánchez Fernández
- Laisha Wilkins as Inés Valdivia Aresti
- Dulce María as Joaquina "Jackie" Barragan
- Queta Lavat as Mercedes
Awards and nominations
Year | Place | Category | Nominated | Result | Lost to |
2014 | Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de México | Best Telenovela | Mentir para Vivir | Amores Verdaderos | |
2014 | Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de México | Best screenplay or adaptation | Mentir para Vivir | Kary Fajer, Gerardo Luna and Ximena Suárez | |
2014 | Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de México | Telenovela Platform | Mentir para Vivir | ||
2014 | Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de México | Best Lead Actress | Mayrin Villanueva | Erika Buenfil | |
2014 | Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de México | Best Lead Actor | David Zepeda | Juan Diego Covarrubias | |
2014 | Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de México | Antagonist Best Actress | Altair Jarabo | Marjorie de Sousa | |
2014 | Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de México | Best Actor Antagonist | Diego Olivera | Manuel Ojeda | |
2014 | Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de México | Best Leading Actor | Patricio Castillo | Jesús Ochoa | |
2014 | Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de México | Best Young Actor | Alejandro Speitzer | ||
2014 | Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de México | Best actress co-star | Cecilia Gabriela | Cynthia Klitbo | |
2014 | Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de México | Best Actor co-feature | Felipe Najera | ||
2014 | Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de México | Best Supporting Actress | Leticia Perdigón | Susana Gonzalez | |
2014 | Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de México | Best Supporting Actor | Juan Carlos Barreto | Manuel 'Flaco' Ibáñez | |
2014 | Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de México | Best Stage Manager | Benjamin Cann and Rodrigo Saunbos | ||
2014 | Plaza Condesa, Ciudad de México | - | - | - | - |