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Golden Years

1986 · 1 season

A tender, unhurried romance set in a nostalgic past, where young love collides with family disapproval and social convention.

Created by
Gilberto Braga
Genres
Drama
Starring
Malu Mader, Felipe Camargo, Betty Faria
Overview
In the 1950s, Lurdinha and Marcos fall in love at the first sight. She studies at the Institute of Education, and he studies at the Military College. Two traditional educational institutions in 'Tijuca', in the North Zone of 'Rio de Janeiro'. But Lurdinha's conservative parents reject Marcos because he is son of separated parents and try, in every way, to keep him away from her.

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Created by
Gilberto Braga
Genres
Drama
Starring
Malu Mader, Felipe Camargo, Betty Faria
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • love
  • family
  • class
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • school
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance8
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
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Written by
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Starring
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Length
1 seasons, 20 episodes
Network
TV Globo
Languages
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