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Yo compro esa mujer (1990)

Yo compro esa mujer poster
Directed by
Jorge Fons
Genre
telenovela
Country
Mexico
Length
1 season, 160 episodes
Rating
9.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman is sold into marriage but later seeks revenge on those who wronged her. The story follows her transformation and romantic entanglements.

romanticdramaticemotionalrevenge-drivensoapyperiodintensemelodramatic

What happens

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. It is the first ever telenovela to be dubbed in arabic (by Lebanese TV), the success led arabic TV's to dub many telenovelas in the 90's. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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