# Yo compro esa mujer

Yo compro esa mujer (English title: I Buy That Woman) 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.

## Plot

In Campeche, at the end of the 19th century, Rodrigo Montes de Oca (Enrique Rocha) becomes the guardian of his cousins, Matilde (Alma Muriel) and Blanca Flor (Connie de la Mora). Matilde loves Rodrigo, but he only has eyes for Blanca Flor, unaware that she is having an affair with the fisherman Enrique (Eduardo Yáñez).
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 (Isabela Corona) gives him to a prostitute who is Enrique's friend and who decides to raise him.
Matilde makes Rodrigo believe that her sister has passed away. 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 (Eduardo Yáñez), 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 (Leticia Calderón), 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

* Leticia Calderón as Ana Cristina Montes de Oca
* Eduardo Yáñez as Alejandro Aldama / Alejandro San Román Montes de Oca / Enrique San Román
* Enrique Rocha as Rodrigo Montes de Oca

### Recurring and guest stars

* Carlos Cardán as Sagón
* Mario Casillas as Raúl de Marín
* Isabela Corona as Soledad
* Connie de la Mora as Blanca Flor Montes de Oca
* Julieta Egurrola as Isabel de Marín
* Miguel Ángel Ferriz as Óscar de Malter
* Luz María Jerez as Úrsula
* Mariana Levy as Jimena
* María Marcela as Narda de Marín
* Ramón Menéndez as Vidal
* Manuel Ojeda as Santiago Aldama
* María Regina as Mabel
* Bruno Rey as Fulgencio Castilla
* Fernando Robles as García
* Alma Muriel as Matilde Montes de Oca

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
| 1991 | 9th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Telenovela | Ernesto Alonso | Nominated |
| 1991 | 9th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Actress | Leticia Calderón | Nominated |
| 1991 | 9th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Actor | Eduardo Yáñez | Won |
| 1991 | 9th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Antagonist Actress | Alma Muriel | Nominated |
| 1991 | 9th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Antagonist Actor | Enrique Rocha | Won |
| 1991 | 9th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Leading Actress | Isabela Corona | Nominated |
| 1991 | 9th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Leading Actor | Miguel Manzano | Nominated |
| 1991 | 9th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Co-lead Actress | Mariana Levy | Won |
| 1991 | 9th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Co-lead Actor | Luis Xavier | Nominated |
| 1991 | 9th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Direction of the Cameras | Jesús Acuña Lee | Won |
| 1991 | 9th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Production | Ernesto Alonso | Won |
| 1991 | Latin ACE Awards | Best Telenovela | Yo compro esa mujer | Won |
| 1991 | Latin ACE Awards | Female Figure of the Year (Actress) | Leticia Calderón | Won |
| 1991 | Latin ACE Awards | Male Figure of the Year (Actor) | Eduardo Yáñez | Won |
| 1991 | Latin ACE Awards | Best Actor | Enrique Rocha | Won |
| 1991 | Latin ACE Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Alma Muriel | Won |
| 1991 | Latin ACE Awards | Best Direction | Jorge Fons | Won |