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). It began in 1976, with principal actors

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and

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. The title in English means "Tomorrow will be another day", similar to

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''. In the Spanish title, the accented word ''"será"'' ("will be") is pronounced as "say-Rah" but often the word for day is not accented (as ''"dia''"). The telenovela's runtime was 30 minutes, and it had 120 episodes.See

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webpage. The TV series was produced in Mexico by Televisa S.A. de C.V. Viewers' reactions to the show have been highly favorable.

Synopsis of plot storyline

Mariana is a young woman "Mañana Sera Otro Dia", Alma-Latina.net, web:
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from a wealthy family living in the resort town of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. She loves Arturo, also from a rich family, but their families are long-term enemies. The reason for the families' rivalry is that Mariana's mother Consuelo and his father Juan were once in love, but now have 2 separate families. Young Mariana becomes pregnant with Arturo's child, but he instead marries another woman, Paola, who dies while giving birth to a girl, Sofía. Mariana leaves her family, while still pregnant, and travels inland to

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, where she gives birth to Arturo's son, Roberto. However, Mariana's new baby is then kidnapped, and she will spend her life looking for him. Thinking of children separated from their mothers, she devotes herself to the care of orphans. Mariana's baby (Roberto) is left to be raised in an

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. One day, Roberto meets Mariana and Sofía (his half-sister, Arturo's daughter). Mariana again meets Arturo, still thinking of her, and he wants to rekindle an affair with her. To regain Mariana's affection, he hires a boy, similar in age to Roberto, to pretend to be Mariana's lost son... However, the

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will be discovered, and Mariana will find her true son Roberto, but she will remain alone.

Cast

The following are the original cast members of the show: :*

.... Mariana :*

.... Alfonso :* Rebeca Iturbide .... Consuelo :*

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.... Hortensia :*

Víctor Junco Víctor Ciriaco Junco Tassinari (18 June 1917 – 6 July 1988), known professionally as Víctor Junco, was a Mexican actor. He was considered a star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During his career, Junco received two Ariel Award nominatio ...

.... Juan :* Jorge Vargas .... Arturo :* Veronica Castro .... Gabriela :* Helena Rojo .... Paola :*

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.... Patricia :* Ma. Fernanda Ayensa .... Patricia (young) :*

María Rubio María Rubio (September 21, 1934 – March 1, 2018) was a Mexican actress. She worked with Televisa on many telenovelas. She appeared as the villain Catalina Creel in the 1986–87 telenovela, ''Cuna de lobos ''Cuna de lobos'' (English: ''Cr ...

.... Olivia :*

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.... Roberto :*

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.... Armando :*

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.... Sofia :* Enrique Novi :* Zoila Quiñones :*

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.... Virginia

Crew members

;Writing credits :*

Fernanda Villeli María Ofelia Villenave Garza, known as Fernanda Villeli, (14 May 1921 – 1 February 2009) was a Mexican writer and activist, who was one of the major writers of telenovelas in Mexico. She wrote for series such as '' Aprendiendo a amar'' (1980), ' ...

(original story/adaptation) :* Marissa Garido (original story/adaptation) ;Cinematography :* Ernesto Alonso ; Director :* Carlos David Ortigoza ; Producer :* Ernesto Alonso

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References

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