''El hotel de los secretos'' is a Mexican

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

produced by Roberto Gómez Fernández for

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. It is an adaptation of the Spanish series '' Gran Hotel'' created by Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira and Carlos Sedes. The telenovela stars

Irene Azuela Irene Azuela (born October 27, 1979) is a British-born Mexican actress and producer. Career Irene Azuela began her career as an actress in 2000's in TV Azteca with three telenovelas: ''Todo por amor'', ''Amores querer con alevosía'' and ''La ...

and

Erick Elías Erick Elías Rabinovitz (born June 23, 1980) is a Mexican actor. Elías began acting with a screen debut in '' DKDA: Sueños de juventud'' (2000), followed by roles in '' Amigos x siempre'' (2000). He became known in the reality show '' Protagon ...

as protagonists, while

Jorge Poza Jorge Alberto Poza Pérez ( born 3 January 1977) is a Mexican film and television actor. Biography Poza was born in Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico. He started his acting career in the movie ''Bandidos'' in 1990, but his career as a TV actor star ...

, Dominika Paleta and the leading actress

Diana Bracho Diana Bracho (born Diana Guadalupe Bracho y Bordes Mangel; 12 December 1944, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress. Early life Diana Bracho is the daughter of actor/director Julio Bracho, the niece of actress Andrea Palma and the aunt ...

star as main antagonists.

Carlos Rivera Carlos Rivera Guerra, better known as Carlos Rivera (born March 15, 1986), is a Mexican singer. He rose to fame by winning the third generation of '' La Academia''. Rivera has released four studio albums and participated in six theatre product ...

Ilse Salas Ilse Salas (born 26 August 1981) is a Mexican actress. She appeared in more than fifteen films since 2010. For her lead role in the films ''Güeros'' and '' The Good Girls'' Salas received two nominations for the Ariel Award for Best Actress T ...

and the leading actress Daniela Romo star as stellar performances.

Plot

A young man of humble origins travels to the Gran Hotel located on the outskirts of a village called San Cristóbal Tlaxico to visit his sister Cristina, who works as the floor supervisor of the hotel. Upon arrival, Julio discovers that more than a month after being dismissed for allegedly stealing from the hotel, nobody knows anything of her. Julio decides to stay and work as a waiter to investigate her disappearance. He befriends Isabel Alarcón, one of the daughters of the owner of the hotel Doña Teresa Alarcón .

Cast

Main

as Isabel Alarcón *

as Julio Olmedo * Daniela Romo as Ángela Gómez *

as Teresa de Alarcón

Also main

as Diego Montejo *

as Andrés Salinas * Dominika Paleta as Sofia Alarcón *

Alejandro de la Madrid Alejandro de la Madrid (born March 23, 1977, Ciudad de México, México), is a Mexican actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the the ...

as Alfredo Vergara *

as Belén García * Pablo Cruz Guerrero as Felipe Alarcón * Jesús Ochoa as Serapio Ayala * Eduardo España as Dagoberto Suárez *

Juan Carlos Barreto Juan Carlos Barreto (born March 11, 1957, Monterrey Nuevo León, Mexico) is a Mexican actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the th ...

as Lupe *

Luis Gatica Luis Gatica (born February 25, 1961) is a Mexican actor, son of the Chilean singer Lucho Gatica and the Puerto Rican actress Mapita Cortés. He is the uncle of fellow actor Alfredo Gatica. Biography Luis Gatica was born in Veracruz, Mexico. He g ...

as Genaro * Claudia Rios as Melibea *

Queta Lavat (born February 23, 1929), known professionally as Queta Lavat, is a Mexican actress. She is the sister of actor Jorge Lavat and voice actor José Lavat, and mother of Mexican sports anchor Pablo Carrillo. She is best known for her roles in '' La ...

as Señora Limantour * Josh Gutiérrez as Jacinto * Arantza Ruiz as Violeta * Rodrigo Virago as Pascual * Ilse Ikeda as Natalia * Sergio Gallardo as Mateo * Marlene Kalb as Victoria * María Penella * Silvia Mariscal as Elisa * Luis Couturier as Benjamín Nieto

Recurring

Regina Blandón Regina Blandón (born July 25, 1990) is a Mexican actress. She is known for her role as Bibi P. Luche in the sitcom, '' La familia P. Luche''. Blandón is the daughter of actor Roberto Blandón. Biography Blandón was born on July 25, 1990, a ...

as Matilde *

Juan Ferrara Juan Ferrara (born Juan Félix Gutiérrez Puerta; November 8, 1943) is a Mexican actor. Family Juan is a son of Ofelia Guilmáin and brother of Lucía Guilmáin y Esther Guilmáin. He was once married to the Mexican actress, Helena Rojo. ...

as Lázaro *

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as Cecilia Gaitán * Sofía Castro as Eugenia

Guest stars

* Ximena Herrera as Cristina Olmedo

Production

The start of production was confirmed on October 26, 2015, in the forum 10 of

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, and concluded on May 16, 2016. The production team and the cast lasted seven months recording the

. The series was recorded with film technique and the directors of photography were Luis García and Diego Tenorio; The stage direction was the responsibility of Francisco Franco and Ana Lorena Pérez-Ríos. For the costumes 250 people were involved to create more than 13 thousand pieces.

Development

The series is set in

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at the beginning of the 20th century. The main stage where the telenovela is developed was a building of

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, whose construction dates from 1910 and that at the time hosted the largest psychiatric in

. La Castañeda, which is currently located in Amecameca, State of Mexico, was the main location for the development of the series. Santa María Regla, Hidalgo, was the stage that was adapted principally for the town that appeared in the series. In order to create the town in Santa Maria, scenarios such as canteen, offices, a brothel, a bakery, a telegraph, a pharmacy, the market, the seamstress's house, a shop and street stands were recreated. The series was recorded in several locations such as;

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Morelos Morelos (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 36 municipalities and its capital city is Cue ...

, Hidalgo,

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, and in forums of

Music

The first soundtrack of the series, titled ''El hotel de los secretos'', was released on June 21, 2016.

Track listing

Awards and nominations

References

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