''O Amor Está no Ar'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced and televised 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 ...

, March 31 to September 6, 1997, in 137 chapters.

Synopsis

The story takes place in the quiet and fictional city of Ouro Velho. Sofia Schneider ( Betty Lago) is an exuberant woman of great class, intelligence, and solid ethical values inherited from her Jewish family, who emigrated to Brazil after the war. After the death of her husband, the aristocrat Victor Sousa Carvalho (Wolf Maya), Sofia takes over the business of the company Estrela Dourada, which explores water tourism in the local dam. But his mother-in-law, Úrsula (

Nicette Bruno Nicete Xavier Miessa ( ''née'' Bruno; 7 January 1933 – 20 December 2020), known professionally as Nicette Bruno, was a Brazilian actress. Personal life Bruno was born in Niterói. She was married to actor Paulo Goulart from 1958 until his ...

), does not accept the situation and begins a contest for control of the Sousa Carvalho family business. Ursula has an ally, the unscrupulous Alberto ( Luís Melo) married to his daughter Milica (Suzana Gonçalves). The relationship is complicated by Sofia's sister, Julia Schneider (

Natália do Vale Natália do Vale (born March 6, 1953) is a Brazilian actress. She appeared in leading roles in several television programs, including ''Olho no Olho'', '' Água Viva'' and ''Women in Love''. Biography Vale was born in Floriano, the daughter of ...

), arriving from Europe to join Alberto to remove her sister from the company. Sofia has bigger problems at home. His daughter Luísa (

Natália Lage Natália Lage Vianna Soares (born 30 October 1978) is a Brazilian actress and television presenter. Career At the age of four years, Natália Lage appeared in several commercials. Natalia Lage has acted in telenovelas since the age of eleven ...

), is a problematic adolescent and manipulated by her paternal grandmother. The relationship between mother and daughter gets more turbulent when they both fall in love with the same man, the aviator Léo (

Rodrigo Santoro Rodrigo Junqueira Reis Santoro (; born 22 August 1975) is a Brazilian actor. He is most known for his portrayal of Persian King Xerxes in the movie ''300'' (2006) and its sequel '' 300: Rise of an Empire'' (2014). Other famous movies include ' ...

Cast

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* 1997 Brazilian television series debuts 1997 Brazilian television series endings 1997 telenovelas TV Globo telenovelas Brazilian telenovelas Portuguese-language telenovelas {{Brazil-tv-prog-stub