131 episodes of repressed 1950s Brazilians absolutely losing their minds over a doctor's visit.
Season 1 • Episode 131
LatestStone Circle takes place in São Paulo in 1958, and tells the story of a love triangle between Natércio (Daniel Dantas), Laura (Ana Paula Arósio) and Daniel (Marcello Antony). Laura is married to Natércio and has two daughters with him: Bruna (Anna Sophia Folch) and Otávia (Ariela Massotti). Emotionally unstable, sensitive, fragile and delicate, she has frequent crises and is treated by Dr. Daniel, because who ends up falling in love. This leads to jealousy in the husband, who, despite loving his wife very much, is controlling and ambitious. Laura has a daughter with doctor Daniel, Virginia (Tammy Di Calafiori), who is raised by her mother with the lawyer. The Silva Prado mansion, where Natércio and Laura live, is located in the upper-middle-class Jardim Europa neighborhood and is looked after by the housekeeper Frau Herta (Ana Beatriz Nogueira), who is secretly in love with her boss and tries to destroy everything she does well. to Laura.
Production
Sumptuous 1958 São Paulo upper-class aesthetic, every frame dripping wealth.
Acting
Ana Paula Arósio's fragile Laura — somehow sympathetic and infuriating.
Writing
131 episodes of escalating domestic tension, zero filler somehow.
Creator
Alcides Nogueira
Ana Paula Arósio
Laura Toledo Silva Prado
Marcello Antony
Dr. Daniel Freitas
Daniel Dantas
Natércio Toledo Silva Prado
Ana Beatriz Nogueira
Frau Herta Adler
Tammy Di Calafiori
Virgínia Toledo Silva Prado
Ariela Massotti
Otávia Toledo Silva Prado
Ana Sophia Folch
Bruna Toledo Silva Prado
Bruno Gagliasso
Eduardo Ribeiro
Caio Blat
Afonso Müller
Max Fercondini
Conrado Garcia Cassini
Osmar Prado
Cícero Cassini
Paolla Oliveira
Letícia Garcia Cassini
Leandra Leal
Elza Lemos Carmelo (Elzinha)
Guilherme Weber
Arthur X
Cleo
Margarida Lemos Carmelo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Globo's golden age of telenovelas, this exemplifies the 'novela de época' format that dominated Brazilian primetime for decades.
Ana Paula Arósio reportedly found Laura so exhausting that she took a two-year hiatus from television after filming ended — method acting or genuine trauma, you decide.
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