''Gotita de amor'' (''Droplet of Love'') (known as ''Chabelita'' in some territories) is a Mexican

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produced by Nicandro Díaz González for

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in 1998. Is a remake of 1978 Brazilian telenovela ''Pingo de gente''. On Monday, 3 August 1998, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting ''Gotita de amor'' weekdays at 4:00pm, replacing ''Una luz en el camino''. The last episode was broadcast on Friday, 20 November 1998 with ''El diario de Daniela'' replacing it the following day.

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and

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starred as protagonists, while

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, María Clara Zurita,

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and

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starred as main antagonist. Andrea Lagunés starred as Isabel Arredondo de Santiago, the main child character that the show's name refers to (the ''Droplet of Love'').

Plot

Left at the door of an orphanage just a few days after birth, Isabel "Chabelita" has grown in a shady atmosphere and with lack of affection. Her short life has been even harder because of constant mistreatment she has received from the strict director of the institution. In spite of the difficult experiences that Chabelita has lived through, her spirit is up and she is very optimistic. She has an almost magic ability to unite people, and her enthusiasm is contagious. When she was told that her father lives in the Mexico City, Chabelita escapes from the orphanage to find him. This is the beginning of the adventures of this wonderful girl, who, while she looks for her family, brings love to all lonely and needed people whom she meets on her way.

Cast

as ''María Fernanda de Santiago'' *

as ''Jesús García'' * Andrea Lagunés as ''Isabel "Chabelita" Arredondo de Santiago'' *

as ''Lucrecia Samaniego de Sotomayor'' *

as ''Arcelia Olmos'' * Evita Muñoz "Chachita"† as ''Lolita'' * Martha Roth as ''Dalila'' *

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† as ''Mother Superior'' *Jaime Garza as ''Detective Romo'' *

as ''Guillermo Contreras'' *Adalberto Martínez as ''Resortes'' *

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† as ''Trinidad "Trini"'' *Martha Ofelia Galindo as ''Leocadia'' *Carmen Amezcua as ''Sister Marcela'' *Vanessa Angers as ''Coral'' *

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as ''Prudencia de Olmos'' *Juan Carlos Casasola as ''Román Correa'' *Rafael del Villar as ''Gilberto'' *Carmelita González as ''Malbina'' *Elizabeth Dupeyrón as ''Florencia'' *Roberto Ramírez Garza as ''Plácido'' *Pilar Escalante as ''Mirta'' *Isaura Espinoza as ''Desdémona Mayoral'' *Héctor Herrera as ''Zósimo Centella "Papadzul"'' *Luisa Huertas as ''Sister Cándida'' *Isabel Martínez "La Tarabilla" as ''Candelaria'' *

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as ''Bernarda de Santiago'' *Gerardo Murguía as ''Ricardo Sotomayor'' *Héctor Sáez as ''Sócrates Olmos'' *Vilma Traca as ''Sister Lucha'' *María Clara Zurita as ''Justa Quiñones Monsalve'' *

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as ''Constanza'' *

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as ''Clemente'' *

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as ''Paola'' *

as ''Ulises Arredondo'' *Paulina Álvarez as ''Juliana'' *Carla Ortiz as ''Karina'' *

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as ''Lorena'' *

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as ''Daniela'' *

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as ''Enriqueta'' *Paulina Martell as ''Genoveva'' *Andrea Soberón as ''Flavia/Fabiola Rivera Ostos'' *Michelle González as ''Nuria'' *Priscilla Greco as ''Clara Antonia'' *Monserrat de León as ''Clara Antonia'' (Ep.1) *Annie del Castillo as ''Rosy'' *

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as ''Loreta'' *Rosita Bouchot as ''Professor Leoncia'' *Javier Herranz as ''Francisco'' *Sergio Blass as ''Vilko'' *Estela Barona as ''Yanka'' *Ramón Menéndez as ''Augusto Arredondo'' *Teo Tapia as ''Octavio de Santiago'' * Vanessa Villela as ''Naida'' *José Luis Cantú as ''Tacho'' *Ricardo Vera as ''Evaristo'' *

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as ''Dr. Alberto'' *Ana Karla Kegel as ''Pilar'' *Elena Paola Kegel as ''Socorro''

Broadcast in other countries

The series was aired in the Philippines through

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in 1999-2000 as ''Chabelita''. It was also aired in

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through SCTV in 1999 as Impian Chabelita, with the dubbing and the soundtrack turned into

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as the Indonesian duo singer Saskia dan Geovani.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gotita de Amor 1998 telenovelas Mexican telenovelas 1998 Mexican television series debuts 1998 Mexican television series endings Television series about orphans Television shows set in Mexico City Televisa telenovelas Children's telenovelas Mexican television series based on Brazilian television series Spanish-language telenovelas