"Una Maid in Manhattan" tells the story of Marisa Lujan (Litzy), who
runs a small hotel in the village of Michoacan. Before the events shown
in the show, she falls in love with Victor, an American man who visits
Michoacán every year for the Christmas holidays. She becomes pregnant
with Victor's child.
At the start of the show, Marisa's son, Lalo, is ten years old and
Marisa's dream of a happy life with Victor has given way to a more
troubling reality: the town of Michoacán has become a center for drug
trafficking. Among the seedy inhabitants is Miguelito, an old friend of
Marisa's who now heads a powerful cartel which buys Marisa's hotel and
turns it into a headquarters for drug deals and murder.
Marisa decides to migrate north to the United States for the sake of
her son. Victor proposes to her and thus provides means of obtaining
legal documents to live and work within the United States. In Los
Angeles, Marisa and Victor are married, but things quickly sour when
Marisa catches Victor cheating with another woman on their wedding day.
She quickly decides to move to New York, where her childhood friend
Belinda (Maite Embil) offers help. Thanks to Belinda's good word, Marisa
finds employment as a maid in a Manhattan hotel and, through good work,
begins to gain the trust and respect of the hotel manager. Consecutive
wins as Employee of the Month and the encouragement of her maid friends
begin to convince her that she should apply for the open position of
assistant manager.
Her aspirations for advancement are complicated by a mixup involving
Christopher Parker (Eugenio Siller) a wealthy man and New York Senator's
son, who is staying at the hotel. Christopher Parker follows Lalo into
the premier suite only to find Marisa dressed in a rich guest's
glamorous clothes. After a walk in Central Park, he begins to fall in
love with Marisa. She, in turn, feels for him what she had convinced
herself was not possible after her problems with Victor and other men.
However, Marisa is also a responsible and loving mother and woman.
Although she admits to very much liking Christopher, she cannot justify
jeopardizing her son's education or her job for what she considers to be
a fairytale. Also in the mix is Sara (Vanessa Villela), another hotel
guest and a vapid fashion critic who has set her sight on Christopher
Parker.
Though Christopher is smitten, Marisa feels guilty about misleading
him about her true identity as a maid. She is also reluctant to continue
seeing him as she is worried about the status of her job and as she
considers they come from far too different backgrounds to make things
work. It will take both characters' willingness to see things from a new
different perspective and a willingness to turn things upside down to
make things work.
Characters
Marisela González as Calixta Meléndez
Calixta is a mature woman; very sensitive, sexual-looking, energetic. She is always doing something involving people in what she takes part. Moreover, she is reserved and calm and no one can break the shell she is in to reveal her true emotions,
Eugenio Siller as Cristóbal Parker Salas
Cristóbal Parker Salas is the person who has always set goals and he really succeeded. In spite he is wealthy and influential, he is humble and not so loud in purchasing property.
Cristóbal is young man with incredibly right principles and nobility that is often missing among powerful and wealthy people. He knows where to talk and where to keep silence. From the teenage he is keen on sport and he succeeded in swimming and running at distance. He walks 8 miles, on average, every day to stay healthy. His personal life is jump-like, if ever exists. He is highly attracted by young owmen who are eager to grasp in him. When he meets Marisa, he realizes it’s time for love. He has never loved before like that.
Jorge Eduardo García as Eduardo 'Lalo' Mendoza
Eduardo is the son of Marisa and Victor. He is incredibly intelligent boy, energetic and too smart. Lalo learns English quickly to use frequently and in Mexico he acts as the guide for tourists. Lalo is very sociable and makes friends with lots of people. He loves animals. Moreover, he is too affected to his grandmother. He dreams of arriving to New York to settle in there. He is keen on politics and entrepreneurship. When he arrives to New York, he feels free to live there. He charms everyone he talks to.
Jorge Hernández as Estanislao
Estanislao is a powerful person in the place with very dark thoughts and intentions. He is the owner of the flat that Marisa rents to live. He takes advantage of his flat to do his dirty business.
Litzy as Marisa Luján
Marisa Luján is a young and beautiful woman. She is determined about her life priorities and she can easily go to risk for the sake of her son. She risks starting a new life in New York for her son and she cannot even think of a person she can find there to love and live. That is not her intentions as she arrives there. Most of all, she aspires to get a new job, well-paid to afford good life with the persepective to give education to her son.
Marisa Luján is the one to struggle for her rights and opportunities and for others’. She is smart and she can hold on to her emotions to speak quietly to gain. In most situations she behaves with patience though she can express her personal feelings when she is happy. She loves dancing and sport as a teenager. She cannot help dancing when she hears music anywhere. She could become a successful basketball player though she stepped onto another life path. She is responsible for her child and she lives for him.
Marisa arrived to USA from Mexico escaping from the drug-business which affected her home country. She has ill relations with Victor, the father of her son, though she held to her marriage to have the chance to change her life. She has never married Victor, if she were back to the past. As a real macho man, Victor has parties with friends on Friday and on Sunday he is empty, emotionally and financially.
Jeimy Osorio as Tania Taylor
Tania Taylor works with Marisa, she is her companion in her business. Tania loves singing and dancing. She teches Spanish, either. She has relations with one of the best men in the region who dreams of becoming a great basketball player. She does not work hoping for the best future soon. She is cheerful and outgoing, though she is not a favorite of life. She never quits, especially when she sets goals and sees perspectives of what she is doing
Tormenta en el Paraíso
In the year 1519, the Mayan priest Ahzac discovers that his daughter, Ixmy, has given herself to the love of a white man; she was destined to be sacrificed as a gift to the gods along with some gifts made of gold and with a black pearl of similar size. The maiden, having avoided her fate, invokes Ahzac's fury, who then invokes a curse upon the black pearl, saying, " Whoever has this pearl in their possession will never be able to know what happiness is!"
Rostro de Analía, El
Mariana Montiel is a young and beautiful executive at the head of
ANGEL'S, the executive airline founded by her father. She has been
skilled and very shrewd in business, though her personal life is a
completely different story as she has not known how to protect the
thing she most cares about: her own marriage.
"Una Maid in Manhattan" tells the story of Marisa Lujan (Litzy), who
runs a small hotel in the village of Michoacan. Before the events shown
in the show, she falls in love with Victor, an American man who visits
Michoacán every year for the Christmas holidays. She becomes pregnant
with Victor's child.
