Laços de Família
| Laços de Família | |
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| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by | Manoel Carlos |
| Directed by | Moacyr Góes Ricardo Waddington |
| Starring |
Vera Fischer Carolina Dieckmann Reynaldo Gianecchini Deborah Secco Tony Ramos José Mayer Marieta Severo Alexandre Borges Giovanna Antonelli Luigi Baricelli Regiane Alves Helena Ranaldi Paulo Zulu |
| Opening theme | "Corcovado" by Astrud Gilberto, Tom Jobim, João Gilberto and Stan Getz |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language(s) | Portuguese |
| No. of episodes | 209 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Brazil |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Rede Globo |
| Picture format | NTSC |
| Original release | June 5, 2000 – February 2, 2001 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Terra Nostra |
| Followed by | Porto dos Milagres |
Laços de Família (English: Family Ties) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by Rede Globo in its 8 P.M. schedule, from June 5, 2000 to February 3, 2001. With a total of 209 chapters (150 in the international version displayed in countries such as Portugal), it was written by Manoel Carlos, in collaboration with Maria Carolina, Vinícius Vianna, Flávia Lins e Silva and Fausto Galvão, and directed by Moacyr Góes and Leandro Neri with general direction of Ricardo Waddington, Rogério Gomes and Marcos Schechtman.
It starred Vera Fischer and Carolina Dieckmann and actors Reynaldo Gianecchini, José Mayer, Tony Ramos, as the respective protagonists of the plot, and actress Deborah Secco as the main antagonist of the story.
Helena, a businesswoman aged 45 who lives in the neighbourhood of Leblon and owns a beauty clinic. She is involved in a car accident with Edu, a 25-year-old doctor who had just graduated, in front of the bookstore owned by Miguel, on the eve of New Year 2000. When taken by Edu to the bookstore to be attended by first aid, she arouses the love of Miguel.
Miguel is a man who leads a quiet life with his two children. The rebellious and irresponsible Ciça, the youngest of the two, objects all actions taken by her father and, while being quite immature, she loves her family. Paulo, the eldest, suffers from a severe neurological disability due to a car crash that killed his mother. He follows treatment with the physical therapist Isabel, who is secretly in love with him.
Edu and Helena soon become involved in a controversial love story. They are stigmatized by members of the family because of the wide age gap (20 years) between Helena and Edu. The main obstacle is Alma Flora, Edu's overprotective aunt, who tries to keep her nephew away from Helena. Being unable to have children, Alma takes care of Edu and his sister Estella as her own, often interfering heavily in the personal lives of the siblings. She also manages the fortune and the farm which they inherited after the death of Edu and Estella's parents. They all live in a mansion in the neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca, along with Danilo, Alma's fourth husband. Danilo is portrayed as a bon vivant and quite a womanizer, repeatedly attempting to seduce Rita, the housemaid. Rodrigo is in love with Alma, and dreams of being her fifth husband.
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