Vidas Opostas
Encyclopedia
Vidas Opostas is a Brazil
ian telenovela
originally aired on Rede Record
.
, drug
s and violence
, Vidas Opostas received a 14 rating from the DJCTQ
. Reuters
and the Wall Street Journal even reported the fact, suggesting that the show has attained considerable success because of violent scenes, unlike most other Brazilian soap operas.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
originally aired on Rede Record
Rede Record
Rede Record de Televisão is a Brazilian television network, founded in 1953 by Paulo Machado de Carvalho, also founder of Rádio Record. Currently it is owned by businessman Edir Macedo, founder and bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. Since 2007 it is Brazil's second largest...
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Controversy
Because of scenes involving graphic portrayal of nudityNudity
Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations and social considerations...
, drug
Drug
A drug, broadly speaking, is any substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function. There is no single, precise definition, as there are different meanings in drug control law, government regulations, medicine, and colloquial usage.In pharmacology, a...
s and violence
Violence
Violence is the use of physical force to apply a state to others contrary to their wishes. violence, while often a stand-alone issue, is often the culmination of other kinds of conflict, e.g...
, Vidas Opostas received a 14 rating from the DJCTQ
DJCTQ
The DEJUS, or Department of Justice, Rating, Titles and Qualification rates movies, games and television programs in Brazil...
. Reuters
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
and the Wall Street Journal even reported the fact, suggesting that the show has attained considerable success because of violent scenes, unlike most other Brazilian soap operas.
Main cast
- Maytê PiragibeMaytê PiragibeMaytê Piragibe is a Brazilian actress and keyboardist.-Television series:* Promessas de Amor - Natália...
- Joana de Souza - Léo Rosa - Miguel Campobello
- Lavínia VlasakLavínia VlasakLavínia Gutmann Vlasak is a Brazilian actress.She's been always compared to Audrey Hepburn and, then, has already taken many pictures imitating here.- Television :-Film:-External links:...
- Erínia Oliveira - Marcelo SerradoMarcelo SerradoMarcelo Magalhães Serrado is a Brazilian actor.- Television :- Film :...
- Delegado Dênis Nogueira - Lucinha LinsLucinha LinsLúcia Maria Werner Vianna Lins , better known as Lucinha Lins, is a Brazilian actress and singer.-Career:Lucinha became first known by the public on the 1979 Rede Globo series Plantão de Polícia, pioneer in issues such as homosexuality and drug traffic on the Brazilian television...
- Ísis Campobello - Nicola Siri - Bóris Sanches (Gennaro Allighieri / Guido Donatti / Frederico Colotti)
- Heitor Martinez - Jacson da Silva
- Jussara Freire - Carmem Laranjeira
- Flávia Monteiro - Maria Lúcia Queiróz
- Luciano SzafirLuciano SzafirLuciano Lebelson Szafir is a Brazilian model and soap opera actor.-Biography:Szafir is the son of Gabriel and Betty Szafir. He has a twin sister named Priscila, an older sister named Alexandra and a younger brother named Salomão...
- Leonardo Rocha - Babi XavierBabi XavierBabi Xavier, born Anna Bárbara Xavier, is a Brazilian television actress, singer and TV hostess.-Television:*Perdidos de Amor – Ivea, actress*Por Amor – Aninha, actress...
- Patrícia Rocha - Raquel Nunes - Maria do Carmo
- Leandro Léo - Carlos Laranjeira (Carlinhos)
- Tássia Camargo - Lucília de Souza
- Cecil Thiré - Mário Carvalho
- Roger Gobeth - Félix Teixeira
- Juliana Lohmann - Carla Rocha
- Andressa Oliveira - Maria Júlia
- Íris Bruzzi - Elisa Rocha (Lizinha)
- Cristina Pereira - Margarida
- João Sabiá - Sílvio
- Ana Paula Tabalipa - Neusa Nogueira
- Sílvia Bandeira - Cilene Oliveira
- Mário SchoembergerMário SchoembergerMário Schoemberger was a Brazilian film, television and theater actor.In his last film role, Schoemberger was personally cast in the 2007 film, O Cheiro do Ralo, by its director, Heitor Dhalia. He appeared in the film opposite actor Selton Mello...
- Sérgio Ventura - Daniel Dalcin - Alfredo Oliveira
- Raul Gazolla - Hélio
- Valquíria Ribeiro - Isabel Lopes
- Alexandre Paternost - Pedro Lopes
- Sílvio Guindane - Cecílio Cristal (Cicio)
- Nill Marcondes - Hermenegildo Torres
- Gabriela Durlo - Daniela Cavalcanti
- Gilson Moura - Genivaldo Cavalcanti (Mofado)
- Leandro Firmino - José Ferreira (Sovaco)
- Philippe Haagensen - Pavio
- Felipe Martins - Pé de Pato
- Henrique Pires - Zaqueu (Caranguejo)
- Bukassa Kabengele - Marcelo
- Marcelo Escorel - Roberto
- Maria SílviaMaria SílviaMaria Sílvia Correa Moreira Menezes Aguiar was a Brazilian film, stage and television actress.Sílvia was already a well established film and theater actress by the time she made her television acting debut in the late 1970s. Her role in a telenovela came in 1977 on O Astro on Rede Globo...
- Mercedes - Blota Filho - Renato Abreu
- Telma Cunha - Sueli
- Dulce Bressane - Rute
- Tila Teixeira - Eneida
- Jonathan Nogueira - Chico
- Renata Quintela - Cristina
- Marise Gonçalves - Amélia
- Valnei Aguiar - Eleutério
- Rafael Queiroga - Inhame
- Alessandro Maciel - Cotia
- Marcos Barreto - Fausto