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''Carrusel'' () is a Mexican
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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 (film and television), drama genres around the w ...
produced by
Valentín Pimstein Valentín Pimstein Weiner (9 August 1925 – 27 June 2017) was a Chilean Television producer, producer of telenovelas. Biography Pimstein was the seventh child of nine in a Belarusian Jewish family (from Minsk), which owns a glass shop in Bar ...
for
Televisa Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April ...
in 1989. It is based on the
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character
Jacinta Pichimahuida Jacinta is a feminine given name of Spanish language, Spanish and Greek language, Greek origin meaning hyacinth. It is the feminine form of Jacinto (Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese), Jácint (Hungarian language, Hungarian) and Jacek, Ja ...
(first televised in 1966), and produced by and broadcast on
Televisa Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April ...
in 1989. It covers daily life in a Mexican
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and the children's relationships with a charismatic teacher named Ximena. Among other plot devices, it deals with the differences between the upper and lower classes of Mexican society – specifically as seen in a romantic relationship between Cirilo, a poor black boy, and a spoiled white rich girl, Maria Joaquina Villaseñor.
Gabriela Rivero ''Carrusel'' () is a Mexican Child, children's telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa in 1989. It is based on the Argentina, Argentinean character :es:Jacinta Pichimahuida, Jacinta Pichimahuida (first televised in 1966), and produ ...
starred as main protagonist, while Janet Ruiz and Beatriz Moreno starred as main antagonists.
Ludwika Paleta Maria Ludwika Paleta Paciorek (; born 29 November 1978) is a Polish-Mexican actress. Early life and career Paleta was born in Kraków in 1978. When her father, musician Zbigniew Paleta, was offered a job in Mexico, the Paleta family settl ...
, Pedro Javier Viveros, Hilda Chávez, Flor Eduarda Gurrola, Joseph Birch, Abraham Pons, Mauricio Armando, Gabriel Castañon, Yoshiki Takiguchi, Manuel Fernández, Karin Nisembaum, and Silvia Guzmán starred as stellar performances.


Plot

The story begins with the daily lives of a group of schoolchildren from a Mexican primary school ("Escuela Mundial") and the relations of the latter with their teacher, Ximena. In the series, several issues about life, while stressing values such as love, trust and friendship touched.


The characters

* Teacher Ximena Fernández is something like the embodiment of all that is good. She is a teacher, friend and mother to her students. She shows friendliness and enormous patience, she is loved by all. * Cirilo Rivera is a good boy, and the only child of black ancestry in school. He is the son of a humble carpenter and a housewife who adore him to the utmost. * María Joaquina Villaseñor is a rich girl, daughter of a renowned and prestigious physician (Dr. Miguel Villaseñor). Beautiful, selfish, overlooked by her classmates, but eventually learns to value the important things in life. * Laura Quiñones is a chubby yet romantic girl. She spends most of the day with a big sandwich in hand, and never misses an opportunity to let go a sigh and say, ''That's so romantic'', or, ''You are very anti-romantic''. * Kokimoto Mishima is a boy of Japanese origin and the only Asian child at school. Always with his
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tied around his head, he was one of the henchmen and bodyguard of Pablo Guerra in the early chapters and later was replaced on paper as right arm by Mario Pablo Ayala. His signature phrase is: "Yyyaaaaa yyyyaaaaaa!!!" (a battle cry used in
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). * Bibi Smith is a girl of American origin. She is a polite and gentle girl, and a good friend. Bibi speaks Spanish imperfectly, since her native language is English. * David Rovinovich is a Jewish boy, angelic face and curly blond hair. He wastes no time with the girls, coming to fall in love with Valeria, one of his classmates. * Valeria Ferrer is the girlfriend of David Rovinovich. She is a cheerful girl and joker character who helps others but cannot help her joking, she is not as bad as Pablo Guerra. * Jaime Palillo is a robust, stocky, rough and clumsy child, but also very brave to come forward and defend his friends, especially Cirilo. His biggest complication is the school subjects. He's not outstanding in studies but gets some recognition after. * Pablo Guerra is the naughty boy of the class, but often his jokes go too far. He is used to annoy his sister Marcelina and play practical jokes on Cirilo. * Marcelina Guerra is the sister of Pablo. Pablo would often make fun of her, annoy her and show the quality of dislike towards her but Marcelina still likes his brother no matter what. * Daniel Zapata is one of the top students in the class and the leader of the "Patrulla Salvadora". He is regarded by all as a good friend and a good leader. * Carmen Carrillo is a noble, kind, and loving girl who has to endure the difficult situations faced by her parents. However, she tries very well to succeed at school and she is very excellent in her notes at school. * Jorge del Salto is a rich boy, smug and pampered by his mother, who thinks he is superior to all children by their economic status, having empathy alone with Maria Joaquina, who is the only one whom he considers in his class. * Mario Ayala is a boy living with his father and stepmother, the latter an abusive woman who loves tormenting Mario because she does not consider him his son. When he arrives at school for the first time, he responds badly to teacher Ximena who leaves the classroom crying. This causes him to be severely punished by his classmates. He later becomes the right arm of Pablo Guerra. * Alicia Guzmán is another of the girls attending the second year of teacher Ximena, being very fond of all the girls in the classroom, sharing many adventures with them. On one occasion, she suffers from appendicitis which causes her to be urgently operated on by María Joaquina's father. * Margarita Garza is a native girl from Monterrey that came to live in Mexico City with her mother. A distinctive characteristic, wearing a different uniform from the school children in Mexico City (She wears the uniform of the headquarters of the Escuela Mundial of Monterrey) with jacket and cowboy boots. * Clementina Suárez was a child who initially was in the second year of teacher Ximena, but had to drop out of school because her parents suffered a traffic accident and were hospitalized in Guadalajara. * Adrián García is a chubby kid who is a member of the "Patrulla Salvadora". There are no stories about him and no information about his family. He is mostly remembered for yawning during the intro.


Cast


The children

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Ludwika Paleta Maria Ludwika Paleta Paciorek (; born 29 November 1978) is a Polish-Mexican actress. Early life and career Paleta was born in Kraków in 1978. When her father, musician Zbigniew Paleta, was offered a job in Mexico, the Paleta family settl ...
as ''María Joaquina Villaseñor'' * Pedro Javier Vivero as ''Cirilo Rivera'' * Johan Sierra as ''Pedro Simishikis '' * Joseph Birch as ''David Ravinovich'' * Gabriel Castañón as ''Mario Ayala'' * Hilda Chávez as ''Laura Quiñones'' * Manuel Fernández as ''Adrián García'' * Gina Garcia as ''Marcelina Guerra'' * as ''Carmen Carrillo'' * Silvia Guzmán as ''Alicia Guzmán'' * as ''Jaime Palillo'' * Kristel Klitbo as ''Valeria Ferrer'' * as ''Abelardo Cruz'' * Mauricio Armando as ''Pablo Guerra'' * Karin Nisembaum as ''Bibi Smith'' * Abraham Pons as ''Daniel Zapata'' * Yoshiki Takiguchi as ''Kokimoto Mishima'' * Rafael Omar as ''Jorge del Salto'' * Alíne Bernal as ''Clementina Suárez''


The adults

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Gabriela Rivero ''Carrusel'' () is a Mexican Child, children's telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa in 1989. It is based on the Argentina, Argentinean character :es:Jacinta Pichimahuida, Jacinta Pichimahuida (first televised in 1966), and produ ...
as ''Teacher Ximena Fernández'' *
Augusto Benedico Augusto Benedico (December 20, 1909 – January 19, 1992), born Augusto Pérez Lias, was a Mexican actor of Spanish origin best known for his role as "Don Alberto Salvatierra" in the soap opera ''Los ricos también lloran'' and his role as "Don ...
as ''Don Fermín #1'' *
Armando Calvo Armando Calvo (25 December 1919 – 6 July 1996) was a Puerto Rican-born Spanish actor. His father was Juan Calvo Domenech, a Spanish actor and his mother was Minerva Lespier, a Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican. Calvo worked in Spain, Italy, ...
as ''Don Fermín #2'' *
Odiseo Bichir Odiseo Bichir Nájera (born May 3, 1960) is a Mexican actor. Filmography Film Television External links * 1960 births Living people Male actors from Mexico City Mexican male film actors Mexican male television actors ...
as ''Federico Carrillo'' * as ''Inés de Carrillo'' *
Johnny Laboriel Juan José Laboriel López (July 9, 1942 – September 18, 2013), commonly known as just Johnny Laboriel, was an Afro-Mexican rock and roll singer. His career started in 1958, when at 16 years old he joined the rock and roll group " Los Rebelde ...
as ''José Rivera'' *
Verónika con K Verónika con K (born Nicanora Verónica Hernández Ávila on February 14, 1950) is a Mexican actress, singer and TV hostess. Verónika con K was born in Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a c ...
as ''Belen de Rivera'' * as ''Ramón Palillo'' * as ''Luisa de Palillo'' * Álvaro Cerviño as ''Dr. Miguel Villaseñor'' *
Karen Sentíes Karen Sentíes (born Karen Mireya Sentíes Ludwik on December 10, 1965, in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico) is a Mexican telenovela actress who is known for playing in Spanish language telenovelas on Televisa and TV Azteca and in one Canadi ...
as ''Clara de Villaseñor #1'' * as ''Clara de Villaseñor #2'' *
David Ostrosky David Ostrosky Vinograd (1 December 1956 – 17 August 2023) was a Mexican actor. Life and career David Ostrosky Vinograd was born on 1 December 1956 in Mexico City, Mexico, and was of Jewish descent. His father, Pedro Ostrosky, was Lithuan ...
as ''Isaac Ravinovich #1'' * Gerardo Paz as ''Isaac Ravinovich #2'' * Rossana Cesarman as ''Rebeca de Ravinovich'' * as ''Directora Felicia Orraca'' *
Raquel Pankowsky Raquel Pankowsky (July 10, 1952 – March 28, 2022) was a Mexican Jewish film and television actress. Early life Born in Mexico City, Mexico, she grew up in Narvarte, Mexico City. Pankowsky never married and did not have children. She was the ...
as ''Teacher Matilde Mateuche'' *
Alejandro Tommasi Alejandro Tommasi (born Alejandro Casares Tommasi; August 14, 1957) is a Mexican television, stage and film actor. Personal life Tommasi is of Italian descent. Tommasi came out as gay and married his 35-year old boyfriend, Óscar Ruiz, in Septe ...
as ''Alberto del Salto'' *
Cecilia Gabriela Cecilia Gabriela Vera Sandoval ( born January 9, 1962) is a Mexican actress known best for her work in telenovelas. She was born in Mexico City. Filmography Awards and nominations Premios TVyNovelas The Premios TVyNovelas are presente ...
as ''Roxana de del Salto'' * Marcial Salinas as ''Germán Ayala'' * Beatriz Ornella as ''Natalia de Ayala'' * Oscar Narváez as ''Ricardo Ferrer'' * Bárbara Córcega as ''Elena de Ferrer'' * Ismael Larumbe as ''Roberto Guerra'' * Erika Magnus as ''Isabel de Guerra'' * Manuel Guízar as ''Sr. Marcos Morales'' * as ''Juanita'' * as ''Teacher Susana'' *
Pituka de Foronda Maria de las Mercedes Mariana y María del Carmen de Foronda y Pinto (16 July 1914 – 12 November 1999), better known as Pituka de Foronda, was a Spanish actress. She appeared in more than twenty films from 1937 to 1996. Filmography Re ...
as ''Sara Ravinovich'' * as ''Toña'' *
Ada Carrasco Ada Carrasco (14 September 1912 – 5 April 1994) was a Mexican film and television actress. Early life Carrasco was born in Mexico City, the daughter of Honorato Carrasco, an engineer, and the opera star Ada Navarrete. Career Carrasco starte ...
as ''Aunt Matilde'' *
Queta Carrasco Queta Carrasco (July 4, 1913 — August 8, 1996) was a Mexican character actress. Early life Enriqueta Carrasco Navarrete was born in Mexico City, the daughter of Honorato Carrasco and Ada Navarrete. Her father was an engineer and her mother was ...
as ''Aunt Rosa'' * as ''Sr. Ortiz'' * as ''Licenciado Tomás Bobadilla'' * as ''Dorotea'' * as ''Mercedes de Fernández''


Awards


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carrusel 1989 telenovelas Televisa telenovelas 1989 Mexican television series debuts 1990 Mexican television series endings Television series about children Television shows set in Mexico City Children's telenovelas Mexican television series based on Argentine television series