Girasoles para Lucía

1999 Ended Latina Televisión

Drama Romance

Lucía Trevi has two dreams in life: to become a famous Hollywood actress and to win the love of José Simón Landaeta. She knows the first is practically impossible... but the second, why not? Like Cinderella, this cheerful, sweet, yet poor young woman believes that dreams can come true if one desires them intensely enough. Perhaps as a reward for such optimism, life grants Lucía the opportunity she craves: to connect with the distinguished Landaeta family and thereby get closer to her idol. One afternoon, while making a delivery for the deli where she works, Lucía falls victim to a pickpocket... and the man who comes to her rescue, purely by chance, is Roberto Landaeta, José Simón's brother. Handsome and charming, yet down-to-earth and kind, Roberto is captivated by Lucía's beauty and warmth, and begins to woo her. Upon learning that she comes from humble means and must work to support her father, Roberto decides that to win Lucía's love on his own merits, free from the influence of his surname and fortune, he should hide his true identity. He tells her he is a labourer at the Landaeta corporation, rather than revealing that he is one of its owners. A beautiful friendship blossoms between Roberto and Lucía, even though she cannot stop thinking about her "Prince Charming," José Simón. She sees him in society magazines, unaware that he is closer than she imagines. Unlike Roberto, José Simón is arrogant, domineering, and dismissive of anyone he considers socially inferior. He would never take notice of a girl like Lucía, despite the countless schemes she devises to meet him. She only manages to catch his attention through a misunderstanding, when he happens to mistake her for the aristocratic Countess of Fernese.