Yo Amo a Juan Querendón (English title: I Love Irresistible Juan) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Mapat L. de Zatarain for Televisa in 2007. The telenovela was a remake of Pedro El Escamoso, a Colombian telenovela.
On February 12, 2007, Univision started broadcasting Yo amo a Juan Querendón weekdays at 9:00pm, replacing La Fea Mas Bella. The last episode was broadcast on February 8, 2011, with Las Tontas No Van al Cielo replacing it the following day.
Eduardo Santamarina and Mayrin Villanueva starred as protagonists, while Alexis Ayala, Arleth Terán, Dacia Arcaráz and Renée Varsi starred as antagonists. The leading actress Silvia Pasquel starred as stellar performance. César Évora starred as special participation.
Plot
Juan Dominguez, while walking the streets of Mexico City, comes across an attractive older woman, Nidia Cachon (Sylvia Pasquel). After flirting with her, they proceed to go back to her house. He starts to lose interest when her two daughters, Yadira (Dacia Arcaraz) and Marely (Florencia de Saracho) comes into the house. He instantly falls in love with Marely, quickly losing complete interest in Nidia. Not long after that, Nidia's husband returns home.
Nidia approaches her husband making an excuse as to why Juan is at the house. Her husband quickly dismisses her and calls Juan into his office. All the while, a voice-over of Juan's thoughts is playing, which becomes a running schtick throughout the show. In his office, the husband quickly explains how his life is no longer worth living. He produces a gun and leaves his family in the care of Juan. He then shoots himself in the head.
Second Family
It is quickly learned, as that the husband had had an affair years previously with a woman named Ana Davila (María Marcela), which produced another daughter, named Paula (Mayrín Villanueva). it is learned that the affair between the late husband and Ana went on for a long time, only ending when the late husband learned that his wife, Nidia, was pregnant with their second child.
The Viewing
Well before they arrive Ana & Paula, the characters of the Cachon Family begin to show their true colors, and two more characters are introduced. The family lawyer, Alfirio Perefan, (Roberto D’amico) also tries to comfort Nidia, while subtly hinting that he is in love with her
Nidia gets progressively more drunk as the day goes on. She eventually claims that her late husband wanted a Mariachi band playing at his funeral and Juan goes out to find one. Around this time Ana and Paula show up at the viewing. A few minutes after arriving, Nidia notices them and starts to yell at them, telling them they have not right to be there. Ana yells back that they have every right, as Paula is the late man's daughter as well. Nidia makes a few nasty remarks about Ana and they begin to fight. While grabbing and hitting across the top of the coffin, they accidentally knock the coffin to the ground. Marely screams at them to stop. She remarks about how horrible and cruel her mother was being
The Will
The family has no more money because the late husband had donated it. He left the house to Paula and Ana. Nidia used her relationship with the lawyer to get him to make a fake copy of the will, saying the late husband left Paula and Ana nothing.
Empresas Farell
Paula had been attending university in the United States. She returned to Mexico to be with her mother. She tells her mother that she wants to look for a job and live in Mexico either with or near her mother. She finds a job with a company called Empresas Farell, a food distributor. She would become Vice President and help find vendors for the company.
At the same time, Juan, who has been living in the Cachon household, decided to get a job, since the family no longer had any money. Juan gets the job as chauffeur with Empresas Farel, but in order to empress Marely, he tells the Cachon family that he is actually a lawyer with the company. He becomes Paula's chauffeur and falls in love with her as well.
When Paula was hired at Empresas Farell, the president of the company, Cesar Luis Farell, took an instant liking to her. Paula learns Cesar Luis's is married. It is learned not long after that that Ivonne and Cesar Luis are having an affair.
In the meantime, Juan makes friends with one of the other company chauffeurs, Fernando.