A Lei do Amor (English title: Wounded Past; literal meaning: The Law of Love) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 3 October 2016, replacing Velho Chico, and ended on 31 March 2017, being replaced by A Força do Querer.[1]
| A Lei do Amor | |
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| Also known as | Wounded Past |
| Genre | Telenovela |
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| Directed by | Natália Grimberg |
| Creative director | Denise Saraceni |
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| Composer | Ricardo Leão |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of episodes | 155 (145 on the International version) |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 29-57 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV Globo |
| Release | 3 October 2016 – 31 March 2017 |
Created by Maria Adelaide Amaral and Vincent Villari, the telenovela is directed by Natalia Grimberg and Denise Saraceni.
It features performances by Cláudia Abreu, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Vera Holtz, Grazi Massafera, Tarcísio Meira, José Mayer, Ricardo Tozzi, Thiago Lacerda, Claudia Raia, Isabella Santoni, Humberto Carrão, Alice Wegmann and Heloísa Périssé in the main roles.
The plot features the story of Heloísa and Pedro who after years of separation meet once again and realize the feelings they had for each other, and the efforts of Tião and Magnólia to separate them. It also features politics, power, seduction, comedy, envy, and family drama in the fictitious town of São Dimas where the characters' lives intertwine to create cohesion and conflicts.
Plot
editThe story begins in 1995 in a fictitious city of São Dimas, a metropolitan region of São Paulo, which is a typical picture of society and politics. A medium-sized town, that has its main source of income from a weaving factory headed by businessman Fausto (Tarcísio Meira) and his wife Magnólia (Vera Holtz), known to many simply as Mág, whom the city's population has real veneration.
What most people don't know is that Mág, behind the veneer of false tenderness which all tend to view, hides her true nature; she is arrogant, authoritarian, always thirsty for power and without any scruples. By using various tricks to get what she wants no matter who gets hurt and trying to use these as justification that everything she does is to keep his family together. Fausto married Mág shortly after her first wife's death, who was Pedro's (Chay Suede/Reynaldo Gianecchini) mother. They have to other children Hércules and Vitória.
Pedro meets Heloísa, a young woman who lives a quiet life with her parents; her mother Cândida, who has leukemia, and the unemployed and alcoholic father Jorge. In an act of desperation, her father tries to rob the textile company owned by Fausto but ends up being indicted and arrested; in prison, there is a rebellion and the latter dies. Later, his mother also passes on from her disease for lack of proper treatment.
With Helô and Pedro's relationship, which started prior to the unfortunate events, Mág and Fausto cultivate a plan to separate the two. They hire Gabriela, a new secretary of Mág to seduce and lure Pedro to bed and they also contract Helô to a modeling agency run by Mág's trusted friend and confidante Gigi. In cahoots with Mág, Gigi sends Helô away from São Dimas for a modeling leaving Pedro vulnerable to Suzana. At the same time they cut communication between the two and Pedro felt that Helô had moved on without him. On the night of Helô surprise return, Pedro got drunk and fell a sleep. Mág demands Suzana to seduce Pedro. Helô finds the naked Suzana with Pedro and believes that Pedro betrayed (even though nothing really happened between the two and Pedro never knew about it till years later). During the anger episode Helô leaves São Dimas indefinitely to be a professional model where she meets Tião, a man that she marries and Pedro lives for France due to the pain he felt by Helô's absence.
Years later, Helô has seemingly moved on with her powerful Tião (José Mayer) who are apparently become distant over the years, with their two children; Letícia who suffers the same ailment the grandmother had and Edu who has a difficult relationship with his father. Pedro returns to São Dimas and their romance with Helô is rekindled, once more putting each other to the test as the forces that are set to separate them are more reinforced.[2]
Cast
edit- Cláudia Abreu as Heloísa "Helô" Martins Bezerra[3]
- Isabelle Drummond as Young Helô[4]
- Reynaldo Gianecchini as Pedro Guedes Leitão[3]
- Chay Suede as Young Pedro[4]
- Vera Holtz as Magnólia Costa Leitão[4]
- Ana Carolina Godoy as Young Magnólia
- José Mayer as Sebastião "Tião" Bezerra[5]
- Thiago Martins as Young Sebastião[5]
- Isabella Santoni as Letícia Martins Bezerra[6]
- Humberto Carrão as Tiago Leitão[7]
- Sophia Barclay as Sara Garcia de Oliveira [6]
- Alice Wegmann as Isabela Dias[8]
- Tarcísio Meira as Fausto Leitão[4]
- Thiago Lacerda as Ciro Noronha[9]
- Maurício Destri as Young Ciro[9]
- Camila Morgado as Vitória Costa Leitão Noronha[9]
- Sophia Abrahão as Young Vitória[6]
- Grazi Massafera as Luciane Leitão[10]
- Danilo Grangheia as Hércules Costa Leitão[10]
- João Vítor Silva as Young Hércules[6]
- Ricardo Tozzi as Augusto Tavares[9]
- Hugo Bonemer as Young Augusto[9]
- Claudia Raia as Salete[11]
- Daniel Rocha as Gustavo[12]
- Emanuelle Araújo as Yara Garcia[6]
- Bruna Moleiro as Young Yara[13]
- Heloísa Périssé as Mileide Rocha[6]
- Arianne Botelho as Aline Garcia de Oliveira[6]
- Bianca Müller as Ana Luiza Costa Leitão[14]
- Matheus Fagundes as Eduardo "Edu" Martins Bezerra[5]
- Bruna Hamú as Camila Leitão[6]
- Tuca Andrada as Misael de Oliveira[6]
- Acauã Sol as Young Misael
- Otávio Augusto as César Venturini[15]
- Maurício Machado as Arlindo Nacib[16]
- Gil Coelho as Wesley[17]
- Regiane Alves as Beth Tavares[9]
- Ana Rosa as Zuleika "Zuza" Pessoa[18]
- Maria Flor as Flávia[6]
- Danilo Ferreira as Zelito[6]
- Titina Medeiros as Ruty Raquel Rocha[19]
- Armando Babaioff as Bruno Pessoa[6]
- Gabriel Chadan as Robinson[6]
- Érico Brás as Jader Azevedo[20]
- Pierre Baitelli as Antônio Ferrari[19]
- João Campos as Élio Bataglia[21]
- Theo Medon as Young Élio
- Tato Gabus Mendes as Olavo Maciel[6]
- Marcella Rica as Jéssica[6]
- Bia Montez as Leila de Oliveira[22]
Guest stars
edit- Regina Duarte as Suzana Rivera
- Gabriela Duarte as Young Suzana
- Denise Fraga as Cândida Martins[23]
- Daniel Ribeiro as Jorge Martins[23]
- Bianca Salgueiro as Carmen da Silva Leitão[6]
Soundtrack
editVolume 1
edit- Cover: Cláudia Abreu, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Chay Suede and Isabelle Drummond
| A Lei do Amor - Vol. 1 | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | 14 October 2016 |
| Label | Som Livre |
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Bachianas Brasileiras N2 (O Trenzinho do Caipira)" | Ney Matogrosso | |
| 2. | "Blue" | Blubell | |
| 3. | "No Meu País (ft. Xande de Pilares)" | Zélia Duncan | |
| 4. | "Step by Step" | New Kids on the Block | |
| 5. | "Meu Recado" | Alice Caymmi | |
| 6. | "Lovesong" | Edson Cordeiro | |
| 7. | "Chuva no Mar (ft. Marisa Monte)" | Carminho | |
| 8. | "Estado de Poesia" | Chico César | |
| 9. | "What's Up?" | 4 Non Blondes | |
| 10. | "Levanta" | Renata Jambeiro | |
| 11. | "Folgado" | Marília Mendonça | |
| 12. | "Partículas do Amor" | Márcia Castro | |
| 13. | "Por Enquanto" | Cássia Eller | |
| 14. | "The Rip Tide" | Beirut |
Volume 2
edit- Cover: Alice Wegmann and Humberto Carrão
| A Lei do Amor - Vol. 2 | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | 17 February 2017 |
| Label | Som Livre |
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Don't Wanna Fight" | Alabama Shakes | |
| 2. | "Water Under the Bridge" | Adele | |
| 3. | "Maior (by Milton Nascimento)" | Dani Black | |
| 4. | "A Distância Roberto Carlos" | Roberto Carlos | |
| 5. | "Aos Meus Pés" | João Bosco | |
| 6. | "Pessoa" | Marina Lima | |
| 7. | "Duele el corazón" (with Wisin)" | Enrique Iglesias | |
| 8. | "É Bom Para o Moral" | Rita Cadillac | |
| 9. | "Fogo" | Gaby Amarantos | |
| 10. | "Estrela Blue" | Simone Mazzer | |
| 11. | "Miracle" | Above & Beyond | |
| 12. | "Não Demora" | Adriana Calcanhotto | |
| 13. | "Fogueira" | Angela Ro Ro | |
| 14. | "Perdóname" | Pablo Alborán | |
| 15. | "Grito de Alerta" | Gonzaguinha and Maria Rita | |
| 16. | "Era Pra Ser" | Maria Bethânia | |
| 17. | "O Que Aconteceu Com o Nosso Amor?" | Andrea Marquee | |
| 18. | "Quem Leva a Vida Sou Eu" | Lenine | |
| 19. | "Cowboy Fora da Lei" | Raul Seixas | |
| 20. | "Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby (Bonus track)" | The Tune Weavers | |
| 21. | "O Calhambeque (Road Hog)" (Bonus track)" | Roberto Carlos |
Ratings
edit| Timeslot | # Eps. | Premiere | Finale | Rank | Season | Average viewership | ||
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| Date | Viewers (in points) | Date | Viewers (in points) | |||||
| Monday—Saturday 9:10 pm |
155 | 3 October 2016
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30[24] | 31 March 2017
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37[25] | TBD | 2016—17 | TBD |
The first episode of A Lei do Amor registered a viewership rating of 30 points in Greater São Paulo, the lowest viewership for the 8/9 pm telenovela premiere.[26]
References
edit- ^ Fábio Augusto (August 14, 2016). "A Lei do Amor: Confira o elenco da próxima novela das nove da Globo". UOL. Observatório da Televisão. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
- ^ "'A Lei do Amor': conheça a história da nova novela das 9". Gshow Globo (in Portuguese). 10 August 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Cláudia Abreu corta cabelo no estilo joãozinho para novela 'A Lei do Amor'". Ego. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Novela 'A Lei do Amor': conheça a nova trama das nove e veja fotos do elenco". Pure People. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ a b c "José Mayer vola ao horário das nove como o poderoso Tião". Gshow. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Elenco de 'A Lei do Amor': descubra quem está na nova novela das 9". Gshow. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ "Humberto Carrão será mulherengo Tiago em 'A Lei do Amor". Extra. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Florença Mazza (13 July 2016). "Alice Wegmann corta franja para voltar às novelas". O Globo. Patrícia Kogut. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sophia Abrahão e Hugo Bonemer farão 'A lei do amor'". Patrícia Kogut - O Globo. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ a b "'A Lei do Amor não terá gravações fora do Brasil". Uol. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Claudia Raia será pegadora em 'A lei do amor'". Patrícia Kogut - O Globo. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ "Renato Góes deixa elenco de 'A Lei do Amor' é substituído por Daniel Rocha". Pure People. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ "Cria dos Palcos de Curitiba estreia em novela da Globo". One Curitiba. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Bianca Müller surge ruiva e de franja para viver estudante em 'A Lei do Amor'". Gshow. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Carla Bittencourt (30 August 2016). "Otávio Augusto será senador corrupto em 'A lei do amor'". Extra. Telinha. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Carla Bittencourt (14 July 2016). "Maurício Machado e Otávio Augusto serão políticos corruptos em 'A lei do amor'". Extra. Telinha. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "Gil Coelho entra para "A Lei do Amor"; conheça o personagem!". TV Foco. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Nova novela da Globo terá apartamento de 450m²". Uol. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Ator aparecerá com visuais bem distintos em novela da Globo e série da HBO". TV Foco. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Érico Bras estreia nas novelas em 'A Lei do Amor'". TV Foco. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "O mais novo brasiliense Correto horário nobre da tevê". Correio Braziliense. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Lembra dela? Bia Montez volta à Globo na novela A Lei do Amor". Observatório da Televisão. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ a b "'A Lei do Amor:conheça a história da nova novela das 9". Gshow. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ ""A Lei do Amor" tem pior audiência de estreia da história do horário das nove". O TV Foco (in Portuguese). 4 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ Pecolli, Vitor (1 April 2017). ""A Lei do Amor" bate recorde de audiência no último capítulo e supera três antecessoras". O TV Foco (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "A Lei do Amor tem a pior estreia da história das novelas das nove da Globo". Noticias da TV (in Portuguese). 4 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
External links
edit- Official website (in Portuguese)
- A Lei do Amor at IMDb