I Love Paraisópolis (stylized as I ♥ Paraisópolis; Portuguese: Eu Amo Paraisópolis; or simply Paraisópolis) is a Brazilian access prime telenovela created and written by Alcides Nogueira & Mário Teixeira and directed by Wolf Maya, premiered on May 11, 2015 on TV Globo at 7:35 p.m. / 8:10 p.m. (BRT/AMT).

I Love Paraisópolis
GenreComedy
Created byAlcides Nogueira
Mário Teixeira
Directed byWolf Maya
StarringBruna Marquezine
Maurício Destri
Tatá Werneck
Caio Castro
Letícia Spiller
Henri Castelli
Maria Casadevall
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Opening theme"A Cor do Brasil" by Victor Kreutz[1]
Country of originBrazil
Original languagePortuguese
No. of episodes154
Production
Production locationsBrazil
New York City, United States
Running time42-45 minutes
Original release
NetworkTV Globo
ReleaseMay 11 (2015-05-11) –
November 6, 2015 (2015-11-06)
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Bruna Marquezine, Tatá Werneck, Caio Castro, Letícia Spiller, Maria Casadevall, Alexandre Borges, Soraya Ravenle, Caroline Abras, Danton Mello, Fabíula Nascimento, Lucy Ramos, Carolina Oliveira, Dalton Vigh, Nicette Bruno, Henri Castelli and Maurício Destri are in the lead roles.

Plot

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Marizete (Mari) and Pandora (Danda) are not blood sisters and dwellers of the community of Paraisópolis, that dream of a better life. Eva and Jurandir (Juju), biological parents of Danda, adopted Mari after her mother, Eva's really good friend, died during childbirth. Mari and Danda grew up together and beyond the relationship as sisters, they developed a great friendship.

Mari dedicates to focus on her studies and work really hard with the dream of giving her own mother a home of her own. Danda, very attractive and vain, has more modest goals, working only to support her vanity, but very dedicated to her sister, her best friend.

A few meters from the community is the luxurious neighborhood of Morumbi, separated only by a street, where an architect named Benjamin lives. This one has a particular project, to redevelop Paraisópolis, the project is criticized by its Benjamin's mother (Soraya) and his stepfather (Gabo). Soraya disapproves of the son's relationship with the residents of the community. The couple holds a majority stake in the construction company Pilartex and sees the Paraisopolis area as a business opportunity, for real estate investment. The plot takes an unexpected turn after Benjamin, Margot's fiancé, meets Mari and falls in love with her.

Cast

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Actor/Actress Character
Bruna Marquezine Marizete da Silva Antunes (Mari)
Maurício Destri Benjamin de Albuquerque Brenner
Letícia Spiller Soraya Maria Marins de Albuquerque Brenner
Tatá Werneck Pandora Balbino Uchoa (Danda)
Frank Menezes Evaristo Matheus Salsede Junior (Juneca)
Caroline Abras Ximena Rodríguez de Freitas
Caio Castro Gregório Evangelista Mourão (Grego)[Note 1][2]
Maria Casadevall Margot Alcántara Bidalek
Lucy Ramos Patrícia Machado Barreto
Giullia Buscacio Bruna Bezerra Antunes
Alexandre Borges Jurandir Graciano Balbino (Juju)
Soraya Ravenle Eva Balbino Uchoa (Vivinha)
Pathy Dejesus Alceste de Medeiros Rebouças
Lima Duarte Giuseppe Sarti (Dom Peppino)[Note 2][Note 3][3][4]
Henri Castelli Gabriel de Albuquerque Brenner (Gabo)
Dalton Vigh Tomás Bezerra Antunes
Ângela Vieira Clarice Bezerra
Nicette Bruno Izabel Maria Marins de Albuquerque Brenner (Izabelita)
Olívia Araújo Melodia Pernambucana Freire
Fabíula Nascimento Paula Evangelista da Conceição (Paulucha Rocambole)
Zezeh Barbosa Dália Oliveira da Silva (Dalíssima)
Ilana Kaplan Silvéria Mengarda Recanto de Queiroz
Danton Mello Cícero de Paula Pereira Sanches
Paula Barbosa Olga Dalcidi
Dani Ornellas Deodora de Fátima Almeida/ Deodora Sarti
Carolina Oliveira Natasha Evangelista da Conceição
Paula Cohen Rosicler Pereira Sanches
Juliana Lohmann Neide Aparecida (Neidinha)
Françoise Forton Isolda Pires da Silva
Eduardo Dussek Armando Prado (Armandinho)
Mariana Xavier Claudete Rufino Bantim
Luana Martau Mirela Recanto de Queiroz
André Loddi Raul Mendes da Costa
Gil Coelho Lindomar Recanto de Queiroz
José Dumont Expedito Rufino Bantim
Tuna Dwek Ramira Aparecida Rufino Bantim
José Rubens Chachá Fradique Recanto de Queiroz
Lesliana Pereira Tairine
Fredy Costa Robélio
Giovanni Gallo Tadeu Barros
Daniel Ribeiro Itamar Timbó
Alice Borges Albertina Taveira da Anunciação (Tinoca)
Babu Santana José Polidório (Javai)
Danilo Mesquita Máximo Evangelista da Conceição (Primo)
Carolina Pismel Janice Alcoforado Costolla
Maureen Miranda Ester Matilde Montes
Maria Paula Lima Urbana Rosália de Castro
Thainá Duarte Lilica Almeida
Cláudio Fontana Dilson Alcoforado Costolla
Leandro Daniel Felisberto Cruz (Sereno)[Note 4][2]
Márcio Rosário Epaminondas dos Santos (Bazunga)[Note 5][2]
Gustavo Piaskoski Joaquim Bezerra Antunes
Iuri Kruschewsky Claudinei
Gregoire Blanzat Lourenço de Albuquerque Brenner
Raffael Pietro Pedro de Albuquerque Brenner (Pedroca)
Ricardo Blat Adônia Severiano Rodrigues (Sabão)
Patrícia Elizardo Monserrá Taveira

Impact

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Ratings

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Timeslot Episodes Premiere Finale Rank Season Rating average
Date Viewers
(in points)
Date Viewers
(in points)
Mondays—Saturdays
7:30pm.
155
May 11, 2015
29[5][6][7][8]
November 6, 2015
27 #1 2015 24

Notes

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  1. ^ He is a powerful Brazilian drug lord and "owner" of Paraisópolis, who tries to maintain and protect his territory against the imminent threat of Giuseppe "Dom Peppino" Sarti, a powerful Italian-American mobster from New York.
  2. ^ He is a powerful Italian-American mob boss, who is the powerful Godfather ("Don") of the Italian-American Mafia of New York and the head of the Sarti crime family, considered the most powerful New York crime syndicate.
  3. ^ He shares the same last name as infamous real-life Italian-American mob boss Joe Bonanno.
  4. ^ He is one of Grego's two main henchmen (along with "Bazunga").
  5. ^ He is one of Grego's two main henchmen (along with "Sereno").

References

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  1. ^ GShow. "Abertura de I Love Paraisópolis une esculturas de sucata e universo da pop art".
  2. ^ a b c Gshow: Gregório (Grego) - CAIO CASTRO
  3. ^ "Dom Peppino (LIMA DUARTE)". Gshow (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  4. ^ "Lima Duarte volta a gravar ao lado de Tatá Werneck em 'I Love'". Gshow (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  5. ^ Estreia de 'I Love Paraisópolis' marca a maior audiência do horário em 3 anos
  6. ^ ""Babilônia" amarga derrota para estreia de "Paraisópolis"; confira os consolidados desta segunda-feira (11/05/15)". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  7. ^ Paraisópolis tem melhor estreia de novela das sete em três anos
  8. ^ 'I love Paraisópolis' estreia com 30 pontos no Rio e 29 em São Paulo
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