Lola: Once Upon a Time
Lola, érase una vez (Lola, Once Upon a Time), is a youth-targeted Mexican melodrama telenovela produced by Televisa that is an adaptation of the Argentine global popularity and teen telenovela Floricienta.[1] The show tells the story of a modern Cinderella, Lola, who works as a nanny and sings in a rock band and meets her so-called Prince Charming (Aaron Diaz). It debuted in Mexico on February 26, 2007, starring Aarón Díaz and Eiza González, and was produced by Pedro Damián.
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| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by | Cris Morena |
| Written by | Iván Cuevas, María Eugenia Cervantes, Pedro Armando Rodríguez, Alejandra Romero |
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| Creative director | Alexis Covasevich |
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| Theme music composer | Carlos Lara, Pedro Damián |
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| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 224 |
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| Executive producer | Pedro Damián |
| Producer | Luis Luisillo |
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| Editors | Noé Galindo, Julio Abreu, Juan Franco, Luis Horacio Valdés |
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| Original network | Canal de las Estrellas |
| Picture format | NTSC (480i) |
| Audio format | Stereophonic |
| Original release | February 26, 2007 – January 11, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Código postal |
| Followed by | Amor sin maquillaje |
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Plot
The modern fairy tale takes place in Mexico City and revolves around Lola, a poor but ambitious Mexican girl. Lola's life changes when she meets Alexander Von Ferdinand, the oldest son of a very rich German Mexican family whose parents died in an accident. Alexander is the head of the family and has five younger siblings (Marcos, Archibaldo, Marion, Boris & Otto) living with him in a huge mansion (Palace).
While Alexander is in a trip to Germany, he leaves his younger siblings at home with their nanny. The siblings throw a party, inviting Lola and her band to play. A bubble machine soon breaks and fills the house with bubbles. Suddenly, Alexander unexpectedly returns to his home in Mexico. The invited teenagers flee the party, including the band, but Lola goes back into the house to rescue the youngest sibling, Otto, who is only six years old. Lola is covered with foam, hiding her face. Otto is returned to his older siblings and Alexander asks Lola to stop, but she runs from the mansion leaving one of her "lucky" pink converse (glass slippers) behind.
Sometime later, Otto once again gets Lola in trouble by hiding in the back of her motorcycle. As an apology, Alexander offers Lola a job as an assistant nanny in the Von Ferdinand mansion. Alexander has a cold personality until he falls in love with Lola. Upon meeting her, he becomes her "Prince Charming". Alexander has a girlfriend, Carlota, whom he does not truly love and feels obligated to marry because of social status. Carlota at the same time does not truly love him, wants Alexander's money, cheats and deceives him. Along with Carlota comes her wicked & recent widowed mother, Monserrat, and her more pleasant sister, Rafaela. Alexander's siblings hate Carlota and her mother and are constantly doing mischief to get them out of the mansion and prevent Carlota from marrying their older brother.
Lola and Alexander are in middle love with each other, but Carlota and Monserrat try to get in the way of their relationship. Together these two also attempt to keep Lola from finding out she is really the stepdaughter of Monserrat and halfsister of Carlota and Rafaela, which means she has a claim to part of the Santo Domingo fortune. Lola, with help of the children, her rock band, magic, fairies and love attempt to "save" Alexander from Carlota and Monserrat and vice versa.
Cast
Main
- Aarón Díaz as Alexander Von Ferdinand
- Eiza González as Dolores "Lola" Valente
Recurring
- Lorena Herrera as Monserrat Torres-Oviedo de Santo Domingo
- Tiaré Scanda as Milagros Ramos
- Grettell Valdez as Carlota Santo Domingo Torres-Oviedo
- Beatriz Moreno as Petra Sigrid Von Beethoven
- Zoraida Gómez as Rafaela Santo Domingo Torres-Oviedo
- Natasha Dupeyrón as Marion Von Ferdinand
- Derrick James as Marcus Von Ferdinand
- Eddy Vilard as Archibaldo Von Ferdinand
- Juan Luis as Bóris Von Ferdinand
- Octavio Ocaña as Otto Von Ferdinand
- Viviana Ramos as Blanca
- Luis Gerardo Méndez as Bataca
- Juan Acosta as Facha
- Violeta Isfel as Gaby
- Carlos Guerra as Diego
- Victoria Díaz as Mercedes
- Ingrid Schwebel as Valentina
- Alejandro Peraza as Raúl Ramos
- Rubén Cerda as Antonino
- Alejandra Jurado as Cándida
- Felipe Nájera as Severo
- Alberto Agnesi as Patrick
- Alejandro Nones as Waldo López
- Roberto Assad as Chacho Ramos
- Alan Estrada as Nicolás
- Anneliese Asúnsolo as Matilde
- Blanca Sánchez as Nilda Santo Domingo
- Juan Ríos as Eduardo
Special guest stars
- Christopher von Uckermann as Himself
- Maite Perroni as Herself / Cenicienta
- Enrique Rocha as Dios
- Xavi Moderatto as Himself
- Dulce María as Herself
- Anahí as Herself
- Brian Amadeus Moderatto as Himself
- Altair Jarabo as Catherine
- Alfonso Herrera as Himself
- Eleazar Gómez as Adrián
- Christian Chávez as Himself
Awards And Nominations
| Year | Premio | Category | Nominate | Result |
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| 2008 | 26th TVyNovelas Awards | Best Female Revelation of the Year | Eiza González | Won |
| Best Child Actor or Actress | Octavio Ocaña | Won | ||
| Premios Bravo 2008 | Female Revulotion | Eiza Gonzales | Won |
Soundtrack
Lola, Erase Una Vez was the only Floricienta remake not to use the original songs penned by Cris Morena and Carlos Nilson. Instead, a double CD was released with songs written and composed by Mexican pop songwriters in one album and nine new Cris Morena-penned songs in another, along with a rock version of Flores Amarilla that was included in the original soundtrack.
The show's theme song is "Masoquismo" ("Masochism"). Other songs include "Si Me Besas" (If You Kiss Me), Espiral (Spiral), Princesa(Princess) and Sapo Azul(Prince Charming). In March 2009, González won New Artist/Revelation of the Year at the Premio Lo Nuestro Awards. González was nominated for Best New Artist at the Premios Oye!. Gonzalez also performed in 2008 in los premios juventud.