Amigos x siempre

Amigos x siempre
Genre	Children's Telenovela
Directed by	Gilberto Macin
Starring	Ernesto Laguardia Adriana Fonseca Belinda Martín Ricca Carmen Montejo Odiseo Bichir Rebecca Mankita Germán Robles Héctor Ortega
Theme music composer	Alejandro Abaroa
Opening theme	Amigos X Siempre by Belinda & Martín Ricca
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	115
Production
Executive producer(s)	Rosy Ocampo Eduardo Meza[1]
Location(s)	Filming Televisa San Ángel Mexico City, Mexico
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	41-44 minutes
Production company(s)	Televisa
Distributor	Televisa
Release
Picture format	480i SDTV
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	January 10 – June 16, 2000
Chronology
Preceded by	Cuento de Navidad
Followed by	Carita de Ángel

Amigos x siempre (English title: Friends 4 Ever) is a Mexican children's telenovela produced by Rosy Ocampo for Televisa in 2000.^[2]

On January 10, 2000, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Amigos x siempre weekdays at 4:00pm, replacing Cuento de navidad. The last episode was broadcast on June 16, 2000 with Carita de ángel replacing it the following day.

Adriana Fonseca (later changed by Lourdes Reyes) and Ernesto Laguardia starred as protagonists, Belinda and Martín Ricca starred as child protagonists, while Odiseo Bichir, Rebeca Mankita and the leading actor Germán Robles starred as antagonists. The leading actress Carmen Montejo starred as stellar performance.

The story is set at a prestigious, but rigid and repressive school called Instituto Vidal. Its strict owner and headmistress, Julia Vidal, was once kind but has now turned into a bitter woman following the death of her husband and her daughter, Lauriel.

Her granddaughter, Ana, a very sweet and intelligent 10-year-old, also has been affected by the death: She has been rendered virtually speechless by the trauma, though she expresses herself through music and possesses an extraordinary ability to move objects with her mind. Ana's unscrupulous father, Francisco Capistrán, however, has taken advantage of the situation to try to steal Julia's school.

The timely arrival of Ana's uncle, Salvador, Amanda and her adopted son changes everything. Ana’s sad and lonely life takes an unexpected turn for the better and she regains her joy in a series of adventures bursting with humor, excitement, music and thrilling surprises.

Plot

A group of children from a variety of backgrounds form a special friendship, using music as their bond. Ana, an abused child deep in sadness is taught how to laugh by Pedro. Pedro, a fish out-of-water, refuses to follow the rigid rules of the school and loves to sing. The group includes, Santiago, a little rich kid, spoiled and raised by a maid, Lourdes, a shy girl, who devotes most of her time attending her Down Syndrome brother, Carlitos, Patricia a lonely girl who dreams of becoming rich, at any cost, Gilberto stutters constantly, causing shame to his self absorbed parents, Renata, tries hard to win the affection of her father, whom believes that girls are worthless, so she tries to become a boy, "El 7 Leguas" a poor boy, who is not allowed to attend a prestigious school, he is loyal and inventive, Carlitos, born with Down Syndrome, tries hard to act normal and show everyone even mentally disabled children have feelings, care for others, and contribute to society and Rafa, a chubby little boy, in love with Patricia has the brains, and is the song writer in the group.

Cast

Discography

• ¡Amigos X Siempre! (album)
• ¡Amigos x siempre! en la ruta de la amistad

Awards

International Broadcasters of Amigos x siempre

North & South America, Caribbean

•  Mexico
•  Brazil
•  Colombia
•  Ecuador
•  United States
•  Paraguay
•  Peru
•  Dominican Republic
•  Venezuela
•  Chile
•  Costa Rica

Africa, Oceania

•  Angola
•  Mozambique
•  Indonesia
•  Philippines

References

External links

• Official website in Televisa (Spanish)
• Amigos x siempre at the Internet Movie Database