Rubí (Season 1)

Rubí (2004) is a Mexican telenovela starring Bárbara Mori you can watch online on iFILM. It is the story of a stunning young woman from a poor neighborhood who will do anything to climb into a life of luxury.

Rubí Pérez attends an exclusive Mexico City university, paid for by an older sister who works herself to the bone. But Rubí has only one plan: marry rich and leave poverty behind for good. She befriends the wealthy Maribel, quietly envies her standing, and spins a web of manipulation that burns everyone who gets close. Eduardo Santamarina, Jacqueline Bracamontes and Sebastián Rulli play the people caught up in her game.

This is one of the best-known versions of a classic tale about a beautiful, merciless schemer — with all the tears, scandals and comeuppance the genre lives for. If you love Latin American melodrama and femme-fatale plots, it is a direct hit. Stream every episode of Rubí online on iFILM.