Saramandaia is a Brazilian telenovela originally written by Dias Gomes in 1976. It's considered remarkable because of the Magic Realism (used by the author to subtly criticize the Military Regime of the time) and had 160 chapters.
The story centers on the name change that the city undergoes, promoted by the younger citizens and reviled by the older ones. It also focuses on the lives of the city's quirky residents.
Ken is Tula, he is married to Lanaree (Anne). Tula is a man who is confident in love, as for Lanaree, not so much. Lanaree is described as boisterous, self-centered, kinda like Alin from “Soot Sanaeha (A recipe for love)”. One day, Lanaree had her fortune read by a roadside psychic. The psychic tells her that she and Tula will break up. She doesn’t believe the psychic, so the psychic gives her an old notebook and instructs her to put it under her pillow when she sleeps. When she wakes, she will find out if the prediction that her marriage will end in divorce is true.
Tithit meets Gandaomanee Girinisuan in Phrajoit and falls in love with her. Unbeknownst to Thit, Gandaomanee is using her elder twin sister's name, Gandaowasee, for herself, therefore tricking him into thinking her real name is Gandaowasee. She later leaves him when she grows tired of him and finds out that he's the poor son of a merchant. Thit is heart-broken and tries searching for her unsuccessfully.
One year later, Thit meets the real Gandaowasee Kitrinisuan at a banquet and is ecstatic upon seeing her. But Gan claims she doesn't know him. Thit is confused and confronts Gan about their relationship. He assumes she doesn't want to remember him because he's poor, therefore denying ever knowing him.
Florentina: a charming woman with a lot to offer, but who has never really felt accepted. It doesn't help that she works in her mother's wellness and fitness empire - where a slim figure is always central - but does not meet the classic beauty ideals herself. Her life is turned upside down when her fiancé leaves her and she unexpectedly inherits a secret nightclub. But the latter turns out to be a gift from heaven. She makes new friends, she is surrounded by colorful outsiders who inspire her. She learns to love herself and a new world opens up for her. But can Florentina now also resist the expectations of her mother and the toxic family business? And will she ultimately find true love?
From being the maid of the family to becoming their favourite daughter-in-law, Joba has come far. Now a mother of three, she strives to keep her family united.
Among her friends who have started dating, Oca is embarrassed because she still doesn't have a boyfriend. The problem started when the school's Valentine party was going to be held, Oca lied by saying that she already had a handsome and kind boyfriend. Her friends then challenge her to bring the boyfriend to the Valentine's party. Oca was panic to cover up her lie at first, but luckily, she met Iam, whom exactly like her imaginary boyfriend. She persuaded Iam to accompany her to the Valentine's party and surviving the teasing of her friends. But another problem arises. Ryan, a neighbor, schoolmate, and close friend of Oca doesn't like Iam's presence because he has been harboring feelings for Oca but does not dare to express his feelings. Oca was confused about who to choose: Iam, who she had been looking for, or Ryan, who she had known for a long time and could always make her laugh?
Madam Phussi is an ambitious talent agent and manager whose main goal is to make her client a SUPERSTAR, Neks is one of her clients and her love interest in the series.
Nok Sinjai takes on the role of Phanrawee, a woman trying to maintain her station in life. She is married to the wealthy Rangsee Soriyathit played by Pisan Akarasene (Aom’s biological father in real life and in this lakorn).
Rangsee and Phanrawee have no biological children together, they do have one adopted son Passakorn (Nat Tephassadin). Rangsee does have one biological child with another woman, Rangrong played by Aom Piyada. Rangsee did not know of her existence until she was grown. Rangrong is a feisty young woman out for revenge on Phanrawee the woman who harmed her mother and to claim what’s hers, which is Rangsee’s inheritance.
16-year-old city girl Nikki wants to find her biological father. She moves to her mother's native village and befriends a group of young people from the village. She soon discovers that nothing is as it seems.
After being considered dead for about 35 years, Franco Miretti comes back in search of revenge and to recover his identity which has been usurped by his brother Nestor.
The Bright Fire Light centers around twins, Tianwan and Wantagon (Chompoo Araya). Wan returns to Thailand from abroad after receiving news of her father's abrupt death. Though it's said that he died of a car accident, Wan knows her father better than that and suspects foul play. She later discovers that her father had two business partners that betrayed him, Khun Anon and Tian's boyfriend's father. Because of this, Wan seeks revenge against them to get justice for her father's death.
Jan is a 19-year-old girl who was born with a special touch. She can see the death of every person she touches. Every touch and embrace is forbidden for her all her life. Not even her mom could hold her. Her life is under the control of Aunt Chaba, who uses her talents as a way to make a living with the superstition of the villagers.