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.
Choi Eun-seol is a young, married and cheerful woman who works as a researcher at a cosmetics company. Her husband betrays her but with the help of family, she learns to rediscover love and her happiness.
Ploy plays a rich bratty woman who has gone through 2 failed marriages and one dead husband. Her best friend is played by Jui, a friend who is not really her friend. They are more like friend enemies. Jui has been having an affair with Ploy’s current husband who eventually dies in a car accident. Ploy finds out about the affair and ends their 13 year friendship. Also Jui’s character is pregnant with Ploy’s dead husband. Ploy finds love again with straight shooter Pope who loves her sincerely despite her terrible personality and sketchy history with men. They eventually get marry; however; problems with insecurities regarding trust starts to tear the couple down. The reappearance of Jui doesn’t help the couple either.
Jason Manford narrates this reflective show looking back at over 60 years of the classic soap. Relive some of its best moments through carefully curated footage from the archives.
Darika is the granddaughter of a funeral director. She is a strong hearted and independent young woman who seeks money as her main refuge. Fate just so happens to have her stumbling head over heels when she meets Prajan, a successful man of perfect background and qualities. We find ourselves here again as we return for part two of Dao Kien Duen.
Brasileiros e Brasileiras is a Brazilian telenovela shown in some schedules SBT between November 5, 1990 and May 14, 1991. Writing for the show was done by Carlos Alberto Sofredini and Walter Avancini, who also directed it. The show was a co-production of the Miksom.
The drama's protagonist is the third generation of his family's banana farm, he falls in love with the female protagonist after a misunderstanding, who is an affluent daughter of a large fruit entrepreneurship. However, after an accident, the latter's younger sister secretly developed an affection towards the former for saving her. At the same time, the protagonist's best friend also has similar feelings for the female protagonist. With the main antagonist tampering with everyone's feelings and the ruthless change of destiny, what pathway will each of them embarked on?