La que no podía amar (The Woman Who Couldn't Love[1]) is a Mexican telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa and aired on Canal de las Estrellas from August 1, 2011 to March 18, 2012.[2][3] Ximena Suárez wrote the script based on the original story by Delia Fiallo. The cast was headed by Jorge Salinas, José Ron and Ana Brenda Contreras. La que no podía amar won 2 awards in Premios TVyNovelas, for Best Lead Actor, and Best Supporting Actor.[4][5] In the United States the telenovela aired on Univision from January 2, 2012 to August 10, 2012.[6][7][8][9]

La que no podía amar
GenreTelenovela
Created byXimena Suárez
Written by
  • Julián Aguilar
  • Janely Lee
  • Vanesa Varela
Story byDelia Fiallo
Directed by
  • Alejandro Gamboa
  • Salvador Garcini
Creative directorSandra Cortés
Starring
Theme music composerReyli Barba
Opening theme"Te dejaré de amar" performed by Reyli
Country of originMexico
Original languageSpanish
No. of episodes166
Production
Executive producerJosé Alberto Castro
Producers
  • Ernesto Hernández
  • Fausto Sáinz
Cinematography
  • Narciso Ramón Colunga
  • Alejandro Frutos
Editors
  • Héctor Flores
  • Juan Ordóñez
  • Arturo Rodríguez
Running timeMulti-camera
Original release
NetworkCanal de las Estrellas
ReleaseAugust 1, 2011 (2011-08-01) –
March 18, 2012 (2012-03-18)
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Plot

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Ana Paula lives in Chiapas where she is studying nursing; her devotion for sick people came up while she took care of her ill Aunt throughout her long agony. When she was about to graduate, she met Bruno, Rogelio Montero's lawyer. Bruno offered her a job nursing his boss who became paralytic and got stuck in a wheel chair after having an accident. The pay is good so she takes the job in order to financially support her aunt Rosaura, who has been like a mother to her and her brother Miguel ever since they were kids.

Ana Paula arrives in "La Hacienda Del Fuerte” to look after Rogelio and she is surprised to learn that he is a bitter, resentful man mostly because Vanessa, his shallow former fiancée, left him after the accident.

In the hacienda also lives Cynthia, Rogelio's sister, who is in fact kept there by her brother since he forced her to stay and take care of him in exchange for keeping the lifestyle she is used to have. To avoid boredom, she began an affair with Efraín, the Hacienda's foreman; he actually falls in love with her, but she is only using him for fun. With them also lives their nanny, María, who has always acted as a loving mother to Rogelio and Cynthia, and who is not able to ever leave them.

Rogelio's arrogance and bad mood make it very difficult for Ana Paula to work with him, so one day she decides to quit. She has an accident in the river and she is rescued by Gustavo Durán, a handsome and good hearted engineer. They fall in love but their plans are frustrated when Gustavo has an accident. Gustavo's father, who is also named Gustavo, dies. And Ana Paula believes Gustavo, her boyfriend is dead instead of Gustavo's father.

Rogelio has also fallen in love with Ana Paula. He sends Bruno to look for her and ask her to come back to the hacienda as his nurse and offers triple the pay. At first she refuses, but afterwards, when Miguel is blamed for crashing a truck in which he loses three of his right hand's fingers and two pedestrians are injured and later die, it could send him to jail for life. Rogelio offers to help pay all the surgery and medical bills as well as the legal fees, which amounts to two million pesos, if Ana Paula agrees to his marriage proposal. She accepts to make the sacrifice in order to help her brother, so she marries Rogelio and signs a prenuptial contract for one-year marriage with the promise that Rogelio helps Ana Paula's family and in return she keeps him company and be the señora Montero.

Gustavo comes back looking for Ana Paula but Rosaura, considering the marriage of her niece with Rogelio as the solution to all her financial problems, decides to lie to Gustavo, telling him that Ana Paula is not interested in him anymore. Gustavo feels disappointed and decides to forget her.

After returning to the Hacienda, the life of Ana Paula as Rogelio's wife is a living hell, one she had never imagined. She will have to deal with Cynthia's humiliations and envy; she will also have to manage her brother's problems, as well as Bruno and Rosaura's greed. Although, as time passes and Rogelio's cold and harsh demeanor began to change so do Ana Paula's feelings for Rogelio. And on top of that, she will meet again with Gustavo, the love of her life, knowing that perhaps, he may never be for her...

Cast

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Reception

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In the United States the series premiered with an average 4.1 million viewers.[10] The finale averaged 5.8 million viewers.[11]

Mexico ratings

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Timeslot
(CT)
# Ep. Premiere Finale TV Season
Date Premiere
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(in points)
Date Finale
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(in points)
Monday-Friday
7:15 pm
166
August 1, 2011[2]
17.2[12]
March 18, 2012[9]
24.4[13]
2011-12

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated Result
2012 People en Español Awards
Best Telenovela of the Year José Alberto Castro Won
Best Actress Ana Brenda Contreras Nominated
Best Actor Jorge Salinas Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Susana González Won
Best Supporting Actor José Ron Nominated
Best Female Villain Ana Bertha Espín Nominated
Best Male Villain Julián Gil Nominated
Best Couple Ana Brenda Contreras and Jorge Salinas Won
30th TVyNovelas Awards
Best Telenovela José Alberto Castro Nominated
Best Actress Ana Brenda Contreras Nominated
Best Actor Jorge Salinas Won
Best Leading Actress Ana Bertha Espin Nominated
Best Co-lead Actor José Ron Won
Best Original Story or Adaptation Ximena Suárez
Julián Aguilar
Janely Lee
Nominated
Best Musical Theme "Te dejaré de amar" by Reyli Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Univision Television Network. "Univision Presents a Tale of Unrequited Love, Betrayal and Triumph with the Premiere of "La Que No Podía Amar'". corporate.univision.com. Retrieved August 12, 2014.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b Cirze Tinajero and Arturo Perea. "'La que No Podía Amar' regresa a la pantalla por tercera vez" (in Spanish). entretenimiento.terra.com.mx. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  3. ^ Tania Caballero. "Gran final de 'La fuerza del destino' por Televisa.com" (in Spanish). televisa.esmas.com. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  4. ^ Bárbara Morán. "Lista de ganadores de los Premios TVyNovelas 2012" (in Spanish). entretenimiento.starmedia.com. Archived from the original on May 9, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  5. ^ Chrystian Galicia. "Descubre a los ganadores de los 'Premios TVyNovelas 2012'" (in Spanish). Televisa.com. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  6. ^ Doña Maruja. "La que no podía amar :¿te gustó Ana Paula?" (in Spanish). novelasyseries.univision.com. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  7. ^ María Elena Venant. "Llega "La que no podía amar" a Univision" (in Spanish). novelasyseries.univision.com. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  8. ^ "Univision te da más de lo que quieres ver" (in Spanish). Univision.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Avance del capítulo 152 de La Que No Podía Amar: "Te voy a pelear lo que me corresponde" (in Spanish). Univision.com. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  10. ^ Bill Gorman. "Premiere Of "La Que No Podia Amar" Delivers 4.1 Million Viewers For Univision". tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  11. ^ Amanda Kondolojy. "Univision Reaches 8 Million Viewers with Finale of 'La Que No Podia Amar' and Outperforms ABC, CBS, and FOX". tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  12. ^ "La que no podia Amar gran estreno rating". novelalounge.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  13. ^ "La que no podia Amar gran final rating". novelalounge.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 20, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
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