Una Familia Con Suerte

Una familia con suerte (which means A fortunate family, A lucky family) is a Mexican telenovela that is produced by Juan Osorio for the Televisa network. Based upon Los Roldán, the Argentinean telenovel, the show stars Luz Elena Gonzales, Mayrín Villanueva and Arath De La Torre as the main characters.

The Una Familia Con Suerte soap opera follows the story of public market delivery vendor, Pancho Lopez (played by Arath de la Torre) and his family. Pancho is a low income, humble, generous and kind widower. His wife, Laura Torres de Lopez (played by Ana Barbara), died giving birth to their son, Temo. A staunch family man, he is known for helping people. He has great business sense, however, he is not enamored with money, believing it to be evil.

President of Avon subsidiary, Fernanda Penaloza (played by Alicia Rodríguez) decides to commit suicide, after being diagnosed with cancer. While about to jump off a bridge, Pancho notices her and persuades her not to do it.

Fernanda is later introduced to Pancho's four children. His favorite daughter, Lupita (played by Alejandra García), is much like her father in that she is compassionate and kind. Ana (played by Sherlyn) is a musical tomboy. Temo (played by Daniel Arevalo) is the baby of the family and was raised by his deceased wife's sister, Chela (played by Luz Elena Gonzalez). It is revealed that Chela had a crush on her brother in law even before Pancho married her sister.

Pepe Lopez (played by Pablo Lyle), is Pancho's eldest son. An adventurous man, he works as a mechanical engineer apprentice and loves driving. He transcends classes with an ability to communicate with everyone. Pepe is in love with Monica Rinaldi (played by Violeta Isfel), however, she is rich and already engaged. Pepe is competing for Monica's love with Freddy Irabien (played by Juan Diego Covarrubias), Monica's fiance.

Pancho and his family face financial problems so he puts his house up for loan collateral and is unable to repay it. Pancho then accepts Fernanda Penaloza's job offer as president of the cosmetic company.

The Lopez family also hesitantly accepts Fernanda's offer to live in her home. They live near neighbors, the Irabien family: Vicente, Freddy and Pina. Fernanda believes that Pancho is deserving of a good life, as opposed to her nephew, Vicente, who is obviously waiting for his aunt to pass away so that he can live off the inheritance.

The change of lifestyle is dramatic for the Lopez family, which results in many amusing scenarios that arise from their clashing financial cultures.