Mar de Amor
For Estrella (Zuria Vega), life is like the sea, full of danger and evil. But the sea also fights and moves forward. Far from her foster father; this humble fisher has suffered from the disorder that the crazy Casilda (Erika Buenfil) has. Casilda is Estrella's mother, who was in this state after being raped by Guillermo (Juan Ferrara), a wealthy man who is tormented by this sin. Since then, the crazy Casilda roams between peoples aimlessly. However, in the absence of their parents, Estrella received the shelter of her humble sponsors, who have brought her up as their child.
In her fondness for study, Estrella learned to read, and through books knew love. She begins to fall for the famous writer, Victor Manuel Galindez (Mario Cimarro).
Victor Manuel lived for years traveling in different directions while writing his many adventures as a sailor, but one day, destiny and fate crossed his path, and he meets Coral (Ninel Conde), a woman who washed up on a beach and has Amnesia. This strange woman steals Victor Manuel's heart. However, this relationship ends when Victor Manuel learns that Coral killed in a tragic boat explosion. Devastated and feeling guilty about the death of Coral, Victor Manuel returns to Playa Escondida, the town where he grew up. He drinks, trying to forget his sorrows that are like a dark blanket. He never imagines that Estrella might bring the sparkle back to his life. After he drinks some alcohol, he is flying a plane to Playa Escondida and falls asleep, almost crashing the plane into Estrella, while at fishing. Estrella recognizes the author who made her love reading. Very excited, she decides to help the sailor, who at first does not accept Estrella into his heart, but with the tenderness of a humble fisherman, Victor Manuel is overcome with love for her.
However, problems begin to appear for Estrella. A wealthy but selfish man, León Parra-Ibáñez (Manuel Landeta), wants to build a hotel complex on her sunny village. To carry out his plans, he wants to have the town cleared. All the fishermen who live in Playa Escondida would have to leave. Unfortunately, this land belongs to Victor Manuel. León wants to buy the land that belongs to Victor Manuel. Therefore, he convinces his self-centered daughter Oriana (Mariana Seoane) to seduce Victor Manuel and convince him to sell the land to him.
Casilda returns to Playa Escondida. Full of anger and revenge toward those who hurt her, she attempts suicide by almost drowning herself, but some villagers rescue her. Now Estrella needs to work to cure her mother of these suicide thoughts. She wants to pay for therapy so her mother can get well. To make money, she comes to the house of León and begins to work as a secretary. León is struck with her beauty and wants her. This only makes Oriana hate Estrella more. León's relative, Guillermo, visits from time to time. He learns that Estrella is the daughter he abandoned years ago with her mother. Drowned in a deep depression, he admits to Estrella that is he who caused so much damage to Casilda, and therefore, her father. León has another daughter, Elena (Florencia del Saracho), who is kind and beautiful. Elena has fallen for a village boy, Salvador (Ramon Valdez). They see each other, but keep their relationship a secret from her father.
León is very jealous of Victor Manuel and wants Estrella to be himself, so he pretending to be sleeping with a girl who looks like Estrella, while Victor Manuel watch. Thinking it's Estrella, Victor Manuel, in revenge, becomes entangled with Oriana before Estrella's eyes. Hurt and heartbroken by what she has seen, Estrella takes Casilda to Mexico City to cure her condition at the hospital. She avoids Victor Manuel and her father, who she still has a grudge against for leaving them.
Salvador has a sister who León has raped. She is going to have a baby, and is living with her current boyfriend. When Salvador finds out about this, he is outraged. He decided to get León back by making Elena pregnant. He takes her to a beach and Making love with her.
Once in Mexico City, Estrella meets the psychiatrist Dr. Hernán Irazábal (Marcelo Cordoba), who falls in love with her. Victor Manuel learns that it was all a trap from León and decides to search for Estrella. But soon he encounters the woman that he fell in love in the past in Miami - Coral. Coral is found alive on the shore in Playa Escondida, without any memory. She doesn't even recognize Victor Manuel. He feels guilty about her situation, and decides to help by letting her stay in his mansion. In reality, Coral just wants to stay at his side to conquer and enjoy his wealth. Elena becomes pregnant and finds out that Salvador has tricked her. She is heartbroken for a while, but then falls in love with Victor Manuel's attorney, Marco Tilco Plaza (Mauricio Mejia).
Hernán helps Casilda heal while becoming good friends with Estrella, who begins to feel affection for him. Time passes, and Hernán helps to make Estrella a successful woman. Guillermo gives Estrella his inheritance, frustrating León and Oriana. Her mother, Casilda, is cured of her disorder. Hernán begins to date with Estrella and helps her overcome her disappointment in Victor Manuel. Estrella is now in a big business and very happy. However, the past comes back haunt her. Victor Manuel can not stop looking at Estrella. Coral gets a tumor and will die in a few months. León is in hiding from the police. Hernán finds out about this and thinks he might loose Estrella if the two meet again. He tries to prevent them reuniting, but inevitably, their paths cross again. Estrella has changed though; and Victor Manuel is strapped to a deranged Coral. Meanwhile, León and Coral meet. They begin to see each other, and become friends throughout their mutual hate of Victor Manuel and Estrella. They are full of vengeance and ready to finish Estrella and Victor Manuel off. Throughout these months, Oriana begins to change. She sees that she was wrong to be so selfish and evil, and has a change of heart. She begins to love Santos (Arturo Carmona), who is a nice man that has always loved her. They have sex, and after a while, get married.
Victor Manuel begins to see Estrella again. One night, he gets in a fight with Hernán and after Hernán is found dead, Victor Manuel is the main suspect and is put in jail (In reality, Hernán was actually killed by Coral and her friend). Estrella has an accidentally shot by León and falls down the stairs, while during at Oriana and Santos wedding. She cannot walk at the hospital, but begins to do therapy. Soon Victor Manuel is proven innocent and returns to be with Estrella. Once Victor Manuel is out and release from the jail there is nothing standing in the way of him and Estrella being together.
Victor Manuel takes Estrella to a romantic getaway for a day where they making love. León later tries to kill Victor Manuel by locking him in a lions cage in the circus, but Coral comes along and locks León inside the lion cage too. Estrella finds them and helps Victor Manuel get out. León is killed by the lion. Coral has her arm and leg paralyzed because of the tumor, and she commit suicide in the sea. Only the true bond of love between Estrella and Victor Manuel may resist the intrigues of Coral, of revenge from León and the jealousy of Hernán. They end up together, and you see that love is indeed like the sea, but it is also warm and kind and gentle.







