''Yo compro esa mujer'' (English title: ''I Buy That Woman'') is a Mexican

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produced by

Ernesto Alonso Ernesto Alonso (February 28, 1917 – August 7, 2007) was a Mexican producer, director, cinematographer and actor. He was nicknamed "''El Señor Telenovela''" ("Mr. Soap Opera") because most of his work centered on telenovelas known around the wo ...

for

Televisa Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April ...

in 1990. Based on the novel ''"

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"'' by

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas , was a French novelist and playwright. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the mos ...

, created by Olga Ruilópez and adapted by

Liliana Abud Liliana Abud (born July 5, 1948) is a Mexican actress and writer. She is known for her work in telenovelas and cinema of Mexico, Mexican cinema. The majority of her work in both acting and writing has been with the Mexican television company Tele ...

. The telenovela stars Leticia Calderón,

Eduardo Yáñez Eduardo Yáñez Luévano (; born September 25, 1960) is a Mexican actor. Early life Yáñez was born in Mexico City. He lived with his mother, and has never met his father. Career Producer Ernesto Alonso saw Yáñez's potential and gave him ...

and

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Plot

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, at the end of the 19th century, Rodrigo Montes de Oca (

) becomes the guardian of his cousins, Matilde (

Alma Muriel Alma Muriel del Sordo (20 October 1951 – 5 January 2014), known artistically as Alma Muriel, was a Mexican actress who appeared in plays, films, and telenovelas, best known for her role as Irene del Conde / Lucrecia Treviño in Televisa's tele ...

) and Blanca Flor (Connie de la Mora). Matilde loves Rodrigo, but he only has eyes for Blanca Flor, unaware that she is having an affair with the fisherman Enrique (

). When the pregnant Blanca Flor is about to enter into a secret marriage with her lover, her sister betrays her. Rodrigo interrupts the wedding, has the fisherman arrested and his cousin banished to a ranch. Matilde tells Blanca Flor that Enrique has died in prison. This brings forward the delivery of the woman who gives birth to a son. The perverse Matilde makes her sister believe that the child has died. In reality, Rodrigo has ordered that he be left in an orphanage. Nanny Soledad (

Isabela Corona Isabela Corona''Cronología de Teatro en México - 1926/10 (in Spanish) (July 2, 1913 – July 8, 1993) was a Mexican actress. She debuted during the first decade of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Biography Isabela Corona was born as Refugi ...

) gives him to a prostitute who is Enrique's friend and who decides to raise him. Matilde makes Rodrigo believe that her sister has passed away. In reality, Blanca Flor has gone mad and Matilde has locked her in the basement of the ranch. Rodrigo marries and becomes a widower. Eighteen years later, the Montes de Ocas will pay for their crimes when Alejandro (

), Enrique and Blanca Flor's son, returns to avenge his parents. But during his return trip, Alejandro will meet and fall in love with Ana Cristina ( Leticia Calderón), without knowing that she is the daughter of Rodrigo Montes de Oca, the man responsible for his parents' misfortune. Thus, he will be torn between love and revenge.

Cast

Main

* Leticia Calderón as Ana Cristina Montes de Oca *

as Alejandro Aldama / Alejandro San Román Montes de Oca / Enrique San Román *

as Rodrigo Montes de Oca

Recurring and guest stars

* Gerardo Acuña as Gabriel Álvarez * Roberto Antúnez as Benigno * Sagrario Baena as María Luisa * Carlos Cardán as Sagón * Mario Casillas as Raúl de Marín *

as Soledad * Connie de la Mora as Blanca Flor Montes de Oca *

Julieta Egurrola Julieta Egurrola (born 13 June 1953) is a Mexican actress. She studied acting at Centro Universitario de Teatro and has participated in more than 41 theater plays. Filmography Film * ''El infierno tan temido'' (1975) * '' María de mi corazón ...

as Isabel de Marín * Karime Favela as Gema * Nerina Ferrer as Emilia *

Miguel Ángel Ferriz Miguel Ángel Ferriz (29 November 1899 – 1 January 1967) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez, p. 158. Selected filmography * '' The Night of the Mayas'' (1939) * '' I Will Live Again'' (1940) * '' The Rock of Souls'' (1942) * ''The Eternal Se ...

as Óscar de Malter * Rosa Furman as Carmen * Luz María Jeréz as Úrsula / Young Emilia *

Cynthia Klitbo Cynthia Klitbo (; born March 11, 1967) is a Mexican actress of telenovelas, theater and Cinema of Mexico, Mexican cinema. She is best known for her roles as Laura in Televisa's telenovela La Dueña (1995 Mexican TV series), ''La Dueña'' (Mexico) ...

as Efigenia "Efi" * Mariana Levy as Jimena *

Miguel Manzano Miguel Manzano (14 September 1907 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – 21 January 1992 in Mexico City) was a Mexican actor during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, winning an Ariel Award in 1985, for best supporting actor for the film ''Las gl ...

as Diego Álvarez * María Marcela as Leonarda "Narda" de Marín *

Ramón Menéndez Ramón Menéndez (born January 21, 1950) is a Cuban-American film director and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the 1988 film '' Stand and Deliver''. His other film directing credits include '' Money for Nothing'' (1993) ...

as René Vidal *

Manuel Ojeda Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta (4 November 1940 – 11 August 2022) was a Mexican actor. Ojeda was one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film ''Romancing the Stone''. C ...

as Santiago Aldama *

Eduardo Palomo Eduardo Estrada Palomo (; (México City; May 13, 1962 – Los Angeles; November 6, 2003) was a Mexican actor. Palomo became famous across Mexico and Latin America after his 1993 Juan del Diablo characterization in '' Corazón salvaje''. Career H ...

as Federico Torres Landa * María Regina as Mabel * Bruno Rey as Fulgencio Castilla * Fernando Robles as García * Luis Xavier as Miguel de Marín *

as Matilde Montes de Oca

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yo compro esa mujer 1990 telenovelas 1990 Mexican television series debuts 1990 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico Televisa telenovelas