''Os Dias Eram Assim'' (English title: ''Dark Days'') is a Brazilian

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produced and broadcast by

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. It premiered on 17 April 2017.

Plot

The story begins on 21 June 1970, date of the end of the World Cup, which Brazil wins. Amid the celebrations there's a political and social contrast, promoted by the

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, where Alice ( Sophie Charlotte) and Renato (Renato Góes) meet and start a love story that lasts for nearly 20 years, going through several historic events until the

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. The doctor Renato is the eldest son of Vera (

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), owner of a bookstore in Copacabana, and has two siblings: Gustavo (Gabriel Leone), who goes out in the streets seeking freedom, and Maria (Carla Salle), who uses art as a way of expression and manifestation. Raised into a conservative family, Alice, a Languages student, is the daughter of Arnaldo ( Antonio Calloni), a contractor and supporter of the dictatorship who works for the government, and Kiki (

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), who are always in conflict: Arnaldo constantly blames Kiki for their daughter's rebellious nature. Alice goes against her parents' wishes and leaves her longtime boyfriend Vitor ( Daniel de Oliveira), her father's right-hand man. Infuriated by Alice's refusal to marry him, Vitor accuses Renato of

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, which forces him to

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to Chile. He expects Alice to follow him, but she ends up not going. There, Renato meets Rimena (Maria Casadevall), a fellow doctor, with whom he has a lot in common. After the law of amnesty in 1979, Renato returns to Brazil, where he runs into Alice again, and old feelings resurface.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dias Eram Assim, Os 2017 telenovelas Brazilian telenovelas 2017 Brazilian television series debuts 2017 Brazilian television series endings TV Globo telenovelas Brazilian LGBT-related television shows Gay-related television shows Portuguese-language telenovelas