# The Poor, Rich Family (2013)

> Two mismatched families, one millionaire and one working-class, are forced under one roof and tangled in romance and comic chaos.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/54129

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 167
- Episode runtime: 45 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy, drama, romance
- Network: Las Estrellas
- Cast: Jaime Camil, Zuria Vega, Mark Tacher, Ingrid Martz, Sylvia Pasquel, Raquel Pankowsky, Arturo Peniche, Natasha Dupeyrón
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3307334/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: breezy, melodramatic, warm, comedic, heartfelt

## What critics say

Audiences rate the telenovela positively for its comedic situations and romance between two mismatched households, though its appeal is largely within its familiar genre conventions.

## Synopsis

The Poor, Rich Family (2013-2014) is a Mexican telenovela created for Las Estrellas, a single-season run of 167 episodes of about 45 minutes each. The story follows the millionaire Ruizpalacios family and the working-class Mendonça family, two households with nothing in common who are forced to live under the same roof. Miguel Ángel Ruizpalacios (Jaime Camil) anchors the wealthy household, while Lupita Menchaca (Zuria Vega) represents the Mendonça side, and Alejo Ruizpalacios (Mark Tacher) and Minerva Fontanet (Ingrid Martz) carry the romantic threads that cut across the class divide. The engine of the series is the friction of daily life in a shared house, where pride, money, and mistaken assumptions collide and romance keeps pulling the households closer together. Each episode is built from amusing domestic situations and sudden turns of fortune, and the season unfolds as one continuing serialized story. Set in contemporary Mexico, it moves through urban wealth and modest working-class neighborhoods. The tone is warm, breezy, and melodramatic, with comedy and heartfelt romance balanced throughout. Fans of Ugly Betty and other Latin American soap operas will find resonance in its blend of class satire, romantic entanglements, and family warmth.

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