The Law of the Heart is a story that takes place in a successful law firm specializing in family law, specializing in divorce cases and, in general, in family and relationship conflicts. The decisions these lawyers make often affect them both inside and outside the office and in the courts. Some of them are guided by the law, but others are guided by their hearts—two paths that don't always go hand in hand when it comes to resolving legal conflicts.
In a valley marked by sugarcane fields, a curse unleashes conflicts between generations. Forbidden loves, broken loyalties, and buried secrets reveal a gripping story where the past and present converge in an inescapable destiny.
María Alejandra Rivas Cavalier, a young aspiring surgeon with a prestigious family name, joins the highly regarded internship program at Santa María University Hospital. There, alongside a group of new friends and her relationship with renowned surgeon Andrés Guerra, she faces medical and personal challenges that shape her journey. Amid intriguing medical cases and the quest for her own path, the hospital becomes her new home and the stage where friendship, love, and sacrifice intertwine.
María Alejandra Borrero Saa (born April 25, 1962) is a Colombian actress of film, stage and television. Born of a traditional family from Popayán, Borrero establishes a liberal life, where she manifests to be very different from the traditional standards which involved her in the world of acting. In 1998, after years of work in Colombian television, she came out as lesbian, an issue that according to her was not well accepted by the country and caused her depression for four years. She decided to move to the United States, questioning how in Colombia there was no respect for difference. Four years after announcing her homosexuality, she returned to her homeland and agreed to interview her sexual orientation, concluding that little by little, society was already accepting sexual diversity. In 2015, she stated that she had a relationship with Katrin Nyfeler, is engaged to get married. While occasionally described as an atheist by the Colombian media, Borrero has publicly stated that while she is against organized religion, she does believe in God.