Num Episodes: | 123 |
Genre: | Telenovela |
Starring: | Elizabeth Gutiérrez José Ángel Llamas Marjorie de Sousa Zully Montero |
Opentheme: | "Puede Ser" by Grupo Ashta |
Endtheme: | "Puede Ser" by Grupo Ashta |
Language: | Spanish |
Country: | United States Venezuela |
Runtime: | 45 minutes |
Company: | Venevisión International |
Location: | Miami, Florida, US |
Channel: | Univision |
Producer: | Peter Tinoco Ana Teresa Arismendi Arquímedes Rivero Dulce Terán |
Director: | Yaky Ortega Tito Rojas María Eugenia Perera |
Related: | Catalina y Sebastián (1999) |
Amor Comprado (English title: Love Contract, literal translation: purchased love, love for sale)[1] is a telenovela written by Verónica Suárez and produced in Miami, Florida by Venevisión International in 2007.[2]
Elizabeth Gutiérrez and José Ángel Llamas starred as the protagonists[3] with Marjorie de Sousa, Zully Montero and Patricia Álvarez as the antagonists.[4]
Univision began airing Amor Comprado at 1PM/12C, replacing Nunca Te Diré Adiós. It began airing in Venezuela on October 29, 2008, via Venevisión Plus at 10:00pm with repeats Monday to Saturday at 1:00pm.
Young playboy Willy de la Fuente is in a bind. If he doesn't marry by his rapidly approaching 30th birthday, he'll lose his inheritance—something his mean-spirited grandmother Gertrudis is looking forward to. Despite this, he's not interested in marriage because he believes—thanks to his grandmother's constant attacks on his own self-esteem—that women aren't interested in him for anything else but his money.
Mariana is also in a bind. Her father is in jail after accidentally killing the young man who attempted to rape her, and she desperately needs to come up with the money to hire a lawyer for his defense. And with her father already recovering from one nearly fatal beating, she's running out of time...
Willy finally decides to "audition" his next wife. He puts an ad in the paper searching for a wife—much to Gertrudis' consternation. He then meets Mariana, and they hit it off—at least until he discovers that she only married him for the money, which she will not get if she doesn't remain married to him.
Eventually, the two of them really do fall in love, but Gertrudis will go to any length to tear them apart. Willy's pain is her pleasure.[5]