Contra viento y marea

Plot

Natalia Ríos (Marlene Favela is a lovely young girl who lives with her aunt, Inés (Lucero Lander). Her aunt’s husband, Arcadio (Roberto Ballesteros), is a shameless man who tries to rape Natalia and ends up selling her into white slavery to a gang of thugs. One of them, Valente (Alberto Estrella), takes pity on the innocent young girl. He saves her and they both run away, but are soon found by the criminals. Valente confronts them to give Natalia a chance to escape and is badly wounded. Natalia is able to get away and goes back to her aunt, only to find her on her deathbed. Inés tells her that, from now on, she must live with Doña Carlota (Beatriz Sheridan) at the home of the wealthy Serrano family. When Natalia arrives at the mansion, Don Teodoro (Luis Couturier) and his daughter, Sandra (Adriana Fonseca), welcome her with open arms, but his wife, Apolonia (Azela Robinson), Doña Carlota’s daughter, treats her with contempt.

Sebastián (Sebastián Rulli) lives with his adoptive family: Amparo (Silvia Manríquez), who has always rejected him; her son, Eduardo (Ernesto D'Alessio), who loves and is loyal to Sebastián, thinking they are really brothers; and the grandmother, Doña Cruz (Evita Muñoz "Chachita"). One night, Eduardo is attacked by a drunkard and Sebastián defends him, leaving the attacker unconscious in the street. A street bum who witnessed the fight then robs and kills the man, but Sebastián is blamed for the murder and sent to prison.

Years later, Natalia and Eduardo become friends in college. She is truly fond of him, but only as a friend. Eduardo, however, falls madly in love with her. Sebastián is released for good behavior and meets Natalia during an embarrassing incident where he must defend her from his inebriated friends. Even though they haven’t met again after that first encounter, Natalia and Sebastián cannot stop thinking about each other and Eduardo and Sebastián do not realize that they have fallen in love with the same woman.

Sebastián is desperate because no one will give him a job, so he decides to try his luck in Mexico City. There, fate brings him face to face with Natalia once more and they finally confess their love for each other. Natalia promises to find him work at the Serrano family’s tuna cannery, where she herself is employed, and they both go back to Comala. Meanwhile, Apolonia is searching for the illegitimate son she had in her youth and gave up for adoption to Amparo’s husband. Amparo sees the chance to benefit her own child and tells Apolonia that Eduardo is her son. In an attempt to win his love, Apolonia gives him a job at the cannery and decides to make all his wishes come true. When she learns that Eduardo is in love with Natalia, Apolonia does everything in her power to force her to marry him, but Natalia’s love belongs to Sebastián and she will not give in to Apolonia’s pressure.

It is only when Eduardo falls gravely ill and is not expected to live long that Natalia must decide whether she should marry him out of compassion or be true to her heart and defend her love for Sebastian Against All Odds.

Cast

Main

Marlene Favela as Natalia Ríos Soler

Danna Paola as Child Natalia

Sebastián Rulli as Sebastián Cárdenas Contreras

Ángel Mar as Child Sebastián

Adriana Fonseca as Sandra Serrano Rudell

Daniela Aedo as Child Sandra

Azela Robinson as Apolonia Rudell de Serrano

Kika Edgar as Regina Campos / Luna Gitana

Ernesto D'Alessio as Eduardo Cárdenas Contreras

Sebastián as Child Eduardo

Armando Araiza as Imanol Balmaceda Sandoval

Alberto Estrella as Valente Ortigoza

Evita Muñoz "Chachita" as Doña Cruz Viuda de Cárdenas

Beatriz Sheridan as Carlota Viuda de Rudell

Luis Couturier as Teodoro Serrano

Silvia Manríquez as Amparo Contreras Viuda de Cárdenas

Alexis Ayala as Ricardo Sandoval

Recurring and guest stars

Roberto Ballesteros as Arcadio

Miguel Galván as Adán Pescador

Julio Camejo as Veneno

Juan Carlos Serrán as Commander Ruiz

Mariana Ávila as Zarela Balmaceda Sandoval

Marco Méndez as Renato Alday

Yula Pozo as Tirsa

Yolanda Ventura as Isabel

Mike Biaggio as Cuco

Nicky Mondellini as Constanza Sandoval Viuda de Balmaceda

Carmen Amezcua as Lucía Campos

Sylvia Suárez as Adelina

Irina Areu as La Colorada

Lucero Lander as Inés

Federico Pizarro as Álvaro Campos

Aleida Núñez as Perla

Alex Sirvent as Chema

Daniel Habiff as Frank Balmaceda Sandoval

Uberto Bondoni as Almeja

José Luis Cantú as Cheleque

Luis Fernando Madriz as Benny

Myrrah Saavedra as Yuraima

Úrsula Montserrat as Rita