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Rubi studies in a private university thanks to an average scholarship and the support of her sister Cristina, who works hard to help her mother and sister. In the university, Rubi becomes a friend of Maribel, a millionaire, but sweet and nice girl, who is disabled after an accident. Maribel thinks that she has found a real friend in Rubi, but has no idea that Rubi envies her because of her money.
After visiting Maribel's beautiful mansion, she is convinced that this
is a life she deserves, and she will obtain it at any cost. Because of
her disability, Maribel spends hours at her computer talking over the
Internet with a guy named Hector. Shortly after, they meet in person,
and Hector, in spite of her disability, proposes her to marry him.
Maribel is very happy and accepts. Hector presents Rubi to his best
friend, a young doctor Alejandro, and he and Rubi also fall in love,
Rubi hopes that finally she will marry a rich, handsome doctor whom she
is in love with, and all four of them are very happy... until Rubi
finds out that actually Alejandro is not rich at all! Rubi must choose
between love and money, and obviously she chooses money and breaks her
commitment with Alejandro. Disillusioned, Alejandro decides to dedicate
in body and soul to his profession. Now, Rubi is more than ever
determined to marry a millionaire, and to achieve her goal she is ready
to commit most vile of the betrays: to rob the Maribel's fiancé Hector.
She achieves her goal.
Characters
Bárbara Mori as Rubí
Rubí is a charmingly beautiful young woman who is sick and tired
living in poverty that she aspires to live this world of lack of everything for
better life. Her beauty is one of her advantages as well as the absolute ambition
and intelligence that enable her to take advantage of people by her. She has a
friend, Maribel whom she envies and thinks she deserves more than her, disabled
but too rich girl. Rubí enjoys her beauty and
good complexion to manipulate men and force them do things for her sake. She falls
in love with Alejandro but this poor doctor is not the ideal part for
her to live a lavish luxury life. Her life is full of passionate love and
hatred and soon Rubi has to choose between love and life of a middle class and
fortune but through breaking hearts of friends.
Eduardo Santamarina as Alejandro
Alejandro comes from the middle-class family. He is a medical doctor,
friend of Hector. He is determined, purposeful, intelligent and deliberate. Love
means a lot for Alejandro and he is rather
positive about it. He has never been in love but when he meets Rubi, his heart
beats stronger and he loses control. Rubi rejects him but he does not give up. He
has too little to offer her to be happy and his heart is also broken for the
sake of other’s aspiration and liking for better life.
Sebastián Rulli as Héctor
Hector is a young and
talented architect, handsome and very positive. He is tall and attractive. He is
successful in professional career. Via Internet social networks he gets to know
to Maribel and is about to marry her until Rubi reveals her intentions.
Marlene Favela as Sonia
Sonia is a beautiful, well-educated young woman. She speaks adequately
and nicely, has ability to deal in business and public relations. She fluently
speaks English and French languages and dresses up luxury and stylish. Her abilities
enable her to become the right hand for Yago. She has a tenacious and a
computer-like mind, so appropriate for business though she is tender and kind
deeply inside. She prefers to be candid and mild at home.
She comprehends that a
woman by Yago should hide her real emotions and intentions to avoid traps. Yago
is known to be a womanizer and she knows it but she loves him and cannot hide her
feelings at all. He accepts such affair when he sympathizes her and that’s all
he can give her. Sonia accepts such relations, either because she does not have
an idea to be close to him. She prefers to be a wife not a lover. She does not approve his liking for Rubi and
her life faces dual love, hatred, intrigues and even revenge.
Rubi II - telenovela
(2004) - Bárbara Mori , Eduardo Santamarina
CAST
Bárbara Mori .... Rubí - main heroine, villain
Eduardo Santamarina .... Alejandro - main hero
Sebastián Rulli .... Héctor - boyfriend of Maribel
Jacqueline Bracamontes .... Maribel - best friend of Rubí
Ana Martín .... Refugio - mother of Rubí and Cristina
Josefina Echánove .... Pancha - nana of Maribel
Antonio Medellín .... Ignacio - father of Alejandro
Ana Bertha Espín .... Elisa - Godmather of Héctor
José Elías Moreno .... Genaro - Godfather of Héctor
Olivia Bucio .... Carla - mother of Alejandro
Leonorilda Ochoa .... Dolores - neighbor of Rubí
Roberto Vander .... Arturo - father of Maribel
Luis Gatica .... Cayetano - boyfriend of Cristina
Arlette Pacheco .... Lilia - second wife of Genaro
Miguel Pizarro .... Loreto - gay friend of Rubí
Ofelia Cano .... Victoria - protector of Alejandro
Paty Díaz .... Cristina - sister of Rubí
Jan .... Marco - friend of Alejandro, in love with Cristina
Carlos Cámara .... Bermúdez - boss of Alejandro, villain
Adriana Roel .... Hilda - secretary of Genaro
Dolores Salomón 'Bodokito' .... Mariquita - neighbor of Rubí
José Antonio Ferral .... Garduño - doctor, helper of Bermúdez
Eduardo Rodríguez .... Saúl - classmate of Rubí, boyfriend Lorena
Ingrid Martz .... Lorena - classmate of Rubí, girlfriend of Saúl
Tania Vázquez .... Sofía - sister of Alejandro
Marco Méndez .... Luis Duarte - boyfriend of Sofía, son of Genaro
Sergio Argueta .... Paco - classmate of Rubí, in love with her
Mariana Rountree .... Ingrid - classmate of Rubi
Sergio Goyri .... Yago - business partner of Hector
Marlene Favela .... Sonia - girlfriend of Yago
Yadhira Carrillo .... Elena - helper of Lucío, in love with Hector
Lorena Velázquez .... Mary - aunt of Sonia
Manuel Landeta .... Lucío Montemayor - new business partner of Hector
Manuel 'Flaco' Ibáñez .... Onésimo Segundo
Gerardo Albarrán .... Gabriel - suitor of Lilia
Alicia Fahr .... Romina
Luz María Guizar .... mother of Lorena
Liza Willert .... nurse of Carla
Nicole Vale .... Naty Duarte López - sister of Luis
Claudia Benedetti .... Lupe
Lilia Aragón .... Nora Navarro - mother of Elena
María Fernanda García .... Valeria
Roberto Sen .... David Treviño
Sergio Zaldívar .... Gazcón
Manuel Foyo .... Ernesto Bermúdez - son of Doctor Bermúdez
Raúl Valerio .... Doctor
Sérgio Jurado .... Lic. Millán
Roger Cudney .... Howard
Amelia Zapata .... Celia
Hugo Macias .... Isidro - acomplice of Doctor Bermúdez
Cristal Kasteele .... Fernanda - daughter of Cristina
Writing credits
Yolanda Vargas Dulche (original story)
Ximena Suárez (adaptation)
Virginia Quintana (adaptation)
Janely Lee (script editor)
Song: La Descarada
Written by: Reyli
Singing: Reyli
Music arranger
Yosue Godinez
Set Decoration
Ricardo Navarrete
Editors
Alejandro Iglesias
Jesús Blanco
Marcos Vázquez
Production co-ordinator
Georgina Ramos
Production manager
Marco Cano
Chief of production
Raúl Reyes
Juan Nápoles
Cinematography by
Alejandro Frutos
Bernardo Nájera (on location)
Directed by
Benjamín Cann
Eric Morales (on location)
Produced by
José Alberto Castro
Ernesto Hernández
Fausto Sáenz Castro
Televisa
Trivia
"Rubí II" is a remake of telenovela "Rubí I"
"The best telenovela of the year", TVyNovelas award, 2005.
Forum Telenovela World - Rubi
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