Intrigue

A husband's suave exterior unravels after his marriage, and he unleashes his paranoid and volatile temper on his wife, which escalates to more dangerous and unpredictable tantrums.

Francisco is rich, strict on principles, and still a bachelor. After meeting Gloria by accident, he is suddenly intent on her becoming his wife and courts her until she agrees to marry him. Francisco is a dedicated husband, but little by little his passion starts to exhibit disturbing traits. Nevertheless, Gloria meets with skepticism as she expresses her worries to their acquaintances.—Eduardo Casais <eduardo.casais@research.nokia.com>

Francisco Galvan de Montemayor is a bitter man battling to regain properties once owned by his ancestors. He blames the world for cheating him of his rightful legacy, When he meets Gloria Milata, he thinks her the perfect woman and he is determined to marry her, and succeeds in winning her away from her fiancé, Raul Conde. The honeymoon and ensuing months have an unnerving effect on Gloria. She discovers that her husband is an irrationally jealous man who interprets the innocent actions of other men to be advances toward his wife. His distorted thinking drives him to abuse her. Her story of his cruelty is disbelieved by all but Conde, her former fiance'.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

In Mexico, wealthy, religious, leery middle-aged Francisco Galván is battling in the justice to retrieve the possession of real-estate that belonged to his ancestors in the beginning of the 20th century. When he sees young Gloria Milalta at church, he becomes obsessed by the woman and begins to stalk her with the intention of courting her. He sees her with her fiancé and his acquaintance, engineer Raul Conde, having lunch in a restaurant. Francisco schedules a ball at his mansion and invites Raul and as the night progresses he seduces Gloria. They get married, and on their honeymoon Gloria discovers that Francisco has a sick jealousy towards her. As time goes by, the emotionally unbalanced Francisco oscillates between a passionate husband and a paranoid maniac.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil