TV series

Cousin Bazilio

1988 · 1 season

A slow, brooding period drama of forbidden love and quiet blackmail, heavy with social pressure and simmering dread.

Created by: Leonor Bassères, Gilberto Braga
Genres: Drama
Starring: Marcos Paulo, Giulia Gam, Marília Pêra

Overview: Arriving in Lisbon from London, Basílio falls in love with his cousin Luísa, but he must go to Brazil, promising he will eventually marry her. As time goes by, he sends her a letter ending the relationship and she marries Jorge, an engineer. One of Jorge's rich aunts dies, leaving him a small fortune and her former maid Juliana. Juliana gets hold of love letters between Luísa and Basílio and starts to blackmail her employer.

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Created by: Leonor Bassères, Gilberto Braga
Genres: Drama
Starring: Marcos Paulo, Giulia Gam, Marília Pêra

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
love
class
deception
guilt
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	6
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Created by: Leonor Bassères, Gilberto Braga
Written by: Leonor Bassères, Gilberto Braga
Starring: Marcos Paulo, Giulia Gam, Marília Pêra, Tony Ramos, Beth Goulart, José de Abreu, Pedro Paulo Rangel, Marilu Bueno
Cinematography: Edgar Moura
Length: 1 seasons, 16 episodes
Network: TV Globo
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese

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