Yo compro esa mujer


Yo compro esa mujer is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso for Televisa in 1990. Based on the novel "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas, created by Olga Ruilópez and adapted by Liliana Abud.
The telenovela stars Leticia Calderón, Eduardo Yáñez and Enrique Rocha.
It is the first ever telenovela to be dubbed in arabic, the success led arabic TV's to dub many telenovelas in the 90's.

Plot

In Campeche, at the end of the 19th century, Rodrigo Montes de Oca becomes the guardian of his cousins, Matilde and Blanca Flor. 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 gives him to a prostitute who is Enrique's friend and who decides to raise him.
Matilde makes Rodrigo believe that her sister has died. 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, 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

Recurring and guest stars