Carita de Ángel

Carita de Angel (English: Angel Face) is a child telenovela produced in Mexico by Televisa in 2000 produced by Nicandro Díaz. It is a remake of the telenovela Papa Corazon, which also was adapted for Mundo de juguete. It starred Lisette Morelos, Miguel de León and Daniela Aedo as Dulce Maria. In 2001 it was broadcast in the United States by the Spanish-language broadcaster Univision. Among the great figures of his cast were Mexicans Joaquín Cordero and Ana Luisa Peluffo and Argentine Libertad Lamarque, who died during the filming of this soap opera and was replaced by actress Silvia Pinal.

From December 11 of 2000 until January 5 of 2001 the soap opera interrupted its broadcast in order to go to Christmas minitelenovela Rayito de Luz. In Indonesia, this telenovela broadcast on RCTI in early 2003, and a years later, in 2004, it broadcast on SCTV. In the United States, it re-aired on the Spanish channel UniMás (formally known as Telefutura) from June 14, 2012 to February 28, 2013.

Overview

Dulce Maria is a sweet 5 year old girl full of joy, compassion, and good feelings. After the death of her mother, Luciano Larios (Dulce Maria's father), sinks into depression and lives abroad for a few years, leaving his daughter and loved ones behind. Dulce María is left in a Catholic boarding school named "Reina de America" (Queen of America) to be taken care of by the nuns there, as well as being taken care of by her uncle Gabriel, who is a priest. The only relative that visits her is her Aunt Estefania, whom she affectionately called "Tia Pelucas" (Auntie Wigs) because she wears a large and varied set of colorful wigs, instead of showing her real hair. The nuns, for the most part, worship and love Dulce María, in particular the Sisters Cecilia and Fortunata, who are her accomplices in all her funny antics that are also allowed by the tender and kindly Mother Superior, the school principal, who is always aware of the responsibility and discipline that must be met; while showing concern and great heart for the welfare of all those around her. Dulce Maria also has a secret place in the school known as "The old little room." There, her playful imagination comes to life, where she speaks with her mother Angelica, who dispenses advice to her and tells her wonderful stories.

Things brighten up for Dulce Maria when, after a two-year absence, Luciano announces his return to Mexico. But the initial joy fades when her dad arrives with Nicole, a domineering and self-centered woman who is also Luciano's fiancée. Her only reason for being with Luciano is for his money and she sees Dulce Maria as a mere nuisance. Her plan is to get Luciano's daughter out of her way so she can have him all to herself. Sensing that her father will not be happy being married to Nicole, and not wanting to lose her father's affection, Dulce Maria sets out to end the relationship and make her father notice Sister Cecilia, who is more of a mother figure than Nicole.

Luciano slowly realizes that he does not love Nicole, while at the same time, feels a growing attraction to Cecilia. She, in turn, realizes that her religious vocation begins to waver once she realizes that she is in love with Luciano and must decide whether to take her religious vows or give them up and listen to her heart.

Cast

• Daniela Aedo - Dulce Maria Larios Valle
• Lisette Morelos - Cecilia Santos de Larios
• Miguel de León - Luciano Larios
• Nora Salinas - Estefania Larios de Gamboa "Aunt Wigs"
• Libertad Lamarque - Mother Superior de la Luz Piedad
• Silvia Pinal - Reverend Lucia
• Ana Patricia Rojo - Nicole Medrano Romero
• Adriana Acosta - Sister Fortunata Rico
• Manuel Saval - Father Gabriel Larios
• Juan Pablo Gamboa - Noah Gamboa
• Nancy Patiño - Alfonsina Núñez
• Arena Ibarra - Lluvia Amezcua
• Priscilla Herrera - Barbara Guerra
• Andrea Soberón - Frida Iturbe
• Mario Thadeo - pennies
• Iliana Montserrat - Juanita Perez
• Cristine Aguinaga - Katty
• Marisol Santacruz - Angélica Larios Valle
• Joaquín Cordero - Don Adolfo Valle
• Ana Luisa Peluffo - widow Aida Romero Medrano
• Paty Díaz - Sister Clementina
• Theo Tapia - Perpetual Chacón
• Veronica Macias - Veronica Medina
• Polo Ortín - Silvestre
• Héctor Suárez Gomís - Omar Gasca
• Raúl Padilla "Choforo" - Pascual
• Mariagna Prats - Francesca Rossi
• Estrella Lugo - Selene Gallardo
• Juan Carlos Serra - Romulus Rossi
• Ingrid Martz - Domenico Rossi
• José María Torre - Leonel
• Carmen Amezcua - Clarissa Santos Dorantes
• Alejandro Ruiz - Homer
• Francisco Avendaño - Andrew Urquhart
• Rosita Pelayo - Fedora
• Roberto Palazuelos - Flavio Romero Medrano
• Janet Ruiz - Agatha
• Natasha Dupeyrón - Mariana
• Andrea Lagunes - Irma Valadez
• Ana Lobo - Chiripa (Voice)
• Karla Kegel - Shula
• Paola Kegel - Sheila
• Isaura Espinosa - Genevieve
• Alejandro de la Madrid - Jordi
• Alejandra Procuna - Morelba
• Carlos Espejo - Solovine (voice)
• Marisol Centeno - Sonia Gomez
• Gabriela Platas - Soraya
• Mariana Ávila - Cassandra Campos Gamboa
• Mauricio Aspe - Saturn
• Norma Herrera - Paulina
• Kelchie Arizmendi - Lore "Lorena"
• Alfonso Iturralde - Dr. Luis Fragoso
• Roberto Guzmán - Philemon
• Alejandro Tommasi - Jaime Alberto
• Yolanda Ventura - Juliet
• Mónica Dossetti - Lorena Campos
• Rafael Rojas - Gaspar
• Robert Taylor - Tranquilino
• David Ostrosky - Dr. Velasco
• Irma Lozano - Altagracia Rivera
• Alexis Ayala - Leonardo Larios
• Juan Carlos Casasola - Jairo
• Raquel Morell - Minerva
• Vanessa Guzmán - Gilda Esparza
• Gabriel Soto - Rogelio Alvarado Gamboa
• Aurora Molina - Canuta
• César Castro - Regino
• Jaime Garza - Rutilio
• Peter Smith - Raymundo
• Julio Vega - Fidelio
• Luis Couturier - Dr. Hall
• Beatriz Sheridan^{[lower-alpha 1]} - Mrs. Estudillo
• Lupita Lara - Magdalena
• Juan Soler - Marcos
• Stephen Franco - Fausto
• Kristoff - Zeno
• Sergio Ramos - Agent Elizondo
• Sara Luz - Nieves
• Adalberto Martínez "Spring" - Hippolytus
• Erika Bueno - Policarpio "Poly" Zambrano
• Arturo Peniche - Dr. Montemayor
• Pedro Weber "Chatanuga - Antonio
• Rafael del Villar - Vladimir
• Manola Diez - Carmina
• Khotan - Alexis
• Cecilia Gabriela - Victoria Montesinos
• Ariel López Padilla - Adrian
• Gustavo Rojo - Father Cosme
• Oscar Morelli - Dr. Villanueva
• Manuel "Flaco" Ibanez - Candido
• Marco Uriel - Gerardo
• Humberto Elizondo - Solomon
• Alejandro Aragón - Dionisio
• Diana Osorio - Lupita
• Eugenio Derbez - The Thousand Faces
• Javier Herranz - Achilles
• Isabel Martínez 'La Stonechat - Aunt Domitila
• Renata Flores - Inspector Pantaleona Malacara
• Jorge van Rankin - Thaddeus
• Salim Rubiales - Ramiro
• Socorro Bonilla - Donna Cruz
• María Eugenia Ríos - Esperanza
• Antonio de la Vega - Franco
• Guillermo Rivas - Edgar
• Maricarmen Vela - Silvina
• César Bono - Toribio
• Vilma Traca - Tonita
• Susana Lozano - Elvira
• Octavio Menduet - Colonel
• Marlene Favela - Amber Ferrer
• Jorge Arvizu "El Tata" - Anastasio
• Katie Barberi - Noelia
• Diego Barquinero - Clown Diegans
• José Luis Cordero "Pocholo" - Facundo
• Rebecca Mankita - Ivory de los Cobos
• Sergio Miguel - Jimmy
• Aline O'Farrill - Genoa
• Héctor Parra - Mr. Iturbe
• Oscar Traven - Ernesto Tirado
• Andrea Lagunes - Irma
• Nora Velasquez - Ms. Malpica
• Esperanza Rendón - Elba
• Eugenia Avendaño - Mrs. Becerra
• Dolores Solomon Bodokito " - Mrs. Parker
• Sonia Velestri - Carolina
• Luis Xavier - Dr. Altamirano
• Rafael Amador - Dr. Lake
• Anabel Gutiérrez - Beggar
• Beatriz Cecilia - Novice
• Irma Torres - Homemade
• Oscar Bonfiglio - Augustine
• Alberto Angel "El Cuervo" - Fidel
• Martin Rojas - Pancho
• Litzy - a wedding singer

Other versions

Carita de Angel is a remake of the telenovela Mundo de juguete produced by Televisa in 1974 by Valentin Pimstein and starring Graciela Mauri, Sara García, Ricardo Blume Irma Lozano and Irán Eory.

Notes

References

External links

• Carita de Ángel at the Internet Movie Database
• esmas.com Official Site
• latina.net soul-page (English)