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Una luz en el camino (1998)

Una luz en el camino poster
Directed by
Benjamín Cann
Genre
telenovela
Country
Mexico
Length
1 season, 92 episodes
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Mexican children's telenovela follows a young girl and a group of kids as they navigate friendships and family challenges. A kind teacher and a caring man help guide the children through their problems.

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What happens

Una luz en el camino (English: A Light on the Road) is a Mexican children's telenovela produced by Mapat L. de Zatarain for Televisa in 1998. It is an adaptation of the 1991–1992 Argentinian children's telenovela El árbol azul. On Monday, March 30, 1998, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Una luz en el camino weekdays at 4:30pm, replacing Sin tí. The last episode was broadcast on Friday, July 31, 1998, with Gotita de amor replacing it the following Monday. Veronica Merchant and Guillermo Capetillo starred as protagonists, Mariana Botas starred as child protagonist, while Susana Zabaleta and Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez starred as antagonists. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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