Season 1 • Episode 167
LatestBrasil República, 1918. Luís Jerônimo is a rich young man. Womanizer, spends all night on the street drinking and having fun with prostitutes, the boy finds out that he has an injury to his right lung. Advised by Edmundo Esteves, his doctor, he decides to spend a season at a cousin's farm in the small town of Vila da Mata in Espírito Santo, in search of fresh air, to prevent the disease from developing into tuberculosis.
Production
Glorious 1918 Brazil period detail
Costume
From Parisian suits to farm dresses
Acting
Tony Ramos owning every scene as the colonel
Creator
Benedito Ruy Barbosa
Vanessa Giácomo
Zulmira de Oliveira (Zuca)
Daniel de Oliveira
Luís Jerônimo Vieira Pires
Regiane Alves
Elizabeth Emerenciana Pereira (Belinha)
Danton Mello
Manoel Junqueira Caldas (Neco)
Patricia Pillar
Emerenciana Pereira
Tony Ramos
Coronel Boanerges Pereira
Maria Flor
Cristina de Oliveira Pinto (Tina)
Eriberto Leão
Tomé
Carolina Kasting
Mariquinha Caldas
Malvino Salvador
Tobias de Oliveira Pinto
Reginaldo Faria
Joaquim Vieira Pires
Mauro Mendonça
Coronel Justino Caldas
Jussara Freire
Siá Bina de Oliveira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Benedito Ruy Barbosa built his career on rural Brazilian telenovelas that romanticized the countryside as moral sanctuary against corrupt cities.
Vanessa Giácomo was only 19 during filming—her breakthrough role before becoming one of Brazil's most bankable TV stars.
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