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.
The first part of the story begins when Juan's little daughter (Ethan Wayne), María Bonangelo (Grecia Colmenares), is adopted by the wealthy family of Encarnación and Manuel Olazábal, after the death of their biological mother, Amalia (Amanda Sandrelli ). María receives the last name of her new family, as well as two adoptive relatives: her sister Victoria (Viviana Saccone) and her aunt Asunción (Luisa Kuliok). The girls Victoria and María grow up as true sisters in a family ranch: "La Esperanza", until they arrive in the city of Santa María with their parents at approximately 20 years of age.
YouTuber detective Layal embarks on a journey to the enigmatic Vivarium resort with her old friends for a bachelorette party. However, a chilling unsolved murder from the past begins to cast its shadow over their reunion and we witness a new Murder. What happened? Who did it?
Lanta finds a baby under a vehicle, so she decides to take care of the baby and adopt him since the baby was abandoned by his biological mother. She is best friend's with Supadun so she forces him to be the father of the baby. Supadun is not pleased with her decision to take the baby in and he thinks they should give the baby to the police, they call the baby Tu Nu. But later he wants to be Lan's real lover but she's not ready to be anyone's wife yet. They bicker a lot but they're also lovey dovey too.
Phuwanai is a cop whose father owns a pig farm. He gets a leave from work and decides to help his father with the farm. Paipaya is a dancer who witnessed the mob killing someone, so she runs away from them and ends up hiding at Phuwanai's farm, pretending to be his nephew's tutor.
Like the novel and film of the same name, this nighttime soap opera is set in the small New England town of Peyton Place, whose quaint charm masks a complicated web of extramarital affairs, shady business deals, scandals, even murder.
Although they form one big family, each house still has its own cross. From single parenthood to big dreams, from hidden secrets to unfulfilled desires. Behind every front door lies a unique story in which everyone fights their own battle. As the families waver between their ambitions and the harsh reality, they discover that the pursuit of 'the perfect picture' is not without consequences. The constant pressure takes its toll.
Liang Jing Hao and Song Rui En fell in love despite their social difference. Soon, they were engaged to be married. However, their happy union was shattered when he discovered that her philanthropic father was the driver who killed his mother in a hit and run years ago and the cause of his father's suicide on their wedding day. The devastated Jing Hao chose to disappear rather than exposing the crime committed by Run En's father. When he resurfaced years later Rui En had to choose either moving on with her life as he did with his or fighting for his forgiveness and saving their love.