Alegrijes y Rebujos (English title: Don Darvelio's Secret) is a Mexican children's telenovela produced by Rosy Ocampo for Televisa. It aired on Canal de las Estrellas from August 4, 2003, to February 20, 2004.
Miguel de León, Jacqueline Bracamontes, Luis Roberto Guzmán and the leading actor Héctor Ortega starred as protagonists, María Chacón and Miguel Martínez starred as child protagonists known as the "Alegrijes", while Rosa María Bianchi starred as adult antagonist, Allisson Lozz, Diego Boneta and Jesús Zavala starred as child antagonists known as the "Rebujos", Arath de la Torre, Roxana Castellanos, Ruben Cerda, Salvador Sánchez, Luz Elena González, Eugenia Cauduro (later replaced by Cecilia Gabriela) and Sebastián Rulli starred as stellar performances.
Plot
Alegrijes y Rebujos follows the story of the ghost of an eccentric millionaire, Don Darvelio, who is said to haunt the mansion. With a jealous stepmother, an inattentive father and a mean brother, Sofia has many problems.
Nonetheless, she wants to find out if there really are ghosts in the mansion, inhabited now by a strange former servant named Chon. Sofia secretly enters the mansion to recover a picture of her mother, who died when she was a baby.
There, she meets Alfonso, Chon's grandnephew. To their amazement, the children discover Don Darvelio is not dead, and he is the one who has been "haunting" the mansion for the last few years.
The old man finds the happiness he had been yearning for in Sofia and Alfonso and he names them "Alegrijes" (or Happies) who enjoy life, never lose hope, share good and bad times, and keep the wonderful gift of amazement.
Sofia, Alfonso and Don Darvelio have incredible adventures that they share with other neighborhood children: Allison, Ricardo, Ernestina, Pablo and even Esteban, Sofia's disagreeable brother.
Don Darvelio decides to transform his mansion into a place where all the children and their families can live together. However, he becomes seriously ill with the arrival of Helga, his wicked ex-wife, who wants to take over the mansion and destroy the dreams and love the old man has created.
In order to overcome Helga and her mean allies, the "Rebujos" (or Grumpies), the children must employ their best values: friendship, truthfulness, fair competition, love, and happiness.
Cast
Main
Eugenia Cauduro as Mercedes Goyeneche de Dominguez
Miguel de León as Antonio Domínguez
Cecilia Gabriela as Mercedes Goyenehe de Dominguez
Luis Roberto Guzmán as Bruno Reyes
Jacqueline Bracamontes as Angélica Rivas Márquez de Domínguez
Rosa María Bianchi as Helga Aguayo Vargas "La Rebruja" Hector Ortega as Don Darvelio Granados Linares Salvador Sánchez as Asunción "Chon" Yunque Olivia Bucio as Teresa "Tere" Aguayo Rosas de Garza Luz Elena González as Irina Calleja Sebastián Rulli as Rogelio Díaz Mercado Raquel Pankowsky as Consuelo "Chelito" Márquez Vda. de Rivas Roxana Castellanos as Elvira Gómez de Sánchez Rubén Cerda as Rodolfo Maldonado "Fito" Adriana Laffan as Flor Cárdenas de Maldonado María Chacón as Sofia Domínguez "Chofis" Miguel Martínez as Alfonso Pascual "Alcachofa" Jesús Zavala as Esteban Domínguez Goyeneche Diego Boneta as Ricardo Sánchez Gómez Nora Cano as Nayelli Sánchez Gómez Michelle Álvarez as Ernestina Garza Aguayo "Tina" Tony Cobián as Pablo Maldonado Cárdenas "El Chuletón" Allisson Lozz as Allison Garza Aguayo Arath de la Torre as Matías Sánchez
Recurring
Raúl Sebastián as Don Darvelio's ghost
Alfonso Iturralde as Santiago Garza
Alejandro Contreras as Alejandro
Margarito as Reficus
Andrés Salas as Luis Domínguez
Rogelio Báez as El Chompi
Salvador Garcini as Lorenzo
Paco Ibáñez as Captain Sangre
Aida Pierce as Madam Meshú
Archie Lafranco as Guarura
Odín Dupeyrón as Lupillo
Hector Parra as Enrique
Hector Cruz as Polo Velarde
Jose Antonio Ferral as Police
Alejandro Villeli as Elf magic
César Castro as Lawyer
Juan Romanca as Doctor
Radamés de Jesús as Veterinario
Martha Sabrina as Margarita
Carlos Speitzer as Child dimension of darkness
Génesis Bages as Child of darkness
Guest star
Danna Paola as Amy Granados
Awards
Discography
Disco Alegrije (2003) Disco Rebujo (2003) Navidad Alegrije (2003) Navidad Rebujo (2003) Alegrijes y Rebujos en Concierto (2004)