# Little Angel Face (2000)

> A joyful five-year-old is sent to a convent school and cared for by relatives after her mother's death leaves her father in despair.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/52527

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 175
- Episode runtime: 45 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, family, comedy
- Created by: Kary Fajer
- Network: Las Estrellas
- Cast: Daniela Aedo, Lisette Morelos, Miguel de León, Libertad Lamarque, Silvia Pinal, Nora Salinas, Marisol Santacruz, Manuel Saval
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247859/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: sentimental, sweet, tender, comforting, melodramatic

## What critics say

Audiences rated this Televisa telenovela moderately well, with a mixed aggregate reception centred on its sweet heroine and melodramatic family storyline.

## Synopsis

Little Angel Face (2000-2001) is a Mexican telenovela created by Kary Fajer for Las Estrellas, produced by Televisa. Its heart is Dulce Maria, a sweet five-year-old played by Daniela Aedo, whose joy and good feelings are never quite extinguished even as her world fractures. After the death of her mother, her father Luciano Larios, played by Miguel de Leon, sinks into depression and pulls away from everyone, so he admits Dulce Maria to the Queen of America nuns' school and leaves the country. Her uncle, the priest Gabriel Larios Rocha, played by Manuel Saval, becomes her protector, while her beloved Aunt Estefania, played by Nora Salinas, visits in colorful wigs that match her outfits and earns the nickname Tia Pelucas. The engine of the story is a child's stubborn kindness pressing against adult grief, pride and the quarrels of a divided family, and each chapter is built from school life, small betrayals, reunions and emotional reversals typical of the form. Set in contemporary Mexico, the series moves with the sugary, melodramatic register of Latin American television, mixing tenderness, comedy and tearful sentiment. Fans of Marimar and Maria la del Barrio will find resonance in its family melodrama, though its tone is gentler and aimed at younger viewers. Its single season of 175 episodes plays as a complete, self-contained arc rather than an open-ended saga.

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