La Gata is an upcoming Mexican telenovela to be produced by Nathalie
Lartilleux for Televisa. It is a remake of the Venezuelan telenovela La
Gata, produced in 1968.
Maite Perroni and Daniel Arenas will star as the protagonist, while Laura Zapata will star as the antagonist.
La Gata tell a story about a young and humble woman that has no recollection of where she came from or what her real name is and suffers from the exploits of an older woman, that knows exactly who she is. The telenovela was first produced in Mexico in 1970 with Maria Rivas and Juan Ferrara in the leading roles. In 1983 Televisa does a remake of the same story with Victoria Ruffo and Guillermo Capetillo as the main couple. Ten years later Venezuela does its own version titled "Cara Sucia" with Sonya Smith and Guillermo Davila while Televisa remakes it under "Sueño de Amor" with Angélica Rivera and Omar Fierro. The last version of this melodrama was produced in 2000 as "Por Un Beso" with Natalia Esperón and Victor Noriega as the lead couple.
Source: wikipedia.org and latintimes.com
