Parientes a la fuerza (English: Family by Force) is an American telenovela that aired on Telemundo from 26 October 2021 to 21 March 2022. The series is produced by 11:11 Films & TV for Telemundo. It stars Bárbara de Regil, Guy Ecker, Michel Duval, and Chantal Andere.
Plot
George Cruz is a 50 year old Hollywood screenwriter who is suffering a midlife crisis under the shadow of his only success, the death of his mother, and his wife, Leticia, cheating on him. His frustration, loneliness, and feeling like a failure take him to Mexico where he meets Carmen Jurado, a Mexican singer that turns into his muse, artist, and great love. George regains his inspiration and happiness that make him feel alive.
Cast
Main
Bárbara de Regil as Carmen Jurado
Guy Ecker as George Cruz
Michel Duval as Andy Cruz
Chantal Andere as Leticia Sanz
Carmen Aub as Clío Bonnet
Lisa Owen as Margarita Hernández de Jurado
Antonio de la Vega as Robert Ferguson
Salvador Zerboni as Juancho Hernández
Macaria as Mamá Rosa
Alejandro Ávila as Tenoch Cruz
Sofía Garza as Yuliana Hernández
Mauricio Garza as Tomás
Roberta Damián as Paz Cruz
Patricia Martínez as María Cruz
Daniel Raymont as Kurt
Ana Pau Castell as Lara Jurado
Elsy Reyes as Tania
Gustavo Egelhaaf as Emiliano
Enoc Leaño as Aristides
Luca Valentini as Rocco Cruz
Toño Valdés as Pedro Cruz
Verónica Montes as Sharpay
Angely Gaviria as Gina
Victor Jiménez as Don
Fermín Martínez as Aurelio Ruiz
Rodolfo Valdés as Rick Jones
Juan Vidal as Wesley
Nancy Taira as Sofía
Tomás Rojas as Camilo Bustillo
Recurring
Nashla Aguilar as Lulú
Leonardo Álvarez as Alan Davila
Iker García as Cameron
Diana Quijano as Michelle Bonnet
Ernesto Álvarez as Macario
Hamlet Ramírez
Miguel Islas as Pepe
Reception
Ratings
The series premiered with a total of 999,000 viewers. The series was pulled from Telemundo's prime time schedule after thirteen episodes due to low ratings. On 15 November 2021 the series moved to the late night timeslot of 12am/11c.