Z4 2018

Rebel Rio (2011 - 2012)

3.3 /10

Elite Way is one of the most renowned educational institutions in the country, where students have access to high quality education and play sports. Despite the rigid schedule, the richest families in Rio de Janeiro want that their children study in the Elite Way. This is the case of Alice, Diego, Roberta, Carla and Tomás, some rebel teenagers and full of fancies that will discover in music a common goal.

Average Episode Run Time: 43` . Year(s): 2011 - 2012

Director: Cris Morena , Margareth Boury

Stars: Eliana Guttman , Lua Blanco , Sophia Abrahão , Chay Suede , Arthur Aguiar , Mel Fronckowiak

The King of The Cattle (1996 - 1997)

6.2 /10

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.

Average Episode Run Time: 39` . Year(s): 1996 - 1997

Director: Emílio Di Biasi , Carlos Araújo , José Luiz Villamarim

Stars: Antônio Fagundes , Patricia Pillar , Raul Cortez , Sílvia Pfeifer , Glória Pires , Fábio Assunção

Kubanacan (2003 - 2004)

6.9 /10

The story begins in 1951 in Kubanacan, a small Caribbean island country known as a"banana republic", both for its prime export and its economic problems. After the death of the current president, General Carlos Camacho imposes a coup d'état and establishes a dictatorial regime. In addition, the new ruler marries the wife of her predecessor, Mercedes, first lady loved by the people for her help to the poor and with whom she had an affair for years. In the village of Santiago, a mysterious man falls from the sky during a storm with a chest shot, being saved by the fishermen and cared for by Marisol. Without memory, Esteban falls in love with the girl and disputes his heart with her husband, Enrico, who leaves and lets his ex-wife live with the new love, who takes over her two children. Seven years later, in 1958, Marisol meets Camacho, who convinces her to leave and live as his mistress, claiming she would never get out of poverty in the village.

Average Episode Run Time: 59` . Year(s): 2003 - 2004

Director: Carla Neuma , Alexandre Avancini , Cláudio Boeckel

Producer: Wolf Maya , Sérgio Madureira , Alexandre Avancini

Stars: Marcos Pasquim , Adriana Esteves , Vladimir Brichta , Danielle Winits , Carolina Ferraz , Betty Lago

O Bem-Amado (1973)

7.9 /10

O Bem-Amado is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on Rede Globo in 1973. It is based on a play by Dias Gomes called Odorico, o Bem-Amado ou Os Mistérios do Amor e da Morte, written in 1962. It was the first Brazilian color telenovela. It was shot in Rio de Janeiro. Broadcast by Rede Globo between January 22 and October 3, 1973.

Average Episode Run Time: 32` . Year(s): 1973

Director: Dias Gomes

Stars: Paulo Gracindo , Lima Duarte , Zilka Salaberry , Ida Gomes , Dorinha Duval , Dirce Migliaccio

Conta-me Como Foi (2007 - 2023)

0 /10

Conta-me como foi (transl. Tell me how it was) is a Portuguese television drama series which has been broadcast on RTP1 of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal from 2007 to 2011 and since 2019. It recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Lopes (Portuguese: Os Lopes), during the last years of the Estado Novo. In February 2019, RTP announced that the series, after eight years shelved, would be renewed, with the storyline moving firmly into the 1980s. The first episode of the sixth season was broadcast on 7 December 2019 with the Lopes entering 1984.

Average Episode Run Time: 49` . Year(s): 2007 - 2023

Director: Hugo Xavier , Paulo Brito , Miguel Ángel Bernardeau

Stars: Miguel Guilherme , Rita Blanco , Luís Ganito , Catarina Avelar , Rita Brütt , Fernando Pires

Stupid Wife (2022 - 2023)

0 /10

Luíza and Valentina are law students and classmates, but from totally different worlds and personalities. Luiza sees in Valentina all the flaws she believes someone can have, and hates her. One day, however, Luiza wakes up to find herself ten years older and, to her horror, married to Valentina. It turns out that now, Luíza was the victim of a trauma, which she is still unaware of and which led her to a process of Dissociative Amnesia; not remembering her marriage to Valentina, much less her son Leo. In this process, she will need to rediscover herself, who she has become. At the same time, Valentina seeks to win back her wife.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2022 - 2023

Director: Natalie Smith , Nathália Sodré , Natalie Smith

Producer: Taty Charpinel , Priscilla Pugliese , Wendel Charpinel

Stars: Priscila Buiar , Priscila Reis , Thomás de Araújo , Ingrid Pedroza , Gabi Lemos , Marcelo Petzen

Soap Opera (2023)

0 /10

Isabel is a promising screenwriter who has dedicated her life to become a writer for a hit telenovela. When she finally gets her chance, her mentor Lauro Valente betrays her. At the premiere, Isabel decides to confront him and magically ends up in his telenovela as the main character. From the inside, she will be able to prove her creativity.

Average Episode Run Time: 28` . Year(s): 2023

Director: Renata Pinheiro , Gigi Soares , Valentina Castello Branco

Producer: Tereza Gonzalez , Fernanda Neves

Stars: Monica Iozzi , Miguel Falabella , Herson Capri , Marcello Antony , Suzy Rêgo , Yara de Novaes

Crashing Into the Future (2018 - 2019)

7.4 /10

The Sabino Machado family, their slaves and entourage spend years frozen in the ocean after a shipwreck in 1886. They wake up gradually, one by one, and must learn to deal with the technology and the human idiosyncrasies of the present times. Among cultural and temporal shocks, "the frozen ones" encounter improbable friendships, romances and greedy people, while fighting prejudices that not even time was able to eradicate.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . Year(s): 2018 - 2019

Director: Marcelo Travesso , Adriano Melo , Mário Teixeira

Stars: Juliana Paiva , Edson Celulari , Christiane Torloni , Rosi Campos , Nicolas Prattes , Cleo

Sweet Diva (2019)

6.8 /10

Maria da Paz is a committed baker who becomes a wealthy businesswoman twenty years after a tragedy strikes on the day of her wedding to Amadeu. From this broken union a baby is born, Jô, who seeks power and despises her mother’s humble origins. Afraid that her parents’ reunion might spoil her plans, Jô starts an alliance with the charming Régis to convince Maria to marry him and, together, they plan to steal all of Maria’s fortune. In this exciting telenovela written by Emmy Awards winner Walcyr Carrasco, Maria’s optimism must be stronger than Jô’s ambition when the baker finds out about the betrayal and her own daughter’s dangerous secrets.

Average Episode Run Time: 47` . Year(s): 2019

Director: Luciano Sabino , Débora Costa , Amora Mautner

Producer: Guilherme Gobbi

Stars: Juliana Paes , Ágatha Moreira , Nathalia Dill , Paolla Oliveira , Sérgio Guizé , Marcos Palmeira

Chiquititas (2013 - 2015)

5.1 /10

Based on the original version of same name created by Cris Morena, the series tells the story of a group of orphans living in a manor, known as Raio de Luz, struggling and being guided by a young woman, Carol, that assumes a maternal figure for them. Their experiences such as discovering first love, deceptions, loneliness and friendship, as well as adventures in fantasy, are depicted throughout the series. The narrative is followed by musical themes and videoclips.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . Year(s): 2013 - 2015

Director: Reynaldo Boury , Cris Morena , Íris Abravanel

Stars: Manuela do Monte , Gabriel Santana , Giovanna Grigio , Carolina Chamberlain , Cinthia Cruz , Filipe Cavalcante

Moon World (1991 - 1992)

8.3 /10

The show features Lucas Silva e Silva, a boy who earns a recorder from his paternal grandfather, Orlando, at the age of 10. Amid the typical problems of moving from childhood to adolescence, Lucas creates stories on the tape recorder from how he would like things to be. He lives at his grandfather's house with his parents, Rogerio, a teacher who works out for three jobs and Carolina, who works in a boutique; the older sister, Juliana; and maid Rosa, who dates Marcelo and talks to broadcaster Ney Nunes on her radio.

Average Episode Run Time: 28` . Year(s): 1991 - 1992

Director: Roberto vignati , Flávio de Souza

Stars: Luciano Amaral , Antônio Fagundes , Mira Haar , Mayana Blum , Gianfrancesco Guarnieri , Anna D'Lira

Roque Santeiro (1985 - 1986)

8.8 /10

In the tiny poor town of Asa Branca, in the middle of Brazilian Northeast, Roque Santeiro is worshiped as a saint. He was supposedly killed by a bandit, 18 years ago, trying to save the local church. After his disappearance, local leaderships such as landowner Sinhozinho Malta and mayor Florindo, took profit on that to control the humble population. They even make up a widow, Porcina, who should have married Roque secretly before his death. What they don't expect is that Roque is alive, and he's back to, allegedly, "save his people". Now Malta, Florindo, Porcina, and others must hold him down and explain the "truth" to their commoners, in a desperate attempt to save their own bottoms. Meanwhile, mysterious facts surround Asa Branca, such as a Werewolf, a film crew who are trying to shoot a movie about Roque's story, and violent murderers.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . Year(s): 1985 - 1986

Director: Dias Gomes , Aguinaldo Silva

Producer: Evaldo Lemos

Stars: José Wilker , Regina Duarte , Lima Duarte , Paulo Gracindo , Yoná Magalhães , Ary Fontoura