Soñadoras
Directed by	Salvador Garcini José Ángel García José Amria Calvario Ernesto Guzmán
Written by	Emilio Larrosa Braulio Pedrasas
Script by	Saúl Perez Santana Alejandro Pohlenz Pedro Pablo Quintanilla
Cinematography by	Miguel López Luis Monroy
Producer(s)	Emilio Larrosa Arturo Pedraza Loera
Starring	Alejandra Ávalos Arturo Peniche
Music by	José de Jesus Ramírez
Theme song	Soñadoras
Performed by	Sentidos Opuestos
Country of origin	Mexico
Language(s)	Spanish
Original channel	Televisa
Broadcast	1998
No. of episodes	174 of 44 minutes each

Soñadoras (The Dreamers) is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1998 and shown in 1999 on univision.

Contents 1 Las Soñadoras 2 Los Soñadores 3 Other cast members 4 Trivia 5 Catchphrases 6 Plot 7 External links

[edit] Las Soñadoras

• Aracely Arámbula - Jaqueline de la Peña
• Angélica Vale - Julieta Ruiz-Castañeda
• Laisha Wilkins - Emilia Gonzalez
• Michelle Vieth - Lucía de la Macorra/Adriana
• Irán Castillo - Ana Linarres

[edit] Los Soñadores

• Eduardo Verástegui - Manuel Vasconzelos
• Kuno Becker - Ruben Barraisabal
• Gustavo Cardenas Avila aka *JAN*- Gerardo Rinalde
• Arath de la Torre - Adal-Beto Roque
• Diego Schoening - Benjamin Soto

[edit] Other cast members

• Alejandra Ávalos - Fernanda Guzman
• Arturo Peniche - José Luis Dueñas
• José Carlos Ruiz - Eugenio de La Peña
• Ariel López Padilla - Enrique Bernal
• Alejandro Aragón - Carlos Muñoz

[edit] Trivia

• Amigas y Rivales, novela produced by Emilio Larrosa as well, features similar characters and themes as Soñadoras in that the novela focused on the lives of 4 teenage girls and 4 teenage guys. Unlike Soñadoras however, Amigas Y Rivales tackled a few more controversial issues such HIV/AIDS and even issues concerning sexual orientation.
• An error of this novela was, that Carlos (Julieta's ex-boyfriend) bought her a 1999 Nissan Sentra, and said that the car was on Julieta's name. When they ended their relationship, Julieta switched cars to another Nissan model.
• Like many other novelas produced by Televisa, Soñadoras featured a post-novela special called "Lo Que Se Vio Y No Se Vio de Soñadoras." In this special, we get to see the Soñadoras and Soñadores on their trip to Acapulco. This featured a video clip of the cast jet-skiing, surfing, swimming, playing frisbee and volleyball, a fashion show, a performance at the Hard Rock cafe of "Noches de Verrano," the spanish version of the hit song Summer Nights from "Grease. Ana and Ruben finally come to an understanding with each other, and even become a couple. Ruben and Beto make peace after Ruben decides to give up fighting for Julieta. Aracely Arambula (Jaqueline) appeared on the special but only in the cast reunion, alternate ending, and special message from the Soñadoras y Soñadores. It is believed that she was unable to film the extra footage because of conflicts with her music recording schedule. The special also aired bloopers and outtakes, Angelica Vale (Julieta) doing impressions of her fellow Soñadoras and even Thalia. Montages of the show's kisses and fights were also featured. What were most notable about the special were the alternate endings. In the alternate endings, Eugenio de la Peña was given two extra endings: 1) the first in which he ends up in a psychiatric ward and 2) he drowns himself in the ocean at an undisclosed location, but before doing so he calls his daughter Jaqueline to ask her for forgiveness one last time. Fernanda and Jose-Luis have an alternate ending, in which Eugenio kills Fernanda at their wedding, which changes destiny and allows for Jose-Luis and Jaqueline to get back together and raise Fernanda's daughter. Manuel and Ana end up together as a result. The more famous alternate, and preferred endings, consisted of Julieta choosing Ruben over Beto, which persuades Beto to forgive Lucia and even date her again. In the end, Ana and Gerardo were left alone but it was suggested that there could have been a romance between the two. At the end, we're shown what the Soñadoras and Soñadores were doing during the special show, which was painting and crafting the main logo of the novela with its main theme, "Soñadoras: Di No A Las Drogas."

[edit] Catchphrases

• "Hiperincreible" - Julieta's way of describing something "totally awesome".
• "Gatete" - Ruben's way of describing someone from the lower class
• "Definitivo" - Eugenio's emphatic manner of ending a sentence or phrase describing something he fully intended to make come true

[edit] Plot

The main character of this story is Fernanda, a psychologist who works in a rehabilitation center for substance abusers. Fernanda has recently suffered a terrible tragedy, the man she was soon to marry was murdered while trying to resist a hold-up. during the assault, her father received a bullet in the spine which left him paralyzed. At the beginning of the story we realize that Eugenio de la Peña, an evil drug dealer, is in love with Fernanda and is willing to go to any extreme to make her his wife. But Fernanda meets the handsome Jose Luis, a writer and a literature teacher who works at a local high school. Jose Luis is honest and hard working, charming and full of life. However, he carries a dark secret from his past. When Fernanda and José Luis fall in love, Eugenio gets extremely jealous, but when he decides to eliminate his rival, he discovers that his own daughter Jaqueline, is in love with José Luis. Jaqueline, on the other hand is being wooed by Manuel, who despite his popularity, cannot call Jaqueline's attention. One of Jaqueline's friends is Emilia, a romantic but realistic young girl whose dream is to become a dancer. Emilia's boyfriend is Gerardo, whom she adores. Gerardo is the lead singer in a rock band. But soon, a dancer and choreographer called Enrique enters Emilia's life and falls in love with her. Another of Jaqueline's friends is Lucía, the wealthiest of the dreamers, but also the homeliest. Lucia will fall in love with Gerardo but will be courted by Beto "Roque-feller". The colorful Beto lives in the same projects as Julieta, who becomes Lucia's best friend. Julieta is ashamed of being poor. She will meet Carlos, a rich but second-rate physician. She will try to use him to pull herself out of her poverty. Julieta falls for a new rich student named Ruben Barraisaba, but he doesn't like her at first then he starts going out with her and falls in love with her but then he finds out she's not rich and he dumps her. Later Julieta goes out with Beto and stays with him. With the help of Ana, Lucia becomes beautiful to make Gerardo like her and at the end Gerardo finds out that Lucia is Adriana and gets mad at her but they still go out.

[edit] External links

• Soñadoras at the Telenovela Database
• Soñadoras at the Internet Movie Database