
María la del Barrio(1995)
A brave, poor young girl is welcomed into a rich family and develops a romance with their misogynist youngest son, driving a woman already in love with him to go to great lengths to destroy their relationship.


The spoiled and insensitive Estrella de Rossi comes across a humble girl, Virginia, who is her spitting image; almost immediately she comes up with a game and, as a bit of mischief, she pays the girl to impersonate her. When she pulls this off successfully and no one notices the change, Estrella goes further and decides to take a year off to go out and live her life. She forces her double to accept this pact and the young village girl is left to assume the role of a rich and married woman, with a husband who is not really hers but who she ends up falling in love with. She will also face an alcoholic mother-in-law, stepchildren in need of attention and love, a company teetering on bankruptcy and above all, the eminent danger of being discovered.

Mariela Alcala
Virginia Pérez Guzmán / Estrella Mendoza de Rossi
Víctor Cámara
Luis Antonio Rossi

Franklin Vírgüez
Manuel Landaeta / Manuel Pereira

Rosita Quintana
Abuela Renata Vda. de Rossi
Carmen Julia Álvarez
Ana Julia Rossi de Leal
Intrusive is a drama, soap series that first aired in 1986. Created by Inés Rodena, it stars Mariela Alcala, Víctor Cámara, Franklin Vírgüez. The spoiled and insensitive Estrella de Rossi comes across a humble girl, Virginia, who is her spitting image; almost immediately she comes up with a game and, as a bit of mischief, she pays the girl to impersonate her. When she pulls this off successfully and no one notices the change, Estrella goes further and decides to take a year off to go out and live her life. She forces her double to accept this pact and the young village girl is left to assume the role of a rich and married woman, with a husband who is not really hers but who she ends up falling in love with. She will also face an alcoholic mother-in-law, stepchildren in need of attention and love, a company teetering on bankruptcy and above all, the eminent danger of being discovered.
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