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Memórias de um Gigolô

1986 · 1 season

A warm, bittersweet period drama that drifts between comedy and heartache, drawing you into a nostalgic, sensual world of longing and complicated love.

Created by: Walter George Durst, Marcos Rey
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Lauro Corona, Bruna Lombardi, Ney Latorraca

Overview: The story takes place in São Paulo, in the late 1920s, and has Mariano's memories as its starting point. Orphaned, he loses the aunt who raised him and ends up in Madame Iara's brothel, where he meets two people who transform his life: Esmeraldo, a gigolo who loves the good life who becomes his master; and the prostitute Guadalupe, known as Lu, a sweet and extremely sensual woman. Esmeraldo is Lu's boyfriend, whom he loves unconditionally. Mariano enters the couple's lives and ends up falling in love with her, thus forming the love triangle that drives the entire narrative.

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Created by: Walter George Durst, Marcos Rey
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Lauro Corona, Bruna Lombardi, Ney Latorraca

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
betrayal
coming-of-age
class
identity
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	7
Romance	7
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, comedy
Created by: Walter George Durst, Marcos Rey
Written by: Marcos Rey, Walter George Durst
Starring: Lauro Corona, Bruna Lombardi, Ney Latorraca, Elke Maravilha, Zé Trindade, Débora Fuchs, Tereza Mascarenhas, Titina Medeiros
Length: 1 seasons, 20 episodes
Network: TV Globo
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese

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