''Lola, érase una vez'' (English: ''Lola, Once Upon a Time''), is a youth-targeted 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

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 ...

that is remake of the Argentine global popularity and teen telenovela '' Floricienta''. The show tells the story of a modern Cinderella, Lola, who works as a nanny and sings in a rock band and meets her so-called Prince Charming (Aaron Diaz). It debuted in Mexico on February 26, 2007, starring

Aarón Díaz Aarón Díaz Spencer (born March 7, 1982) is a Mexican-American actor, singer, and model. Early life Aarón Díaz Spencer was born in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico to an Irish-American mother (surname Spencer) and a Mexican father (sur ...

and

Eiza González Eiza González Reyna (born 30 January 1990) is a Mexican actress and singer. She gained popularity for her debut role as Lola Valente in the Mexican musical telenovela '' Lola, érase una vez'' (2007–2008) and later starred in the lead role o ...

, and was produced by

Pedro Damián Pedro Muñoz Romero (born 29 November 1952), known as Pedro Damián, is a Mexican actor, television producer and director, executive producer of popular teen telenovelas, ''Clase 406, Lola, Erase Una Vez, Mis XV,'' ''Rebelde, Like La Leyenda ...

Plot

The modern fairy tale takes place in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...

and revolves around Lola, a poor but ambitious Mexican girl. Lola's life changes when she meets Alexander Von Ferdinand, the oldest son of a very rich German Mexican family whose parents died in an accident. Alexander is the head of the family and has five younger siblings (Marcos, Archibaldo, Marion, Boris & Otto) living with him in a huge mansion (Palace). While Alexander is in a trip to Germany, he leaves his younger siblings at home with their nanny. The siblings throw a party, inviting Lola and her band to play. A bubble machine soon breaks and fills the house with bubbles. Suddenly, Alexander unexpectedly returns to his home in Mexico. The invited teenagers flee the party, including the band, but Lola goes back into the house to rescue the youngest sibling, Otto, who is only six years old. Lola is covered with foam, hiding her face. Otto is returned to his older siblings and Alexander asks Lola to stop, but she runs from the mansion leaving one of her "lucky" pink converse (glass slippers) behind. Sometime later, Otto once again gets Lola in trouble by hiding in the back of her motorcycle. As an apology, Alexander offers Lola a job as an assistant nanny in the Von Ferdinand mansion. Alexander has a cold personality until he falls in love with Lola. Upon meeting her, he becomes her "Prince Charming". Alexander has a girlfriend, Carlota, whom he does not truly love and feels obligated to marry because of social status. Carlota at the same time does not truly love him, wants Alexander's money, cheats and deceives him. Along with Carlota comes her wicked & recent widowed mother, Monserrat, and her more pleasant sister, Rafaela. Alexander's siblings hate Carlota and her mother and are constantly doing mischief to get them out of the mansion and prevent Carlota from marrying their older brother. Lola and Alexander are in middle love with each other, but Carlota and Monserrat try to get in the way of their relationship. Together these two also attempt to keep Lola from finding out she is really the stepdaughter of Monserrat and halfsister of Carlota and Rafaela, which means she has a claim to part of the Santo Domingo fortune. Lola, with help of the children, her rock band, magic, fairies and love attempt to "save" Alexander from Carlota and Monserrat and vice versa.

Cast

Main

as Alexander Von Ferdinand *

as Dolores "Lola" Pescador Valente/Dolores "Lola" Santodomingo Valente *

Grettell Valdez Grettell Valdez (; born July 7, 1976) is a Mexican actress and former model. Biography Born in Querétaro, Mexico, Valdéz's first acting role was in a telenovela called Sin ti between 1997 and 1998. In 1998 she made a special appearance in t ...

as Carlota Santodomingo Torres-Oviedo/Carlota santodomingo de von ferdinand *

Lorena Herrera Celia Lorena Herrera de la Vega (born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico), known professionally as Lorena Herrera, is a Mexican singer and actress. Biography Lorena moved with her family to Mexico City, where she began a career as a fashion model ...

as Monserrat Torres-Oviedo de Santodomingo

Recurring

Special guest stars

Christopher von Uckermann Christopher Alexander Luis Casillas von Uckermann (born 21 October 1986) is a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor. He started his acting career when he was only two years old in TV commercials, and became known worldwide after his roles as ...

as Himself *

Maite Perroni Maite Perroni Beorlegui (born 9 March 1983) is a Mexican actress, singer, songwriter and producer. Perroni gained international fame in 2004 as a member of the Latin Grammy-nominated Latin pop group RBD. As an actress, Perroni's career began ...

as Herself / Cenicienta *

Enrique Rocha Enrique Rocha (January 5, 1940 – November 7, 2021) was a Mexican actor. He made his debut in the film industry in the film Guadalajara en Verano directed by Julio Bracho in the last decade of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema The Golden Age ...

as Dios * Xavi Moderatto as Himself *

Dulce María Dulce María Espinosa Saviñón (, born 6 December 1985), simply known as Dulce María, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, actress and author. Dulce María began her career at age 5, participating in more than 100 TV commercials. At 11 she was pa ...

as Herself *

Anahí Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla (born 14 May 1983), known mononymously as Anahí, is a Mexican actress and singer. In 1986, she started her acting career when she was cast on ''Chiquilladas''. After working on many successful telenovelas produ ...

as Herself * Brian Amadeus Moderatto as Himself *

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as Catherine *

Alfonso Herrera Alfonso Herrera Rodríguez (, born 28 August 1983) is a Mexican actor and former singer. Born in Mexico City, Herrera made his television debut in ''Clase 406'' in 2002. In the same year, his made film debut in '' Amar te duele'' and won a MT ...

as Himself *

Eleazar Gómez José Eleazar Gómez Sánchez (; better known as Eleazar Gómez born May 29, 1986, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. He is noted for his performance in Mexican telenovelas. Gómez is the brother of actress Zoraida Gómez, Alizair Gomez ...

as Adrián *

Christian Chávez José Christian Chávez Garza (, born August 7, 1983), most often known as Christian Chávez is a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor, best known for his role as Giovanni Méndez López in the telenovela '' Rebelde'' and its spin-off pop grou ...

as Himself

Awards and nominations

Soundtrack

''Lola, Erase Una Vez'' was the only '' Floricienta'' remake not to use the original songs penned by

Cris Morena María Cristina De Giacomi (born 23 August 1956), professionally known as Cris Morena, is an Argentine Award-winning television producer, actress, television presenter, composer, musician, songwriter, writer, former fashion model and CEO of Cr ...

and Carlos Nilson. Instead, a double CD was released with songs written and composed by Mexican pop songwriters in one album and nine new

-penned songs in another, along with a rock version of ''Flores Amarilla'' that was included in the original soundtrack. The show's theme song is ''"Masoquismo"'' ("Masochism"). Other songs include "Si Me Besas" (If You Kiss Me), ''Espiral'' (Spiral), ''Princesa''(Princess) and ''Sapo Azul''(Prince Charming). In March 2009, González won New Artist/Revelation of the Year at the ''Premio Lo Nuestro'' Awards. González was nominated for Best New Artist at the Premios Oye!. Gonzalez also performed in 2008 in ''los premios juventud.''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lola...Erase Una Vez 2007 telenovelas 2007 Mexican television series debuts 2008 Mexican television series endings Mexican telenovelas Televisa telenovelas Children's telenovelas Teen telenovelas Mexican television series based on Argentine television series Spanish-language telenovelas Television series about teenagers