Luz Clarita

Luz Clarita
Genre	Telenovela
Written by	Mapat de Zataráin
Directed by	Pedro Damián
Creative director(s)	Pedro Damián
Starring	Verónica Merchant César Évora Daniela Luján Ximena Sariñana
Theme music composer	Daniela Luján
Opening theme	"Luz Clarita", Daniela Luján
Ending theme	"Luz Clarita", Daniela Luján
Composer(s)	Daniela Luján
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	70
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mapat de Zataráin
Producer(s)	Mapat de Zataráin
Editor(s)	Mapat de Zataráin
Location(s)	Mexico City
Cinematography	Mapat de Zataráin
Camera setup	Mapat de Zataráin
Running time	60-minutes (16:00 until 17:00 Mexico City Time).
Production company(s)	Mexico Televisa
Distributor	Televisa
Broadcast
Original channel	XEW-2 (Canal de las Estrellas)
Picture format	SDTV (480i 4:3) PAL (576i 4:3) PAL-B (Analog VHF)
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1 Datasat Digital 5.1 Sony Digital 5.1
First shown in	Monday, 30 September 1996
Original run	Monday, 30 September 1996 – Friday, 21 February 1997
Chronology
Preceded by	Confidente de Secundaria
Followed by	Los Hijos de Nadie
Related shows	Andrea Celeste Chispita

Luz Clarita (Spanish pronunciation: [lus klaˈɾita]) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa that aired on XEW-2 is the flagship station to the Canal de las Estrellas in 1996. The series a remake of Andrea Celeste and Chispita, stars Verónica Merchant and César Évora, as well as child actors Daniela Luján was aired runtime of 1-hour broadcasts on weekday (every Monday until Friday) at 16:00 until 17:00 Mexico City Time with 70-episode it was officially first launched on Monday, 30 September 1996 and ceased transmission on Friday, 21 February 1997.

Plot

Luz Clarita (Daniela Luján) is a sweet little girl who wants to find her mother and in her search will live through moments of great sadness and joy. Thanks to a series of coincidences, Mariano de la Fuente (César Évora)'s family decides to open the doors of their home to the little orphan and although at the start it would seem that said girl only had come to create chaos in their lives, little by little they realize that she has arrived in order to teach them, the children and the adults the most important of lessons: that love is the essence of happiness.

The process is not easy because Luz Clarita has her own problems: she is convinced that she is not an orphan, that her mother did not die as all seems to indicate, but that she is somewhere waiting to be reunited with Luz Clarita, and armed only with her faith, and with the silent complicity of Padre Salvador (Alejandro Tommasi), she is given the task of searching for her mother.

With the de la Fuente family, Luz Clarita creates problems with little Mariela who sees in her a potent rival, and since the first day she dedicates herself to making Luz Clarita's life impossible. In this house she meets Natalia (Paty Díaz), the young servant who is secretly in love with José Mariano de la Fuente (Aitor Iturrioz); Luz Clarita decides to help the two to realize their love for one another, and in Natalia she finds support and care.

In the course of her life, Luz Clarita encounters Soledad (Verónica Merchant), a young woman with a mysterious past who coincidentally arrives to work in orphanage on the very day that Luz Clarita leaves to go to the mansion of the de la Fuentes, and for whom Luz Clarita comes to feel a special affection, so much that, seeing the immediate feelings that Soledad and Mariano exhibit upon meeting, she decides to try to unite them.

The love and goodness of Luz Clarita encounter serious obstacles, like Brígida (Lili Garza), the strict housekeeper at the de la Fuente mansion, where alongside innocence there are always dark interests, like those of Bárbara (Frances Ondiviela) and Erika (Sussan Taunton), a pair of cocky women who are determined to conquer Mariano and José Mariano at all costs.

In addition to all of these obstacles, Luz Clarita fights to find happiness at her mother's side. While this all happens, Luz Clarita illuminates the lives of all those who have the fortune to meet her, as the darkness disappears with just a little bit of Luz Clarita (clear light).

Cast

Broadcast history

Luz Clarita aired on Televisa's Canal de las Estrellas on XEW-2 in Mexico on weekday (every Monday to Friday) at 16:00 until 17:00 Mexico City Time from 30 September 1996 until 21 February 1997 for a total of 70-episodes. It replaced Confidente de secundaria, and was replaced by Los hijos de nadie upon its finale. In Singapore the telenovela aired on Fifth Frequency a member of Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) it was launched on Thursday, 1 July 1999 and rerun television broadcast on Channel 5 a member of MediaCorp TV it was launched on Monday, 2 May 2005 later moved television broadcast to from Channel 5 to Channel 8 a member of MediaCorp TV it was launched on Tuesday, 1 May 2007, in Indonesia the telenovela aired on TPI (now MNCTV) later was moved television broadcast to O Channel Jakarta until NET TV was launched on Saturday, 7 June 2014 the preceded by Asia's Next Top Model Season 2^[1] and in Malaysia on Philips Astro Saluran 1 (now Astro Ria) on weekday noon (every Monday until Friday) at 14:00 until 15:00 MST with 130-episode it was officially first launched on Monday, 2 April 2001 and ceased transmission on Friday, 28 September 2001 was moved to TV9 on weekday early morning (every Monday until Friday) at 06:30 until 07:30 MST with 152-episode it was officially first launched on Thursday, 1 March 2012 and ceased transmission on Friday, 28 September 2012 and TV3 on weekday noon (every Monday until Thursday) at 14:00 until 15:00 MST it was officially first launched on Monday, 6 January 2014 and ceased transmission on Monday, 30 September 2014. Univision is rebroadcasting Luz Clarita weekends at 9pm/8c replacing Mister Mundo

International broadcast

Country	Channel	Network(s)	Dubbed	Subtitle	Series Launched	Series Premiere	Series Finale	Aired	Year
Indonesia	TPI (now MNCTV)	Ministry of Education (now Media Nusantara Citra)	Indonesian		Thursday, 1 January 1998	Thursday, 1 January 1998	Friday, 30 January 1998	Monday until Friday at 12:00 until 13:00 WIB/13:00 until 14:00 WITA	1998
Indonesia	O Channel	Surya Citra Media	Spanish	Indonesian	Sunday, 1 January 2012	Sunday, 1 January 2012	Sunday, 3 June 2012	Daily at 18:00 until 19:00 WIB/19:00 until 20:00 WITA/21:00 until 22:00 WIT	2012
Indonesia[2]	NET TV[3]	Grup Indika[4]	Spanish[5]	Indonesian[6]	Saturday, 7 June 2014[7]	Saturday, 7 June 2014[8]	Saturday, 27 December 2014[9]	Saturday at 22:00 until 23:00 WIB/23:00 until 00:00 WITA[10]	2014[11]
Malaysia	Philips Astro Saluran 1 (now Astro Ria)	Philips Astro (now Astro)	Spanish	Malay	Monday, 2 April 2001	Monday, 2 April 2001	Friday, 28 September 2001	Monday until Friday at 14:00 until 15:00 MST	2001
Malaysia	TV9 (Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad)	New Straits Times Press (a member of Media Prima)	Spanish	Malay	Thursday, 1 March 2012	Thursday, 1 March 2012	Friday, 28 September 2012	Monday until Friday at 06:30 until 07:30 MST	2012
Malaysia	TV3 (Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad)	New Straits Times Press (a member of Media Prima)	Spanish	Malay	Monday, 6 January 2014	Monday, 6 January 2014	Monday, 30 September 2014	Monday until Thursday at 14:00 until 15:00 MST	2014
Singapore	Fifth Frequency	Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS)	English	Chinese	Thursday, 1 July 1999	Thursday, 1 July 1999	Friday, 31 December 1999	Monday until Friday at 22:00 until 23:00 SST	1999
Singapore	Channel 5	MediaCorp TV	English	Chinese	Monday, 2 May 2005	Monday, 2 May 2005	Friday, 30 September 2005	Monday until Friday at 22:00 until 23:00 SST	2005
Singapore	Channel 8	MediaCorp TV	Chinese	English	Tuesday, 1 May 2007	Tuesday, 1 May 2007	Friday, 28 September 2007	Monday until Friday at 20:00 until 21:00 SST	2007
China	Shanghai Dragon Satellite Television	Shanghai Media Group	Chinese	Chinese	Wednesday, 1 January 2014	Wednesday, 1 January 2014	Wednesday, 16 April 2014	Monday until Friday at 19:30 until 20:30 CST	2014

Prior versions

Luz Clarita is a remake of the 1983 Televisa telenovela Chispita, which starred Lucero, Angélica Aragón, and Enrique Lizalde. Chispita was itself a remake of the 1979 Argentine telenovela Andrea Celeste, which starred Andrea del Boca, Raúl Taibo, and Ana María Picchio.

References

External links

• (Spanish) Univisión page
• (Spanish) alma-latina.net page
• Luz Clarita at the Internet Movie Database