''El rincón de los prodigios'' (English title: ''The corner of the prodigies'') 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 Guillermo Diazayas for

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

. It aired from 1987 to 1988.

Plot

The series is based mainly on the differences, between Mexican ancestral beliefs and fervent religious faith imposed by Catholicism, surrounded by mysteries, mystery and magic. Monchito has supernatural healing powers.

Cast

Demián Bichir Demián Bichir Nájera (; born 1 August 1963) is a Mexican actor. After starring in telenovelas, he began to appear in Hollywood films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in ''A Better Life''. Personal life Bichi ...

as Monchito *

Alma Delfina Alma Delfina (née Alma Delfina Martínez Ortega) is a Mexican actress. Acting career Sister of the director Gonzalo Martinez Ortega, writer Mario Iván Martínez and the actresses Socorro Bonilla and Evangelina Martínez. She is also the aunt ...

as Mari * Jorge Russek *

Silvia Mariscal Silvia Mariscal (born Silvia Ramírez Aguilar on September 13, 1946, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress. She appeared in the 2008 Mexican film ''Nora's Will ''Nora's Will'' ( es, Cinco días sin Nora, also released as ''Five Days Wi ...

as Soledad *

Tina Romero Tina Romero (born Tina Romero Alcázar, August 14, 1949) is an American actress. A native of New York City, Romero moved to Mexico in her youth, and later established a career there as an actress. Her early film roles included '' The Divine Caste ...

as Mercedes * Mercedes Pascual as Rosario * Tony Carbajal as Father Agustín *

Socorro Avelar Socorro Avelar (1925 in Cuernavaca, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west b ...

as Martina * Arsenio Campos as Sebastián * Juan Carlos Serrán as Ramón * Miguel Suárez as Father Gonzalo * Luisa Huertas as Lucrecia * Elizabeth Dupeyrón as Roxana *

Odiseo Bichir Odiseo Bichir Nájera (born May 3, 1960) is a Mexican actor and one of the members of the Bichir family The Bichir family is a Mexican family of actors of Lebanese origin. They include: * Alejandro Bichir, husband of Maricruz * Maricruz Ná ...

as Father Matías * Christian Ramírez as Monchito (child) * Evangelina Sosa as Mari (child) * Carlos Ignacio as Chaparro

Awards

References

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1987 telenovelas Mexican telenovelas Televisa telenovelas 1987 Mexican television series debuts 1988 Mexican television series endings Spanish-language telenovelas Television shows set in Mexico {{Mexican-telenovelas-stub