(1978) - Graciela Mauri, Liliana Abud, Jorge Ortíz de Pinedo
Summary of Gotita de Gente
This is the story of an orphaned girl, Ana Maria, who has escaped from the orphanage where she has been living since she was born and where she received the bad treatment. She comes to the door of an apartment, but there is nobody home, and she falls asleep in front of the door. Several hours later, Juan Bautista Martinez, the owner of the apartment arrives and is surprised to see the sleepy girl there, but he brings her home. Ana Maria says to Juan that he is her Dad and she asks to let her live with him. Juan is in doubt, but accepts to leave her for several days until the situation is solved. The evil neighbor of Juan Bautista who is in love with him notifies authorities and they send a social worker, Martha Rivera Valdes, to investigate the case. Martha lives tormented because her own newborn daughter was taken away from her. Martha's boss, Dona Carlota, is a tyrant lady who gives an order to take Ana Maria from Juan Bautista and she sends her to another orphanage. Juan, who has already got attached to Ana Maria and sees her as his own daughter, goes to the court to ask for her custody. Martha agrees, but her boss no. A legal battle starts, Martha wants a girl to be with her, and so does Juan Bautista. Martha gets to think that Ana Maria is her lost daughter. The servant who took the Martha's baby to the orphanage is the only one who knows that Ana Maria is not her daughter, the baby died, but he decides to keep the secret in order not to destroy the happiness of Martha and Juan who have already fallen in love. At the end Martha and Juan Bautista marry and Ana Maria finally manages to have the home that she always dreamed of.
CAST
Graciela Mauri ..... Ana María
Liliana Abud .... Martha Rivera Valdes
Jorge Ortíz de Pinedo .... Juan Bautista Martínez
Luciano Hernandez de la Vega .... Sr.Rivera
Alicia Rodríguez .... Doña Margarita
Martha Ofelia Galindo
Leticia Perdigón
María Idalia
Mercedes Pascual .... Doña Carlota
Pancho Muller
Raul Padilla Jr.
Rafael del Rio
Sergio Ramos
Juan Verduzco
Estela Chacón .... Hermana Marcela
Writing credits
Raymundo López (original story)
Luis Reyes de la Maza (adaptation)
Directed by
Manolo García
Produced by
Valentín Pimstein
Televisa
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Further remake of "Gotita de gente" is telenovela "Gotita de amor"
VIEWERS COMMENTS
- by anonymous
Telenovela en capítulos semanales, la pasaban los viernes. Se intentó aprovechar la popularidad de Graciela Mauri, que era ya una jovencita tal vez de 10 o 12 años de edad, su último momento de infancia, en el que todavía conservaba algo de la simpatía que mostró en Mundo de Juguete. Historia inverosímil, donde la elegante psicóloga Liliana Abud se arrastraba de amor por un muchacho de la vecindad (escenario idéntico al del Chavo del 8) Después, Abud mejor se dedicó a escribir telenovelas que a actuar. En cambio Ortiz de Pinedo prefirió la comedia y se olvidó de las novelas. A Graciela Mauri la vimos sólo una vez más en telenovelas, su estatura no le ayudó a protagonizar, y optó por hacer discos -sin éxito- hasta llegar a convertirse en Donalú, divirtiendo a los niños a los que alguna vez representó.
LINKS
Gotita de Gente at IMDB
Gotita de Gente at Recordar es vivir
