TV series

Avenida Paulista

1982 · 1 season

A slow, brooding plunge into moneyed scheming, watching ambition curdle into ruin with a cold, sober eye.

Overview: The miniseries portrays the greed for money, power and prestige through the rise and fall of Alex Torres, a consequence of the schemes of the unscrupulous banker Frederico Scorza.
How it feels: Dark, tense, cynical and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Greed, power, corruption, ambition
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: greed
power
corruption
ambition
betrayal
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild