Chiquititas: Rincón de luz

Chiquititas: Rincón de luz
Directed by José Luis Massa
Produced by Juan Lovece
Carlos Mentasti
Written by Alex Ferrara
Walter Ferrara
Starring Romina Yan
Facundo Arana
Juan Leyrado
Alejandra Flechner
Camila Bordonaba
Benjamin Rojas
Felipe Colombo
Nadia Di Cello
Sebastián Francini
Music by Rocky Nilson
Cinematography Ricardo Rodríguez
Distributed by Líder Films S.A.
Release dates
July 12, 2001 (Argentina)
December 6, 2001 (Israel)
Running time
100 min.
Country Argentina
Language Spanish
Budget $3.250.000

Chiquititas: Rincón de luz (English: Tiny Angels: Corner of Light) is a 2001 Argentine fantasy-adventure film directed by José Luis Massa and written by Alex Ferrara and Walter Ferrara. It stars Romina Yan, and is based on the television series of same name which began on Argentine television in 1995. The film was released in Argentina on July 12, 2001, and is produced by Cris Morena, creator of Chiquititas original television series.

Alongside Yan, it guest stars Facundo Arana as her romantic interest (also from the television show, third and fourth seasons), Franklin Caicedo as the Wise Man, Alejandra Flechner and Juan Leyrado as the antagonists.[1] The young cast is formed by Camila Bordonaba, Benjamín Rojas, Felipe Colombo, Luisana Lopilato, Nadia Di Cello, Natalia Melcon, Cristian Belgrano, Sebastián Francini, Agustín Sierra, and Brian Vainberg as Tok the Elf, all of them from the show's sixth season, Chiquititas 2000.

Synopsis

Belén is a young woman who leaves her world of magic, music and fantasy, in order to live her own fairy tale, following the offerings from an old Wise Man and his tiny elf assistant, Tok. She picks a story she is going to create by living it. As Belén starts reading the Tale of the Blue Diamonds, she is taken to a small village where she immediately looks for a job. Through the handsome miner Alejo, Belén learns about the legend of the Blue Diamonds surrounding that region. Nearby the kindly town, she discovers the Rincón de Niños Huerfanos, a horrendous place where a group of oppressed young orphans is forced into heavy labor. Their masters are the Colonel Estévez and the janitor Marga. The lives of the young prisoners are touched and changed after Belén starts working at the manor, as she relieves their pain, filing their lives with love and songs. Belén helps the children in her persistence toward a better life, that guides them to Alejo and the Diamonds themselves, also wanted by Estévez.

Cast

Characters

Romina Yan and Facundo Arana as Belén and Alejo.

Production

The first plans of a Chiquititas film began four years before the start of this production. The project was supposed to be made for the Brazilian audience[2][3] but ideas later dropped out.

The movie was shot in 2000, with locations at Villa La Angostura. Rincón de Luz features, in addition to the television show's cast, the songs that became a hit with the Chiquititas Argentine young (and adult) audience, such as "Pimpollo" ("Sapling"), "Había Una Vez" ("Once Upon a Time"), "Penitas" ("Sadness"), and the main title song that featured in Chiquititas show's third season, "Rinconcito De Luz" ("Little Corner of Light").

Reception

The Chiquititas feature film was not screened for critics, as it was basically a result of the huge success among children from Argentina and other countries, like Israel. However, it received mixed to negative reviews. Reviewers stated that Rincón de Luz presented typical elements from famous American musical/fantasy films (which Cris Morena herself enjoys) such as The Sound of Music and The NeverEnding Story.[4] The film received a positive review from Argentine newspaper La Nación.[5]

The film was a huge success at the Israeli box office, and was adapted into a musical production in the country. Actors Sebastián Francini and Nadia Di Cello were featured in a presentation.

External links

References

  1. http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2000/12/09/c-00203.htm
  2. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/320601-el-fenomeno-de-chiquititas
  3. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/124893-este-ano-la-tv-redobla-su-apuesta
  4. http://www.cinenacional.com/critica/una-pelicula-infantil
  5. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/320898-para-fans-de-chiquititas
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