Appearances Are Deceptive

Appearances Are Deceptive (In Spanish: Las apariencias engañan) is a 1983 Mexican Drama film directed by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo and starred by Isela Vega, Gonzalo Vega and Manuel Ojeda. Plot Rogelio (Gonzalo Vega), a little experienced actor, is located in Mexico City by the architect Sergio (Manuel Ojeda). Sergio contracts his services of actor to travel to Aguascalientes and to pretend to be Adrián, the disappeared son of Don Alberto (Ignacio Retes), an old and paraplegic man that lives prostrate in a wheelchair. Don Alberto is taken care of by Adriana (Isela Vega), a distant niece who one day appeared suddenly in his house. Sergio and Adriana are engaged and have plans to get married and have a long honeymoon trip. For this, they hire Rogelio, because they need to keep Don Alberto company in their absence. Sergio tells Rogelio that Adrian disappeared from the life of his father being just a teenager. Sergio and Adriana have endured the situation with a series of lies to Don Alberto, including a trip to Spain, where they also hired an actor to supplant Adrian. Rogelio accepts the job, because he has severe economic needs. Upon arriving in Aguascalientes, Sergio and Adriana receive Rogelio and give him the last details to do the impersonation. One drawback to the plan is the presence in the Don Alberto's house of Yolanda (Margarita Isabel), another nosy niece who came from Monterrey to spend a season with her uncle. Yolanda suspects Adriana, whom she does not remember, and completes to Rogelio the story that Sergio briefly told him: Don Alberto always suspected about Adrian's sexuality. Rogelio begins to interact very closely with Adriana and Sergio, supporting Adriana in the business of Don Alberto that she handles with great success. But soon, Rogelio begins to feel a strong attraction towards Adriana. This attraction is reciprocal, but Adriana disguises it, partly for fidelity to Sergio. However, one day, Adriana can not resist and visits Rogelio in his room, where she performs oral sex. The worst comes when Sergio also begins to express a romantic interest in Rogelio and he tries to seduce him in the spas of a sports club. Rogelio reveals to Adriana the Sergio's harassment. Adriana decides to break her marriage commitment with Sergio. The return of the cousin Yolanda to her native Monterrey, leaves Adriana and Rogelio alone with Don Alberto in his house.