Arrayán (TV series)
Arrayán | |
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Genre | Soap Opera |
Developed by | Linze TV |
Directed by | Eduardo Galdo |
Starring | |
Opening theme | «Quiero que estés aquí» by |
Country of origin | Spain |
Original language | Spanish |
No. of seasons | 13 |
No. of episodes | 2.400 |
Production | |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 25–30 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | Canal Sur |
Original release | February 3, 2001 January 9, 2013 | –
External links | |
Website |
Arrayán was a Spanish TV soap opera which was aired on Canal Sur. It became the longest running soap opera in Spanish television history, more than 2.400 episodes were aired between 2001 and 2013.[1] The duration of each episode was about 25 to 30 minutes and was aired from Monday to Thursday at 21.45 h.
Plot[]
The story takes place in an existing luxury hotel in a fictional town but is filmed in Coin (Malaga) on the Andalusian coast, called "Hotel Arrayan". Germán Santisteban, its creator and director for decades, will retire; however, he is assassinated. This starts a chain of events. Although the plot of the series changed a lot, the series continues to show everyday life in the hotel, the lives of their workers and the relationship with other employees and with customers.
Every season shows new characters and situations, serving as a springboard for many Andalusian actors, as well as enjoying the participation of renowned actors of Spanish national scene, hailing both from Andalusia and elsewhere.
On January 9, 2013 the last 5 episodes of the series were issued, putting an end to the second long-running series of television in Spain so far, after the Basque Goenkale
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- : Lucía Reyes
- : Daniel Santisteban
- : Rosa Villalobos
- : Charo y Rocío Valverde
- Raquel
- : Mario
- : Cati
- : Iván García Palacios
- : Antonio
- : Menchu
- : Pepe
- : Montse
- Àlex Casademunt: Pablo Gálvez
- : Elena Duarte
- Álvaro Morte: Tomás Méndez Prados
- : Ana Prados)
- : Quique Montes
- : Otilia Andrade
- : Dolores Romero Andrade
- : Pedro Méndez Prados
- : Lázaro
- : Ernesto Mendoza
- Pedro Cunha: Benja
- David de Gea Asier
Recurrent cast[]
- : Pilar
- Pablo
- Teresa
- Sofía
- Mariano Peña Lorenzo
- Agustín González Germán
- Ricardo Arroyo Mateo
- Jose Luis
- Bárbara
- Emilia
- Jorge
- Silvia
- Irene
- Paqui
- Mónica Cruz Mónica
- Andrés
- Pedro Segura Juanje
- Florentino
- Emilio Buale René
- Lucena
- David
- Laura
- Germán Cobos Arturo
- : Sole
- Miguel Hermoso: Oscar Román
- : Carlos
- : Isabel
- : Alberto
- : Marta
- :
- : Marina
- : Matute
- : Lolo
- Ana Rujas: Esther
- Jesús Carrillo: Gustavo
- : Susana
- : Manoli
- Pablo Puyol: Hugo
- Raquel Meroño: Begoña
- : Leonor
Success[]
The series became a success since its early chapters. And it retained high ratings throughout its path. According to its creators, the key weeas to have frames where a contemporary and urban Andalusia was drawn. These frames run through topics such as drugs, crime, immigration, human and romantic relationships, etc. Test of its success is receiving several awards, the most prominent being the Ondas Award for Best Spanish 2005 series "for being a pioneer in the genre of daily television drama in prime time with an outstanding success".
Cancellation[]
In July 2012 Radio y Televisión de Andalucía announced that due to budget cuts in the entity Arrayán will be canceled.[2] On January 9, 2013 the last 5 episodes were aired.[3]
References[]
- Spanish television soap operas
- 2001 Spanish television series debuts
- 2013 Spanish television series endings
- 2000s Spanish drama television series
- 2010s Spanish drama television series
- Spanish television stubs
- European television show stubs