Rubí
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Rubí is a Mexican telenovela
that aired on Televisa
in 2004. The plot is based on a short story by Yolanda Vargas Dulché
, published as a serial on the 1960's Mexican comic book Lágrimas, Risas y Amor. The story is protagonized antagonistically by Bárbara Mori
as the shameless, Rubi being the main villain of the story.
is a beautiful but poor woman. She studies at an exclusive university because of of the efforts of Cristina, her older sister, and a scholarship. Rubí' is friends with Maribel de la Fuente (Jacqueline Bracamontes
), a nice and wealthy young woman who has a small defect in her leg, which prevents her from having a normal social life. Rubí is actually jealous of Maribel's status.
Rubí eventually meets Maribel's boyfriend Héctor Ferrer (Sebastián Rulli
), an architect, and his best friend Alejandro Cárdenas (Eduardo Santamarina
), a doctor. She is intrigued by Héctor because she knows he is very rich, and marrying a rich man has always been her ambition in order to leave poverty behind. However, she finds herself falling in love with Alejandro. Héctor and Maribel get engaged. Rubí starts dating Alejandro, but when she finds out that he comes from middle-class background and is not rich, she decides to dump him, though it breaks her heart. She then decides to seduce Héctor.
Héctor falls quickly under Rubí's spell. On Héctor and Maribel's wedding day, Héctor leaves a desolate Maribel at the altar, and elopes with Rubí instead. Now Rubí finally has the lifestyle and money that she has always dreamed of. Nevertheless, she still in love with Alejandro, although he assures her that he would never forgive her for what she did to Maribel.
Héctor decides to travel the world with Rubí, since he is not entirely sure she has gotten over Alejandro. They are away for three years, and when they return, Rubí discover that Alejandro is now very rich, and engaged to a woman named Sonia. Sonia dies after having an argument with Rubí on a glass bridge. Rubí now seduces Alejandro again, brings him comfort after Sonia's death, so he and Rubí become lovers.
When he learns that Rubí had been with Sonia when the latter died, he sends Rubí to prison for it. They seem to hate each other now, but Rubí begins to feel love for him again when she discovers she is expecting his child. Because she does not want to divorce Héctor and lose her money and status, she lies and tells Héctor that the baby is his. She is released from prison, since it is found that Sonia's death was due to her falling through the glass bridge.
Héctor overhears Rubí telling her friend Loreto that the child is actually Alejandro's. Angry and humiliated, Héctor realizes that she never loved him and holds her prisoner in her own house. Rubí manages to get away from Héctor, and the truth finally comes out that Alejandro is the father of her child. Alejandro is now aware that Maribel has been secretly in love with him and that he is also very fond of her, but he decides to stay with Rubí for the sake of their baby.
Sometime later, Rubí saves her niece Fernanda from getting hit by a car; Rubí is hit instead and has a miscarriage. She blames Héctor for the miscarriage, since he has hit her before because of his jealousy. Héctor tries to prove that Rubí actually lost her baby after being hit by a car, but only Eelena, a woman who is the assistant to the Count of Aragón, believes him, since she is love with Héctor. Héctor is hurt in a car accident and dies before he could tell Alejandro, who is operating on him trying to save his life, the truth about Rubí.
Héctor left everything in his will to Rubí. But Eelena, who hates Rubí, makes sure that Rubí's money is all lost in the stock market. Alejandro is released from prison and finds out how Rubí lost their baby. It is also revealed that Eelena is expecting Héctor's child, though he never knew it.
Alejandro pays Rubí a visit one last time, disgusted by the damage she has done, and tells her that it is over between them: He has chosen Maribel. Rubí begs him not to leave her, even humiliating herself by getting on her knees. He leaves her and begins to walk down the stairs. As Rubí follows him, screaming that she will never let him go and and running down the staircase while holding onto the rail, she loses her grip on the rail, falls down several stories, and crashes into a glass table below.
To save her life, doctors had to amputate her leg. When Rubí wakes up, she finds out to her horror that her leg was was amputated; even more devastating to her, she sees that her beautiful face is now full of scars from where the glass cut in. Rubí escapes from the hospital
Finding the wedding date of Alejandro and Maribel, she shows up unseen, and draws a gun through a crack on a door, aiming at Alejandro but then being unable to shoot him. She then aims for Maribel, but her sister Cristina, Maribel's maid of honor, gets in the way. Rubí hides in a corner of the churchyard, despondent.
After the wedding, her niece Fernanda wanders over, and Rubí shows her her scarred face, but Fernanda is not repulsed by it. On the contrary, she sympathizes with her favorite aunt. Wen Rubí asks her if she would like to continue meeting her secretly and taking her advice on how to get what she wants using her beauty, Fernanda happily agrees. Rubí is then seen limping away, dressed in rags.
Years later Fernanda is all grown up, with a striking resemblance to Rubí. She visits her aunt, who is now living in a one-room flat. After hearing that Alejandro has returned to Mexico after years of living abroad, Rubí tells Fernanda that Alejandro and Maribel have a son, and that her job will be to make both the father and the son fall in love with her and drive them to such a state of passion that they are willing to kill each other for her love, thus destroying Maribel's heart and getting revenge on Alejandro.
Alejandro heads to his office, where he finds Fernanda inside waiting for him. He is utterly shocked, mistaking her for Rubí. She greets him, without revealing her identity, winks at the camera, closes the office door, and kisses a quite surprised but not entirely unwilling Alejandro. The caption, The End..? appears.
FINAL EPISODE IN MEXICO 37.6
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
that aired on Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
in 2004. The plot is based on a short story by Yolanda Vargas Dulché
Yolanda Vargas Dulché
Yolanda Vargas Dulché de la Parra was a Mexican writer of short stories and telenovelas. She was born in Mexico City and died at her house the Pedregal.-Telenovelas:* Rubí * Alondra...
, published as a serial on the 1960's Mexican comic book Lágrimas, Risas y Amor. The story is protagonized antagonistically by Bárbara Mori
Bárbara Mori
Bárbara Mori Ochoa is a Mexican actress and model. She became famous for being the female lead in the Bollywood film, Kites....
as the shameless, Rubi being the main villain of the story.
Plot
Rubí Pérez Bárbara MoriBárbara Mori
Bárbara Mori Ochoa is a Mexican actress and model. She became famous for being the female lead in the Bollywood film, Kites....
is a beautiful but poor woman. She studies at an exclusive university because of of the efforts of Cristina, her older sister, and a scholarship. Rubí' is friends with Maribel de la Fuente (Jacqueline Bracamontes
Jacqueline Bracamontes
Jacqueline Bracamontes van Hoorde is a Mexican actress, model and former winner of Nuestra Belleza México.-Biography:...
), a nice and wealthy young woman who has a small defect in her leg, which prevents her from having a normal social life. Rubí is actually jealous of Maribel's status.
Rubí eventually meets Maribel's boyfriend Héctor Ferrer (Sebastián Rulli
Sebastián Rulli
-Biography:Before becoming the successful actor that he is today, Sebastián Rulli began his career modeling in many different countries in Europe, namely Spain, Italy and France as well as in Mexico and the United States...
), an architect, and his best friend Alejandro Cárdenas (Eduardo Santamarina
Eduardo Santamarina
Eduardo Santamarina is a Mexican film, theater, and television actor.- Acting career :Santamarina took acting classes at the Centro de Educación Artística in Mexico City from 1989–1991. He made his acting debut in 1992 on the set of the telenovela De Frente al Sol, produced by Carla Estrada...
), a doctor. She is intrigued by Héctor because she knows he is very rich, and marrying a rich man has always been her ambition in order to leave poverty behind. However, she finds herself falling in love with Alejandro. Héctor and Maribel get engaged. Rubí starts dating Alejandro, but when she finds out that he comes from middle-class background and is not rich, she decides to dump him, though it breaks her heart. She then decides to seduce Héctor.
Héctor falls quickly under Rubí's spell. On Héctor and Maribel's wedding day, Héctor leaves a desolate Maribel at the altar, and elopes with Rubí instead. Now Rubí finally has the lifestyle and money that she has always dreamed of. Nevertheless, she still in love with Alejandro, although he assures her that he would never forgive her for what she did to Maribel.
Héctor decides to travel the world with Rubí, since he is not entirely sure she has gotten over Alejandro. They are away for three years, and when they return, Rubí discover that Alejandro is now very rich, and engaged to a woman named Sonia. Sonia dies after having an argument with Rubí on a glass bridge. Rubí now seduces Alejandro again, brings him comfort after Sonia's death, so he and Rubí become lovers.
When he learns that Rubí had been with Sonia when the latter died, he sends Rubí to prison for it. They seem to hate each other now, but Rubí begins to feel love for him again when she discovers she is expecting his child. Because she does not want to divorce Héctor and lose her money and status, she lies and tells Héctor that the baby is his. She is released from prison, since it is found that Sonia's death was due to her falling through the glass bridge.
Héctor overhears Rubí telling her friend Loreto that the child is actually Alejandro's. Angry and humiliated, Héctor realizes that she never loved him and holds her prisoner in her own house. Rubí manages to get away from Héctor, and the truth finally comes out that Alejandro is the father of her child. Alejandro is now aware that Maribel has been secretly in love with him and that he is also very fond of her, but he decides to stay with Rubí for the sake of their baby.
Sometime later, Rubí saves her niece Fernanda from getting hit by a car; Rubí is hit instead and has a miscarriage. She blames Héctor for the miscarriage, since he has hit her before because of his jealousy. Héctor tries to prove that Rubí actually lost her baby after being hit by a car, but only Eelena, a woman who is the assistant to the Count of Aragón, believes him, since she is love with Héctor. Héctor is hurt in a car accident and dies before he could tell Alejandro, who is operating on him trying to save his life, the truth about Rubí.
Héctor left everything in his will to Rubí. But Eelena, who hates Rubí, makes sure that Rubí's money is all lost in the stock market. Alejandro is released from prison and finds out how Rubí lost their baby. It is also revealed that Eelena is expecting Héctor's child, though he never knew it.
Alejandro pays Rubí a visit one last time, disgusted by the damage she has done, and tells her that it is over between them: He has chosen Maribel. Rubí begs him not to leave her, even humiliating herself by getting on her knees. He leaves her and begins to walk down the stairs. As Rubí follows him, screaming that she will never let him go and and running down the staircase while holding onto the rail, she loses her grip on the rail, falls down several stories, and crashes into a glass table below.
To save her life, doctors had to amputate her leg. When Rubí wakes up, she finds out to her horror that her leg was was amputated; even more devastating to her, she sees that her beautiful face is now full of scars from where the glass cut in. Rubí escapes from the hospital
Finding the wedding date of Alejandro and Maribel, she shows up unseen, and draws a gun through a crack on a door, aiming at Alejandro but then being unable to shoot him. She then aims for Maribel, but her sister Cristina, Maribel's maid of honor, gets in the way. Rubí hides in a corner of the churchyard, despondent.
After the wedding, her niece Fernanda wanders over, and Rubí shows her her scarred face, but Fernanda is not repulsed by it. On the contrary, she sympathizes with her favorite aunt. Wen Rubí asks her if she would like to continue meeting her secretly and taking her advice on how to get what she wants using her beauty, Fernanda happily agrees. Rubí is then seen limping away, dressed in rags.
Years later Fernanda is all grown up, with a striking resemblance to Rubí. She visits her aunt, who is now living in a one-room flat. After hearing that Alejandro has returned to Mexico after years of living abroad, Rubí tells Fernanda that Alejandro and Maribel have a son, and that her job will be to make both the father and the son fall in love with her and drive them to such a state of passion that they are willing to kill each other for her love, thus destroying Maribel's heart and getting revenge on Alejandro.
Alejandro heads to his office, where he finds Fernanda inside waiting for him. He is utterly shocked, mistaking her for Rubí. She greets him, without revealing her identity, winks at the camera, closes the office door, and kisses a quite surprised but not entirely unwilling Alejandro. The caption, The End..? appears.
Cast
- Bárbara MoriBárbara MoriBárbara Mori Ochoa is a Mexican actress and model. She became famous for being the female lead in the Bollywood film, Kites....
as Rubí Pérez de Ferrer - Protagonist & Main Villain, daughter fo Refugio, sister of Christina, aunt of Fernanda, in love with Alejandro, married to Hector, hates Maribel, during Maribel's wedding she escapes with Maribel's fiancee and leaves her alone in the wedding. (Finished poor, alone, with a disfigured face and with an amputated leg)
- Eduardo SantamarinaEduardo SantamarinaEduardo Santamarina is a Mexican film, theater, and television actor.- Acting career :Santamarina took acting classes at the Centro de Educación Artística in Mexico City from 1989–1991. He made his acting debut in 1992 on the set of the telenovela De Frente al Sol, produced by Carla Estrada...
as Alejandro Cárdenas Ruíz - Main hero, first in love with Rubi, and Sonia (marries Sonia), and then finally with Maribel, has a family with Maribel, used to be best friend of Hector, comes from a poor family, doctor, son of Carla and Ignacio, brother of Sofia,
- Jacqueline BracamontesJacqueline BracamontesJacqueline Bracamontes van Hoorde is a Mexican actress, model and former winner of Nuestra Belleza México.-Biography:...
as Maribel De La Fuente - Best friend of Rubí (at first), first in love with Hector, then with Alejandro, has an accident with leaves her with a problem in the leg.
- Sebastián RulliSebastián Rulli-Biography:Before becoming the successful actor that he is today, Sebastián Rulli began his career modeling in many different countries in Europe, namely Spain, Italy and France as well as in Mexico and the United States...
as Héctor Ferrer Garza - Boyfriend of Maribel (at first), marries Rubi, victim of Rubi. (killed in an accident) †
- Ana MartínAna MartínAna Martín is a Mexican actress best known for her work in telenovelas, movies and the stage. She has had a very successful and lengthy career since winning the Miss Mexico title in 1963.-Early life and career:...
as Refugio Ochoa viuda de Pérez - Mother of Rubí and Cristina (dies from an illness) †
- Josefina EchánoveJosefina EchánoveJosefina Echánove is a Mexican actress, model and journalist.Echánove started working as an actress and then later became a journalist.-Biography:...
as Pancha Muñoz - Nana of Maribel (dies from a heart attack) (hates Rubi) †
- Antonio Medellín as Ignacio Cárdenas - Father of Alejandro
- Ana Bertha Espín as Elisa de Duarte - Godmather of Héctor
- José Elías MorenoJosé Elías MorenoJosé Elías Moreno was a Mexican character actor of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, best-remembered for his versatility in playing different characters. He appeared in 184 films between 1937 and 1969...
as Genaro Duarte - Godfather of Héctor - Olivia Bucio as Carla de Cárdenas - Mother of Alejandro
- Luis GaticaLuis Gatica-Biography:Luis Gatica was born in Veracruz. He grew in a show business family. He is the son of Chilean singer Lucho Gatica and Puerto Rican actress Mapita Cortés; he is the nephew of Puerto Rican actress Mapy Cortés and second cousin of Puerto Rican actor, comedian and producer Paquito Cordero...
as Cayetano Martínez - Boyfriend of Cristina (Dies from an illness) † - Leonorilda OchoaLeonorilda OchoaLeonorilda Ochoa is a Mexican actress of film and television; best-known as "La Pecas" in the Telesistema Mexicano sitcom Los Beverly de Peralvillo.-Acting career:...
as Dolores Herrera Guzmán - Neighbor of Rubí - Roberto VanderRoberto VanderRoberto Vander is a Dutch-actor and singer.-Biography:...
as Arturo De La Fuente - Father of Maribel - Ofelia CanoOfelia CanoOfelia Cano is a Mexican actress. She appeared in many telenovelas. Some of her better known roles are the one of Rebeca in Entre el amor y el odio and Yolanda in Acorralada....
as Victoria Gallegos - Protector of Alejandro - Miguel Pizarro as Loreto Echagüe - Gay friend of Rubí, villain (Finished poor)
- Paty Díaz as Cristina Pérez Ochoa - Sister of Rubí
- Arlette Pacheco as Lilia López de Duarte - Second wife of Genaro
- JanGustavo Cárdenas ÁvilaGustavo Cárdenas Ávila is best known in the media as *JAN*. He was born in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, on April 30, 1974. His parents are Gustavo Cardenas and Aurora Avila. He has an older sister named Aurora. He started his career in 1997 when he was discovered by Raul Velasco and was given the...
as Marco Rivera - Friend of Alejandro, in love with Cristina - Ingrid MartzIngrid MartzIngrid Martz de la Vega is a Mexican actress.She studied acting in El Centro de Capacitación Artística de Televisa ....
as Lorena Treviño - Classmate and friend of Rubí, girlfriend of Saúl - Dolores Salomón as Mariquita - Neighbor of Rubí
- Roberto Sen as David Treviño
- Sergio Jurado as Lic. Millán
- José Antonio Ferral as Dr. Garduño - Doctor, helper of Bermúdez, villain
- María Fernanda GarcíaMaría Fernanda GarcíaMaría Fernanda García is a Mexican actress best known as "Licha" in Una familia de diez. She has also appeared in many telenovelas and won a Silver Ariel for "Best Actress in a Minor Role" for the film Bienvenido-Welcome ....
as Valeria - Eduardo RodríguezEduardo RodríguezEduardo Rodríguez Veltzé is a former president of Bolivia; prior to that appointment he was the chief justice of the Supreme Court.-Background:...
as Saúl Mendez - Classmate of Rubí, boyfriend Lorena - Sergio Argueta as Fransisco 'Paco' Gómez Gallegos - Classmate of Rubí, in love with her
- Marco MéndezMarco MéndezMarco Méndez is a Mexican actor.Méndez began as a model and later studied acting in Televisa's CEA. He made his television debut as 'Oscar Méndez' in the telenovela, Las vías del amor...
as Luis Duarte López - Boyfriend of Sofía, son of Genaro - Tania Vázquez as Sofía Cárdenas Ruiz - Sister of Alejandro
- Sergio Zaldívar as Gazcón
- Mariana Rountree as Ingrid Mendoza - Classmate of Rubi
- Nicole Vale as Natalia 'Naty' Duarte López #1 - Sister of Luis
- Carlos Cámara as Dr. José Luis Bermúdez - Boss of Alejandro, villain (Goes to jail)
- Adriana Roel as Hilda Mendez - Secretary of Genaro
- Sergio GoyriSergio GoyriSergio Goyri Pérez is a Mexican actor.-Biography:Goyri entered the world of acting in 1975 as a secondary actor in Mundos opuestos with Lucía Méndez. He has since become a successful actor, as well as a director, producer and singer. Goyri has five children, three from his first marriage and two...
as Yago Píetrasanta - Business partner of Hector, villain - Hugo Macías Macotela as Isidro Suarez - Acomplice of Doctor Bermúdez, villain
- Marlene FavelaMarlene FavelaSilvia Marlene Favela Meraz is a Mexican actress. She studied at "Centro de Educación Artística de Televisa in Mexico City and is also a model...
as Sonia Chavarria Gonzalez - Girlfriend of Yago (Falls from a bridge of glass) † (killed during argument with Rubi) - Alicia Fahr as Romina
- Karen Sandoval as Natalia 'Naty' Duarte López #2
- Kristel Casteele as Fernanda Martínez Pérez - Daughter of Cristina
- Lorena VelázquezLorena VelázquezLorena Velázquez is a Mexican actress and former beauty pageant titleholder.-Biography:Born María de la Concepción Lorena Villar Dondé in Mexico City, Velázquez debuted in 1955. She competed in Miss Mexico in 1958 and placed second...
as Mary Chavarria Gonzalez - Aunt of Sonia - Gerardo Albarrán as Gabriel Almanza - Suitor of Lilia
- Yadhira CarrilloYadhira CarrilloYadhira Carrillo Villalobos is an actress and former beauty queen.-Early career:Yadhira Carrillo was chosen Nuestra Belleza Aguascalientes in 1994...
as Elena Navarro - Helper of Lucío, in love with Hector - Manuel LandetaManuel LandetaManuel Landeta is a Mexican singer and actor of telenovelas. His sons Imanol and Jordi Landeta are also actors and singers....
as Lucío Montemayor - New business partner of Hector, villain (Killed by Bermúdez) † - Manuel Foyo as Ernesto Bermúdez - Son of Doctor Bermúdez (Killed by Bermúdez) †
- Manuel Ibáñez as Onésimo Segundo
- Lilia Aragón as Nora Navarro - Mother of Elena
Awards
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Telenovela | Rubí | |
| Best Lead Actress | Bárbara Mori | |||
| Best Lead Actor | Eduardo Santamarina | |||
| Best Male Villain | Manuel Landeta | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Ana Martín | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Roberto Vander | |||
| Best Song for a Telenovela | Reyli | |||
| Best Direction | Benjamín Cann Eric Morales |
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Audience
- USA Premiere 21.4
- FINAL EPISODE 35.2
- MEXICO PREMIERE 19.2
FINAL EPISODE IN MEXICO 37.6