The Stray Cat

The Stray Cat
La Gata
GenreTelenovela
Written by
  • María Antonieta Calú Gutiérrez
  • Tere Medina
  • Dolores Ortega
Story by
Directed by
  • Víctor Fouilloux
  • Victor Rodriguez
Starring
Theme music composer
  • Jorge Eduardo Murguía
  • Mauricio Arriaga
Opening theme"Vas a querer volver" performed by Maite Perroni[1]
Country of originMexico
Original languageSpanish
No. of episodes121
Production
Executive producerNathalie Lartilleux
ProducerLeticia Díaz
Production locations
Editors
  • Alfredo Frutos Maza
  • Marco Antonio Rocha
Original release
NetworkCanal de las Estrellas
ReleaseMay 5 (2014-05-05) –
October 19, 2014 (2014-10-19)
Related

The Stray Cat (Original title: La Gata; lit. 'The Cat') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nathalie Lartilleux for Televisa. It is a remake of the Venezuelan telenovela La Gata, produced in 1968.[2]

Maite Perroni, Daniel Arenas[3][4] and Laura Zapata[5] star in the lead roles.

Plot

The story takes place in the outskirts of Mexico City, where a 12-year-old girl named Esmeralda lives; she is always "disheveled and dirty" like a "Stray Cat" (una "gata"). Esmeralda is a young girl from a poor neighbourhood who grew up without her parents and learned to be happy with what little she had. She was raised from childhood by an elderly woman named Mrs. Rita who exploited her by making her go ask alms, sell candy and newspapers. Esmeralda could neither read nor write. She meets Pablo Martínez-Negrete, a high society rich boy who teaches her to read and write and with whom she becomes friends. Since then, Esmeralda notices that he is the first person to call her by her name and the first one who really truly cares for her. But Pablo's mother, Lorenza, opposes his friendship with "The Stray Cat".

Several years later, Esmeralda grows up and becomes a beautiful young woman who has not changed since childhood. Pablo realizes that he sees "The Stray Cat" as more than a friend and feels confused as to what he truly feels for her. Esmeralda starts looking for job thanks to Pablo, since she does not want to keep asking for alms and she does not want Pablo to keep giving her money. Lorenza strongly opposes the friendship between her son and Esmeralda and alienates her from him. Pablo is pushed to fall in love with Mónica, a girl who comes from "a good social position" and is also his "cousin".

Agustín, Pablo's father, convinces Pablo that he should study for his master's degree abroad and marry Mónica once he returns, a trick to separate him from Esmeralda. Pablo and Esmeralda decide to marry secretly before he goes abroad. From New York City, Pablo emails his father asking him to help him fix travel papers for Esmeralda so she can reunite with him there. Pablo's father pretends to want to help him but has no interest in doing so.

After several months, Esmeralda gives birth to twins, a boy and a girl. Doña Rita, who has always sought to benefit from "The Stray Cat", forces her to marry Doménico "El Italiano" Almonte. Esmeralda, having no other solution, agrees to marry him only to purchase medicine for her daughter, Leticia, who is sick.

"El Silencioso", Esmeralda's biological father, gets out of jail and vows to take revenge on those who locked him up unjustly for using self-defense. Esmeralda later meets him, but ignores her true origin. The man takes her into his house and promises her that he wants to be a father to her and a grandfather to her children. Pablo returns from abroad to marry Mónica, believing Esmeralda had betrayed him. He thinks that the twins are not his and that she has a relationship with "El Silencioso". "The Stray Cat" will have to use her strong character to get Pablo's love back.

Cast

Main

Secondary

  • Erika Buenfil as Rafaela "Fela" / Blanca Rafaela de la Santa Cruz
  • Manuel Ojeda as "El Silencioso" / Don Fernando de la Santa Cruz
  • Pilar Pellicer as Doña Rita Olea Pérez
  • Jorge Poza as Mariano Martínez-Negrete
  • Leticia Perdigón as Leticia "La Jarocha"
  • Juan Verduzco as Agustín Martínez-Negrete
  • Lupita Lara as Eugenia Castañeda
  • Socorro Bonilla as Mercedes "Doña Meche" Reyes
  • Carlos Bonavides as Doménico "El Italiano" Almonte
  • Ianis Guerrero as Damián Reyes
  • Mariluz Bermúdez as Virginia Martínez-Negrete
  • Pierre Louis as Carlos "El Centavito"
  • Óscar Ferreti as Don Lupe
  • Teo Tapia as Roberto Elizalde
  • Alejandra Robles Gil as Inés Olea Pérez
  • Jorge Alberto Bolaños as Omar
  • Benjamín Rivero as Jesús Olea Pérez "Tílico" / Juan Garza
  • Ruth Rosas as Dorita
  • Ricardo Baranda as Garabato / Víctor de la Fuente
  • Jorge Ortín as Osorio
  • Laurinne Kuaka as Verónica
  • Claudio Báez as Ernesto Cantú
  • Elizabeth Dupeyrón as Carolina de Cantú
  • Antonio Medellín as Director of jail
  • Anic Moss as Alicia
  • Patricia Maqueo as Child Esmeralda
  • José Eduardo Álvarez as Child Pablo
  • Ana Sofía Durand as Child Virginia
  • Christian Vega as Child Mariano
  • Mauro Navarro as Child Garabato
  • Karim Cadet as Child Centavito
  • Rogelio Hernández as Child Damián

Guest star

Mexico broadcast

La gata premiered on May 5, 2014, and earned 17.7 points of rating in its 4 p.m. time slot. It was the third highest rated telenovela of the evening on Canal de las Estrellas.[7] Univision started broadcasting La Gata in the United States on September 1, 2014, weeknights at 7pm/6c replacing De que te quiero, te quiero. The last episode was broadcast on February 13, 2015, with La sombra del pasado replacing it on February 16, 2015.

Season Timeslot (ET/PT) No. of
episodes 		Premiered Ended
Date Premiere
Ratings 		Date Finale
Ratings
2014 Monday to Friday 4:15 PM 121 May 5, 2014 17.7[7] October 19, 2014 20.9[8]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated Result
2014 Kids Choice Awards México[9][10] Favorite Actress Maite Perroni Nominated[9][10]
People en Español Awards[11][12] Best Telenovela La Gata Nominated[12][11]
Best Actress Maite Perroni Nominated[12][11]
Heartthrob of the Year Daniel Arenas Nominated[12][11]
The Meanest Bad Girl Laura Zapata Nominated[12][11]
Best On-Screen Chemistry Maite Perroni
Daniel Arenas 		Nominated[12][11]
TV Adicto Golden Awards[13] Best International Star Laura Zapata Won[13]
Best Female Lead Maite Perroni Won[13]
2015 TVyNovelas Awards[14][15] Best Actress Maite Perroni Nominated[14][15]
Best Actor Daniel Arenas Nominated[14][15]
Best Leading Actor Manuel Ojeda Nominated[14][15]
Best Co-lead Actor Patricio Castillo Nominated[14][15]
Juventud Awards[16][17] Favorite Female Protagonist Maite Perroni Nominated[16][17]
Favorite Male Protagonist Daniel Arenas Nominated[16][17]
Best Telenovela Theme "Vas a querer volver"
performed by Maite Perroni 		Nominated[16][17]

References

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  3. ^ "Inician grabaciones de "La Gata"; Maite Perroni y Daniel Arenas dan claquetazo! (VIDEO)". NovelaLounge. 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  4. ^ Confirmada Maite Perroni para estelarizar "La Gata". Con Maxine Woodside Archived 2013-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
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