Gente Bien
USA (Univision)
11/03/97 - 2/27/98.
Mexico 4/27/97
- 8/15/97. 80 capítulos de una hora,
cuatro meses al aire
USA, (Univision) 1/20/04 -
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http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=198803 Sinópsis: María es una joven trabajadora y honesta
que presta su servicios en una farmacia. Desafortunadamente, se ve obligada a
renunciar a su trabajo debido a que su jefe, Adolfo Klein, casi logra abusar de
ella. Después del incidente, María
consigue un trabajo en la prestigiosa fábrica de Jaime Dumas, un empresario
conectado a la mafia. El es familiar y socio de Adolfo. Cuando el padre de
Jaime murió dejó toda su herencia a su esposa Sara y ella dejó a cargo a Jaime
para que se encargara de la fábrica, ya que es el hijo mayor. Alicia, hermana de Jaime es esposa de
Adolfo. Rebeca es esposa de Jaime, y cuando se entera de que Adolfo trató de
abusar de ella se creó un terrible escándalo alrededor de la familia. Jaime conoce a María e intenta seducirla,
por suerte María conoce a Gerardo, un ecologista que se encuentra investigando,
juntando pruebas y luchando en contra de Jaime Dumas y su fábrica, ya que
distribuye sustancias prohibidas y pesticidas ilegales. María y Gerardo se
enamoran pero las circunstancias los separan
Resumen de Robyn B. OnLiNE: "Gente
Bien" is a story that presents a humorous, often tragic and suspensful,
criticism of the typical Mexican upper class family. Such is the case of the
Dumas family, whose members are confronted by their own ambitions. Jaime Dumas
is a handsome and seductive man who falls in love with Rebecca Balori, a
beautiful and physically disabled woman whose mental---and physical---condition
worsens after her relationship with Jaime falls apart. María Figueroa is a
strong young woman who is sensible and passionate and who knows how to obtain
what she wants in life. She had already completed her post-graduate studies in
chemistry and serves as Rebecca's private investigator. One day she meets
Gerardo Felipe, an entomologist who has suffered the consequences of a mistaken
marriage. María wants to fall in love with Gerardo, but hesistates, even though
at the same time she is unaware that he is in love with Rebecca [not true].
Isela Vega is María's mother and Rebecca's nurse. Her son Jaimito suffers a
terrible accident which leaves him walking on crutches and supporting the
abandonment from his father. As the story thickens, the lives of the Dumas
family and those that surround them untangle into passion and suspense.
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Summaries from El Universal-Mexico, 4/27/97
- (80 capitulos de una hora): intro - producción de Lucy
Orozco, quien se atrevió a llevar a la pantalla una historia diferente en la
que el poder y la ambición no tendrá limites. María es una mujer que hará sufrir a su galán. Es
una chava de carácter fuerte cuyo novio será el romántico, apasionado y
soñador. Jaime Dumas es un excéntrico millonario “el cual es un verdadero
lobo”. Es cínico, una persona sin escrúpulos, ambicioso e irónico. En su afán
por alcanzar el poder es capaz de cometer cualquier fechoría. Además, es un
mujeriego de primera.
A partir de
mañana, la era de la Ceniecienta queda atrás, para dar paso a la "Gente
Bien". A las 18:00 horas dará
inició la producción de Lucy Orozco, qien se atrevió a llevar a la pantalla una
historia diferente en la que el poder y la ambición no tendrá limites. Además de lo novedoso de la trama, habrá
rostros nuevos, tal es el caso de Mario Cimarro, otro extranjero que busca
triunfar en nuestro país, a través de las telenovelas. Ojalá y sepa aprovechar la oportunidada que
se la da, y no sea uno más que desplaza a los actores mexicanos que tienen
talento.
El Universal, 4/27/97: Jaime en la vispera de Navida, regala un anillo de compromiso a su novia Angélica (although he is married to Rebeca). Rosa (Sara), se alarma al saber que su empresa está al borde de la ruina and blames her son Mauricio who's just come back from Houston. Adolfo hace una proposición indecorosa a María Figueroa (actually, he tries to rape her). Gerardo, conoce a María y queda flechado por ella. Mercedes se impacta al enterarse que Adolfo trató de abusar de su hija. When Adolfo discovers who María is, he suggests to Esteban that she is a thief. He also bribes Esteban to keep quiet about the attempted rape he overheard and to back him up in other matters.
El Universal, 5/4/97: Mercedes pone al
tanto a Rebeca de que Adolfo trató de abusar de María. Mercedes
hates Gerardo on sight and breaks the swan he gives María. Rebeca está
dispuesta a despedir a Adolfo de los laboratorios. María confiesa a Mercedes
que se siente atraída por Genaro. Alicia prohibe a su hijo ir a la casa de Jaimito. Mercedes prohibe a María
salir sola con Gerardo. Liz termina su relación con Wolf. Ximena viaja a México
en busca de Gerardo. María empieza un noviazgo con Gerardo.
El Universal, 5/11/97: Alicia se entera de un secreto que se niega a
reconocer, por lo que ataca a Rebeca. (Mauricio has sent her an
anonymous letter telling her about her husband and María). Jaime trata de ganarse la confianza de María para
lograr sus propósitos. Gerardo decide acompañar a Consuelo y Ximena a Morelia.
Alicia se presenta en la oficina de Jaime y arma un escándalo Rebeca reprocha a
Jaime sus infidelidades. Angélica descubre que esta embarazada. Jaime
defends María and forces Alicia to admit that she knows what kind of man her
husband is.
El Universal, 5/18/97: Angélica habla Rebeca (plans to but doesn't),
no obstante las negativas de Jaime por cumplir sus deseos. Angelica lo amenaza
con contarle todo a Rebeca. Gerardo invita a María a pasar un fin de semana en
Cuernavaca. Al aceptar, Maía se ve obligada a mentir a Mercedes.. Margarita
provoca incertidumbre en Mercedes respecto a María y Gerardo.
El Universal, 5/25/97: Jaime intenta salvar su relación con Angélica, pero ésta no accede. Rebeca pide ayuda a Mauricio. Ximena attempts suicide. When her mother tries to located Gerardo by calling Maria's number, her mother refuses to acknowledge that she even knows a Gerardo. Adolfo revela sus planes a Esteban. Jaime se entera que María tiene novio. Gerardo se siente culpable por el acto de Ximena. (She shot herself and left a letter declaring her love for Gerardo.) Thinking she is about to die, his aunt and the priest convince him to marry her, after which, of course, she begins to recover. Then Gerardo's aunt has a heart attack and dies, and the priest refuses to annul the marriage ("it's God's will). When Gerardo tells María, she is devastated, rejects him, and accepts Jaime's offer to be his personal assistant.
El Universal, 6/1/97:El padre Bernardo consuela a Gerardo quien está
desesperado. Mercedes cuenta a Rebeca lo sucedido entre Ximena y Gerardo. Jaime
vuelve a mentirle a Rebeca y ella qacepta sus argumentos. Jaime planea con
Adolfo la firma de un documento comprometedor. Rafael examina a Rebeca y le
receta un medicamento. Gerardo finally tells Ximena that her mother
is dead and that he did marry her, but only because he thought she was dying.
Nevertheless, she refuses to give him up. He leaves the hospital finally to see
María. Rebeca suffers another attack after becoming more and more certain that
Jaime is attracted to María (not only the job, but the dinners and the fact
that he gave her mother a new car when the old one was smashed up).
El Universal, 6/8/97: María y Gerardo se confiesan su amor and become lovers. Adolfo cierra un trato con inversionistas extranjeros a espaldas de Jaime. María y Gerardo viven apasionado romance, al tiempo que éste le confiesa sus celos por el señor Dumas. Rebeca dice a Jaime que no confia en él y desea separarse. Adolfo obsequia un auto a Alicia. María goes on a business trip with Jaime but doesn´t notice his interest in her. Sure.Ximena tells José Armando that she can´t live alone in her aunt´s home and begs him to let her come to Mexico with him. He agrees. Jaime falisfies Rebeca's signature on some papers. Rebeca and Jaime fight; she tells him to leave the house. Maria refuses an engagement ring until Gerardo attains an annulment and they seek Rebeca's help in getting it. Mercedes goes to Ximena, tells her to talk with her daughter, to get María to leave Gerardo. Adolfo tells his wife that Jaime forged Rebeca's signature on some papers. The lawyer hired by Rebeca to redo her will in favor of her son, with her brother as trustee, tells everything to Jaime. A drunk Alicia tells her mother that Jaime forged Rebeca's signature; Alicia doesn't believe it and a semi-sober Alicia denies saying it. Mercedes discovers that María and Gerardo are lovers. She is furious, but, to protect her daughter's honor, she now wants Gerardo to marry her daughter. Rafael does some tests on Rebeca; her heart is worse, and she must take her medicine faithfully. Ximena meets María and tells her that she and Gerardo have been lovers since they were children, that he continually deceives her with other women, that they are still lovers and will always be lovers. María believes her.
El Universal, 6/15/97: Gerardo se extraña por la actitud de María.
Adolfo dice a Jaime que el icenciado Salas maneja negocios sucios. Alicia
planea una fiesta para reconciliar a Rebeca y Jaime. Rebeca ofrece ayuda a
María para divorciar a Gerardo de Ximena. Jaime chantajea al notarío y le
advierte que Rebeca no debe enterarse sobre los documentos. Ximena está
deprimida por la actitud de Gerardo.
El Universal, 6/22/97 [USA, 1/9/98]: Ximena se arrepiente por haberle mentido
a María sobre su relación con Gerardo but doesn't tell Gerardo what she has
done. María afirma a Yolanda que no volverá a ver a Mario. Yolanda
tries to tell her that it must be a lie, but María says that Ximena seemed
fine. En Morelia, Gerardo
convence al padre Bernardo para que anule el matrimonio con Ximena until Ximena lies to him and he believes
her. Mercedes comunica a María su
decisión de que se case con Gerardo lo antes posible, ella se rehusa. Ximena
intenta suicidarse nuevamente. When María calls for Gerardo, el
padre Bernardo answers and tells her he won't annul the marriage because it was
consummated. Jaime tells Adolfo he'll divorce Rebecca and keep the boy.
El Universal, 6/29/97[USA, 1/13/98]: Alicia revela a doña Sara que Jaime
estafa a su esposa Rebeca. Además pone a Jaimito en su contra. Jaime se siente
impotente para recuperar a Rebeca. La relación entre ésta y el doctor Lazcano
crece día con día, por lo cual doña Sara se angustia. Gerardo, desde Morelia
intenta comunicarse con María y al hablar con Mercedes le dice que su más
ferviente deseo es casarse con María. Ximena intenta suicidarse nuevamente y el
padre Bernardo culpa a Gerardo por ello, sin embargo, él vuelve a México para
arreglar sus problemas con María. Rebeca se sorprende al escuchar que Jaime
quiere el divorcio, él piensa vengarse quitándole a su hijo. Gerardo
and María talk but she doesn't believe him.
El Universal, 7/6/97[USA, 1/16/98] Gerardo,
after talking with Celia and Diego (who admits his own doubt), decide
irse de la ciudad. Rebecca has dinner with Jaimito, her mother-in-law and
Mauricio and tells the latter she has a presentiment that the night was very
important. Jaimito spends the night with his abuela; Mercedes is late. Angélica
finally gets in to see Rebecca and tells her everything: how she was beaten,
forced to have an abortion, how Jaime has been stealing Rebecca's money. After
she reads all the papers, Rebecca calls Jaime and tells him she's going to put
him in jail. Jaime se impacta
ante la decisión de Rebeca. Jaime goes to Rebecca's home and they
argue. Jaime y Rebeca se enfrentan; at first he denies everything
Angélica said but then admits it all and, further, tells her married her only
because his parents insisted and she was rich.
y él comete una acto
terrible del cual se percata Mercedes. (Rebecca has a heart attack
and Jaime goes for her pills but frightened and desperate he doesn't give them
to her. Mercedes finally arrives and finds Jaime standing with the pills in his
hand and Rebecca on the floor near the broken aquarium. Jaime accuses himself
but all, including Mercedes assume he was just panicked.) Mauricio, however, is
suspicious because of the will. Angélica
decide investigar la verdad de lo que pasó a Rebeca. Gerardo y Celia detectan a
quién introduce palguicidas nocivos. En el funeral de Rebeca, Alicia arma un
escándalo contra María y su madre. Alicia accuses Mercedes of
killing Rebecca because she wasn't at her post. Adolfo takes all the papers
Angélica gave Rebecca. The will is read and Jaime gets everything except a
yacht that goes to Mauricio. Alicia tries to take Rebecca's clothes but her
mother stops her. Jaime keeps Mercedes on as nurse to his son. He decides to
make María head of the pesticide plant, which infuriates Adolfo and Alicia.
Gerardo swears to Father Bernardo that he never had anything to do with Ximena;
the father tells him he will discuss things with his superiors. Maria and Jaime
start to console each other. Angélica, before she goes to Houston to check on
Jaime's associates, admits to Marta that she was never pregnant, was never
forced to have an abortion but was beaten up. Adolfo suspects Marta may have
been Angélica's accomplice. Margarita tells Mercedes that Jaime wants Maria;
Mercedes seems pleased. Yolanda discovers she is pregnant. 7 or 8 months
pass. Adolfo returns the papers and diskette to Jaime. He confronts Marta but
she denies having had anything to do with it. Maria is successful in her new
job. She and Jaime become more and more friendly. Jaime removes the pictures of
Rebecca. Rafael treats Jaimito. Gerardo, Celia and the rest continue with
research on the use of illegal pesticides. Ximena is still in a coma.
El Universal, 7/13/97[USA, 1/26/98] Maria
and Jaime go to Europe on business. When they return, he asks her to marry him
and Gerardo sees them kissing at the airport. He leaves the city. Adolfo devuelve a Angélica su chantaje con
otro más fuerte, a la vez propone unirse a él en contra de Jaime. Este anuncia
ante la familia Dumas su próxima boda con María. Mauricio y Jaime se enfrentan.
María y Jaime se están casando pero algo grave suce4de. Ximena sale del coma. Jaime alucina
al ver a Rebeca por todas partes. (Months pass during this week; Yolanda’s
baby is almost due.)
El Universal, 7/20/97[USA, 2/2/98]: Yolanda’s baby is born. María decide
casarse con Jaime. Sara se opone. Angélica chantajea a Adolfo, pero éste le
propone que se unan en contra de Jaime. El, por su parte, pide la mano de María
a Mercedes, ella accede con ciertas dudas (for show, to make María want to
do the opposite). Mauricio discute con Jaime sobre la tutela
de Juanito. Ximena comes out of her coma, tells the padre she lied, begs forgiveness,
signs the annulment paper on the same day that Maria and Jaime marry; then she
dies. Padre Bernardo tells
Gerardo he’s sorry! Jaime is impotent on his wedding night.
El Universal, 7/20/97[USA, 2/9/98]: Diego informa a María que Jaime está
vendiendo palaguicidas tóxicos y ella corre peligro de ir a la cárcel. Jaime,
histérico porque no sabe donde anda su esposa, mientras que Mercedes sospecha
que Gerardo sigue tras los huesitos de su hija. Adolfo tells Esteban
to get rid of Angélica and he does. Mauricio leaves his mother’s house. Liz
breaks up with Wolf. Adolfo lee
el asesinato de Angélica y se asusta al saber que hubo un testigo. Cecilia
sigue investigando gracias a Esteban sin que este se de cuenta. Adolfo palidece
al ver al jefe de los ecologistas.
El Universal, 8/3/97 [USA, 2/16/98] Jaime
entrega a María una cuenta de dólares en Estados Unidos (where he’s hiding
the pesticide money), la cual rechaza. Jaime decide vengarse de Gerardo,
pues no soporta que se relacione con Maria. Celia se apodera de unos documentos
comprometedores. Esteban sospecha que es una traidora and confirms it when
he sees her in the fields with Gerardo. Jaime gets medical
results from Houston and learns he is sterile from exposure to pesticides as a
young man. He remembers how he refused to bathe one day before making love to
his wife, before the birth of his son. He wants to close the plant and stop
importing the prohibited pesticides. Celia returns to the plant, unaware that
she has been found out. . Jaime kicks out Mercedes. María dines with Diego,
Yolanda, and Gerardo. María is
finally convinced of the truth. Left alone with Gerardo, they are about
to kiss when seen by Esteban and Adolfo. Gerardo hits the latter and is then
beaten up by his men in front of María. Mercedes pretends to have tiene una corazonada sobre la
muerte de Angélica to show Margarita how Jaime could have let her die.
Gerardo prohibe a Celia regresar a la planta. Mercedes está segura de que Jaime
dejó morir a Rebeca.
El Universal, 8/10/97 [USA, 2/23/98] Medical tests prove that Jaimito's illness
resulted from Jaime's pesticide exposure and not from Rebecca's illness. No hay cura para Jaimito. Los hombres
de Adolfo tienen secuestrado a Gerardo. Jaime refutes María's
accusations and as proof cites his decision to sell the plant and the will he's
made in her favor. María believes him. Doña Sara dice a su familia que cerrará la fábrica. Jaime presiona a Adolfo
para que deje libre a Gerardo y lo amenaza para que confiese si formó parte del
asesinato de Angélica. Jaime se entera que fue una mentira el embarazo de
Angélica. María piensa que Gerardo ha muerto. María learns from
Jaime's secretary about the papers and diskette that Angélica had. Jaime
argues with Adolfo over the death of Angélica and the pesticide plant; Adolfo
hits him with a baseball bat and kills him. Adolfo dice a Esteban que le
dispare en la pierna to show it was self-defense, but Esteban shoots him in
the arm. María learns that Jaime is dead; Gerardo escapes and joins her.
Mercedes y Alicia se enfrentan a golpes at the police station.
Penultimate
episode:
Adolfo is detained on the testimony of Esteban, who spills all.María is released but Alicia still blames her. Mauricio doesn't believe Adolfo's explanation. Gerardo has Angélica's porrf. At the trial, Esteban and the secretary tell everything . Still Alicia refuses to believe he is guilty. Adolfo accuses María but Martita and Esteban testify in her defense.
Ultimo capitulo:
Celia
visits Esteban in jail. Gerardo has to go away but will return in December.
Jaime's will is read; María refuses the inheritance and care of Jaimito. Doña
Sara offers Margara a permanent job as Jaimito's nurse. Tiempo despues: Xmas. Liz and Wolf have
split up for good; she has sold a painting and is going with Rafael. Mauricio
gives Martita a bonus. Rafael is working with Mauricio. María gives Jaimito a
Xmas present. Gerardo arrives at Xmas and gives María a present. Alicia still
believes the imprisoned Adolfo is innocent; she is drinking again. Mauricio's
lover Giovanni joins them for Xmas dinner. Gerardo and Maria announce their
engagement to Mercedes who finally accepts it. Jaime's part in his wife's death
is never known. María and Gerardo are married and move to the country.
The End.
El Universal - Conclusion, 8/11/97: una historia que se desarrolló sin pena, ni gloria a pesar de tener un buen elenco....la producción de Lucy Orozco fue una más del montón, gracias a las actuaciones de Paty Manterola y Mario Cimarro, que no proyectaban nada en pantalla. Ahora sólo queda esperar el final, el cual, ya imaginamos pues a lo largo de la historia los protagonistas buscaron ser felices y es seguro que el viernes lo logren. Mención aparte merecen las actuaciones de Julián Pastor, Helena Rojo, María Rivas y Ana Martín grandes actores.
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