The Clone (2001–2002)
"O Clone" (original title)

The meeting of a man with his image 20 years younger. This is the plot of O Clone. In the beggining of the story Lucas is a happy adolescent, romantic, full of projects, and he's in love ... See full summary »

Stars:

Murilo Benício, Giovanna Antonelli, Vera Fischer

19 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Murilo Benício	...	Diogo Ferraz (1 episode, 2001)
Giovanna Antonelli	...	Jade Rachid (1 episode, 2001)
Vera Fischer	...	Yvete (1 episode, 2001)
Reginaldo Faria	...	Leônidas Ferraz (1 episode, 2001)
Daniela Escobar	...	Maysa Ferraz (1 episode, 2001)
Adriana Lessa	...	Deusa (1 episode, 2001)
Neuza Borges	...	Dalva (1 episode, 2001)
Jandira Martini	...	Zoraide (1 episode, 2001)
Marcello Novaes	...	Xande Cordeiro (1 episode, 2001)
Marcos Frota	...	Escobar (1 episode, 2001)
Beth Goulart	...	Lidiane Valverde (1 episode, 2001)
Cissa Guimarães	...	Clarice Escobar (1 episode, 2001)
Victor Fasano	...	Tavinho Valverde (1 episode, 2001)
Débora Falabella	...	Mel Ferraz (1 episode, 2001)
Luciano Szafir	...	Zein (1 episode, 2001)
Guilherme Karan	...	Raposão (1 episode, 2001)
Myrian Rios	...	Anita (1 episode, 2001)
Nivea Stelmann	...	Ranya Rachid (1 episode, 2001)
Raul Gazolla	...	Miro (1 episode, 2001)
Thaís Fersoza	...	Telminha Valverde (1 episode, 2001)
Sérgio Marone	...	Cecéu Valverde (1 episode, 2001)
Juliana Paes	...	Karla (1 episode, 2001)
Thiago Fragoso	...	Nando Escobar (1 episode, 2001)
Elizângela	...	Noêmia (1 episode, 2001)
Carla Diaz	...	Khadija Rachid (1 episode, 2001)
Carolina Macieira	...	Sumaya (1 episode, 2001)
Perry Salles	...	Mustafá (1 episode, 2001)
Solange Couto	...	Dona Jura Cordeiro (1 episode, 2001)
Thalma de Freitas	...	Carolina (1 episode, 2001)
Mara Manzan	...	Odete (1 episode, 2001)
Silvio Guindane	...	Basílio (1 episode, 2001)
Mário Lago	...	Dr. Molina (1 episode, 2001)
Beatriz Segall	...	Miss Brown (1 episode, 2001)
Totia Meireles	...	Laurinda (1 episode, 2001)
Tânia Alves	...	Norma (1 episode, 2001)
Françoise Forton	...	Simone (1 episode, 2001)
Murilo Grossi	...	Júlio (1 episode, 2001)
Dalton Vigh	...	Said Rachid (1 episode, 2001)
Andressa Katz	...	Soninha (1 episode, 2001)
Antonio Calloni	...	Mohamed Rachid (1 episode, 2001)
Osmar Prado	...	Lobato (1 episode, 2001)
Sebastião Vasconcelos	...	Abdul Rachid (1 episode, 2001)
Roberto Bonfim	...	Edvaldo (1 episode, 2001)
Letícia Sabatella	...	Latiffa Rachid (1 episode, 2001)
Nívea Maria	...	Edna Albieri (1 episode, 2001)
Cristiana Oliveira	...	Alicinha (1 episode, 2001)
Eliane Giardini	...	Nazira Rachid (1 episode, 2001)
Juca de Oliveira	...	Augusto Albieri (1 episode, 2001)
Stênio Garcia	...	Ali Rachid (1 episode, 2001)
Walderez de Barros	...	Sálua (1 episode, 2001)
Eloísa Mafalda	...	Vizinha de Sálua (1 episode, 2001)
Samara Felippo	...	Namorada de Diogo (1 episode, 2001)
Zeina Abdou	...	Mulher de Ali (1 episode, 2001)
Maria João Bastos	...	Amália (1 episode, 2001)
Ana Maria Braga	...	Herself (1 episode, 2001)
Mônica Brahim	...	Mulher de Ali (1 episode, 2001)
Arlindo Cruz	...	Himself (1 episode, 2001)
Hélio da Bahia	...	Chefe do Escritório (1 episode, 2001)
Ahmed El Maatovi	...	Ahmed (1 episode, 2001)
Karima El Maatovi	...	Karima (1 episode, 2001)
Maria Clara Gueiros	...	Graça (1 episode, 2001)
Leonardo Machado	...	Guilherme (1 episode, 2001)
Rafael Mariano	...	Dublê de Murilo Benício (1 episode, 2001)
André Marques	...	Himself - Video Show Reporter (1 episode, 2001)
Stephanie Siqueira	...	Alessandra (1 episode, 2001)
Vanda Travassos	...	Mulher de Ali (1 episode, 2001)
Moza Vivas	...	Cliente do Bar (1 episode, 2001)

Storyline

The meeting of a man with his image 20 years younger. This is the plot of O Clone. In the beggining of the story Lucas is a happy adolescent, romantic, full of projects, and he's in love with a young arabic girl: Jade. But life didn't run well for him: he separates with Jade and, during the twenty years that have passed during the novel, he's not the same thing physically, his projects are lost by the way, he has no more the tenderness, the romantic atmosphere, and the poetry of before. He's now dry by inside. Jade, in the other side, lived all this time imagining that her life would be much happier if she had married him. Twenty years later they meet again. Jade gets upset, trying to find, in the forty years old Lucas, what is left from the person she once fell in love with. That's when the clone appears, made by Lucas' godfather without his knowledge, the geneticist Albieri. The clone is not Lucas, but it is the image that Jade loved during her whole life. We have then, an uncommon ...

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Plot Keywords:

love | temptation | drugs | tradition | cloning | 

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

TV Globo Ltda [br] (Portuguese)

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Release Date:

1 October 2001 (Brazil)

Also Known As:

El clon

Filming Locations:

Fez, Fès-Boulemane, Morocco

Company Credits

Production Co:

Núcleo Jayme Monjardim, Rede Globo de Televisão

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 45 min (221 episodes) 45 min (250 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in vem_aí (2013)

User Reviews

In experts' hands this original plot might have made an extremely good soap opera.

The idea of producing a cloned human being, watch this creature grow up to become a twenty-year-old man, and eventually see him meet his genetic `twin brother' is an original plot in itself. Having a few romantic and adult sub-plots added, and a great deal of the whole story taking place in the context of Muslim religious and cultural background in Brazil and in Morocco, can certainly complicate a director's task. Gloria Perez's `O Clone' is certainly well above most soap operas shown on TV. The actors and actresses give good performances, the main plot is original, and the Muslim background adds a curious atmosphere, at least to a non-Muslim audience. Also, drug addiction is crudely brought to the screen, with an expertise we rarely see, and receives the serious treatment such theme deserves. At a certain point, however, Miss Perez seems to have lost grip of the situation, getting lost in the midst of so many intricate and intertwined sub-plots which, one would think, she doesn't know how to end.