Jaime Ruiz Escobar

When a cheerful vagabond discovers a purse, the money and love letter inside make for interesting complications in his life.

A selection of three short stories by Puerto Rican writer Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (“Don Procopio”, “Peyo Mercé enseña inglés”, and “Bagazo”), portraying typical characters of the Puerto Rican social and economic classes in the 1940's.

Yo Sé Que Mentía was a 1982 soap opera produced by Puerto Rico's WAPA-TV. It included Argentina's Daniel Guerrero, Puerto Rican dancing legend Iris Chacón, a young Adamari López, Amneris Morales and Miguel Ángel Suárez and Ángela Meyer as a married couple who tried to make Guerrero and Chacon's lives impossible, particularly Meyer's character. Yo Se Que Mentia became one of the most viewed Puerto Rican telenovelas in history, and the show's main song, also named Yo se que mentia became one of Chacon's biggest hits as a singer. The soap opera became an important part of Lopez's career. She was only 9 when she participated in it, and now she is a big international acting super-star.

The telenovela tells the dramatic story of Dom Pedro, a powerful and authoritarian man who opposes the presence of a Gypsy circus on his lands. In a tragic incident, he kills a member of the troupe, leaving behind an inconsolable widow, Salomé. Determined to avenge her husband's death, Salomé swaps her newborn daughter for Dom Pedro's newborn son, forging a bond rooted in secrecy and intrigue.