Chispita (telenovela)

Chispita
Chispita
Format	Telenovela, Drama, Family
Directed by	Pedro Damián
Starring	Lucero Enrique Lizalde Angélica Aragón
Theme music composer	Memo Méndez Guiu & Alvaro Dávila
Opening theme	"Chispita" Timbiriche
Country of origin	Mexico
Language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	200
Production
Executive producer(s)	Valentín Pimpstein
Running time	45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Televisa
Original airing	Mexico 1983 Brazil August 4, 1992 - November 23, 1992

Chispita (Little Spark) is a telenovela made by Mexican TV network Televisa. It is a familiar telenovela, set in Mexico. This telenovela was broadcast in 1983. This was the first telenovela that Lucero starred as a main character.

Plot

María Luisa (Angélica Aragón) and her husband had terrible car accident, her husband dies and she lost her memory completely and she is not ableto remember anything at all.

After this incident, María Luisa didn't remember she had a daughter, Isabel (Lucerito), who became an orphan and is taken to the orphanage of the Father Eugenio (Gastón Tuset) where she starts to live and grow.

When Isabel is 10 years old, she was adopted by Don Alejandro (Enrique Lizalde), a repectable man, widower and with 2 children, Juan Carlos y Lilí.

When Isabel is taken home, she meets Gloria (Alma Delfina), the maid, who become her friend just like Juan Carlos, but it doesn't happen the same with Lilí and the Miss Irene, Lili's tutor, they make the life impossible to Isabel.

Like a miracle Bertha (Hilda Aguirre) appears, María Luisa's sister, and she contacts Isabel and convince her to look for her mother due to her strange disappearance.

Meanwhile, María Luisa deceides to name herself as Lucía due to her lack of memory and she get a job in the orphage of Father Eugenio. When Isabel meets Lucía, they befriend each other, without knowing the familiar ties^[1].

Cast

• Lucero as Isabel "Chispita"
• Angélica Aragón as Lucía
• Enrique Lizalde as Alejandro de la Mora
• Hilda Aguirre as Tía Beatriz
• Roxana Chávez as Olga
• Aurora Cortés as Jesusa
• Alma Delfina as Gloria
• Rogelio Guerra as Esteban
• Alberto Mayagoitia as Ángel Guardián
• Samuel Molina as Rogelio
• Beatriz Moreno as Lola
• Lorena Rivero as Mabel
• Gastón Tuset as Father Eugenio

Reception & Music

Due to its international success, it was decided to make a special album by Timbiriche that included the main theme^[2]. However, Lucerito didn't sing the theme, but in a special performance by Timbiriche and Lucerito, they sing it together. The soundtrack was recorded in Spanish and Portuguese languages^[3]. In Brazil, this telenovela has been broadcast 8 times and Chispita dolls has been sold.

Chispita's opening credits is almost a copy of another opening credits: Pai Herói (Lit. Father Hero) also had its episodes beginning with a jigsaw puzzle being assembled, of which the pictures was a child in a garden, beyond others resemblances. Pai Herói is a Brazilian telenovela produced in 1979 by Rede Globo, and written by Janete Clair. It was a great success in Brazil. Brazilian watchers noted that fact in 1984, when SBT had exhibited Chispita in the country.

Awards

Year	Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result[4]
1983	1st TvyNovelas Awards	Best Breakthrough Performance	Lucerito	Won
	Azteca de Oro Awards			Won

References

1. ^ Univison http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?chid=6&schid=1784&secid=4421&cid=186570&pagenum=1 (Spanish)
2. ^ Geocities http://www.geocities.com/chispitahome/musica.html^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Novia de América http://www.noviadeamerica.com/html/novela1.html^{[dead link]}
4. ^ Database http://www.network54.com/Forum/243414/message/1257631274/Imagenes+de+la+1%B0+Entrega+de+los+Premios+TVyNovelas+en+1983+%28con+lista+de+ganadores%29 (Spanish)

External links

• Chispita at the Internet Movie Database