6,199 episodes of Brazilian teen chaos and they still had time for gym class.
Season 27 • Episode 253
LatestMalhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.
Production
Barra da Tijuca became iconic through sheer repetition.
Costume
Three decades of Brazilian teen fashion archaeology.
Creators
Emanuel Jacobina, Andréa Maltarolli
Alanis Guillen
Rita Gomes Moraes
Pedro Novaes
Filipe Pinheiro Henriques
Palomma Duarte
Lígia Pinheiro Henriques
Joaquim Lopes
Joaquim Henriques
Roger Gobeth
Luiz Peixoto
Tato Gabus Mendes
Dr. César Nobre
Mariana Santos
Carla Paixão
Henri Castelli
Carlos Madureira
Roberto Bomtempo
Max Fonseca
Karine Teles
Regina Fonseca
Benjamin Damini
Martinha (Marta Magalhães)
Danilo Maia
Thiago
Dora de Assis
Raíssa
Caroline Dallarosa
Anjinha (Ângela)
Giulia Bertolli
Meg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Malhação launched dozens of Brazilian stars who dominate film and streaming today; it functioned as a national teen casting couch for three decades.
The 6,199-episode count makes it one of television's longest teen dramas globally, outlasting even Degrassi's entire franchise combined.
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