La que no podía amar

La que no podía amar
Genre	Telenovela Romance Drama
Created by	Delia Fiallo
Directed by	Salvador Garcini Alejandro Gamboa
Starring	Jorge Salinas Ana Brenda Contreras Susana González José Ron Julian Gil
Opening theme	"Te dejaré de amar" by Reyli
Ending theme	"Corre" by Jesse y Joy
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	166[1]
Production
Executive producer(s)	José Alberto Castro
Location(s)	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, and Mexico City, Mexico, D.F.
Running time	42–45 mins (eps 1–155) 23–24 mins (eps 156–165)
Production company(s)	Televisa
Distributor	Televisa
Broadcast
Original channel	Canal de las Estrellas
Picture format	1080i HDTV 480i SDTV
Original run	August 1, 2011 – March 18, 2012
Chronology
Preceded by	La fuerza del destino
Followed by	Amor Bravío
Related shows	Te sigo amando Monte Calvario
External links
Production website

La que no podía amar (The One Who Couldn't Love^[2]) is a Mexican telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa. Ximena Suarez wrote the script based on the original story by Delia Fiallo. The cast was headed by Jorge Salinas, Ana Brenda Contreras, and José Ron, while Susana González, Julián Gil and Fabian Robles portrayed the villains. It is a remake of Delia Fiallo's original radio novela, La Mujer Que No Podia Amar. The previous television versions were Monte Calvario (Edith González and Arturo Peniche) and Te sigo amando (Claudia Ramirez and Luis José Santander). La que no podía amar won 2 awards in Premios TVyNovelas, for Best Lead Actor, and Best Supporting Actor.^[3][4]

Plot

Ana Paula lives in Chiapas where she is studying nursing; her devotion for sick people came up while she took care of her ill mother 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 the “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 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 with his father and Ana Paula believes he is dead.

Rogelio has also fallen in love with Ana Paula, so he sends Bruno to look for her and ask her to come back to the hacienda. At first she refuses, but afterwards, when Miguel causes an accident that could send him to jail for life, Rogelio offers to help him if Ana Paula agrees to marry him. She accepts the sacrifice just to help her brother, and so she marries Rogelio. 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. 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

Broadcasts in México and United States

From August 1, 2011 to March 2, 2012, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting La que no podía amar weeknights at 7:15pm, replacing La fuerza del destino.^[5][6] From March 5 to March 16, 2012, Canal de las Estrellas aired half-hour episodes of Amor Bravío at 8pm after La que no podia amar.^[7] The last episode was broadcast on March 18, 2012, with Amor Bravío replacing it the following day.^[8]

Univision confirmed a prime time broadcast on November 11, 2011.^[9][10] From January 2 to February 3, 2012, Univision aired La que no podía amar weeknights at 9pm/8c, replacing La fuerza del destino. On February 6, Univision started broadcasting La que no podía amar weeknights at 10pm/9c, as part of their prime-time programming changes.^[11] The last episode was broadcast on August 10, with Amor Bravío replacing it on August 13.^[12]

Reception

Univision's January 2 premiere of La que no podía amar averaged 4.1 million viewers.^[13][14]

Awards and nominations

References