Marea de pasiones

Marea de pasiones (English title: Passionate Tides) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Giselle González for TelevisaUnivision. It is based on the 2017 Portuguese telenovela Paixão, created by Filipa Poppe and Joana Andrade. The series stars Oka Giner and Matías Novoa. It aired on Las Estrellas from 4 March 2024 to 31 May 2024.

Plot
Luisa and Marcelo see their marriage plans tarnished after the murder of Alejandro, Luisa's father, as Marcelo seems to be the main suspect in the murder. In reality, behind Alejandro's murder is Zaid, an ambitious man obsessed with Luisa. To strengthen the suspicion on Marcelo, Zaid has a guerrilla group kidnap him, so that everyone believes he fled. His disappearance shatters Luisa's heart, as she thinks he is guilty of her father's murder. Luisa finds out she is pregnant and confesses it to Zaid, who asks her to marry him and let him assume paternity. Luisa accepts in order to prevent her child from being rejected. After seven years, Marcelo returns, after escaping from his captors. Upon his return, everything is different and he and Luisa must fight against all odds to make their love a reality.

Main

 * Oka Giner as Luisa Grajales
 * Matías Novoa as Marcelo Bernal
 * Alejandro de la Madrid as Zaid Espino
 * Margarita Muñoz as Helena Ugarte
 * Blanca Guerra as María Inés Bernal
 * Luz María Jerez as Leonor Raygoza Grajales
 * Anna Ciocchetti as Isela Grajales de Marrero
 * Alejandro Camacho as Juan Marrero
 * Michel Duval as Santiago "Tiago" Grajales
 * Alexa Martín as Beatriz Marrero Grajales
 * Francisco Pizaña as Felipe Bernal
 * Grecia Krinis as Natalia Espino
 * Ariana Saavedra as Ana Grajales
 * Ana Tena as Camila Marrero Grajales
 * Jesús Castro Ponce as Enzo Hernández
 * Alfredo Gatica as Alfonso Marrero Grajales
 * Leticia Perdigón as Amanda
 * Álex Perea as Osvaldo
 * Alejandra Zaid as Roberta
 * Epy Vélez as Nora
 * Erick Diaz as Walter
 * Emiliano González as Iñaki
 * Alex Cortés as Gael
 * Jessica Decote as Rita

Guest stars

 * Saúl Lisazo as Alejandro Grajales
 * Alejandra Abreu
 * Alejandro Ibarra

Development
In November 2023, it was announced that Giselle González had begun pre-production on Marea de pasiones. Filming began a month later and concluded on 8 May 2024.

Casting
On 9 November 2023, Blanca Guerra was announced as part of the cast. On 7 December 2023, Oka Giner and Matías Novoa were confirmed in the lead roles, with Alejandro de la Madrid and Margarita Muñoz as antagonists of the story. On 21 December 2023, Alejandro Camacho joined the cast.