''Explode Coração'' is a Brazilian
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...
produced by
TV Globo
TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Gr ...
. The series aired between 6 November 1995 and 4 May 1996, with a total of 155 episodes. It was written entirely by
Glória Perez
Glória Maria Rebelo Ferrante (; born 25 September 1948) is a Brazilian Emmy-winning screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Rio Branco, Acre, Gloria is the daughter of lawyer Miguel Jeronimo Ferrante, Italian descendent, and teacher Maria Augusta ...
and directed by Ary Coslov, Gracie, and Carlos Araújo Júnior. Production had general direction and core Dennis Carvalho and was the 51st "Novela das Oito" (prime-time soap opera).
Edson Celulari
Edson Francisco Celulari (born 20 March 1958) is a Brazilian actor.
Biography
Celulari was a member of Porão 7, an amateur theater company from São Carlos. When he was 16 years old, he moved to São Paulo to study at the University of São ...
,
Tereza Seiblitz
Ana Tereza Milanez de Lossio e Seiblitz or Tereza Seiblitz (born June 29, 1964) is a Brazilian actress.
She made an appearance in the Brazilian series, ''Malhação'', on the Rede Globo network, in 2002. She was also the protagonist on the Braz ...
, and Ricardo Macchi play the leading roles in a plot centered around the love triangle formed by the protagonists which also addresses the gypsy culture in Brazil. Other main roles are played by
Maria Luísa Mendonça
Maria Luísa Mendonça (born 30 January 1970) is a Brazilian actress. She debuted in television by acting in the 1993 telenovela ''Renascer'' in the role of an intersex woman, Buba. Debuting in cinema with ''Quem Matou Pixote?'', her first most p ...
,
Leandra Leal,
Rodrigo Santoro,
Renée de Vielmond,
Eliane Giardini
Eliane Teresinha Giardini (born October 20, 1952) is a Brazilian actress. Although she had little career success until the age of forty, she is now considered one of Brazil's foremost actresses.
Biography
Giardini was born in Sorocaba, São Pa ...
,
Paulo José
Paulo José Gómez de Souza (20 March 1937 – 11 August 2021) was a Brazilian actor.
TV work
*2014 - ''Em Família''
*2011 - '' Morde & Assopra''
*2009 - ''Caminho das Índias'' - Profeta Gentileza
*2006 - '' JK''
*2004 - ''O Pequeno Alqu ...
,
Françoise Forton
Françoise Forton (8 July 1957 – 16 January 2022) was a Brazilian actress.
Career
The actress was the daughter of a French father and a Brazilian mother. She began her career as an actress in 1969, making a small contribution to the soap ...
,
Cássio Gabus Mendes
Cássio Gabus Mendes (born 29 August 1961) is a Brazilian actor.
Career
Debuted on TV in the telenovela ''Elas por Elas'', in 1982, and participated in the telenovelas ''Ti Ti Ti'', ''Vale Tudo'', '' Tieta'' and ''A Indomada'', and others. H ...
,
Deborah Evelyn
Deborah Sochaczewski Evelyn (born 12 March 1966) is a Brazilian actress.
Biography
Of Jewish origin, Deborah is the daughter of economist Haroldo Bruce Evelyn and sociologist Suzana Sochaczewski Evelyn, and sister of the actor Carlos Evelyn.
...
,
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 ...
,
Stênio Garcia
Stênio Garcia Faro (born 28 April 1932) is a Brazilian actor.
Television
* 1966 - '' As Minas de Prata'' .... José
* 1967 - '' Os Fantoches'' .... Torquato
* 1968 - '' A Muralha'' .... Aimbé
* 1968 - '' O Terceiro Pecado'' .... Tomás
* 19 ...
and Ester Góes.
Synopsis
Dara (
Tereza Seiblitz
Ana Tereza Milanez de Lossio e Seiblitz or Tereza Seiblitz (born June 29, 1964) is a Brazilian actress.
She made an appearance in the Brazilian series, ''Malhação'', on the Rede Globo network, in 2002. She was also the protagonist on the Braz ...
) is a young gypsy who takes pride in her cultural origins but refuses to be bound by tradition. She refuses to marry Igor (Ricardo Macchi), the groom who was chosen for her by her father Jairo (
Paulo José
Paulo José Gómez de Souza (20 March 1937 – 11 August 2021) was a Brazilian actor.
TV work
*2014 - ''Em Família''
*2011 - '' Morde & Assopra''
*2009 - ''Caminho das Índias'' - Profeta Gentileza
*2006 - '' JK''
*2004 - ''O Pequeno Alqu ...
) and mother Lola (
Eliane Giardini
Eliane Teresinha Giardini (born October 20, 1952) is a Brazilian actress. Although she had little career success until the age of forty, she is now considered one of Brazil's foremost actresses.
Biography
Giardini was born in Sorocaba, São Pa ...
). Her younger sister has feelings for Igor, but he only has eyes for Dara and fights for her love. Dara falls for an engaged businessman she meets online - Júlio Falcão (
Edson Celulari
Edson Francisco Celulari (born 20 March 1958) is a Brazilian actor.
Biography
Celulari was a member of Porão 7, an amateur theater company from São Carlos. When he was 16 years old, he moved to São Paulo to study at the University of São ...
). Julio is a man who loves money and seducing women. He lives a marriage of appearances with Vera (
Maria Luísa Mendonça
Maria Luísa Mendonça (born 30 January 1970) is a Brazilian actress. She debuted in television by acting in the 1993 telenovela ''Renascer'' in the role of an intersex woman, Buba. Debuting in cinema with ''Quem Matou Pixote?'', her first most p ...
). Igor and Vera, as well as the traditions of the Roma people, are the greatest obstacles in the love story of Julio and Dara.
Cast
;Cast in alphabetical order
* André Luiz as Marcos Avelar Falcão
* Carla Tausz as Mirtes
*
Cássia Linhares
Cássia Maria Oliveira Linhares (born November 24, 1973, in Niterói) is a Brazilian television actress, best known for her role as Alice in ''Malhação'' (1998) and Lulu in ''Uga-Uga'' (2000).
In 2011, she acted in ''Rebelde
''Rebelde'' ...
as Natasha
*
Cássio Gabus Mendes
Cássio Gabus Mendes (born 29 August 1961) is a Brazilian actor.
Career
Debuted on TV in the telenovela ''Elas por Elas'', in 1982, and participated in the telenovelas ''Ti Ti Ti'', ''Vale Tudo'', '' Tieta'' and ''A Indomada'', and others. H ...
as Edu / Vitor Salgado
* Cláudio Cavalcanti as José Rubens Tolentino
*
Daniel Dantas as Tadeu
*
Débora Duarte
Débora Susan Duke (born January 2, 1950) best known as Débora Duarte, is a Brazilian actress.
Early life
Débora was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She is the daughter of actress Marisa Sanches with the American musician, Douglas Duke. When she ...
as Marisa Carvalho Diaz
*
Deborah Evelyn
Deborah Sochaczewski Evelyn (born 12 March 1966) is a Brazilian actress.
Biography
Of Jewish origin, Deborah is the daughter of economist Haroldo Bruce Evelyn and sociologist Suzana Sochaczewski Evelyn, and sister of the actor Carlos Evelyn.
...
as Yone Sampaio
*
Edson Celulari
Edson Francisco Celulari (born 20 March 1958) is a Brazilian actor.
Biography
Celulari was a member of Porão 7, an amateur theater company from São Carlos. When he was 16 years old, he moved to São Paulo to study at the University of São ...
as Júlio Cezar Falcão
*
Eliane Giardini
Eliane Teresinha Giardini (born October 20, 1952) is a Brazilian actress. Although she had little career success until the age of forty, she is now considered one of Brazil's foremost actresses.
Biography
Giardini was born in Sorocaba, São Pa ...
as Lola Sbano
*
Elias Gleizer
Ilicz Glejzer (4 January 1934 – 16 May 2015), better known as Elias Gleizer, was a Brazilian comedian and actor.
Born in São Paulo, Gleizer was the son of two Polish Jewish immigrants, a shoemaker and a housewife. He began his artistic c ...
as Augusto Lemos
* Eri Johnson as Adilson Gaivota
* Ester Góes as Luzia Nicolich
*
Felipe Folgosi
Felipe Folgosi (born Luis Felipe de Andrade Folgosi on May 18, 1974 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian actor, television presenter and comics writer, best known for his roles in telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soa ...
as Vladimir
*
Floriano Peixoto
Floriano Vieira Peixoto ( 30 April 1839 – 29 June 1895), born in Ipioca (today a district of the city of Maceió in the State of Alagoas), nicknamed the "Iron Marshal", was a Brazilian soldier and politician, a veteran of the Paraguay ...
as Sarita Vitti
*
Françoise Forton
Françoise Forton (8 July 1957 – 16 January 2022) was a Brazilian actress.
Career
The actress was the daughter of a French father and a Brazilian mother. She began her career as an actress in 1969, making a small contribution to the soap ...
as Eugênia Avelar
* Gracindo Júnior as Geraldo
*
Guilherme Karan as Bebeto a Jato
*
Helena Ranaldi as Larissa
*
Herson Capri
Herson Capri Freire (born 8 November 1951) is a Brazilian actor.
Biography
He began his career by performing in several theatre productions at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo when he was studying Economics. He was hired by ...
as Ivan Méndez
*
Isadora Ribeiro
Isadora Ribeiro de Sousa (June 13, 1965- ) is a Brazilian TV actress.
Filmography
* 2010 ''Uma Rosa com Amor'' - Roberta Vermont (novela sbt).
* 2007 ''Donas de Casa Desesperadas'' - Vera Marques (série - Rede TV!)
* 2001 ''As Filhas da Mãe' ...
as Odaísa
* Ivan de Albuquerque as Mio Sbano
*
Karina Perez as Laura
*
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 ...
as Soraya Nicolich
*
Leandra Leal as Yanka Sbano
* Luís Cláudio Júnior as Gustavo "Gugu"
*
Maria Luísa Mendonça
Maria Luísa Mendonça (born 30 January 1970) is a Brazilian actress. She debuted in television by acting in the 1993 telenovela ''Renascer'' in the role of an intersex woman, Buba. Debuting in cinema with ''Quem Matou Pixote?'', her first most p ...
as Vera Avelar Falcão
* Marianne Vicentini as Valéria
*
Nívea Maria as Alícia Lemos
* Odilon Wagner as Leandro Avelar
* Patrick Alencar as Ricardo "Rique" Antônio Lemos
*
Paula Burlamaqui
Paula Burlamaqui is a Brazilian actress who has starred in many Rede Globo productions.
Selected filmography
*''Barriga de Aluguel'' (1990)
*'' Pedra sobre Pedra'' (1992)
*'' O Mapa da Mina'' (1993)
*'' Explode Coração'' (1995)
*'' O Circo da ...
as Roseneide "Rose"
* Paula Lavigne as Sônia Salgado / Soninha Contratempo
*
Paulo José
Paulo José Gómez de Souza (20 March 1937 – 11 August 2021) was a Brazilian actor.
TV work
*2014 - ''Em Família''
*2011 - '' Morde & Assopra''
*2009 - ''Caminho das Índias'' - Profeta Gentileza
*2006 - '' JK''
*2004 - ''O Pequeno Alqu ...
as Jairo
*
Regina Dourado
Regina Dourado (August 22, 1952 – October 27, 2012) was a Brazilian film and television actress.
Dourado was born in Irecê, Bahia, Brazil, on August 22, 1952. She joined the Companhia Baiana de Comédias, a theater group, when she was fifteen ...
as Lucineide Salgado
*
Reginaldo Faria
Reginaldo Figueira de Faria (born 11 June 1937) is a Brazilian actor and film director. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1952. Faria's brother Roberto Farias (the 's' was added to his surname due to an error at ...
as César Lemos
*
Renée de Vielmond as Elizabeth "Beth"
* Ricardo Macchi as Igor Nicolich
* Roberta Índio do Brasil as Maria Catarina Lemos "Catty"
*
Rodrigo Santoro as Serginho
* Rogério Cardoso as Romualdo Salgado "Salgadinho"
* Sônia de Paula as Hebinha
* Stella Freitas as Pattia
*
Stênio Garcia
Stênio Garcia Faro (born 28 April 1932) is a Brazilian actor.
Television
* 1966 - '' As Minas de Prata'' .... José
* 1967 - '' Os Fantoches'' .... Torquato
* 1968 - '' A Muralha'' .... Aimbé
* 1968 - '' O Terceiro Pecado'' .... Tomás
* 19 ...
as Pepe Nicolich
*
Tereza Seiblitz
Ana Tereza Milanez de Lossio e Seiblitz or Tereza Seiblitz (born June 29, 1964) is a Brazilian actress.
She made an appearance in the Brazilian series, ''Malhação'', on the Rede Globo network, in 2002. She was also the protagonist on the Braz ...
as Dara Sbano
*
Zezé Polessa
Maria José de Castro Polessa (born 22 September 1953), known professionally as Zezé Polessa, is a Brazilian actress.
Biography
Polessa was born in Rio de Janeiro. She graduated in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal Univers ...
as Mila Tolentino
External links
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1995 telenovelas
TV Globo telenovelas
Brazilian telenovelas
1995 Brazilian television series debuts
1996 Brazilian television series endings
Brazilian LGBT-related television shows
Fictional representations of Romani people
Telenovelas by Glória Perez
Portuguese-language telenovelas
Television shows set in Rio de Janeiro (city)
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