Amores de mercado (Chilean telenovela)

Amores de mercado (Love at the Market) is a Chilean telenovela produced by TVN. Based on an original idea of Fernando Aragón and Arnaldo Madrid, it was written by Alejandro Cabrera, Arnaldo Madrid, René Arcos, Marcelo Leonart and Larissa Contreras. Directed by María Eugenia Rencoret, Víctor Huerta and Enrique Bravo.

Plot

Pedro Solis (Álvaro Rudolphy) is a young lower-middle class waiter, known as Pelluco by his family and friends. One day he finds a man, Rodolfo Ruttenmeyer, identical to him. Without finding an explanation for the strange fact, Pelluco assumes the identity of Rodolfo, as this had an accident and lost his memory. Rodolfo is received and cared from Pelluco's family, who believes he is actually Pelluco. Pelluco, in the other hand, tries to find the answer to what he saw that day, while living as a businessman. He falls in love with Fernanda (Ángela Contreras), the lover of his stepbrother Ignacio (Luciano Cruz-Coke). Fernanda cheats on Pelluco with his stepbrother, but when she discovers the new personality of her husband, she begins to feel real affection for him. Ignacio, jealous of the success of Pelluco, searches for a way to humiliate him and take over his job as manager. Rodolfo, who remembers nothing, takes the place of Pelluco working at the Central Market of Santiago, where Pelluco used to work. Rodolfo's personality is totally different from Pelluco, who is more outgoing. Indeed, he learns that Betzabé (Alejandra Fosalba), a girl from Pelluco's neighborhood, is pregnant, and she believes that Rodolfo is the father of her child.

Pelluco and Rodolfo are actually twins, but Rodolfo was sold to a wealthy family because financial problems did not allow his family to keep both children. Maitén (Loreto Valenzuela) and Chingao (Mauricio Pesutic), parents of the twins, move to Santiago without knowing that their son Rodolfo is also in the city. Chingao is taken to prison for illegal business, but returns home when Rodolfo arrives.

After many adventures and misunderstandings, the twins discover what had happened. Camilo Ruttenmeyer (Jaime Vadell), the company's owner, discovers Ignacio's plans to steal his money. While quarreling Ignacio menaces Rodolfo with a gun, he fires but accidentally the bullet hits Pelluco, who dies in hospital in the final episode.

Cast

• Álvaro Rudolphy as Pedro "Pelluco" Solís / Rodolfo Ruttenmeyer
• Ángela Contreras as Fernanda Lira
• Luciano Cruz-Coke as Ignacio Valdés
• Alejandra Fosalba as Betsabé Galdames
• Jaime Vadell as Mr. Camilo Buttenmeyer
• Coca Guazzini as Morgana Atal
• Mauricio Pesutic as Chingao Solís
• Loreto Valenzuela as Maitén García
• Gabriela Hernández as Nora Pacheco
• Ana Reeves as Alicia Rubilar "Pastora"
• Marcelo Romo as Horacio Galdames
• Catalina Guerra as Antonia Altamira
• Claudio Arredondo as Basilio Concha
• Edgardo Bruna as Manfred Midesraub "Clinton"
• Malucha Pinto as Mónica Peralta
• Iñigo Urrutia as Esaú Galdames
• Sigrid Alegría as Shakira
• Francisco Pérez-Bannen as Jonathan Muñoz
• Patricia López as Jessenia "Jessi" Solís
• Felipe Braun as Rubén Cancino
• Mariana Loyola as Topacio Peralta
• Nicolás Saavedra as Homero Solva
• Carmina Riego as Esmeralda Peralta
• Felipe Castro as Dino Buzzatti
• Paola Volpato as Vicky Tapia
• Luis Gnecco as Bernardo Torres
• Marcela Espinoza as Constanza "Cony" Valdés
• Catalina Pulido as Chantal Müller
• Paola Giannini as Myriam Astudillo
• Andrés Velasco as The Blond
• Mireya Moreno as Corina Ahumada
• Ricardo Pinto as Blind Ahumada
• Luis Uribe as Rosario Lopetegui
• Francisca Tapia as Paula
• Sebastián de la Cuesta as Mancilla

Other Cast

• Maité Fernández as Carmelita
• Jael Unger as Mrs. Amelia

References