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Antônio Fagundes
Antônio José da Silva Fagundes Filho (born 18 April 1949) is a Brazilian actor, playwright, voice actor, and producer. Renowned for his several performances in stage, film and television, where he frequently works in telenovelas. Biography Fagundes was born in the city of Rio de Janeiro but moved with his parents to São Paulo at the age of eight and has lived there for over 30 years. He discovered his gift for the theater from the setting of stage plays made in the Rio Branco School, where he studied. He debuted on television in 1969 on the soap opera Nenhum Homem é Deus, at TV Tupi. Fagundes began on Rede Globo in 1976, on the telenovela Saramandaia. He also served for several years as protagonist of the series Carga Pesada, from 1979 to 1981, and from 2003 to 2007. The actor has four children: one (Bruno Fagundes), with his ex-wife Mara Carvalho, the other three (Dinah Abujamra Fagundes, Antonio Fagundes Neto and Diana Fagundes Abujamra), fruits of his 15-year marriage to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Você Decide
''Você Decide'' (''You Decide'' / ''It's Your Call'') was an interactive television program broadcast on the Brazilian TV network Rede Globo from 1992 to 2000. During each episode special cases were presented, and viewers would decide the ending through phone votes. Broadcast history ''Você Decide'' is the second longest-running series of Rede Globo, with nine seasons and 323 episodes. On March 11, 1999, the episode ''Mulher 2000'' had its finale shown only in the North and Northeast regions (along with portions of the Southeast and the Center-West regions) due to a blackout in Brazil and Paraguay in 1999 that greatly affected much of the country at the time of the show. In its final years, the program aired on Thursday nights shortly after ''Linha Direta''. The last episode aired on August 17, 2000. The following week, the program was replaced with the miniseries ''Aquarela do Brasil'' (Watercolors of Brazil). Brazilian soap opera stars participated in the episodes, with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela (2012 TV Series)
''Gabriela'' is a Brazilian telenovela created by Jorge Amado (written by Walcyr Carrasco) and starring Juliana Paes and Humberto Martins. It premiered on June 18, 2012 on Rede Globo at 11pm timeslot. It has Juliana Paes, Humberto Martins, Antônio Fagundes, José Wilker, Mateus Solano, Chico Diaz, Leona Cavalli, Vanessa Giácomo, Marcelo Serrado, Maitê Proença, Erik Marmo, Ivete Sangalo and Laura Cardoso Laura Cardoso, artistic name of Laurinda de Jesus Cardoso Balleroni OMC (born 13 September 1927) is a Brazilian actress. She is celebrated as one of the best and most well known Brazilian actresses of cinema, theater and television. Early li ... in the leading roles. Synopsis Naïve and provocative Gabriela is a raggedy migrant worker who arrives in town to mesmerize all with her playful and simple, yet raw sensuality. Set in 1925, the story unravels in Ilhéus, a quiet northeastern coastal city thriving with cocoa crops and aspirations for progress, even though the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insensato Coração
''Insensato Coração'' (''Irrational Heart'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Globo that first premiered 17 January 2011, replacing '' Passione'' and ended on 19 August 2011, followed by ''Fina Estampa''. It is created and written by Gilberto Braga and Ricardo Linhares in collaboration with Ângela Carneiro, Fernando Rebello, Izabel de Oliveira, João Ximenes Braga, Maria Helena Nascimento and Nelson Nadotti. Directed by Dennis Cavalho and Vinícius Coimbra together with Cristiano Marques, Flávia Lacerda, Maria de Médicis and Luísa Lima. Starring Antonio Fagundes, Glória Pires, Eriberto Leão, Paolla Oliveira, Lázaro Ramos, Camila Pitanga, Gabriel Braga Nunes, Deborah Evelyn, Herson Capri, Deborah Secco, Juliano Cazarré, Ana Lúcia Torre, Natália do Vale, Nathalia Timberg and Tarcísio Meira. Plot ''Irrational Heart'' revolves around unreasonable attitudes and the consequences generated that threaten to change the course of many lives. This action fill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duas Caras
''Duas Caras'' (English: ''Two Faces'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Globo from 1 October 2007 to 31 May 2008, replacing ''Paraíso Tropical'' and followed by '' A Favorita''. It is created by Aguinaldo Silva and directed by Wolf Maya. Starring Dalton Vigh, Marjorie Estiano, Alinne Moraes, Débora Falabella, Lázaro Ramos, Letícia Spiller, Betty Faria, Flávia Alessandra, Renata Sorrah, Suzana Vieira, and Antônio Fagundes. It is the first telenovelas to be produced on High-definition by Rede Globo at the 8 pm timeslot. The telenovela spans through Maria Paula's revenge against Marconi Ferraço, her ex-husband that robbed her of all her inheritance. Premise In the past, as Adalberto Rangel, he met and seduced Maria Paula. With a calculated coldheart, he married her, stole her fortune, then abandoned her, unaware she was pregnant at the time. Ten years later, accompanied by her son Renato, Maria Paula plots to recover her dignity and to find just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vale Todo
A vale is a type of valley. Vale may also refer to: Places Georgia * Vale, Georgia, a town in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region Norway * Våle, a historic municipality Portugal * Vale (Santa Maria da Feira), a former civil parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira Romania * Vale, a village in Aluniş Commune, Cluj County * Vale, a village in Toplița city, Harghita County * Vale ( hu, Vále, link=no), a village in Săliște town, Sibiu County United Kingdom * Vale, Guernsey, a parish in Guernsey * Vale of Glamorgan, a county borough in South Wales, commonly referred to as "The Vale" * Vale of Leven, an area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, also knownas "The Vale" United States * Vale, Avery County, North Carolina * Vail, Colorado * Vale, Lincoln County, North Carolina * Vale, Oregon * Vale, South Dakota * Vale, West Virginia * Vale Summit, Maryland * Vale Township, Butte County, South Dakota * Vale Tunnel, Raytown, Missouri * Lyman Estate, known as "The Vale", Waltha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esperança (TV Series)
''Esperança'' (Hope Land) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by TV Globo between 17 June 2002 and 14 February 2003. With Reynaldo Gianecchini, Priscila Fantin, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Ana Paula Arósio, Raul Cortez, Antonio Fagundes, José Mayer and Fernanda Montenegro interpreted their main roles. Plot Main Plot 1930s: Toni lives with his parents, Rosa and Genaro in Civita, a small town in Italy. He is in love with Maria, who dreams of building a family; and it also matches the love he feels for her. But this love is not approved by Giuliano, father of Maria, who does not accept his daughter's relationship with a boy of lower social class to it. Toni's communist uncle, Giuseppe, start telling him stories about life in Brazil. So Toni is enthusiastic about what you hear about Brazil and makes a decision: Traveling with Maria to São Paulo, so that together we can build the life they both dreamed. But Giuliano does not allow Maria to travel with Toni abroad and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto Dos Milagres
Porto dos Milagres (English: ''Port of Miracles'') is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from 5 February to 29 September 2001, totaling 203 chapters. It is written by Aguinaldo Silva and Ricardo Linhares with the collaboration of Filipe Miguez, Maria Elisa Berredo, Nelson Nadotti and Gloria Barreto. It is loosely based on two works written by Jorge Amado: '' Sea of Death'' and ''The Discovery of America by the Turks''. It stars Marcos Palmeira, Flávia Alessandra, Antônio Fagundes, Cássia Kis, Luíza Tomé, Leonardo Brício, Camila Pitanga and Arlete Salles. Plot Félix Guerrero is illegally selling part of the land his father's inheritance left to him and his twin brother Bartolomeu. The police finds out, and Félix and his wife Adma are fugitives in Spain. While on the run, a gypsy prophesies that Félix will cross the sea and become king. Thinking that this prediction could only occur in Bolivia, they visit the country without any success. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Nostra (TV Series)
''Terra Nostra'' ( en, Our Land) is a Brazilian telenovela, produced and broadcast by TV Globo in 1999. The telenovela is written by Benedito Ruy Barbosa and directed by Jayme Monjardim. The story is set in the late 19th century and takes place at a time when slaves were freed in Brazil and there was a need for workers, especially on Brazilian coffee fazendas (plantations). This partly resulted many Italians migrating to Brazil, looking for employment and a better life. Unlike many other telenovela stories, the characters are not larger than life in "Terra Nostra." Instead, they are everyday people who make ordinary decisions. Consequently, the viewers can relate to what is happening in the story. Musical director Marcus Viana compiled several traditional Italian songs, performed by musicians such as Charlotte Church, Caetano Veloso, Zizi Possi, and Jerry Adriani. The soundtrack also includes original instrumental music by Viana. Plot The telenovela takes place in Brazil betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Por Amor (1997 TV Series)
''Por Amor'' (English: ''Anything For Love'') is a Brazilian telenovela created by Manoel Carlos, starring Regina Duarte and Gabriela Duarte in the main roles. It replaced ''A Indomada'' and preceded ''Torre de Babel'', and was the 55th telenovela to be aired by TV Globo. Production "What would you be able to do for love?" it was the motto of the advertising campaign for the release of the novel. For the second time, Regina Duarte was a Helena de Manoel Carlos - the first out in História de Amor (Love History), in 1995. For the actress, even Por Amor would have been História de Amor 2 – because of the approach of the mother-daughter relationship. The actress's third Helena would come later, in Páginas da Vida (Pages of Life), in 2006. The name, used by the author in almost all of his novels since Baila Comigo (1981), has become a mark of style and gives unity to his work, creating a bond between the strong and charming "middle-class heroines" as he usually does. characteri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Rei Do Gado
''O Rei do Gado'' (English: ''King of Cattle'') is a Brazilian telenovela written by Benedito Ruy Barbosa and directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho that was produced and broadcast on TV Globo, from 17 June 1996 to 15 February 1997, totaling 209 episodes and 130 in the original version of the SIC in Portugal. History Synopsis First phase Occurs during the Second World War in the 1940s. In São Paulo, two families, Berdinazzi and Mezenga have a feud over land. It happens that the children of two families, Giovanna Berdinazzi and Enrico Mezenga, fall in love, going against the fight of his parents, Giuseppe and Antonio. Giovanna and Enrico get married and have one son who is named Bruno, named after a brother of Giovanni, who died in the war and was a close friend of Enrico, despite the enmity between the families. Second phase Occurs in 1996, and Bruno is now a successful farmer, known by the nickname "King of the Cattle" for possessing a large herd. A man of simple habits, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
