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Saramandaia

1976 · 1 season

A whimsical, satirical small-town soap where magical oddities and civic squabbles blend into a warm, eccentric watch.

Created by
Dias Gomes
Genres
Comedy, Soap, Drama
Starring
Juca de Oliveira, Sonia Braga, Antônio Fagundes
Overview
Saramandaia is a Brazilian telenovela originally written by Dias Gomes in 1976. It's considered remarkable because of the Magic Realism (used by the author to subtly criticize the Military Regime of the time) and had 160 chapters. The story centers on the name change that the city undergoes, promoted by the younger citizens and reviled by the older ones. It also focuses on the lives of the city's quirky residents.

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Created by
Dias Gomes
Genres
Comedy, Soap, Drama
Starring
Juca de Oliveira, Sonia Braga, Antônio Fagundes
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • politics
  • family
  • power
  • trauma
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour7
Realism3
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, soap, drama
Created by
Dias Gomes
Starring
Juca de Oliveira, Sonia Braga, Antônio Fagundes, Yoná Magalhães, Dina Sfat, Ary Fontoura, Castro Gonzaga, Sebastião Vasconcelos
Length
1 seasons, 160 episodes, 50 min each
Network
TV Globo
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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