The Poor, Rich Family
2013 · 1 season · 167 eps · ★ 7.7 · Soap, Comedy, Drama
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The Poor, Rich Family is a story of love, romance, twists of fate, and countless amusing situations involving two families with nothing in common—yet who are now forced to live under the same roof. On one side are the millionaire Ruizpalacios family; on the other, the Mendonças, a classic working-class family.
Directed by Benjamín Cann · Written by Juan Manuel Cáceres Niño
Network: Las Estrellas
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Jaime Camil Miguel Ángel Ruizpalacios Romagnoli -
Zuria Vega Lupita Menchaca Martínez -
Mark Tacher Alejo Ruizpalacios Saravia - I Ingrid Martz Minerva Fontanet Blanco
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Sylvia Pasquel Ana Sofía Romagnoli vda. de Ruizpalacios - R Raquel Pankowsky Isela Blanco vda. de Fontanet
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Arturo Peniche Nepomuceno Escandiondas -
Natasha Dupeyrón Frida Ruizpalacios -
Mauricio Abularach Fotógrafo
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