Alegrijes y Rebujos (English title: Don Darvelio's Secret) is a Mexican children's telenovela produced by Rosy Ocampo for Televisa. It aired on Canal de las Estrellas from August 4, 2003, to February 20, 2004.[1]

Alegrijes y Rebujos
Genre
  • Telenovela
  • Fantasy
Created byPalmira Olguín
Written by
  • Palmira Olguín
  • Carmen Sepúlveda
  • Miguel Angel Solá
  • Claudia Velasco
Directed by
  • Salvador Sánchez
  • Eduardo Said
  • Isaías Gómez
Starring
Theme music composerAlejandro Abaroa
Opening theme"Alegrijes y Rebujos"
by Children's cast
No. of episodes135
Production
Executive producerRosy Ocampo
ProducersEduardo Meza [es]
María Alba Espinosa
Production locations
Editors
  • Alfredo Juárez
  • Felipe Ortiz Canseco
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time41-44 minutes
Production companyTelevisa
Original release
NetworkCanal de las Estrellas
ReleaseAugust 4, 2003 (2003-08-04) –
February 20, 2004 (2004-02-20)

Miguel de León, Jacqueline Bracamontes, Luis Roberto Guzmán and the leading actor Héctor Ortega starred as protagonists, María Chacón and Miguel Martínez starred as child protagonists known as the "Alegrijes", while Rosa María Bianchi starred as adult antagonist, Allisson Lozz, Diego Boneta and Jesús Zavala starred as child antagonists known as the "Rebujos", Arath de la Torre, Roxana Castellanos, Ruben Cerda, Salvador Sánchez, Luz Elena González, Eugenia Cauduro (later replaced by Cecilia Gabriela) and Sebastián Rulli starred as stellar performances.

Plot edit

Alegrijes y Rebujos follows the story of the ghost of an eccentric millionaire, Don Darvelio, who is said to haunt the mansion. With a jealous stepmother, an inattentive father and a mean brother, Sofia has many problems.

Nonetheless, she wants to find out if there really are ghosts in the mansion, inhabited now by a strange former servant named Chon. Sofia secretly enters the mansion to recover a picture of her mother, who died when she was a baby.

There, she meets Alfonso, Chon's grandnephew. To their amazement, the children discover Don Darvelio is not dead, and he is the one who has been "haunting" the mansion for the last few years.

The old man finds the happiness he had been yearning for in Sofia and Alfonso and he names them "Alegrijes" (or Happies) who enjoy life, never lose hope, share good and bad times, and keep the wonderful gift of amazement.

Sofia, Alfonso and Don Darvelio have incredible adventures that they share with other neighborhood children: Allison, Ricardo, Ernestina, Pablo and even Esteban, Sofia's disagreeable brother.

Don Darvelio decides to transform his mansion into a place where all the children and their families can live together. However, he becomes seriously ill with the arrival of Helga, his wicked ex-wife, who wants to take over the mansion and destroy the dreams and love the old man has created.

In order to overcome Helga and her mean allies, the "Rebujos" (or Grumpies), the children must employ their best values: friendship, truthfulness, fair competition, love, and happiness.

Cast edit

Main edit

Recurring edit

  • Raúl Sebastián as Don Darvelio's ghost
  • Alfonso Iturralde as Santiago Garza
  • Alejandro Contreras as Alejandro
  • Margarito as Reficus
  • Andrés Salas as Luis Domínguez
  • Rogelio Báez as El Chompi
  • Salvador Garcini as Lorenzo
  • Paco Ibáñez as Captain Sangre
  • Aida Pierce as Madam Meshú
  • Archie Lafranco as Guarura
  • Odín Dupeyrón as Lupillo
  • Hector Parra as Enrique
  • Hector Cruz as Polo Velarde
  • Jose Antonio Ferral as Police
  • Alejandro Villeli as Elf magic
  • César Castro as Lawyer
  • Juan Romanca as Doctor
  • Radamés de Jesús as Veterinario
  • Martha Sabrina as Margarita
  • Carlos Speitzer as Child dimension of darkness
  • Génesis Bages as Child of darkness

Guest star edit

Awards edit

Year Award Category won Result
2004 22nd TVyNovelas Awards Best Supporting Actor Arath de la Torre Nominated
Best Female Revelation Jacqueline Bracamontes Won
INTE Awards Youth Program of the Year Rosy Ocampo Won

Discography edit

  • Disco Alegrije (2003)
  • Disco Rebujo (2003)
  • Navidad Alegrije (2003)
  • Navidad Rebujo (2003)
  • Alegrijes y Rebujos en Concierto (2004)

References edit

  1. ^ "¡Qué cambiazo! Así luce el elenco de "Alegrijes y Rebujos" 12 años después" (in Spanish). univision.com. April 21, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.

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