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Cambalacho

1986 · 1 season

A breezy, joke-filled soap where charming rogues scheme and a young dreamer chases stardom; easy to dip into.

Created by
Silvio de Abreu
Genres
Soap, Comedy
Starring
Fernanda Montenegro, Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Natália do Vale
Overview
The story follows the lives of Naná and Gegê, a pair of con artists. Gegê is the uncle of Tina Pepper, a Tina Turner fan who dreams of becoming a famous singer.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Silvio de Abreu
Genres
Soap, Comedy
Starring
Fernanda Montenegro, Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Natália do Vale
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • crime
  • ambition
  • family
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism5
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
soap, comedy
Created by
Silvio de Abreu
Written by
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Starring
Fernanda Montenegro, Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Natália do Vale, Cláudio Marzo, Susana Vieira, Edson Celulari, Débora Bloch, Flávio Galvão
Length
1 seasons, 179 episodes
Network
TV Globo
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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