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Mad Love

1983 · 1 season

A lush, slow-burning melodrama of forbidden love and buried secrets, played with earnest intensity and plenty of emotional sting.

Created by
Gilberto Braga
Genres
Soap, Drama
Starring
Fábio Júnior, Glória Pires, Tereza Rachel
Overview
The young and rich Patricia, daughter of Ambassador André Dumont's first marriage, is in love with and reciprocated by Luiz Carlos, a poor boy, son of the family's maid, Isolda. Whoever doesn't like to see her with the maid's son is her stepmother, Renata Dumont, André's wife. Renata is an ambitious woman who hides her humble origins and a secret from the past that unites her with Isolda. Career, she married the diplomat André, from a traditional family, with whom she had a son, Lipe.

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Created by
Gilberto Braga
Genres
Soap, Drama
Starring
Fábio Júnior, Glória Pires, Tereza Rachel
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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
  • class
  • family
  • betrayal
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
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
Humour2
Realism6
Romance8
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
soap, drama
Created by
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Written by
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Starring
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Length
1 seasons, 167 episodes
Network
TV Globo
Country
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Languages
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