Carrusel ([karuˈsel]) is a Mexican children's telenovela produced by Valentín Pimstein for Televisa in 1989. It's based on the Argentinean character Jacinta Pichimahuida (first televised in 1966), and produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1989. It covers daily life in a Mexican elementary school 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 rich girl, Maria Joaquina Villaseñor.
Gabriela Rivero starred as main protagonist, while Janet Ruiz and Beatriz Moreno starred as main antagonists. Ludwika Paleta, 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.
The narrative unfolds around the everyday experiences of students at a Mexican primary school, "Escuela Mundial," and their interactions with their teacher, Ximena. Throughout the novel, various life issues are explored, emphasizing values like love, trust, and friendship.
Teacher Ximena Fernández is like the embodiment of all that is good. She was a teacher, friend and mother to their students. Of friendliness and enormous patience, the teacher was loved by all.Cirilo Rivera it is a good boy, and the only black child classroom. He is the son of a humble carpenter and a housewife who worship him to the utmost.María Joaquina Villaseñor it's a rich girl, daughter of a renowned and prestigious physician (Dr. Miguel Villaseñor). Beautiful, selfish, overlooked colleagues, but eventually learns to value the important things in life.Laura Quiñones is a fat spread and romantic girl. she spent the day with a big sandwich in hand, and never missed an opportunity to let go a sigh and say, That's so romantic, or else, you are very anti-Romantic.Kokimoto Mishima he is a child of Japanese origin and the only East race at school. Always with his karate belt tied around his head, he was one of the henchmen bodyguard Pablo Guerra in the early chapters and later was replaced on paper right arm by Mario Pablo Ayala. His sentence was characteristic: yyyaaaaa yyyyaaaaaa!!! (Battle cry used by karate).Bibi Smith she is a girl of American origin, "the gringo group" is a polite and gentle, very friendly girl Valeria, Carmen, Alicia, Laura, Maria Joaquina, etc. She speaks Spanish imperfectly, since it also speaks English.David Rovinovich is a Jewish student, angelic face and curly blond hair. Little David wastes no time with the girls, coming to fall in love with Valeria, one of her classmates.Valeria Ferrer it is the girlfriend of David Robinovich. It is a cheerful girl and joker character helps others but can not help joking, but not heavy as does Pablo Guerra.Jaime Palillo is a robust and 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. It's low profile in studies but after all does get some recognition.Pablo Guerra is the naughty boy of the class, but often his jokes go too far, used to annoy his sister Marcelina and make jokes Cirilo advantage of their naivete and realizing you jokes like selling an ointment to be white or a ball Pele's face was falsified.Marcelina Guerra it's a sister of Pablo and his counterpart at once sweet and nice person. You have to live with the torment that Pablo is constantly annoying, but also wants it. The number of times you are upset and happy, loves it as it is. It is also upset with his brother when he says stupid things.Pedro Simishikis he is the cousin of Maria Joaquina that only occurs on the birthday of Maria Joaquina.Daniel Zapata It is one of the top students in the class and the leader of the Patrulla Salvadora. It is regarded by all as a good friend and a good leader.Carmen Carrillo a noble, kind and loving girl who has to endure the difficult situation faced by their parents every day to achieve succeed at home, plus she affection of his peers at school is earned and is excellent in his notes.Jorge del Salto it is a rich kid, 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 who believes in its class.Mario Ayala is a child of humble living with his father and stepmother, the latter an abusive woman who lives tormenting Mario because he does not consider his son, the first coming to school, he responds badly to teacher Ximena which leaves the room crying, this causes it to be severely punished by their peers, later becomes the right arm of Pablo Guerra with which plan several heavy for especially realize them Cirilo jokes.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 once, suffering from an attack of appendicitis making be operated urgency by the father of Maria Joaquina.Margarita Garza she is a native girl Monterrey that can live to Mexico City with his mother, a distinctive characteristic, wearing a different uniform to the school children in Mexico City (He wore 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 their parents suffered a traffic accident and were hospitalized in Guadalajara.North & South America, Caribbean Mexico United States Argentina Chile Paraguay Peru Brazil: Carrossel (Portuguese name) is also telecast in Brazil. First shown in 1991, it reached an audience of 20 million. The actress who portrayed the teacher, Gabriela Rivero, became well known there. A Brazilian remake named Carrossel was released in 2012. Venezuela Dominican Republic Uruguay Colombia Ecuador Puerto Rico Costa Rica El SalvadorEurope & Asia Greece Ukraine Turkey South Korea: Carrusel was renamed to Harmony of Angels 천사들의 합창 (Korean name). It was broadcast on KBS 2 in 1990 and 1991. It was dubbed since most of audience were young kids. It was a very popular drama in South Korea.
