Gabriela
GenreTelenovela, Drama, Romantic, Comedy
Created byJorge Amado
Written byWalter George Durst
Directed byWalter Avancini
StarringSônia Braga
Armando Bógus
Paulo Gracindo
Nívea Maria
José Wilker
Elizabeth Savalla
Marco Nanini
Opening theme"Modinha para Gabriela" - Gal Costa
Country of originBrazil
Original languagePortuguese
No. of episodes135
Production
ProducerDaniel Filho
Running time50 minutes
Original release
NetworkTV Globo
Release14 April (1975-04-14) –
24 October 1975 (1975-10-24)
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Gabriela is a 1975 Brazilian telenovela based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Jorge Amado, starring Sônia Braga in the title role.[1][2]

A remake was produced and aired by Globo in 2012, with Juliana Paes playing the lead role.[3]

Plot

Walter George Durst's free adaptation of Jorge Amado's novel Gabriela, Cravo e Canela (1958), takes place in 1925, when a devastating drought forces the hungry populations of the Brazilian Northeast to emigrate in search of survival. In the novel, the destination is Ilhéus, in the south of Bahia, a region in expansion thanks to the planting and commerce of cacao. Gabriela (Sônia Braga) is one of the victims of the drought. Free and impulsive, she gets a job as a cook at the home of the "Turkish" Nacib (Armando Bógus), with whom she lives a sensual love story.

Background

Gabriela was created to give time for the production of the telenovela O Rebu, by Braulio Pedroso, but O Rebu ended up being aired first, and Gabriela was aired to celebrate the ten year anniversary of TV Globo.[4]

Producer Daniel Filho said that during the search for the ideal woman to take the role of Gabriela, they first tried something unusual, offering the role to Gal Costa, but the singer from Bahia declined, claiming she did not know how to act. Afterwards, numerous tests were done, but the director decided that the role would have to go to Sônia Braga after seeing her performance in Caminhos do Coração – Caso Especial, written and directed by Domingos Oliveira in 1971, and insisted with Boni that she be chosen. The actress ended up strongly identified with the character, and would reprise the role again in the 1983 film Gabriela, directed by Bruno Barreto, acting alongside the Italian Marcello Mastroianni.[5]

Gabriela was the first Brazilian telenovela to air in Portugal in May 1977, on RTP,[6] and established Sônia Braga as a sex symbol.

Cast

Actor Character
Sônia BragaGabriela
Armando BogusNacib
Paulo GracindoRamiro Bastos
José WilkerMundinho Falcão
Nívea MariaGerusa Bastos
Elizabeth SavallaMalvina Tavares
Fúlvio StefaniniTonico Bastos
Eloísa MafaldaMaria Machadão
Maria FernandaDona Sinhazinha Guedes Mendonça
Ângela LealOlga Bastos
Gilberto MartinhoMelk Tavares
Dina SfatZarolha
Jayme BarcellosDoutor Ezequiel Prado
Marco NaniniProfessor Josué
Ary FontouraDoutor Pelópidas Clóvis Costa
Roberto BonfimChico Chicão
Francisco DantasJesuíno Mendonça
Hemílcio FróesAlfredo Bastos
Neila TavaresAnabela Fernandes Prado
Luiz OrioniJoão Fulgêncio
Paulo GonçalvesMaurício Caíres
Ana ArielIdalina Tavares
Rafael de CarvalhoCoriolano
Mário GomesBerto Leal
Cosme dos SantosTuísca
Castro GonzagaDoutor Amâncio Leal
Thelma RestonArminda
Tonico PereiraChico Moleza
Milton GonçalvesFiló
Marcos PauloEng. Rômulo Vieira
Sônia OiticicaSílvia Bastos
Ana Maria MagalhãesGlória
João Paulo AdourOsmundo Pimentel

References

  1. ↑ O Livro do Boni. José Bonifácio de Oliveira Sobrinho. November 2011. ISBN 9788577342297. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  2. ↑ A Companion to Latin American Cinema. Maria M. Delgado, Stephen M. Hart, Randal Johnson. 14 March 2017. ISBN 9781118557396. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Remake de 'Gabriela' tem novidades, mas aposta no passado". Terra. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  4. ↑ História e cinema: Dimensões Históricas do Audiovisual – 2a Ed. Maria Helena Capelato. 2011. ISBN 9788579390647. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Primeira novela sensual, Gabriela faz 40 anos; veja como está o elenco". Notícias da TV. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  6. ↑ ""Gabriela, Cravo e Canela", a primeira telenovela a passar em Portugal". Portal SAPO PT. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
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