Season 1 • Episode 178
LatestO Bem-Amado is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on Rede Globo in 1973. It is based on a play by Dias Gomes called Odorico, o Bem-Amado ou Os Mistérios do Amor e da Morte, written in 1962. It was the first Brazilian color telenovela. It was shot in Rio de Janeiro. Broadcast by Rede Globo between January 22 and October 3, 1973.
Acting
Paulo Gracindo's Odorico: smarmy, desperate, unforgettable.
Writing
Dias Gomes weaponizes telenovela tropes against dictatorship-era Brazil.
Creator
Dias Gomes
Paulo Gracindo
Odorico Paraguaçu
Lima Duarte
José Tranquilino da Anunciação (Zeca Diabo)
Emiliano Queiroz
Dirceu Borboleta
Jardel Filho
Dr. Juarez Leão
Sandra Bréa
Telma Paraguaçu
Ida Gomes
Doroteia Cajazeira
Dorinha Duval
Dulcineia Cajazeira
Dirce Migliaccio
Judiceia Cajazeira
Carlos Eduardo Dolabella
Manoel Pedreira (Neco)
Gracindo Júnior
Jairo Portela
Maria Cláudia
Adalgisa Portela (Gisa)
Zilka Salaberry
Delegada Donana Medrado
Ferreira Leite
Joca Medrado
Dilma Lóes
Anita Medrado
Lutero Luiz
Lulu Gouveia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
First Brazilian color telenovela, launching Globo's dominance and proving political satire could thrive even under military censorship.
Dias Gomes adapted his own 1962 play, expanding Odorico's coffin obsession across 178 episodes of escalating absurdity.
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