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Once TV México premieres science fiction series Niño Santo
Maribel Ramos-Weiner| 18 de octubre de 2012
Niño Santo
Once TV México will premiere its new science fiction series, Niño Santo, on Wednesday October 31 at midnight ET / 9pm PT on its international signal.Niño Santo is based on the legend of Niño Fidencio, one of the most famous healers in Mexico, whose fame started to spread in the 1920s in spite of the Catholic Churchs reluctance to acknowledge his abilities.It all started with a deadly epidemic that affected the southern part of Mexico. Political and health authorities sent a group of three young doctors to vaccinate all the people in the zone and teach them preventive sanitary habits. However, on their way there, the three passed through a town called Aguazul, where villagers mysteriously resisted their visit.As the doctors go deeper into the mystery of Aguazul, strange things begin to happen. In the name of science, they observe great miracles that are completely beyond reality, and all related to the famous Niño, who confronts their rigid scientific arguments with the possibilities of faith.Niño Santo is comprised of six episdoes and stars Gabino Rodríguez as El niño, Karla Souza as Lucia, José María de Tavira as Damián, Francisco de la Reguera as Fraca, Harold Torres as Mateo, Gerardo Taracena as Santiago and Noé Hernández as Silvino. David Alcalde and Sebastián Silva directed from a script written by Mauricio Katz and Pedro Peirano. Pablo Cruz, Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna produced the series.
