Esperança | |
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Genre | Telenovela |
Created by | Benedito Ruy Barbosa Walcyr Carrasco |
Starring |
Reynaldo Gianecchini Priscila Fantin Ana Paula Arósio Fernanda Montenegro Antônio Fagundes Raul Cortez Laura Cardoso José Mayer Maria Fernanda Cândido Nuno Lopes Walmor Chagas Lúcia Veríssimo Gabriela Duarte Paulo Goulart Giselle Itié Simone Spoladore |
Opening theme | "Esperança" |
Composer(s) | Gilbert, Laura Pausini, Alejandro Sanz and Fama Coral |
Country of origin | Brazil |
Original language(s) | Portuguese |
No. of episodes | 209 capítulos |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | Rede Globo |
Original release | June 17, 2002 – February 15, 2003 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | O Clone |
Followed by | Mulheres Apaixonadas |
External links | |
memoriaglobo |
Esperança (English: Hope) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by TV Globo between June 17, 2002 and February 15, 2003.
With Reynaldo Gianecchini, Priscila Fantin, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Ana Paula Arósio, Raul Cortez, Antonio Fagundes, José Mayer and Fernanda Montenegro interpreted their main roles.
1930s: Toni lives with his parents, Rosa and Genaro in Civita, a small town in Italy. He is in love with Maria, who dreams of building a family; and it also matches the love he feels for her. But this love is not approved by Giuliano, father of Maria, who does not accept his daughter's relationship with a boy of lower social class to it. Toni's communist uncle, Giuseppe, start telling him stories about life in Brazil. So Toni is enthusiastic about what you hear about Brazil and makes a decision: Traveling with Maria to São Paulo, so that together we can build the life they both dreamed. But Giuliano does not allow Maria to travel with Toni abroad and this gets to face it. Giuliano can prevent Mary shipment. Toni then embarks alone, but promises to return to seek Maria so able to stabilize in Brazil. After his departure, Maria discovers she is pregnant and is forced to marry Martino fascist. Toni travels with no idea of Maria's pregnancy.
Once he arrives in São Paulo, Toni finds work in a cabinet, Ezekiel's property, a Jew who helped him a lot and took him in his family home. No news of Maria, Toni soaking up the daughter of his boss, the Machiavellian Camilla and the two live a beautiful but conflicted romance. Martino, husband of Maria, engages in political conflicts, and feels obliged to leave Italy. The fate takes him in Brazil, and with it brings Maria and their son Martininho. But Martino is murdered, and Maria is a widow. When Toni and Maria are in Brazil, he is torn between her love and Camilla.
Debates and political discussions took place on the famous board of Marius. And those involved in them were college José Manoel, Philip, Mark and Rafael, debating recurring themes of the era in which they lived. José Manuel, a Portuguese student and dubbed "Murruga", falls in love with Nina, a nurse and working with strong ideals of struggle, strength and justice. She had become a volunteer at the field hospital to support the Paulistas fighters. In one of the battles José Manoel is injured, and is saved by care nurse, thus creating a beautiful and moving novel. Nina is the cousin Toni and works in a weaving factory. In addition to facing difficulties in their working day, it is still required to resist the harassment of boss Humberto, husband of the owner of the factory, Silvia. It encourages workers to fight for salary increases and gets to be arrested for leading a general strike.