Las grandes aguas

Las grandes aguas (English title: The great waters) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Sotomayor for Televisa in 1989.^[1]

Las grandes aguas
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Luis Spota
Written by	Eric Krohnengold
Directed by	Juan Carlos Muñoz
Starring	Gonzalo Vega Alma Muriel José Carlos Ruiz Antonio Medellín Noé Murayama Roberto Carrera Constantino Costas
Opening theme	Instrumental by Bebu Silvetti
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	85
Production
Executive producer	Carlos Sotomayor
Production locations	Jalisco, Mexico
Cinematography	Carlos Guerra Villareal
Running time	41-44 minutes
Original release
Network	Canal de las Estrellas
Release	June 19 (1989-06-19) – October 13, 1989 (1989-10-13)
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Gonzalo Vega and Alma Muriel starred the protagonists, while José Carlos Ruiz starred as main antagonist.

Plot

Adaptation of the novel by Luis Spota, which is a testimony to the brutality of man against the life, nature, and destiny. The story begins when Roberto Rivas, an ambitious engineer, is commissioned to build a large dam in a place away from civilization, a small community in which among its people arises only incomprehension, hatred, resentment, passions and betrayals. Here also find wood, the wife of Robert, a woman deeply unhappy and eager to find happiness.

Cast

• Alma Muriel as Lena de Rivas/Yolanda
• Gonzalo Vega as Roberto Rivas
• Daniel Rodríguez as Danielin
• José Carlos Ruiz as Graciano Alonso
• Antonio Medellín as Antonio Álvarez
• Noé Murayama as Don Lupe
• Roberto Carrera as Sergio Peña
• Constantino Costas as Ángel Ocampo
• Alicia Fahr as Araceli de Ramos
• Jerardo as Rogelio Urbieta
• Irma Infante as Amalia de Álvarez
• David Reynoso as Don Artemio Rozas
• Juan Carlos Muñoz as Chinto
• Lili Blanco as María Alonso
• Pedro Infante as Óscar Ramos
• Gabriela Obregón as Sofía Álvarez
• Ivette Proal as Lorena
• Ramón Valdés Urtiz as Robertito Rivas