Avenida Brasil (TV series)

Avenida Brasil
Genre	Telenovela Mystery Crime drama Thriller Dark comedy
Created by	João Emanuel Carneiro
Directed by	Ricardo Waddington Amora Mautner José Luiz Villamarim
Starring	Adriana Esteves Débora Falabella Murilo Benício Cauã Reymond Vera Holtz José de Abreu Marcelo Novaes Eliane Giardini Marcos Caruso
Opening theme	"Vem Dançar Com Tudo" by Robson Moura and Lino Krizz
Composer	Eduardo Queiroz
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language	Portuguese
No. of episodes	179 (original run)
Production
Production locations	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	55-35 minutes
Original release
Network	TV Globo Telemundo
Release	26 March (2012-03-26) – 19 October 2012 (2012-10-19)

Avenida Brasil (English: Brazil Avenue)^[1] is a Brazilian primetime telenovela created by João Emanuel Carneiro. It premiered on 26 March 2012 and ended on 19 October 2012 on TV Globo.

It was written by João Emanuel Carneiro in collaboration with Antonio Prata, Luciana Pessanha, Alessandro Marson, Marcia Prates and Thereza Falcão. And directed by José Luiz Villamarim, Amora Mautner and Ricardo Waddington. Starring Débora Falabella, Adriana Esteves, Murilo Benício, Cauã Reymond, Marcello Novaes and Eliane Giardini.

The telenovela achieved an overall daily average of more than 50 million viewers, becoming the most watched TV program of the year. And quickly became the most-commercially successful telenovela in Brazilian history, Forbes estimated $1 billion in total earnings for Globo, thanks to its international success in Latin America, Europe and Africa.^[2][3]

Nominated for 118 prizes, winning 41, Avenida Brasil was also nominated for Best Telenovela at the 41st International Emmy Awards, losing to another TV Globo telenovela Side by Side (Lado a Lado).

Plot

The plot follows the dramatic story of Rita (Débora Falabella), a sweet young woman who struggles to recover part of the life her ruthless gold digging stepmother, Carminha (Adriana Esteves), took from her when she was only a child.

When Rita's father dies accidentally and prematurely at the hand of Tufão (Murilo Benício) but directly related to Carminha's scheme, Carminha and her lover, Max (Marcello Novaes), send the young girl off to live in a landfill, so that she doesn't stand in the way of their plan to get rich. Carminha uses this fact to trap Tufão into a guilt ridden marriage unknowingly. Rita at the landfill is subjected to child labor under the control of a deplorable man, named Nilo (José de Abreu). But, she is lucky enough to meet Batata (Cauã Reymond), a boy who becomes her best friend and true love. He takes her to live with other children, under the care of motherly Lucinda (Vera Holtz), in another house at the landfill. Fortunately, Rita is soon adopted and moves out of the country to Argentina with a nice family who changes her name to Nina. However, she has issues with her adoptive mother who passes away and eventually with her adoptive sisters because of her mission of revenge. Rita/Nina's adoptive father loved her very much and treated her well. He educated her and provided for his family nicely. She becomes a famous chef. When her adoptive father dies it intensifies her loss of her natural father and revenge for Carminha and Max. Batata is adopted by Carminha and Tufão and they rename him Jorginho. Jorginho has many emotional issues because his birth mother adopts him years after she abandons him at the landfilled as a toddler. Jorginho despises Caminha but he doesn't know why and he does not remember her clearly from his early childhood before the abandonment.

Years later, unrecognizable and motivated by vengeance, Nina moves back to Brazil under her adoptive name, she infiltrates the family by becoming the personal chef for Carminha's family. Eventually, she must face the bitter consequences of seeking revenge against those who hurt her the most. As mentioned above, vile Carminha has managed to lure and marry Tufão who is a friendly, rich football player and is unaware of her many lies and manipulations. They live with his loud and garish relatives in an unrefined suburban mansion and, underhandedly, she makes the evil Max her brother-in-law by marrying him to Tufão's annoying sister.

Together, Carminha and Max continue to carry out their sadistic plans to get ahead while continuing their love/hate affair in the same house as their unsuspecting spouses. Nina becomes so engrossed in her single-minded goal to inflict suffering and punishment on those who wronged her that her own happiness is jeopardized. Carminha and Nina have one thing in common: their earnest love for Jorginho, who is Carminha's biological son (and adoptive son) and Nina's childhood sweetheart, Batata.

Nina uses Max and become entangled, which irritates Carminha for her loss of love interest. Subsequently, Nina helps Max by giving ransom with interest for her kin. Day-to-day Max demands money, Nina finally is unable to help him and Max realizes that she doesn't love him. Devastated Max agrees to Carminha for overwhelming Nina. Soon after, Nina stealthily takes a picture of themselves on their bed – threatens Carminha. The photos are used to blackmail Carminha until she tactically steals them from Nina's cache and announces the identity of Nina for Tufão's family. Tufão confuses but tend to believe Carminha's statement, with Nina no hope to describe what she is. Upon Max convincing Carminha to leave the mansion, she betrays him to death-trap from drowning him in his boat but timely survived by his mother Lucinda. Max disguises and manages to reveal Nina's photo to Tufão family at which Carminha is fired. The big event is that Max kidnaps Nina, soon dead Nilo, Lucinda, Carminha and Jorginio. At that time, Max uses Nina as a human shield for escape, but someone repeatedly knocks unconscious and kills him using a spade. Carminha swears about the murder of Max and is sentenced three years. The later series shows Carminha returning from jail and reconciling to Nina.

Production

Opening sequence

The opening was created by director Alexandre Pit Ribeiro, which featured 135 dancers dancing on a catwalk. The choreography was produced by Dudu Neles.^[4]

The opening theme is a re-recording of Vem Dançar Kuduro with new Portuguese lyrics, adapted to the Brazilian market. It was played by Robson Moura and Lino Krizz, and known for its refrain "Oi Oi Oi", which became successful in social networks.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

Actor	Character[5]
Adriana Esteves	Carmen Lucia Moreira de Souza Araújo "Carminha"[6]
Débora Falabella	Nina García Hernández / Rita Fonseca de Souza[7]
Murilo Benício	Jorge Araújo "Tufão"[8]
Cauã Reymond	Jorge Moreira de Araújo Filho / Cristiano Oliveira / Batata "Jorginho"[9]
Marcello Novaes	Maxwell Pereira Oliveira "Max"[10]
Eliane Giardini	Muricy Araújo[11]
Marcos Caruso	Laércio "Leleco" Araújo[12]
Vera Holtz	Lucinda Pereira "Mom Lucinda"[13]
José de Abreu	Nilo Oliveira[14]
Heloísa Périssé	Monalisa Barbosa[15]
Juca de Oliveira	Santiago[16]
Leticia Isnard	Ivana Araújo[17]
Nathalia Dill	Débora Magalhães Queirós[18]
Ísis Valverde	Suelen[19]
Alexandre Borges	Cadinho / Dudu (Carlos Eduardo de Souza Queirós)[20]
Débora Bloch	Verônica Magalhães Queirós[20]
Camila Morgado	Noêmia Buarque Queirós[21]
Carolina Ferraz	Alexia Bragança Queirós[22]
Juliano Cazarré	Adauto[23]
Cacau Protásio	Zezé[24]
Bruno Gissoni	Iran Barbosa[25]
Fabíula Nascimento	Olenka Cabral[26]
Thiago Martins	Leandro[27]
Débora Nascimento	Tessália das Graças Mendonça[28]
José Loreto	Darkson Silas[29]
Daniel Rocha	Roni "Roniquito"[30]
Ailton Graça	Paulo Silas
Cláudia Missura	Janaína
Otávio Augusto	Diógenes
Paula Burlamaqui	Dolores Neiva "Soninha Catatau"[31]
Betty Faria	Pilar Albuquerque[32]
Bianca Comparato	Betânia de Almeida[33]
Luana Martau	Beverly
Emiliano D'Ávila	Lúcio
Carol Abras	Begonia García Hernández[34]
Ronny Kriwat	Tomás Buarque
Cláudia Assunção	Neide
João Henrique Gago	Valdo[35]
Felipe Abib	Jimmy Bastos
André Luiz Miranda	Valentim
Murilo Elbas	Branco
Patrícia de Jesus	Jéssica
Ana Karolina Lannes	Ágatha Moreira Araújo
Bruna Griphao	Paloma Bragança
João Fernandes	Picolé[36]
Mário Hermetto	Zenon
Jean Pierre Noher	Martin García Hernández[37]
Márcio Tadeu	Priest Solano
Leandro Santanna	Herculano
Vilma Melo	Conceição
Marcella Valente	Renata[38]
Tony Ramos	Genésio Fonseca Souza[6]
Mel Maia	Child Rita Fonseca de Souza
Bernardo Simões	Child Batata / Jorginho
Rodrigo Rangel	Moreira
Breno de Filippo	Tubarão
Vicentini Gomez	Serjão

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  Débora Falabella as Nina/Rita.^[39]
  
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  Cauã Reymond as Jorginho.^[40]
  
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  Murilo Benício as Tufão.^[41]
  
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  Marcello Novaes as Max.^[10]
  
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  Marcos Caruso as Leleco.^[12]
  
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  Heloísa Périssé as Monalisa.^[15]
  
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  Vera Holtz as Mãe Lucinda.
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  Bianca Comparato as Betânia.^[42]
  
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  Paula Burlamaqui as Dolores Neiva.^[43]
  
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  Caroline Abras as Begônia.^[34]
  
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  Thiago Martins as Leandro.
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  Bruno Gissoni as Iran.
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  Alexandre Borges as Cadinho.
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  Betty Faria as Pilar.
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  Débora Bloch as Verônica
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  Camila Morgado as Noêmia.
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  Carolina Ferraz as Aléxia.
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  José de Abreu as Nilo.

Impact

Ratings

National reception

The soap opera had a successful run, increasingly becoming a critical and commercial success. It became a popular subject on social media. On the night of its final chapter, it topped Twitter's trending topics worldwide. The last chapter notoriously ceased major activities in Brazil, when the streets of big cities as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro were deserted. Rede Globo's programming had segments dedicated to the soap opera and several other Brazilian television networks also commented on its end. With the high number of television sets tuned in, a hoax quickly spread about a possible nationwide blackout after the broadcast, due to an effect called "loading ramp", where people resume activities which could generate an electricity overload, leaving the country in the dark. However, this did not actually occur. The last chapter was watched by 80 million people, making it the highest rated Brazilian television program in 2012.^[44]

Timeslot	# Ep.	Premiere		Finale		Rank	Season	Rating average
		Date	Premiere Rating	Date	Finale Rating
Mondays—Saturdays 9:15pm	179	26 March 2012	37[45]	19 October 2012	51[46][47]	#1[48][49][50][51][52][53]	2012–13	39[54]

Portugal

Besides the success in Brazil, Avenida Brasil, is also a big hit with the audience in Portugal. In its debut, 24 September 2012, the novel has recorded 13 points and 31.6% audience share, finishing third in the ranking of hearings that day.^[55] Week after week, the soap opera continued to record satisfactory levels of audience. On 15 November 2012 Avenida Brasil recorded 11.4 points and an audience share of 36%, meaning that one in three televisions were watching a telenovela. It was the fourth most watched program each day.^[56] On 3 January 2013 it was registering 15.9 points and an audience share of 36.6%, the largest audience to date. It remained fourth place in the rankings.^[57]

Timeslot	# Ep.	Premiere		Final		Rank	Season	Views average
		Date	Premiere share	Date	Finale share
Mondays—Friday 11:30pm	200	24 September 2012	36.3%	6 September 2013	39%	No. 1	2013	1.5 million

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Avenida Brasil

The cast received 108 nominations and won 36 awards. João Emanuel Carneiro, Adriana Esteves, Murilo Benício and Mel Maia were the most prized.

Broadcast

English title-card.

Avenida Brasil has become the most exported telenovela made by Rede Globo, surpassing Da Cor do Pecado (ibid), which was the prior sales leader for other countries.^[58]

The telenovela has been licensed by more than 150 countries, including all of Latin America, the United States, South Korea, Armenia and Sweden, being dubbed into 19 languages.^[59]

Reception

In Portugal it received 16.1 points and a 39% audience share for the last chapter, which means more than 1.5 million viewers watched the outcome of the novela. The plot debuted in SIC in September 2012 and was leader of the time in which it was displayed. It was one of the most watched programs in the country, second only to "Dancin' Days", co-produced by Globo and SIC.^[60] The telenovela has also good viewing figures in Greece, Croatia, Hungary and Kosovo^[61] Argentina reached an average of 12 points with peaks of 13.3 in its first chapter, ensuring impressive viewing figures for Telefe.^[62][63][64]

Soundtrack

Nacional

Avenida Brasil - Nacional[65]
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	2012 (2012)
Label	Som Livre

Cover

Murilo Benício

No.	Title	Music	Significance	Length
1.	"Reza"	Rita Lee	Cadinho
2.	"Amiga da Minha Mulher"	Seu Jorge	Silas and Olenka
3.	"Humilde Residência"	Michel Teló	Adauto
4.	"Assim Você Mata o Papai"	Sorriso Maroto	Tessália
5.	"Depois"	Marisa Monte	Jorginho and Nina
6.	"Cachorro Perigoso"	Tchê Garotos	Darkson
7.	"Correndo Atrás de Mim"	Aviões do Forró	Suellen
8.	"Meu Lugar"	Arlindo Cruz
9.	"Filho da Simplicidade"	Grupo Revelação
10.	"História de Nós Dois"	José Augusto	Tufão and Monalisa
11.	"Pura Adrenalina"	Belo	Silas and Monalisa
12.	"A Menina do Salão de Beleza"	Pedro Luís e a Parede
13.	"O Dia do Corno"	Reginaldo Rossi	Tufão
14.	"Tá Faltando Homem"	Banda Xeiro De Mel	Olenka
15.	"Vem Dançar com Tudo"	Robson Moura feat. Lino Krizz	Theme song
16.	"Cupido"	Maria Rita	Jorginho and Débora

Nacional Vol. 2

Avenida Brasil - Nacional Vol. 2[66]
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	2012 (2012)
Label	Som Livre

Cover

Débora Falabella

No.	Title	Music	Significance	Length
1.	"Você de Mim Não Sai"	Luan Santana	Suelen, Roni and Leandro
2.	"Eu Quero Tchu, Eu Quero Tcha Mulher"	João Lucas & Marcelo	Silas and Olenka
3.	"Hot Dog"	Buchecha	Darkson
4.	"Favorita (Remix)"	MC Marcinho
5.	"Em um Outdoor"	Zeca Pagodinho
6.	"Mas que Nada"	Sérgio Mendes	Darkson
7.	"Minha Razão"	Péricles and Chitãozinho & Xororó	Tufão and Nina
8.	"Pra Me Provocar"	MC Koringa	Suelen
9.	"Ricardão"	Mariozan	Leleco and Muricy
10.	"Nem Vem que Não Tem"	Wilson Simonal	Nilo
11.	"Charme"	Bebeto	Silas and Monalisa
12.	"Que Bonito É (Instrumental)"	Waldir Calmon
13.	"Mulher Carioca"	Preta Gil
14.	"Tanta Coisa"	Paolo	Darkson and Tessália

Internacional

Avenida Brasil - Internacional[67]
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	2012 (2012)
Label	Som Livre

Cover

Cauã Reymond

No.	Title	Music	Significance	Length
1.	"Long Live"	Taylor Swift	Débora	5:16
2.	"Set Fire to the Rain"	Adele	Nina	4:00
3.	"Finally Falling"	Mayer Hawthorne		3:21
4.	"Charlie Brown"	Coldplay	Débora and Jorginho	4:45
5.	"Video Games"	Lana Del Rey	Débora	4:42
6.	"The One That Got Away"	Katy Perry		3:48
7.	"Hotel Nacional"	Gloria Estefan	Cadinho	3:26
8.	"Addicted to You"	Shakira	Suelen	2:27
9.	"Bring On the Nite"	Mister Jam feat. Ali Pierre & Cymcolé	Max	3:39
10.	"Infiltrado"	Bajofondo	Carminha	3:40
11.	"The Glory of Love"	Paul McCartney	Max and Carminha	3:43
12.	"Endless Love"	Lionel Richie & Shania Twain	Ronni and Suellen	4:17
13.	"Belle"	Cattle and Cane	Ronni, Suellen and Leandro	4:14
14.	"She's Got Everything"	Ellison Chase	Agata

Notes

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65. CD Avenida Brasil Nacional
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External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Avenida Brasil at IMDb