Chiquititas

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**Chiquititas** is a children's musical Argentine television series created by Cris Morena.

The first story is about a very special group of orphans living in a manor called Rincón de Luz. This place is special because it is no simple orphanage, but a fine institutions financed by a very wealthy man, but even though they have access to private education, dancing classes, home-cooked meal and a comfort, they don't have the love of their parents to make it a home. Sharing this trauma, they find in each other and in the figure of a fierce but tended-hearted young woman who looks after them, Belén (Romina Yan), the family that they lack.

The story explores their experiences and coming-of-age dramas such as discovering first love, deceptions, sadness, loneliness, and friendship, as they learn to share, forgive, and deal with each others differences.

In the fifth season to seventh season the show was rebooted with a new setting, new characters, and a new story, giving the original series two different stories that are connected by the Libro de la Vida, the book of memories started by Mili, Belén and the chufos.

The second story is set in the country, in a farm. (...)

*Chiquititas* spawned two spin-offs, *Rincón de Luz*, which aired in 2003 on **Canal 9**, and a 2006 production, *Chiquititas Sin Fin*, which aired on **Telefe**. *Sin Fin*, created to celebrate the series' 11th anniversary, later had versions in Portugal and Romania. A game based on *Sin Fin* was also released for **PS2** and **Wii** in 2009.

*Chiquititas* has been aired in 25 countries and adapted for Brazilian (on **SBT)** and Mexican (on **TV Azteca**) audiences. The series originally ran between 1995 and 2001, the year the show's feature film *Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz* was released.

## The Story

### Inspirations and Similar Works

*Chiquititas* draws it's inspirations from **Broadway musicals**, coming-of-age stories, and latino soap-operas and is either similar in genre and appeal as works such as *The Sound of Music*, *Madeline*, *August Rush*, *Annie*, *Mary Poppins*, *The Little Rascals*, the works of *Walt Disney*, *Richie Rich*, *Matilda*, *Carrousel*, *A Little Princess*, *Peter Pan*, *The Secret Garden*, *Anne of Green Gables*, *The Little Prince*, *The Goonies*, and *Harry Potter*, movies by *Steven Spielberg*, *The Chronicles of Narnia*, and *His Dark Materials*.

### The Plot

(see List of Chiquititas Episode)

\*\*Photo link to each season\*\*

## Production

### First Story

Characters of the First Story of Chiquititas

### Second Story

Characters of the Second Story of Chiquititas

## Music

(See The Music of Chiquititas)

Most Chiquititas songs have lyrics written by Cris Morena, with music by Carlos Nilson. Together they wrote the opening songs of 6 seasons for Chiquititas.

Every new season of chiquititas released an album containing new original music and a videoclip for each song written for the series and their characters. The series follows a somewhat fixed structure; each season has it's own **opening theme** (Rechufas, Chufacha, Chufachon, Dame una Ch for the f*irst story*, and Siempre Chiquititas, Chiquititas 2000, and Chiquititas Baila Así) , **heart-warming themes** that can be a duo with a smaller kid (Corazon con Agujeritos, Penitas, Pimpollo) , romantic themes, villain themes, etc.

### Volume 1

1. Rechufas *(opening theme)*
2. Había una Vez *(Mili and the Chufos)*
3. Señales *(The chufas)*
4. ¿Por Qué Dios? *(Belén to Sol)*
5. Hasta 10 *(The chufas)*
6. Mentiritas *(Maru and Mili)*
7. Todo Todo *(heart-warming theme)*
8. Igual a los Demás *(Jimena)*
9. Blue Jean Baby Tatua *(Piojo y sus amigos, The chufos)*
10. Te Encontré (Belén and Martín)

### Volume 2

1. Al Fin *(Belén and Facundo)*
2. Me Pasan Cosas *(Mili and Javier)*
3. Me Hace Llorar *(Belén to Martín)*
4. Corazon Con Agujeritos *(Belén, Sol, and the Chufas)*
5. El Cheff Saverio *(Saverio and the kids)*
6. Chufacha *(opening theme)*
7. Malísima *(The villain theme: Carmen and the Chufos)*
8. Crecer *(Jimena)*
9. A Berlin *(The Chufos x the chufas)*
10. Amigas *(the Chufas)*

### Volume 3

1. Penitas *(Belén, Nadia, and the Chufos)*
2. La Edad del Pavo (The chufos)
3. Por una Sola Vez *(Mili)*
4. Que Hiciste Que? *(The Chufos x the chufas)*
5. Todavía *(Belém y Facundo)*
6. Rinconcito de Luz *(The Chufas)*
7. Papá *(Nico)*
8. Enamorada de Todos *(Georgina)*
9. Brujas Feas *(The villain theme: Caro, Carmen and the Chufos)*
10. El Beso *(Mosca and Delfina)*
11. Chufachon *(opening theme)*

### Volume 4

1. Dame una Ch *(opening theme)*
2. Estoy Loco *(Belém y Manuel)*
3. Chiquititas *(The Chufos)*
4. Lu Lucita *(Roña and Lucia)*
5. Celeste y Blanco *(The Chufos)*
6. Pimpollo *(Belén, Yago and the Chufos)*
7. Estúpida, Romantica, Idiota *(Belém and Manuel)*
8. Volar Mejor *(Belén and the Chufos)*
9. No Puede Ser *(Mosca and Delfina)*
10. 24 Horas *(the Chufos)*

### Volume 5

1. Siempre Chiquititas *(opening theme)*
2. Patito Feo *(Juanita)*
3. Soltate *(Ana and the Chufos)*
4. Candela *(Candela and the Chufos)*
5. Album de la Vida *(Ana, Candela and the Chufos)*
6. Adolescente *(The older chufos)*
7. Ventanita *(Dieguito)*
8. Sr. Amor *(The Chufos)*
9. Pajarito *(Candela and Mariano)*
10. Recordar *(Ana and the Chufos)*

### Volume 6

1. Chiquititas 2000 *(opening theme)*
2. Mi Chica *(Felipe and Camila)*
3. Tilin Tilin *(Maria and the Chufos)*
4. Te Miro y Tiemblo *(Luz and Rafael)*
5. Rebelde *(The Chufos)*
6. Pequeño Amor *(Luisana and Bautista)*
7. Pan y Queso *(The Chufos)*
8. Luz de Estrella *(Luz and the Chufos)*
9. Compañero *(The Chufos)*
10. Abre, Entra *(The Chufos)*

### Volume 7

1. Amor Chiquitito (Maria and Patricio)
2. Pacto de Amor *(Luisana ans Bautista)*
3. Esperanza (\_)
4. Ay Amor *(Camila and Felipe)*
5. Ventanita de los Sueños *(Mili and the Chufos)*
6. Amigo Mio (\_)
7. Vuela (\_)
8. Chiquititas Baila Así *(opening theme)*
9. Todo Bien *(The chufos)*
10. Mi Vida Es Mia (\_)

### Felices Fiestas

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1. Año Nuevo *(The Chufos)*
2. En el Comienzo *(Belén)*
3. Navidad *(Belén and the Chufos)*
4. Angel Cocinero *(Saverio and the Chufos)*

### Other Songs

* Pienso en Ti *(Camila and Felipe)*
* Vos y yo *(Mili and Paul)*
* Viva la Vida *(chufos)*
* Chicos vs Chicas *(chufos)*
* En El Hondo (Yago and Jime)
* Espejito Rebotón (Elena and the Chufos)
* Juguete para Armar (Chufos)

## Lexicon

### See The Vocabulary of Chiquititas

Chiquititas has created its own vocabulary with words that won't necessarily translate no anything specific, leaving their meaning to the imagination of the spectator. They usually evoque a mystical sense, and resemble spells that are being cast, such as ***tin-tin-tin*** or ***Turin Turin***, which has been used colloquially, or the word ***Rechufas***, ***Chufos*** and ***Chufas***, that are generally used in the show to refer to the kids, but can at the same mean dance, move, or play in the show. ***Enchufa-te*** is a verbal form of a word that can used as a noun, verb, and even adverb. There is usually the Argentinian play with the accent and popular expression che, usually played with a combination of vowels: ***CHA - CHE - CHI -CHON - CHUN***. Tongue twisters are used in the song compositions.

## Concept

### Costume Design

The Costume Design of Chiquititas, designed by Susana Perez Amigo,

### Set Design

The Set Design of Chiquititas, created by Marina, comprises many locations where the story is set, such as:

* Rincón de Luz
* Pasaje del Sauce
* Calle de los Sueños

### Relevant Props and Story Elements

* Mili's Mysterious Brooch
* El Libro de la Vida (The Book of Life)
* Ventanita de los Sueños
* Magic Mirror
* Formigueiro
* Special Effects

## The Movie

See: Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz (2001)

***Chiquititas: Rincón de luz*** is a 2001 Argentine fantasy-adventure film directed by José Luis Massa and written by Alex Ferrara and Walter Ferrara. Based on the television series of same name which began on Argentine television in 1995. The film was released in Argentina on 12 July 2001, and is produced by Cris Morena, creator of *Chiquititas* original television series. Starring Romina Yan, Facundo Arana, Camila Bordonaba, Felipe Colombo, Benjamín Rojas, Luisana Lopilato, Nadia Di Cello, Milagros Flores, Agustín Sierra, Natalia Melcon, Sebastián Francini, Federico Barón and Brian Vainberg. The antagonists were Juan Leyrado and Alejandra Flechner.

## Magazine

\*\* Add every edition and cover of the magazines \*\*

## Theatre

### Argentina

See Presentations at the Gran Rex

Annual musical stage presentations at the **Gran Rex theatre**, written and directed by *Cris Morena* complemented the series from the second year onwards, featuring the whole cast of each season. The fourth year holds to this day the record of most tickets ever sold by that theatre. Between 1996 and 2000, 1.100.432 of Argentine people watched the *Chiquititas* presentations.

## Reception and Commentaries

(see Criticism and Conceptual Analyses of Chiquititas)

### Latin America

#### In Argentina

* The repetition of characters with the same name, or even actors playing different characters is extremely annoying and confusing.