44 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestThe transition from imperial Brazil to the Republic, marked by intrigue, rebellion, and popular indifference. Held in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of the Republic in Brazil.
Acting
Grande Otelo's weary observer anchors every scene he's in.
Production
Centenary commission budget shows in lavish decaying interiors.
Direction
Aguiar Filho stages coups like funerals nobody attends.
Creator
Wilson Aguiar Filho
Grande Otelo
Patápio dos Prazeres
Luiz Antonio Pilar
Lucas Tavares
Tereza Rachel
Princesa Isabel
Odilon Wagner
Conde D’Eu
Carlos Kroeber
Dom Pedro II
Luís Felipe de Lima
Dom Pedro Augusto
Otávio Augusto
Dr. Alberto Gusmão
Nívea Maria
D. Margarida Gusmão
Sandra Annenberg
Dora Gusmão
Mauro Mendonça
Benjamin Constant
Cláudio Cavalcanti
General Floriano Peixoto
Castro Gonzaga
General Deodoro da Fonseca
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Commissioned for the 1989 centenary, it accidentally mirrored Brazil's own fragile new democracy after 21 years of military rule.
Grande Otelo, a legendary Black actor in Brazilian cinema, insisted on playing Patápio as deliberately opaque—refusing to make the common man 'relatable' for audiences.
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