A Grande Família
Brazilian television sitcom (2001–2015)
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A Grande Família (English: The Big Family)[8] is a Brazilian television sitcom created by Oduvaldo Vianna Filho and Armando Costa that originally aired on Rede Globo from 29 March 2001 to 26 March 2015. The show tells the story of a typical middle-class family living in a suburban neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. It is a remake of the series of the same name that aired in Brazil in the 1970s.[9]
by Oduvaldo Vianna Filho and Armando Costa
Guel Arraes
Marieta Severo
Pedro Cardoso
Andréa Beltrão
Guta Stresser
Lúcio Mauro Filho
Marcos Oliveira
Tonico Pereira
Evandro Mesquita
Luís Miranda
Vínicius Moreno
| A Grande Família | |
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English title card | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Based on | A Grande Família by Oduvaldo Vianna Filho and Armando Costa |
| Developed by | Claudio Paiva Guel Arraes |
| Starring | Marco Nanini Marieta Severo Pedro Cardoso Andréa Beltrão Guta Stresser Lúcio Mauro Filho Marcos Oliveira Tonico Pereira Evandro Mesquita Luís Miranda Vínicius Moreno |
| Opening theme | "A Grande Família" |
| Composers |
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| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of seasons | 14 |
| No. of episodes | 485 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Camera setup | Single-camera setup |
| Running time | 30 minutes or more |
| Original release | |
| Network | Rede Globo |
| Release | 29 March 2001[6][7] – 26 March 2015 |
The family consists of a working father, Lineu, a housewife and mother, Nenê, their son Tuco, their daughter Bebel, and Bebel's fiancée, Agostinho, a taxi driver portrayed as the typical carioca malandro. The family's grandfather, Floriano, was written out of the story after the death of actor Rogério Cardoso.
In addition to being the longest-running Brazilian sitcom,[10] A Grande Família is considered one of the most popular comedy shows in Brazil.[11][12]
A film based on the series was released in theaters on 10 January 2007.[13]
Plot
Lineu (Marco Nanini), the head of the family and quintessential patriarch, acts like a father to everyone in the house, including to his street-wise son-in-law, the hilarious Agostinho (Pedro Cardoso). Lineu is as methodical and strait-laced as Agostinho is roguish and full of mischief. Lineu is married to the sweet Nené (Marieta Severo), and unlike most long-married couples, they are still passionately in love.
Bebel (Guta Stresser) is their dreamer daughter whose head is constantly in the clouds. And, of course, she could only be married to Agostinho. This family couldn't be complete without the eternal teenager Tuco (Lúcio Mauro Filho), a real mommy's boy who doesn't get any breaks from his dad.[8]
Cast and characters
| Character | Portrayed by | Appearance count |
Seasons | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||
| Lineu Silva | Marco Nanini | 476 | Main | |||||||||||||
| Nenê Silva | Marieta Severo | 480 | ||||||||||||||
| Bebel Silva | Guta Stresser | 485 (All) | ||||||||||||||
| Tuco Silva | Lúcio Mauro Filho | |||||||||||||||
| Agostinho Carrara (Tinho) | Pedro Cardoso | |||||||||||||||
| Beiçola | Marcos Oliveira | 310 | Main | |||||||||||||
| Seu Flor | Rogério Cardoso | 92 | Main | N/a | ||||||||||||
| Mendonça | Tonico Pereira | 133 | Guest | Main | ||||||||||||
| Marilda | Andréa Beltrão | 207 | N/a | Main | N/a | Guest | ||||||||||
| Paulão | Evandro Mesquita | 185 | N/a | Main | ||||||||||||
| Gina | Natália Lage | 386 | N/a | Main | N/a | |||||||||||
| Florianinho | Vinícius Moreno | 56 | N/a | Several children | Main | |||||||||||
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD and Blu-ray year release | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||
| 1 | 36 | 29 March 2001 | 28 March 2002 | 2002[14] | |||
| 2 | 37 | 4 April 2002 | 3 April 2003 | 2003[15] | |||
| 3 | 10 April 2003 | 8 April 2004 | 2009[16] | ||||
| 4 | 30 | 15 April 2004 | 31 March 2005 | ||||
| 5 | 36 | 7 April 2005 | 30 March 2006 | ||||
| 6 | 37 | 6 April 2006 | 5 April 2007 | ||||
| 7 | 12 April 2007 | 27 March 2008 | N/a | N/a | N/a | ||
| 8 | 38 | 3 April 2008 | 9 April 2009 | N/a | N/a | N/a | |
| 9 | 36 | 16 April 2009 | 1 April 2010 | N/a | N/a | N/a | |
| 10 | 8 April 2010 | 31 March 2011 | 2010[17] | ||||
| 11 | 38 | 7 April 2011 | 29 March 2012 | N/a | N/a | N/a | |
| 12 | 5 April 2012 | 28 March 2013 | N/a | N/a | N/a | ||
| 13 | 26 | 4 April 2013 | 27 March 2014 | N/a | N/a | N/a | |
| 14 | 23 | 10 April 2014 | 26 March 2015 | N/a | N/a | N/a | |
