Vale Tudo (1988– )

Fátima Accioly is a young, callous woman who wants to be rich and successful at any price. After selling her family's house in the country, she heads to Rio and gets to know dress man César... See full summary »

Stars:

Regina Duarte, Antônio Fagundes, Glória Pires

4 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Regina Duarte	...	Raquel Accioly
Antônio Fagundes	...	Ivan Meireles
Glória Pires	...	Maria de Fátima Accioly
Cássio Gabus Mendes	...	Afonso Roitman
Carlos Alberto Riccelli	...	César Ribeiro
Lídia Brondi	...	Solange Duprat
Reginaldo Faria	...	Marco Aurélio Catanhede
Beatriz Segall	...	Odete Roitman
Nathália Timberg	...	Celina Junqueira
Renata Sorrah	...	Heleninha Roitman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fernando Almeida	...	Gildo
João Bourbonnais
Íris Bruzzi	...	Eunice
Lília Cabral	...	Aldeíde Candeias
João Camargo	...	Freitas

Storyline

Fátima Accioly is a young, callous woman who wants to be rich and successful at any price. After selling her family's house in the country, she heads to Rio and gets to know dress man César who is unscrupulous himself. Meanwhile, her mother Raquel stays behind without home and money, but finally tries to find her daughter in the big city. Both women come in contact with the rich Roitman family which changes their lives forever...

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Plot Keywords:

lesbian | soap

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Details

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Release Date:

16 May 1988 (Brazil)

Also Known As:

Mana kai kori

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rede Globo de Televisão

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min 50 min (204 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The show's last episode was watched by 86% of all TV viewers in Brazil (January 1989).

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Connections

Referenced in Beyond Citizen Kane (1993)

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Soundtracks

"Sem Destino"
Written and Performed by Leo Galdelman

User Reviews

A Television Masterpiece

Very few people from English speaking countries will have the chance to see this masterpiece of television production. Brazilian television has long time ago, found the way to dignify the soap opera production to the extent that almost anyone can enjoy viewing them, thanks to its excellence from both the technical and the intellectual points of view.

Vale Tudo is one landmark of such trend. The struggle to survive of Raquel (played Regina Duarte in such a wonderful way that you can't help but to fall in love with her) and her lover Ivan (Antonio Fagundes), a middle class moral sound couple in Sao Paulo at the late 80's, deeply sunk in a moral and economic crisis, is enhanced by rich and beautiful dialogue and great image for video. Their worst enemy, besides the lack of money, is Maria de Fatima, Raquel's daughter, brilliantly played by Gloria Pires, a reckless teenager decided to do whatever it takes to be rich, which is what she equals to success. As you can see this is nothing but the archetypical latin soap plot. It is the actors, the script and the meticulous production what makes Vale Tudo such a great work.

Some characters mentioning Odette Roittman (Beatriz Segal) is one of the most classy villians ever, her sister Celina (Nathalia Timberg)the perfect alter ego to Odette, Helininha (Renata Sorrah) and most of the rest of the cast made this series an unforgetable experience. Kudos to Rede O Globo and to the whole cast of Vale Tudo, so far Vale Tudo is the ultimate TV series.