''Pobre Rico Pobre'' is a Mexican
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...
, based on the
Colombian telenovela ''
Nuevo Rico Nuevo Pobre''. The show started 21 April 2008.
Plot
The comedy deals with the life of Andrés Ferreira and Brayan Galindo, from rich and poor families respectively. A mistake was made when they were born, because Andrés, originally of the poor family, was given to the rich family, and Brayan of the rich family went with the poor family. 30 years later the nurse who made the mistake reveals the truth to the families, and Brayan goes to live with the rich family, and Andres goes with the poor family.
Cultural aspects
The name of Brayan Galindo reflects an irregular adaptation of Brian to the
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
, just as Rosmery is adapted from the original Rosemary. It reflects the fact that many Latin Americans adopt foreign names thinking that it is an indication of socioeconomic status.
The use of earpieces bluetooth in permanent form and cellular an intelligent Treo 650 by Andrés Ferreira tries to accentuate its characteristic Yuppies. Andrés is portrayed as a very arrogant person, who gives no vacations on Christmas to his employees and ignores his mother's advice. So his mother wants to give a lesson to Andrés by exchanging Brayan's and Andrés' roles. During this event Andrés falls in love with Rosmery while Brayan breaks his relationship with her because he has begun an affaire with María Fernanda, a super-model fortune-hunter who was Andrés' girlfriend.
The social consequences of massive dismissals of 200 employees as result of a reconstruction inserts a dramatic effect in the plot, and contribute to create a cold image of the enterprise world and Andrés Ferreira.
Cast
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Héctor Arredondo
Héctor Arredondo Casillas (November 12, 1970 – November 16, 2014), was a Mexican television, film and stage actor. He worked with TV Azteca as an actor of telenovelas.
Personal life and death
The actor was romantically linked with actress ...
- Andrés Ferreira
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Cinthia Vázquez - Rosmery Peláez
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Patricia Vásquez - Fernanda San Miguel
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Victor Garcia - Brayan Galindo
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Patricia Bernal
Patricia Bernal (born 27 October 1961) is a Mexican actress. She has appeared in more than twenty films and telenovelas including '' Pobre rico, pobre''. Her sons Gael
The Gaels ( ; ga, Na Gaeil ; gd, Na Gàidheil ; gv, Ny Gaeil ) are an ...
- Antonia Vda. de Ferreira
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Luis Felipe Tovar
Luis Felipe Tovar (born December 2, 1959, in Puebla) is a Mexican performance teacher and actor.
He studied in the Theatre Fine Arts School of Mexico and in the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de La Habana in Cuba.
He has been aw ...
- Leónidas Galindo
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América Gabriel - Maritza Buenahora
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Andrea Marti - Ingrid Peláez
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Plutarco Haza
Plutarco Haza (; born 22 June 1972) is a Mexican actor raised in Mazatlán, Sinaloa.
Haza produced and hosted the children's news show, ''Bizbirije'' on Canal 11. During the show's final year broadcast in 1998, he married the Polish-born Mex ...
- Maximiliano López Ferreira.
External links
TV Azteca official site
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{{TV Azteca telenovelas in 1993-2009
2008 telenovelas
2008 Mexican television series debuts
2009 Mexican television series endings
Mexican telenovelas
TV Azteca telenovelas
Mexican television series based on Colombian television series
Spanish-language telenovelas