La que no podía amar

*La que no podía amar*
La que no podía amar
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Ximena Suárez
Written by	Julián Aguilar; Janely Lee; Vanesa Varela;
Story by	Delia Fiallo
Directed by	Alejandro Gamboa; Salvador Garcini;
Creative director	Sandra Cortés
Starring	Jorge Salinas; José Ron; Susana González; Ana Brenda Contreras;
Theme music composer	Reyli Barba
Opening theme	"Te dejaré de amar" performed by Reyli
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of episodes	166
Production
Executive producer	José Alberto Castro
Producers	Ernesto Hernández; Fausto Sáinz;
Cinematography	Narciso Ramón Colunga; Alejandro Frutos;
Editors	Héctor Flores; Juan Ordóñez; Arturo Rodríguez;
Running time	Multi-camera
Original release
Network	Canal de las Estrellas
Release	August 1, 2011 –; March 18, 2012
Related
	Monte calvario; Te sigo amando;

La que no podía amar (The Woman Who Couldn't Love^[1]) is a Mexican telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa and aired on Canal de las Estrellas from August 1, 2011 to March 18, 2012.^[2]^[3] Ximena Suárez wrote the script based on the original story by Delia Fiallo. The cast was headed by Jorge Salinas, José Ron, Susana González and Ana Brenda Contreras. La que no podía amar won 2 awards in Premios TVyNovelas, for Best Lead Actor, and Best Supporting Actor.^[4]^[5] In the United States the telenovela aired on Univision from January 2, 2012 to August 10, 2012.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Plot

Ana Paula lives in Chiapas where she is studying nursing; her devotion for sick people came up while she took care of her ill Aunt throughout her long agony. When she was about to graduate, she met Bruno, Rogelio Montero's lawyer. Bruno offered her a job nursing his boss who became paralytic and got stuck in a wheel chair after having an accident. The pay is good so she takes the job in order to financially support her aunt Rosaura, who has been like a mother to her and her brother Miguel ever since they were kids.

Ana Paula arrives in "La Hacienda Del Fuerte” to look after Rogelio and she is surprised to learn that he is a bitter, resentful man mostly because Vanessa, his shallow former fiancée, left him after the accident.

In the hacienda also lives Cynthia, Rogelio's sister, who is in fact kept there by her brother since he forced her to stay and take care of him in exchange for keeping the lifestyle she is used to have. To avoid boredom, she began an affair with Efraín, the Hacienda's foreman; he actually falls in love with her, but she is only using him for fun. With them also lives their nanny, María, who has always acted as a loving mother to Rogelio and Cynthia, and who is not able to ever leave them.

Rogelio's arrogance and bad mood make it very difficult for Ana Paula to work with him, so one day she decides to quit. She has an accident in the river and she is rescued by Gustavo Durán, a handsome and good hearted engineer. They fall in love but their plans are frustrated when Gustavo has an accident. Gustavo's father, who is also named Gustavo, dies. And Ana Paula believes Gustavo, her boyfriend is dead instead of Gustavo's father.

Rogelio has also fallen in love with Ana Paula. He sends Bruno to look for her and ask her to come back to the hacienda as his nurse and offers triple the pay. At first she refuses, but afterwards, when Miguel is blamed for crashing a truck in which he loses three of his right hand's fingers and two pedestrians are injured and later die, it could send him to jail for life. Rogelio offers to help pay all the surgery and medical bills as well as the legal fees, which amounts to two million pesos, if Ana Paula agrees to his marriage proposal. She accepts to make the sacrifice in order to help her brother, so she marries Rogelio and signs a prenuptial contract for one-year marriage with the promise that Rogelio helps Ana Paula's family and in return she keeps him company and be the señora Montero.

Gustavo comes back looking for Ana Paula but Rosaura, considering the marriage of her niece with Rogelio as the solution to all her financial problems, decides to lie to Gustavo, telling him that Ana Paula is not interested in him anymore. Gustavo feels disappointed and decides to forget her.

After returning to the Hacienda, the life of Ana Paula as Rogelio's wife is a living hell, one she had never imagined. She will have to deal with Cynthia's humiliations and envy; she will also have to manage her brother's problems, as well as Bruno and Rosaura's greed. Although, as time passes and Rogelio's cold and harsh demeanor began to change so do Ana Paula's feelings for Rogelio. And on top of that, she will meet again with Gustavo, the love of her life, knowing that perhaps, he may never be for her...

Cast

Jorge Salinas as Rogelio Montero Báez
José Ron as Gustavo Durán Esquivel
Susana González as Cynthia Montero Báez
Ana Brenda Contreras as Ana Paula Carmona Flores
Ana Martín as María Gómez
Ana Bertha Espín as Rosaura Flores Nava
Ingrid Martz as Daniela “Dani” Gutiérrez
Julián Gil as Bruno Rey
Fabián Robles as Efraín Ríos
Paty Díaz as Macaria de Hernández
Osvaldo Benavides as Miguel Carmona Flores
Mar Contreras as Vanessa Galván Villaseñor
Alejandro Ávila as Ernesto Cortés
Marco Méndez as Esteban
Michelle Ramaglia as Consuelo Herrera
Anaís as Mercedes Durán Esquivel
Germán Gutiérrez as Ulises Hernández
Tania Lizardo as María de la Paz “Maripaz” Hernández
Humberto Elizondo as Federico Galván
Uriel del Toro as Hugo Dueñas
Juan Bernardo Flores as Margarito Montero Carmona/ Galván
Ignacio López Tarso as Fermín Peña
Jorge Aravena as David Romo
Elizabeth Dupeyrón as Elsa Villaseñor de Galván
Elena Torres as Roció “Chio”
Javier Ruán as Don Maximo Pinos
Aurora Clavel as Doña Milena
Yolanda Ventura as Gloria de Cortéz
Polly as Elena
Mario del Río as Juan
Marina Marín as Felipa Pérez
Zaneta Seilerova as Hilda
Ricardo Mendoza "El Coyote" as Juan's friend
Martín Brek as Juan's friend
Rigoberto Carmona as Comandante
Eduardo Liñan as Don Iván Montero
Georgina Domínguez as Manuela
Jorge Abraham as El Tuerto
Marco Sánchez as Rutilio

Reception

In the United States the series premiered with an average 4.1 million viewers.^[10] The finale averaged 5.8 million viewers.^[11]

Mexico ratings

Timeslot (CT)	# Ep.	Premiere		Finale		TV Season
Timeslot (CT)	# Ep.	Date	Premiere share (in points)	Date	Finale share (in points)	TV Season
Monday-Friday 7:15 pm	166	August 1, 2011^[2]	17.2^[12]	March 18, 2012^[9]	24.4^[13]	2011-12

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated	Result
2012	People en Español Awards
		Best Telenovela of the Year	José Alberto Castro	Won
		Best Actress	Ana Brenda Contreras	Nominated
		Best Actor	Jorge Salinas	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Susana González	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	José Ron	Nominated
		Best Female Villain	Ana Bertha Espín	Nominated
		Best Male Villain	Julián Gil	Nominated
		Best Couple	Ana Brenda Contreras and Jorge Salinas	Won
	30th TVyNovelas Awards
		Best Telenovela	José Alberto Castro	Nominated
		Best Actress	Ana Brenda Contreras	Nominated
		Best Actor	Jorge Salinas	Won
		Best Leading Actress	Ana Bertha Espin	Nominated
		Best Co-lead Actor	José Ron	Won
		Best Original Story or Adaptation	Ximena Suárez Julián Aguilar Janely Lee	Nominated
		Best Musical Theme	"Te dejaré de amar" by Reyli	Nominated