Amarte así, Frijolito
Amarte así (To love you so), also known as Frijolito, is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the American-based television network Telemundo. It stars Litzy, Mauricio Ochmann, Roberto Mateos, Alejandro Felipe, and Carla Peterson. It was written by Enrique Torres, directed by Heriberto Lopez de Anda, Cristina Palacios, Hugo A. Moser; with Cristina Palacios as General Producer. The telenovela debuted it on April 5, 2005, at the 7 pm (6 pm Central) timeslot.
| Amarte así, Frijolito | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Frijolito |
| Genre | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
| Created by | Enrique Torres |
| Developed by | Telemundo Studios, Miami |
| Directed by | Heriberto Lopez de Anda Cristina Palacios Hugo A. Moser |
| Starring | see below |
| Theme music composer | Jorge Avedaño |
| Opening theme | Amarte así performed by Litzy |
| Country of origin | United States Argentina |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 119 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Cristina Palacios |
| Production location | Argentina |
| Editor | Daniel Farias |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 42-45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Telemundo |
| Release | April 5 – September 19, 2005 |
Telemundo provided both Spanish and English captions on CC1 and CC 3.
This telenovela was aired in 20 countries around the world, including in Indonesia by the TV station Indosiar as midnight show during 2009. In the Philippines, it aired on ABS-CBN from April 4 to July 22, 2011 with its local title "Frijolito".
In Haiti, the telenovela was a big success in January 2010 and was shown at 5PM. With typical Haitian humour, some say that Frijolito killed many people as the earthquake that shattered the Caribbean nation on January 12, 2010 occurred right before 5PM.