# Una familia con suerte (2011)

> A Mexican telenovela adapting the Argentinean format Los Roldán, following the López family through marriages, rivalries and domestic comedy.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/34625

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 266
- Episode runtime: 44 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy, drama, family
- Created by: Marcelo Tinelli, Sebastián Ortega
- Network: Las Estrellas
- Cast: Arath de la Torre, Mayrín Villanueva, Luz Elena González, Daniela Castro, Sergio Sendel, Julio Bracho, Alicia Machado, Sherlyn
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1853455/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: melodramatic, warm, comedic, sentimental, bustling

## What critics say

Audiences rate the telenovela mixed, with its familiar melodramatic family comedy praised for warmth and cast chemistry while its formula and length draw complaints.

## Synopsis

Una familia con suerte is a Mexican telenovela that adapts the Argentinean format Los Roldán for Las Estrellas, following the López Peñaloza clan through money worries, marriages and sibling rivalries. Arath de la Torre anchors the story as Francisco, the striving head of a crowded household whose in-laws, neighbours and romantic rivals keep pressing in from every side. Mayrín Villanueva, Luz Elena González and Daniela Castro round out a large ensemble in which every marriage carries its own friction. Across 266 episodes, the engine is everyday family life: competing in-laws, petty feuds that spill from one room to the next, and long serialized plot threads that move the household's daily drama forward. The tone is warm, bustling and theatrical, mixing comic squabbling with sentimental turns and heightened melodrama. Viewers who enjoy classic family soaps, domestic sitcom chaos or the sprawling romantic entanglements of Latin American telenovelas will find a familiar, comforting world here, built on ensemble chemistry rather than cliffhanger twists.

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