05 Oct 1990
Avalon
A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.
Mariana Mariana
She was his first love, she was his illusion, she was his daydream. Until they taught him that she was his sin too.
The story runs in the 1940s Mexico City. A schoolboy (Carlos) falls in love with his best friend's mother (Mariana). Carlos is impressed because this family is not like the ordinary mexican families of the time, because they have many expensive American things, although they are not rich. The drama begins when Carlos gets out of school to go to declare his love to Mariana, and is discovered by his teachers.
Top Billed Cast
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Carlos (adult)
Elizabeth Aguilar Mariana
Saby Kamalich Carlos' Mother
Aarón Hernán Carlos' Father
Luis Mario Quiroz Carlos
Juan Carlos Andrews Jim
Gerardo Quiroz Héctor
José Luis Cruz Profesor Mondragón
Adolfo Olmos Rosales
Jun Kawabe Toru
Cuautli Arau Alberto
Salvador Rodríguez Ayala
Andrés Sánchez Alcaráz
Julio Monterde School Principal
Fernando Palavicini Rosales (adult)
Héctor Ortega The Priest
Ignacio Retes Psychiatrist
Ángeles González Psychologist
Isabel Andrade Isabel
Mariana Luiselli Estelita
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