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This top-seller recounts the saga of Italians who immigrated to Brazil during the XIX century, seeking their fortunes in America. The forbidden love between Giulliana and Matteo flowers in the midst of the sweeping changes ushered in by the arrival of these Europeans in Brazilian towns. This great epic has thrilled viewers in more than eighty countries.
In the struggle for land a vicious feud erupts between two men, who commit their families to a war without truce. Over two generations they are moved by love and by hatred in this epic saga of love for the land.
Éramos Seis is a Brazilian period drama telenovela produced by SBT and originally broadcast from May 9 to December 5, 1994. Based on the 1943 novel of the same name by Maria JosĂ© DuprĂ©, it was adapted by SĂlvio de Abreu and Rubens Ewald Filho, with direction by Henrique Martins and Del Rangel and general direction by Nilton Travesso. The telenovela stars Irene Ravache, Othon Bastos, Jandir Ferrari, TarcĂsio Filho, Luciana Braga, and Leonardo BrĂcio. Set in SĂŁo Paulo between the 1920s and 1940s, the story follows Dona Lola, a devoted wife and mother who struggles to keep her family together despite financial hardship and personal tragedy. As her four children—Carlos, Alfredo, Isabel, and Julinho—grow into adulthood, each follows a different path shaped by love, ambition, and loss. Through decades of sacrifice and resilience, Lola witnesses the joys and sorrows of family life while enduring profound changes that ultimately leave her to reflect on a lifetime of devotion.
O Direito de Nascer is a Brazilian telenovela produced by JPO Produções and broadcast by SBT from May 21 to October 2, 2001. Based on the Cuban radio serial El Derecho de Nacer (1940), written by FĂ©lix B. Caignet, it was adapted by Aziz Bajur, with collaboration from Jayme Camargo and Alcione Carvalho. Directed by Roberto Talma and JosĂ© Paulo Vallone, the telenovela stars Guilhermina Guinle, JoĂŁo Vitti, Dhu Moraes, Jorge Pontual, Ana CecĂlia Costa, Luiz Guilherme, Elaine Cristina, and Esther GĂłes. Set in Havana at the beginning of the 20th century, the story follows Maria Helena, a young woman who becomes pregnant after being abandoned by her fiancĂ©. Afraid of her powerful father's reaction, she gives birth in secret and entrusts her son to the maid Dolores. Raised away from his family, Alberto grows up to become a doctor, unaware of his true origins. Years later, the revelation of his past brings conflicts, forgiveness, and the chance for reconciliation.
São Paulo, 1945. A tenement in the Bixiga neighborhood centralizes the plots and characters. The cheerful Lalá is a former prostitute who got along with a senator of the Republic, her lover, who, when he died, left her in an excellent financial situation, since she had a daughter with him, Marialina. Lalá is courted by the simple Italian Antônio Sapateiro, a mature man in love with her. The Portuguese Manoel Vitor loves the Jewish Ruth, but her parents forbid dating because of religion.
The police mobilize their resources to capture NenĂŞ Bandalho and, while he tries to escape, he remembers some of his life's most important episodes.
The life of FernĂŁo Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".
Suspected of murdering his girlfriend, man is judged by public opinion and gets implicated in a serial killing case.
Competing for the concession of a TV channel, one of the contenders throws an orgy to defeat the other candidate.
Filmed over a five-year period, Chronically Unfeasible dissects Brazilian problems, using six people who meet in a restaurant in SĂŁo Paulo as models to illustrate political, sociological and economic disparities between Brazil's upper and lower classes.
Residents of the city of Parada 88, contaminated in 1994 due to the explosion of a chemical industry reactor, live in plastic tunnels, the only way of life that can guarantee their survival, since oxygen, which has become a good consumption, used needs to be reused so as not to generate more expenses. One day, Joaquim wins a lottery that gives him enough money to pay for his and his family's oxygen; but to claim the prize, he'll need to go to the ruins of the factory to collect news from a group of contamination experts adventurers posted there.
