América (TV series)

América
Genre	Drama, romance, telenovela
Created by	Glória Perez
Directed by	Jayme Monjardim Marcos Schechtman
Starring	Murilo Benício Deborah Secco Eliane Giardini Caco Ciocler Gabriela Duarte Edson Celulari Camila Morgado Christiane Torloni Marcelo Novaes
Theme music composer	Soy loco por ti America Ivete Sangalo
Country of origin	Brazil United States
Original language(s)	Portuguese
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	203
Production
Location(s)	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil New York City, USA
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	50 minutes
Release
Original network	Rede Globo
Audio format	Stereophonic sound
Original release	March 14, 2005 - November 5, 2005
Chronology
Preceded by	Senhora do Destino
Followed by	Belíssima
External links
Website

América is a Brazilian telenovela that was originally broadcast in 2005 by Rede Globo. The telenovela focused on the life of an illegal immigrant to the United States and the lives of those she left behind in Brazil. It stars Deborah Secco and Murilo Benício. It was written by Glória Perez and directed by Jayme Monjardim and Marcos Schechtman.

In 2009, Telemundo began airing a Spanish-dubbed version of this series and ran for approximately one year. [1]. The network aired the series from Monday to Friday in the daytime. Unlike most of its soap operas, the network didn't broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3.

Sol and Tião are born to different social backgrounds --- she to a poor suburban family in Rio, and him to an even poorer family who raised cattle in West São Paulo State. They eventually meet, due to unlikely circumstances, but part again, as she has set as her ultimate priority to reach the United States or bust. While she comes to the U.S. to live as an illegal immigrant, he remains in Brazil and, despite many trials and tribulations, he becomes a successful rodeo cowboy.

América has several secondary plots about a variety of compelling characters. These, for the most part, take place in four locales: Vila Isabel, a middle-class neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro; Boiadeiros, a fictional town in West São Paulo; the home of a rich family in Rio; and Miami. Various characters from each subplots often meet each other due to character linkages within the story.

The main subplots were:

Unlike most Brazilian soap operas, América featured different styles of music for each milieu. Vila Isabel had only traditional samba, other parts of Rio de Janeiro included Brazilian pop and funk, São Paulo was scored with Brazilian country music and Miami, with a mix of American pop and Latin music. 6549+ The songs used in América are:

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