pregnant with Gonzalo's child, which he adamantly denies is his and demands Zoe abort. Zoe leaves Ignacio a Dear John letter and leaves their house. Ignacio writes a letter in return, stating that he still loves her and is willing to forgive her affair with Gonzalo. Ignacio meets Zoe at her hotel and declares that while he deeply loves her, he is sexually attracted to men. Zoe agrees to stay married to Ignacio and he agrees to raise the baby his own on the condition that Zoe allow him male lovers at his discretion. Zoe agrees to the terms and Ignacio sends Gonzalo an email in which Gonzalo is led to believe that Ignacio remained oblivious of the affair and that the baby is his. The film closes with Ignacio and Gonzalo's mother telling Ignacio how much the baby looks like him. Cast Bárbara Mori as Zoe Manolo Cardona as Gonzalo Christian Meier as Ignacio Bruno Bichir as Boris Gaby Espino as Laura Angélica Aragón as Cristina Beto Cuevas as Padre Santiago David Leche Ruiz as Jorge Adaptation For this film, director Ricardo de Montreuil and novelist Bayly intended to take the story in a separate and somewhat different direction than the novel. "When María Eugenia Argomedo and I began collaborating on the script, we were hoping to make something new out of the material, rather than simply reproducing the book onto film," said Montreuil on an IFC interview. Reviews The film received mixed reviews from critics. They attacked the film's plot for being overtly dramatic, while defenders interpreted it as a truthful film, one that tries to depict the most realistic aspects of relationships. La Mujer de mi Hermano rates poorly on RottenTomatoes.com, with a 21% approval rating, the consensus being, "No better than an R-rated telenovela, with the requisite love..."<ref>[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/la_mujer_de_mi_hermano/ "Great, Brave and Smart acting in a bad movie]</ref> It currently holds a 41% rating on Metacritic, which indicates "some medium reaction." Soundtrack The song "Maula" and "Doorie" was sung by Atif Aslam (Pakistani Pop Singer). Box office By the time the movie debuted in the Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva on November 26, 2005, it had already been seen in Mexico by 850,000 people. The film won second place at the festival that year, after Luis Mandoki's Voces inocentes, and was expected to reach one million total spectators and two million dollars at the box-office. In