Rich in Love begins by showing a village 60 miles from Rio de Janeiro. And in that village,
there lived Teto, a young man who was often called the Tomato Prince. The ridiculous nickname stuck
to him because his father, Theodoro, was a successful and wealthy tomato businessman.
His father pampered Teto very much since he was a child, which greatly affected his character.
Even though he is an adult, Teto is still not reliable.
It can be seen from his daily activities, which can be summarized as eating,
sleeping, and having fun with women. Teto's spoiled nature certainly irritated Thedoro,
so he didn't want to spoil him anymore. And their maid, who had cared for Teto since he was little,
had to do the same. Teto was an adult, and Theodoro wanted her to treat him like a grown man.
The scene then moves to Rio de Janeiro, where a medical student named Paula lives with her two
friends, Katia and Raisa. Just like Paula, Katia and Raisa are also medical students,
and the three of them are currently undergoing internships at the same hospital. But among the
three, Paula was the most eager to get a license to practice. Her determination was so strong that
she even had to cancel her plans to join Katia's bachelorette party after Doctor Victor asked
her to join a surgery. But apparently, the doctor had an ulterior motive. Just before the operation
started, he tried to approach Paula and seduce her, much to her disgust. So she pretended to be
sick so as not to join the surgery and then caught up with her two friends who were already at the
bus stop. Raisa and Katia are certainly happy to see her coming with them. But on the other hand,
they are also confused about why Paula did not continue the surgery with Doctor Victor. And here,
Paula said frankly to her two best friends. She felt that Victor asked her to do the surgery
with him not because of her good performance or anything but because he liked her. Fortunately,
she has two good friends. Upon hearing what happened to her, Katia and Raisa cheered her on,
saying that she could definitely get the license if she kept working hard. After that, the bus
departs to where the tomato festival will be held, where Katia will celebrate her bachelorette party
with Paula and Raisa. The difficult situation faced by Paula is in contrast to Teto's.
He is currently relaxing in the pool while chatting casually with the son of his maid, Igor,
who is also his best friend. Right now Igor was actually about to go to school, but Teto didn't
care. Instead, he challenges him to a wrestle, in which the loser must obey the victor's orders.
With the rules set, the battle between Teto versus Igor begins. But the wrestling didn't last long.
Teto won easily. With that, Igor had to obey his employer and friend, who apparently wanted to be
accompanied to the car showroom. Teto wanted his father to buy him a Range Rover as a birthday
present. So he took the car home so Theodoro could see it in person and bought it for him.
Not only the car, but he also brought the car salesman with him. The salesman certainly
doesn't want a car that has not been officially purchased by Teto to be scratched or damaged.
He tried to warn Teto to slow down. But Teto didn't care. He continued to speed past the bus
Paula was traveling in until finally, the police stopped him because he exceeded the speed limit.
But the policeman only warned him because he knew Teto was the son of Theodoro the Tomato King.
Fortunately, the policewoman who was in the car realized what her colleague was doing.
And she also realized they were dealing with Teto, the man she had slept with.
So, she got out of the car, walked over to Teto's car, told him to get off,
and then searched his body. Before finally asks him to invite her to his birthday party tonight.
Escaping from the police, Teto then went to Theodore's office to persuade him to buy
him the Range Rover. But he was unlucky because Theodore wanted to give him something more useful,
namely a job in his company. Theodore even immediately called his confidant,
Monique, and then asked her to educate and direct Teto so that he was ready to work.
In the evening, Paula seemed to be having fun with Raisa and Katia at the tomato festival.
And at the same time and place, Teto is celebrating his birthday, dancing with the
women who idolize him. Of course, even Igor did not want to miss his best friend's birthday party.
But for some reason, his name wasn't on the guest list, making it difficult for him to enter.
Therefore, Igor called Teto so that he could include him in the party, especially since Selma,
the woman Igor secretly admired, was there too. Teto also knows about Igor's feelings for her,
and he really wants to introduce him to her. Yes, it turns out that Teto cares about his
best friend behind his bad character. But sadly, Selma likes Teto. When Teto
had just introduced Igor to her, she instead kissed Teto right in front of Igor's eyes.
Frankly, it made Igor jealous. He immediately walked away from them, but then Teto chased after
him and tried to resolve the misunderstanding between them. But he still couldn't convince a
furious Igor, who said that it was only natural for all women to approach him because after all,
they wanted his money. If only Teto was poor like him, surely no woman would want to be with him.
And Teto felt what Igor said was true. So Teto took off his jacket and necklace with the words
Prince Tomato on it before continuing to party while hiding his identity as Theodoro's son.
Not long after, the event's highlight began, where the visitors would throw tomatoes at each other.
And this is where Teto and Paula finally meet. To be precise, they met because Teto accidentally
threw tomatoes at her, making her clothes dirty. Of course, it made her angry because after all she
was not very interested in participating in the tomato war. And so, she went up to him and scolded
him. But while they are arguing, the drunken men harass Katia and Raisa, forcing Paula to stop her
bickering with Teto and help her two friends. But sadly, she ended up being harassed by the men too.
Seeing the women in danger, Teto did not stand still. He tries to help Paula,
though, in the end, he breaks his nose after being elbowed by one of the drunken men.
Well, even if it failed, at least his attempt caused a commotion,
so the people around who now realized what was happening took the drunken men away.
Feeling indebted to him, Paula then helps Teto, who claims to be a farmer's son,
in front of Paula and her two friends. Teto agreed to have Paula treat his bleeding nose, but
he wanted to be treated in a quiet place, so he took her to the middle of the tomato plantation.
However, seemed like a mere excuse. Teto was fascinated by Paula's beauty from first sight,
and now he wanted to try kissing her. Fortunately, Paula was able
to resist the temptation. She refused to be kissed and told Teto to get some rest.
The next day, Teto woke up in his room after hearing the sound of a horn from the front
of the house. It turned out that the horn came from Theodoro, who came with Teto's dream car.
He finally gave the car to Teto as a reward for his willingness to work for his company.
But to Theodoro's surprise, Teto said he wanted to work as an intern at their branch office in Rio de
Janeiro, arguing that he wanted to start living independently. But again, that's just an excuse.
He knew Paula lived in Rio and wanted to see her again. After getting permission from his father,
who is overjoyed that he is finally acting like an adult, Teto then goes to Igor. Teto invites him to
do an internship together in Rio. He wanted them to compete with each other as fellow interns. If
Igor gets the highest award for workers at the branch office, Teto will give him his car. And
Igor agreed to the bet. Arriving in Rio, Teto and Igor went straight to Thedoro's apartment.
From now on, the two of them would live together there. Not only that, to make it fairer, they
agreed to exchange identities at work. Besides, Teto didn't want Paula to discover that he was
the son of a tomato tycoon. He wants to win her heart without the help of his status and wealth.
And so, he began to act at Katia's wedding. Although, when he arrived at the location,
he realized he was wearing the wrong clothes. So he offered the janitor to change clothes with him.
This way, he could see if Paula was really sincere and didn't care about someone's status.
After putting on the janitor's clothes, Teto meets Paula, who is certainly surprised to see
him at her friend's wedding. But just as they were just getting lost in their conversation,
Doctor Victor appeared and made fun of Teto, before he finally took Paula away from him.
But then, something unexpected happened. Paula broke away from Victor and walked back toward
Teto. Then in front of Victor who was standing dumbfounded, she kissed Teto passionately.
What Paula did was certainly a surprise to Teto, although at the same time,
he also felt happy. And he was even more pleased when she took him for a walk by the beach.
But here, Teto lied to her again. He claims that he is a poor man who is struggling to achieve his
dream by working in a tomato sauce company. Paula, who was sincere by nature, believed in his words.
Not only that, she even encouraged him. Teto and Igor came to the office the following day
to start their internship. But to their surprise, they meet Monique there. Long story short, they
started working after they introduced themselves to their boss and co-workers. But then, Teto
felt how the bosses at the branch office treated them differently. Igor who pretends to be Teto,
always gets more attention from his mentors, while Teto who pretends to be Igor always get scolded.
But that's only natural because Teto is not good at work. Annoyed that Igor is always praised,
Teto then asks Monique to help teach him how to work properly. Incidentally, Monique has been
kicked out of Theodoro's company for some reason. And to make matters worse, her sister is sick.
Teto then decided to help her first. He goes to the hospital to ask Paula to check on Monique's
sister. Paula was willing to comply with his request, but there wasn't much she could do
because she still couldn't prescribe medication. Annoyed that Teto only brought a medical student,
Monique took him behind the house and scolded him there. But again, Teto asks her to teach him how
to work and even promises to give her his car if he succeeds. But she had to get him to work
fast because he also promised Igor the car if he managed to receive the award. Unexpectedly,
Monique accepts Teto's challenge. Not long after, Paula walked up to them and told them that she had
made an appointment so that Monique's sister could be hospitalized. Happy to hear the news,
Monique immediately thanked Paula. So does Teto. He thanked Paula by asking her out on a date.
The next day, Monique starts helping Teto, from waking him in his apartment
and telling him to come early to the office to giving him advice when his boss tore up his work.
Meanwhile, Teto's date with Paula is going very well. He takes her to places she's never been
before, delighting her with new experiences. She was so happy that she agreed when Teto asked her
to spend the night together. Together with Paula makes Teto even more excited to work.
Brilliant ideas popped up in his head, enabling him to compete with Igor's creativity to the
point that it was difficult for the head of the board of directors to decide whose idea he
would choose. In the end, they decided to use Teto and Igor's idea. The scene then moves to
show Igor going home from work. But while in the parking lot, his mentor, Alana, demands a reward
because she has helped him convince company officials to use his idea. The rewards she
asked for were not difficult to fulfill. She just wants him to take her to his apartment.
But then, something funny happened when Teto came home. Shocked to find Alana in his room,
Teto rushed to hide under the bed before she could notice him. But apparently Igor and Alana
are still not satisfied having fun together. And so they climbed onto the bed and started to act,
not realizing that Teto was right under them. Teto himself could do nothing but hear the sighs
of pleasure above him. Since he couldn't get out from under the bed suddenly, he was late for work,
while Igor arrived on time. Igor was even asked to be the head of the ketchup fountain project,
which was none other than Teto's idea. Of course that annoyed Teto, especially since he had to take
Igor's orders during the project. Moreover, the project ended up being very successful.
Teto finally cheered up a little after Paula asked him to attend her graduation party that was being
held tonight. They then spend some time at Teto's apartment, but when he is about to take her home,
they meet Theodoro, who calls Teto his son right in front of Paula. And to make matters worse,
Theodoro asked Teto to attend a meeting with investors tonight. Teto immediately
panicked hearing that because the meeting with the investors coincided with Paula's graduation party.
But he has a solution to the problem. He asked Igor to book a hotel for a meeting with investors,
and the hotel should be close to the location of Paula's graduation party. That way, he can
move between the two places more easily. Teto turned out to be really serious about his plan.
When he and his father attended the meeting with investors, he asked permission to go
to the toilet, where he then changed his suit before rushing to Paula's party. Unfortunately,
just as he was about to reach the location, he was hit by a bicycle. Seeing Teto hurt,
Paula then tried to help and gave him a drink. But unbeknownst to her, the drink was actually
prepared for Doctor Victor who was still trying to get close to Paula. Katia had mixed the drink
with drugs, hoping it would mess up Victor. But in the end, the drink was consumed by Teto.
After that, Teto kept switching between the meeting and the party until, at some point, he
forgot to change his suit when he moved to Paula's party. Paula was obviously wondering why he
suddenly decided to wear a suit, but Teto argued he needed it because he would sing her a romantic
song. Well, at first, the plan worked out so well that people started singing along with him.
And it would have ended perfectly if only Teto hadn't stepped on the bonfire and set his feet
on fire. The fire was finally extinguished. But still, he had to go back to the meeting,
and there was no way he'd come back with torn pants. As if that wasn't enough,
when he asked Igor to change clothes with him in the toilet, Theodoro caught him off guard.
Enraged at what Teto did, Theodoro asked Teto not to return to the meeting place. Since there was
nothing else to do there, Teto then decided to return to Paula's place. But apparently,
she was waiting for him in front of the hotel, with an angry expression on her face. It turns
out she already knew that Teto was the son of the tomato king. And now, she was mad because he had
been lying to her all this time. She was so angry she didn't even want to see Teto's face anymore.
As soon as he heard Paula's words, Teto tried to explain to her. But as she walked away from him,
Katia's medicine took full effect. His vision became blurry, and his head felt dizzy. Until
finally, he fell unconscious. The next morning, as soon as he woke up, Teto immediately got into
an argument with Theodoro, who called him a spoiled child who never wanted to change.
No matter how Teto explained what happened last night, Theodoro didn't want to hear it. He no
longer believed in his son. Angry at Theodoro, Teto then decides to go to Monique's house.
He was willing to do whatever Monique told him to do, including cleaning the house, cooking, and
taking care of her sister's baby, as long as she allowed him to stay there. But some time later,
feelings of guilt came back to haunt Teto. He then went to see Paula, trying to apologize for lying
to her. But he was too late. Paula had decided to volunteer at Amazon, which meant Teto would never
be able to see her again unless he moved to Amazon too. But he didn't do that. He chooses to stay at
Monique's house and laze around, forcing Monique to drag him to an employee awards ceremony at the
company. And as one might expect, the award went to Igor. But what was unexpected was that Igor
confessed on stage that he was not Teto. And so, he asked the real Teto to come on stage.
But then another surprise happened. After explaining what really happened, Teto refused the
award and instead suggested that the company give it to Monique, who he judged was an honest worker.
And after all, it was her who was instrumental in turning him into a reliable worker.
After saying all that, Teto and Igor then just left, leaving Monique and Alana. But the two women
still had unfinished business, so they went after them straight away. Alana asks Igor to explain to
her who he really is, because after all they had a relationship. Fortunately, after Igor reveals
his true self, she still accepts him with all his flaws. Meanwhile, Monique asks Teto to fulfill his
promise to give her his car. But he had another idea. Instead of giving the car to Monique,
he suggested they sell it and then use the money from the sale to build a start-up company.
Not only Monique but Teto also invited Igor and Alana to join him in starting the company.
At the end of the film, one year has passed, and Teto gets a surprise from his family and friends
on his birthday. He finally proved to Theodoro that he could build his own company with Monique,
Igor, and Alana. Not only that, but Paula also suddenly came back again,
admitting that she actually loves Teto. And the film ends with Teto and Paula kissing.
The moral that can be learned from this movie is if there are people who underestimate us,
we have to prove them wrong. Don't let people look down on you because
you definitely have abilities that other people don't.