Luz y sombra

Luz y sombra (English title: Light and shadow) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Gonzalo Martínez Ortega for Televisa in 1989.^[1]

Thalía and Alberto Mayagoitía starred as protagonists, while Enrique Álvarez Félix starred as main antagonist.

Plot

Alma and José are two young people who try to succeed and achieve their goals in life, in spite of the odds and difficult circumstances they were born into, surrounded by poverty, economic disparity, homeless street children and substance abusers.

Alma lives with her mother Mercedes, who led her daughter to believe that her father Eusebio died, but the truth is that he left them long ago and now lives with another woman. José, meanwhile, is a boy who dreams of being a great Olympic swimmer, just as Alma dreams of becoming a famous ballerina.

Despite the hostilities they are forced to endure daily, Alma and Joseph don't stop trying to succeed and achieve their dreams, even if they have to go through misfortunes and sufferings.

Cast

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• Thalía as Alma Suárez
• Alberto Mayagoitía [es] as José Guerra
• Enrique Álvarez Félix as Juan Guerra
• Cecilia Tijerina [es] as Lucía
• Eric del Castillo
• Delia Casanova as Mercedes "Meche" de Suárez
• Carlos Bracho as Ricardo Saucedo
• Blanca Sánchez as Aurora Linares de Guerra
• Socorro Bonilla as Leticia
• Quintín Bulnes as Guido
• Raúl Buenfil [fr] as Satanás
• Mario León as Simón
• Roberto Sosa as Sergio Luna
• Fabián as El Zorra
• Rosario Escobar [es] as Marcela
• Evangelina Sosa [es] as Caridad "Cari"
• Uriel Chávez as Tomás
• Jaime Lozano
• Rosita Arenas as Sra. Orozco
• Salvador Sánchez [es] as Eusebio Suárez
• Javier Ruán [es] as El Costeño
• Holda Ramírez as Mary Tere
• Antua Terrazas as Toño
• Gustavo Navarro as Gustavo
• Darío T. Pie [es] as El Viborín
• Eva Prado as Cecilia
• José Luis Llamas as Urbano
• Alejandrina Fuentes as Gela

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