Os Gigantes
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Jardel Mello
- Dina Sfat
- Monique Curi
- Francisco Cuoco
- Tarcísio Meira
- Susana Vieira
- Joana Fomm
- Vera Fischer
- Mário Lago
- Roberto de Cleto
- Miriam Pires
- Lauro Corona
- Lídia Brondi
- Castro Gonzaga
| Os Gigantes | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Telenovela |
| Created by | Lauro César Muniz |
| Directed by | Régis Cardoso Jardel Mello |
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| Opening theme | "Horizonte Aberto" by Sérgio Mendes and Gracinha Leporace |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of episodes | 147 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV Globo |
| Release | 20 August 1979 – 2 February 1980 |
| Related | |
Os Gigantes is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 20 August 1979 and ended on 2 February 1980, with a total of 147 episodes. It's the twenty third "novela das oito" to be aired on the timeslot. It is created and written by Lauro César Muniz and directed by Régis Cardoso and Jardel Mello. It was considered a major failure, due to its controversial themes and the depressing and dark storyline. [1]
Paloma Gurgel, a famous and respected journalist, returns to Brazil after a period working abroad as an international correspondent, to solve family problems caused by the situation of her twin brother, Frederico Gurgel, who is in a coma in hospital after emergency brain surgery and is alive thanks to the help of devices. Distressed by her brother's suffering, and after listening to some tapes of his pleas, Paloma decides to turn off the devices that are keeping him alive. From then on, a legal battle begins between the journalist and her sister-in-law Veridiana, with whom she has always had a bad relationship, who accuses her of having practiced euthanasia, and also blames her for a miscarriage suffered after Fred's death. Paloma is also reunited with two childhood friends: farmer Fernando Lucas and doctor Francisco Rubião, both of whom are in love with her and have fought to win her over. Fernando has a troubled marriage to Vânia; and Francisco breaks off his engagement to Helena because of Paloma.
