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    Prime Time Soap

    105'

    2012-03-30

    4.2

    Life is fiction.

    Drama

    Overview:

    In Brazil, in 1978, under the dictatorship, the country lives the euphoria of disco fever and the fantasy life of Dancin' Days, a prime time soap. After a fatal incident, Amanda, a high-class prostitute addicted to TV, and her maid Dora, are forced to flee São Paulo to Rio. While Amanda dreams of visiting the Dancin' Days disco, Dora prepares to confront her secret past. Their destinies will eventually intersect with those of João Paulo, a diplomat who feels like a foreigner in his own country, the revolutionary Vicente and his brother Pedro, and the teenager Caio, raised by his grandparents and relying on the support of his friend Mônica as he struggles to be accepted as a gay man. Both youngsters are crazy about disco fever and fascinated by the soap Dancin' Days.

    WritingOdilon RochaDirectingOdilon Rocha

    Cast

    1

    Dora Dias

    Claudia Ohana

    1

    Amanda Lima

    Vanessa Giácomo

    1

    João Paulo

    Mateus Solano

    1

    Brandão

    Alexandre Nero

    1

    Sérgio

    André Ramiro

    1

    Maria

    Camila Amado

    1

    Bruno Pêgo

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Brazil
    • List of languages:
      1. Portuguese
    • List of companies:
      1. TC Filmes
      2. Cria Films
      3. Querosene Filmes
    • Vote Count: 8
    • Popularity: 0.4769
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:A Novela das 8

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