"Andando Nas Nuvens" (1999) TV series

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Directors:

Denis Carvalho
Ary Coslov

Writers:

Letícia Dornelles (co-writer)
Elizabeth Jhin (co-writer)

Release Date:

22 March 1999 (Brazil)

Cast

Antonio Abujamra	...	Álvaro Luiz Gomes
Eliane Aguiar	...	San Marino's servant
Eduardo Arbex
Otávio Augusto	...	Alex
Nilton Bicudo	...	Rolando Bicalho
Caio Blat	...	Thiago San Marino
Débora Bloch	...	Júlia Montana
Pedro Brício	...	Lula
Nicete Bruno	...	Judite Mota
André Calderari	...	Gym's pupil
Felipe Camargo	...	Bob Lacerda
Hugo Carvana	...	Wagner Maciera
Carlos Casagrande	...	Joaquim Pedro
Virginia Cavendish	...	Patricia
Jorge Coutinho	...	Roberto
Thalma de Freitas	...	Zezé
Otávio Domit	...	Mário Bernardo
Regina Dourado	...	Ieda
Murilo Elbas	...	Aurélio
Beth Erthal
Carlos Evelyn	...	Nicolau Rocha
Luthy Fernandes	...	Gym's pupil
Juliana Ferreira	...	Gym's pupil
Marcelus Ferreira	...	Dance Teacher
Taumaturgo Ferreira	...	Atila
Fábio Floretina	...	Correio Carioca's photographer
Ary França	...	Juvenal
Isabela Garcia	...	Oneide
Márcio Garcia	...	Arnaldo San Marino
Eliane Giardini	...	Janete
Isio Gjelman	...	Araujo
Elias Gofman	...	San Marino's servant
Milton Gonçalves	...	Serafim
Rita Guedes	...	Dançarina
Isabel Guéron	...	Valéria
Silvio Guindane	...	McCleyton
Ivone Hoffman	...	Zelda
Dartagnan Júnior	...	Arnon
Karla Karenina	...	Iracema
Andressa Katz	...	Hanna
Júlia Lemmertz	...	Lúcia Helena
Fábio S. Limma
Bruna Lombardi	...	Frida
Frederico Magela	...	Gym's pupil
Rafaela Mandelli	...	Noviça
Gabriela Martins	...	Constancinha
Cláudio Marzo	...	Antonio San Marino
Luciana Migliaccio	...	Gisela
Joana Motta	...	Correio Carioca's reporter
Otávio Muller	...	Dino Israel
Marco Nanini	...	Otávio Montana
Jorge Neves	...	Serginho
Ana Beatriz Nogueira	...	Marta
Lilian Novaes
Marcello Novaes	...	Raul Pedreira
Marcos Oliveira	...	Vantuir
Marcos Palmeira	...	Chico Mota
Vivianne Pasmanter	...	Elizabete Montana
Antonio Pedro	...	Jacques Delon
Tonico Pereira	...	Torquato
Zezé Polessa	...	Bonitona
Paulo Pontes	...	Tião's bar attendant
Helena Ranaldi	...	Lídia Leblon
Carla Regina	...	Ana Paula
Herbert Richers Jr.
Renato Scarpin Jr.	...	Tales
Vítor Hugo Seixas	...	Student
Renata Sorrah	...	Eva / Astrid Van Brandenburg
Fernanda Souza	...	Joana
Tony Tornado	...	Tião Alemão
Sebastião Vasconcelos	...	Hélio Arantes
Lúcia Veríssimo	...	Flora
Susana Vieira	...	Gonçala San Marino
Dalton Vigh	...	Cícero
Mariana Ximenes	...	Celi Montana

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Company:

Rede Globo de Televisão

A comedic drama, that's a sure don't miss, great cast as well

Andando nas Nuvens (trans. Walking on the Clouds), written by soap opera writing newcomer Euclydes Marinho brings back the classic way of comedy making.

With the intuit of rescuing the charm of a modern but nevertheless romantic city of Rio de Janeiro, this show does it well.

As the title suggests this is the light and comic story of Otávio Montana, brilliantly played by Marco Nanini, a man who spent the last 18 years in a coma, with a memory only dating back to 1968. When Otávio wakes up from 18 years of sleep his three daughters have grown up, Júlia (Déborah Bloch) the oldest and now a famous journalist, Bete (Vivianne Pasmanter) an aspiring young model and Celi (Mariana Ximenes) a novice who wants to someday become a nun. The story revolves around Otávio's perception of the new world around him and Chico Mota's (Marcos Palmeira) quest to discover the murderer of Otávio's father Gregório who Otávio doesn't remember. As the main suspect, the corrupted San Marino (Cláudio Marzo) stands out as Otávio's adopted brother who now manages the family business and will do anything to yank secrets out of Otávio's past including a secret bank account his father, Gregório, had in Switzerland, not only that but San Marino had an affair with Otávio's beloved wife, the now passed away Eva.

For 18 years, Otávio Montana was absent from the world, until a medical miracle allowed for his recovery. The neurologist Lídia Libion (Helena Ranaldi), who for many years worked in London on cases such as his, of lethargic sleep - also known as "the tiredness disease"- makes him come back to life, which has been stopped for so long. The confusions and surprises that await Otávio Montana, in his encounter with his family, are shown with emotion and lots of humor on Andando nas Nuvens, Globo's seven o' clock drama, by Euclydes Marinho, Elisabeth Jhin, Vinícius Vianna and Letícia Dornelles. The show is directed by Denis Carvalho, Ary Coslov and José Luiz Villamarin.

With a stellar cast including critically acclaimed actors like Marcos Palmeira, Marco Nanini, Déborah Bloch, Nicette Bruno, Júlia Lemmertz, Vivianne Pasmanter, Cláudio Marzo, Suzana Vieira, Hugo Carvana, Milton Gonçalves, Marcello Novaes, Isabela Garcia, Otávio Augusto, Eliane Giardini and the newcomers Caio Blat, Fernanda Souza and Mariana Ximenes, this show is the certainty of an astonishingly funny, comedic and dramatic masterpiece by Brazil's greatest network Globo TV.

Overall this is an awesome show, with a great story to tell with a lot of humor as well as dramatic situations, this is a don't miss fling.

Check out Andando nas Nuvens.