Avenida Brasil (telenovela)
| Avenida Brasil | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | João Emanuel Carneiro |
| Directed by | Ricardo Waddington Amora Mautner |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | "Vem Dançar com Tudo" (Danza Kuduro) |
| Composer(s) | Robson Moura Lino Krizz |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language(s) | Portuguese |
| No. of episodes | 179 (Original Run) 160 (Syndication) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Brazil |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time |
Original Run: 55 minutes 35 minutes (Wednesdays) Syndication: 45 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Rede Globo |
| Picture format | (HDTV) 1080i – 16:9 |
| Original release | 26 March – 19 October 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Fina Estampa |
| Followed by | Salve Jorge |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Avenida Brasil - Nacional | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | 2012 |
| Label | Som Livre |
| Avenida Brasil - Nacional Vol. 2 | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | 2012 |
| Label | Som Livre |
| Avenida Brasil - Internacional | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | 2012 |
| Label | Som Livre |
Avenida Brasil (English: Brazil Avenue) is a Brazilian primetime telenovela created by João Emanuel Carneiro. It premiered on March 26, 2012 and ended on October 19, 2012 on Rede Globo at 9 pm timeslot.
It was written by João Emanuel Carneiro in collaboration with Antonio Silver, Luciana Pessanha, Alessandro Marson, Marcia Prates and Thereza Falcão and direction of Gustavo Fernandez, Thiago Teitelroit Paul Silvestrini, Andrew Hall and Joan Jabace and directed by José Luiz Villamarim and Amora Mautner and the core direction, Ricardo Waddington.
Starring Débora Falabella, Adriana Esteves, Murilo Benício, Cauã Reymond, Marcello Novaes and Eliane Giardini.
The telenovela achieved an overall average of 42 rating points and a 69% share. The last episode scored an impressive 56 rating points and an 84% share, with more than 50 million (sic) viewers, becoming the most watched TV program of the year, and was considered by Forbes the most-commercially successful telenovela in Brazilian history, with total earnings estimated in $1 billion.
The plot follows the dramatic story of Rita (Débora Falabella), a sweet young woman who struggles to recover part of the life her ruthless gold digging stepmother, Carminha (Adriana Esteves), took from her when she was only a child.
When Rita's father dies accidentally and prematurely at the hand of Tufão (pronounced Tufon) but directly related to Carminha's scheme, Carminha and her lover, Max (Marcello Novaes), send the young girl off to live in a landfill, so that she doesn't stand in the way of their plan to get rich. Carminha uses this fact to trap Tufão into a guilt ridden marriage unknowingly. Rita at the landfill is subjected to child labor under the control of a deplorable man, named Nilo (José de Abreu). But, she is lucky enough to meet Batata (Cauã Reymond Marques), a boy who becomes her best friend and true love. He takes her to live with other children, under the care of motherly Lucinda (Vera Holtz), in another house at the landfill. Fortunately, Rita is soon adopted and moves out of the country to Argentina with a nice family who changes her name to Nina. However, she has issues with her adoptive mother who passes away and eventually with her adoptive sisters because of her mission of revenge. Rita/Nina's adoptive father loved her very much and treated her well. He educated her and provided for his family nicely. She becomes a famous chef. When her adoptive father dies it intensifies her lost of her natural father and revenge for Carminha and Max. Batata is adopted by Carminha and Tufão (Murilo Benício) and they rename him Jorginho. Jorginho has many emotional issues because his birth mother adopts him years after she abandons him at the landfilled as a toddler. Jorginho despises Caminha but he doesn't know why and he does not remember her clearly from his early childhood before the abandonment.
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