Pobre rico, pobre

Pobre Rico Pobre is a Mexican telenovela, based on the Colombian telenovela Nuevo Rico Nuevo Pobre. The show started 21 April 2008.

Pobre rico, pobre
Starring	Cinthia Vázquez Héctor Arredondo Patricia Vásquez Victor Garcia Patricia Bernal Luis Felipe Tovar América Gabriel Andrea Marti Plutarco Haza
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	One
No. of episodes	190
Production
Executive producer	José Solano
Producer	Carlos Márquez
Production location	Mexico City
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	TV Azteca
Release	April 21, 2008 (2008-04-21) – January 9, 2009 (2009-01-09)
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Plot

The comedy deals with the life of Andrés Ferreira and Brayan Galindo, from rich and poor families respectively. A mistake was made when they were born, because Andrés, originally of the poor family, was given to the rich family, and Brayan of the rich family went with the poor family. 30 years later the nurse who made the mistake reveals the truth to the families, and Brayan goes to live with the rich family, and Andres goes with the poor family.

Cultural aspects

The name of Brayan Galindo reflects an irregular adaptation of Brian to the Spanish, just as Rosmery is adapted from the original Rosemary. It reflects the fact that many Latin Americans adopt foreign names thinking that it is an indication of socioeconomic status.

The use of earpieces bluetooth in permanent form and cellular an intelligent Treo 650 by Andrés Ferreira tries to accentuate its characteristic Yuppies. Andrés is portrayed as a very arrogant person, who gives no vacations on Christmas to his employees and ignores his mother's advice. So his mother wants to give a lesson to Andrés by exchanging Brayan's and Andrés' roles. During this event Andrés falls in love with Rosmery while Brayan breaks his relationship with her because he has begun an affaire with María Fernanda, a super-model fortune-hunter who was Andrés' girlfriend.

The social consequences of massive dismissals of 200 employees as result of a reconstruction inserts a dramatic effect in the plot, and contribute to create a cold image of the enterprise world and Andrés Ferreira.

Cast

• Héctor Arredondo - Andrés Ferreira
• Cinthia Vázquez - Rosmery Peláez
• Patricia Vásquez - Fernanda San Miguel
• Victor Garcia - Brayan Galindo
• Patricia Bernal - Antonia Vda. de Ferreira
• Luis Felipe Tovar - Leónidas Galindo
• América Gabriel - Maritza Buenahora
• Andrea Marti - Ingrid Peláez
• Plutarco Haza - Maximiliano López Ferreira.

External links

• TV Azteca official site (in Spanish)
• Pobre Rico Pobre at IMDb