Para volver a amar (TV series)

Para volver a amar (English title: Marriage Diaries) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Giselle González and Roberto Gómez Fernández for Televisa. It is a remake of the Colombian telenovela El último matrimonio feliz. It premiered on Canal de las Estrellas on July 12, 2010. The series was originally scheduled to be broadcast at 10:00 p.m., but moved to 5:00 p.m. to add a few more minutes to the episodes of Soy tu dueña. The final episode aired on January 30, 2011.

It stars Rebecca Jones, Alejandro Camacho, René Strickler, Alejandra Barros, Jesús Ochoa, Nailea Norvind, África Zavala and Mark Tacher.

Para volver a amar aired in the United States on Univision from March 8, 2011 to October 28, 2011.

Synopsis
Marriage Diaries centers around six married couples, their joys and sorrows, the drama and the rich variety of emotions they go through in their daily struggles to stay together after the proverbial “…and they lived happily ever after”.

Antonia (Rebecca Jones) and Patricio (René Strickler) enjoy a stable relationship based on love, respect and mutual trust. All is well until one day their daughter, Paola (Thelma Madrigal), is involved in a serious accident. Antonia, who works in a real estate agency, needs some personal time to take care of her, but Braulio (Alejandro Camacho), her boss and the villain of the story, refuses to grant her even a single day, leaving her no other choice but to quit her job. With her husband’s encouragement and support, Antonia starts up her own business and one by one she will be joined by Rosaura (Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez), Bárbara (Alejandra Barros), Yorley (África Zavala) and Maité (Sophie Alexander), four troubled, embattled women, who are seeking employment and a shot at a better life.

Rosaura and Rolando’s (Jesús Ochoa) marriage is a sad tale of deceit and sacrifice. Rosaura is a good woman, whose self-worth is severely compromised by a callous husband, who runs around with a younger woman, and by her indifferent teenage children, who take her work and many sacrifices entirely for granted.

Bárbara and Jaime (Juan Carlos Barreto) are trapped in a viciously dysfunctional marriage. Bárbara is pretty and outgoing, but a bit clumsy and lacking in self-confidence. And understandably so, since she lives with an abusive alcoholic husband and a controlling mother-in-law, who likes to run her life.

Yorley and David (Flavio Medina) can’t be more different from each other. While Yorley is hard-working and always looks on the bright side of things, her husband, David, is a deadbeat who sits back and complains he can’t find a job “worthy of his high skills”, while his wife has to work two jobs to support them.

Maité and Jorge’s (Mark Tacher) marriage is based on competitiveness. Their marriage is in danger of a separation due to Maité’s driving ambition and her competitive streak. Their conflict comes to a boil when Jorge gets the promotion she thought she deserved and she, on the other hand, gets fired!

Valeria (Nailea Norvind) and Braulio’s marriage is a farce. Valeria knows that she is nothing but a “trophy wife” to her husband, to be put on display. She has no opinion or will of her own and she now realizes she must get out from underneath his cruel, crushing thumb and be her own person again.

Marriage Diaries mirrors the all-too-familiar day-to-day drama of six couples, who must learn the hard way —with or in spite of their spouses— that happiness is not a goal accomplished on your wedding day, but rather the long, difficult journey that must be traveled together from that day onward.

Main

 * Rebecca Jones as Antonia Palacios
 * Alejandro Camacho as Braulio Longoria
 * René Strickler as Patricio González
 * Alejandra Barros as Bárbara Mantilla
 * Jesús Ochoa as Rolando Salgar "El Cachetes"
 * Nailea Norvind as Valeria Andrade
 * África Zavala as Yorley Quiroga
 * Mark Tacher as Jorge Casso

Also main

 * Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez as Rosaura Pereyra
 * Flavio Medina as David Magaña
 * Juan Carlos Barreto as Jaime Espinosa
 * Sophie Alexander as Maité Duarte
 * Agustín Arana as Leonardo Torres

Recurring

 * Eduardo España as Quintín
 * Pablo Valentín as Marcial
 * Isabel Benet as Elvia
 * Danny Perea as Jenny Salgar Pereyra
 * Alex Sirvent as Alcides
 * Marcia Coutiño as Charito
 * Gabriela Zamora as Mireya Nieto
 * Jana Raluy as Miranda Pinto
 * Alfonso Dosal as Sebastián Longoria Andrade
 * Juan Ríos as Faber Esparza
 * Loania Quinzaños as Fanny
 * Claudia Godínez as Jessica
 * Thelma Madrigal as Paola González Palacios
 * Guillermo Avilán as César Salgar Pereyra
 * Magda Guzmán as Conchita Cabrera
 * Édgar Vivar as Renato Villamar

Guest stars

 * Arturo Barba as Román Pérez
 * Jonathan Becerra as Beto
 * Socorro Bonilla as Ofelia
 * Adrián Carreón as Roque
 * Cassandra Ciangherotti as Laila
 * Dobrina Cristeva as Greta
 * Alberto Estrella as Rodrigo Longoria
 * Ricardo Fastlitcht as Plinio
 * Susana González as Doménica
 * Blanca Guerra as Master of ceremonies
 * Ricardo Guerra as Pavel
 * Lisset as Denisse
 * Mario Loria as Sergio Aldama
 * Justo Martínez as Don Nazario
 * Victoria Mejía as Gina
 * Maricruz Nájera as Confesión
 * Emmanuel Orenday as Dylan
 * Adalberto Parra as Amador
 * Georgina Pedret as Clarita
 * Ariane Pellicer as Cindy
 * Alex Perea as Checo "El Zorro"
 * Miguel Pizarro as Andrés
 * Karol Sevilla as Monse
 * Juan Verduzco as Enrique Pimentel