Gente bien (English: Well-off People) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucy Orozco for Televisa in 1997.
On Monday, April 28, 1997, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Gente bien weekdays at 7:00pm, replacing Mi querida Isabel. The last episode was broadcast on Friday, August 15, 1997 with Amada enemiga replacing it the following Monday.
Patricia Manterola and Mario Cimarro starred as protagonists, while the leading actors César ÃÂvora and Julián Pastor starred as antagonists. The leading actresses MarÃÂa Rivas, Isela Vega, Helena Rojo and Ana MartÃÂn starred as stellar performances.
MarÃÂa is a hard-working and honest young woman who provides her services at a pharmaceutical company called Balmori Laboratories. Unfortunately, she is forced to quit her job because her boss, Adolfo Klein, attempted to rape her.
After the incident, MarÃÂa gets a job at the prestigious factory of Jaime Dumas, a businessman connected to the mafia. He is Adolfo's relative and partner. When Jaime's father died he left his entire inheritance to his wife Sara and she left Jaime in charge to take care of the factory, since he is the eldest son.
Alicia, Jaime's sister, is Adolfo's wife. Rebeca is Jaime's wife, and when she finds out that Adolfo tried to rape MarÃÂa, a terrible scandal is created around the family.
Jaime meets MarÃÂa and tries to seduce her. Luckily, MarÃÂa meets Gerardo, an environmentalist who is investigating, gathering evidence, and fighting against Jaime Dumas and his factory, since it distributes prohibited substances and illegal pesticides. MarÃÂa and Gerardo fall in love, but many circumstances separate them.