El hotel de los secretos

El hotel de los secretos,[1] is a Mexican telenovela produced by Roberto Gómez Fernández for Televisa. It is an adaptation of the Spanish series, Gran Hotel, created by Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira and Carlos Sedes.[2]

El hotel de los secretos
Genre	Telenovela
Created by	María René Prudencio Mier
Written by	Gerardo Pérez Zermeño Carlos Pascual
Story by	Ramón Campos Gema Neira
Directed by	Francisco Franco Alba Ana Lorena Pérez Ríos
Creative director(s)	Jimena Galeotti
Starring	Irene Azuela Erick Elías Daniela Romo Diana Bracho
Opening theme	"El hotel de los secretos"
Composer(s)	Jorge Eduardo Murguía
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	80
Production
Executive producer(s)	Roberto Gómez Fernández
Producer(s)	Silvia Cano
Cinematography	Daniel Ferrer Luis García Vivian Sánchez Ross Diego Tenorio
Editor(s)	Julio Abreu Juan José Segundo
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company(s)	Televisa
Release
Original network	Univision
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Audio format	Stereophonic sound
First shown in	United States
Original release	January 25 (2016-01-25) – May 20, 2016 (2016-05-20)
Chronology
Related shows	Gran Hotel

The series stars Irene Azuela as Isabel, Erick Elías as Julio, Daniela Romo as Ángela and Diana Bracho as Teresa.[3][4][5]

Plot

A young man of humble origins travels to the Gran Hotel located on the outskirts of a village called San Cristóbal Tlaxico to visit his sister Cristina who works as the floor supervisor of a hotel. There Julio discovers that after more than a month after being dismissed for allegedly stealing from the hotel nobody knows anything of her.

Julio decides to stay on as a waiter to investigate her disappearance. From that moment, love, mystery, death and betrayal will be present in each episode.

Cast

Main

• Irene Azuela as Isabel Alarcón[6]
• Erick Elías as Julio Olmedo[7]
• Daniela Romo as Ángela Gómez[8]
• Diana Bracho as Teresa de Alarcón[9]

Also main

• Jorge Poza as Diego Montejo[10]
• Carlos Rivera as Andrés Salinas[11][12][13]
• Dominika Paleta as Sofia Alarcón[14][15]
• Alejandro de la Madrid as Alfredo Vergara[16]
• Marlene Kalb as Victoria
• Ilse Salas as Belén García[17][18]
• Pablo Cruz Guerrero as Felipe Alarcón
• Jesús Ochoa as Serapio Ayala
• Eduardo España as Dagoberto Suárez
• Juan Carlos Barreto as Lupe
• Luis Gatica as Genaro
• Claudia Rios as Melibea
• Queta Lavat as Señora Limantour
• Josh Gutiérrez as Jacinto
• Arantza Ruiz as Violeta
• Rodrigo Virago as Pascual
• Ilse Ikeda as Natalia
• Sergio Gallardo as Mateo
• María Penella Gómez
• Silvia Mariscal as Elisa
• Luis Couturier as Benjamín Nieto

Recurring

• Regina Blandón as Matilde
• Juan Ferrara as Lázaro
• Claudia Ramírez as Cecilia Gaitán
• Sofía Castro as Eugenia

Guest stars

• Ximena Herrera as Cristina Olmedo[19]

Production

The start of production was confirmed on October 26, 2015 in the forum 10 of Televisa San Ángel,[20] and concluded production on May 16, 2016.[21] The production team and the cast lasted seven months recording the telenovela.[21] The series was recorded with film technique and the directors of photography were Luis García and Diego Tenorio; The stage direction was the responsibility of Francisco Franco and Ana Lorena Pérez-Ríos.[21] For the costumes were involved 250 people, to create more than 13 thousand pieces.[21]

Development

The series is set in Mexico at the beginning of the 20th century.[21] The main stage where the telenovela is developed was a building of neoclassical architecture, whose construction dates from 1910 and that at the time hosted the largest psychiatric in Mexico.[21]La Castañeda, which is currently located in Amecameca, State of Mexico, was the main location for the development of the series.[21] Santa María Regla, Hidalgo, was the stage that was adapted principally for the town that appeared in the series. In order to create the town in Santa Maria, scenarios such as canteen, offices, a brothel, a bakery, a telegraph, a pharmacy, the market, the seamstress's house, a shop and street stands were recreated.[21] The series was recorded in several locations such as; Mexico City, Morelos, Hidalgo, Mexico state, Aguascalientes, and in forums of Televisa San Ángel.[21]

Music

El hotel de los secretos
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	June 21, 2016 (2016-06-21)
Recorded	2015–2016
Label	Fonarte Latino

The first soundtrack of the series, titled El hotel de los secretos, was released on June 21, 2016.[22][23]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"El hotel de los secretos" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	1:32
2.	"Lugar mágico" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	2:20
3.	"Emociones encontradas" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	1:28
4.	"Tensiones y engaños" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	2:31
5.	"Mentiras" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	1:35
6.	"Asesinato y muerte" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	1:39
7.	"Investigadores" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	1:43
8.	"Interesada" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	1:51
9.	"Enamorados" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	2:01
10.	"El tren del Pueblo" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	1:47
11.	"Travesuras románticas" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	1:10
12.	"Sensualidad" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	1:28
13.	"Peleas y apuestas" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	1:12
14.	"Tomando el control" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	1:45
15.	"El hote de los secretos (Segunda temporada)" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	1:19
16.	"Buscando culpables" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	2:37
17.	"Peligro y escape" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	1:36
18.	"Dolor y soledad" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	2:21
19.	"Amor verdadero" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	2:07
20.	"Alegría y dicha"	1:29
21.	"Dulzura y cariño" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	2:04
22.	"Juntos para siempre" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	1:40
23.	"Seducción e intriga" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	1:14
24.	"Misterios ocultos" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	2:08
25.	"El hotel de los secretos (Resumen)" (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)	1:28
120.	Untitled (Jorge Eduardo Murguía, Mauricio L. Arriaga & Ricardo Larrea)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated	Result
2017	35th TVyNovelas Awards[24]	Best Telenovela of the Year	Roberto Gomez Fernandez	Nominated
		Best Actress	Irene Azuela	Nominated
		Best Actor	Erick Elías	Nominated
		Best Antagonist Actress	Diana Bracho	Nominated
		Best Antagonist Actor	Jorge Poza	Nominated
		Best Leading Actress	Daniela Romo	Nominated
		Best Leading Actor	Jesús Ochoa	Nominated
		Best Co-lead Actress	Ilse Salas	Nominated
		Best Co-lead Actor	Carlos Rivera	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Eduardo España	Nominated
		Best Young Lead Actor	Josh Gutiérrez	Nominated
		Best Female Revelation	Regina Blandón	Nominated
		Best Male Revelation	Carlos Rivera	Won
		Best Original Story or Adaptation	El hotel de los secretos	Nominated
		Best Direction	Francisco Franco y Ana Lorena Pérez Ríos	Nominated
		Best Direction of the Camaras	Vivian Sánchez Ross, Manuel Barajas and Daniel Ferrer	Nominated
		Best Cast	El hotel de los secretos	Nominated

References

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2. "'Gran Hotel' abrirá sus puertas en México". teleprograma.fotogramas.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
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14. Woodside, Maxine. "Dominika Paleta será la protagonista de "Gran Hotel"". radioformula.com.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
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19. Woodside, Maxine. "Se integra Ximena Herrera a "El Hotel de los Secretos"". radioformula.com.mx. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
20. "Inician grabaciones El Hotel de los Secretos". televisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2017.
21. "Concluyó grabaciones "El Hotel de los Secretos"". elsoldemexico.com.mx (in Spanish). El Sol de México. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
22. "El Hotel de Los Secretos (Música Original de la Serie)". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
23. "El Hotel de los Secretos (Música Original de la Serie)". amazon.com. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
24. Televisión, Televisa. "¡Conoce a los nominados de los Premios TVyNovelas 2017 y vota por tu favorito!". Televisa Televisión. Retrieved 2017-02-17.