A Favorita
Encyclopedia
A Favorita was a popular and award-winning telenovela
, first broadcast in Brazil
at Rede Globo
from June 2, 2008 to January 17, 2009. During its broadcast, it ranked within the top of the most watched shows in Brazil.
A Favorita storylines examine two friends, Donatela and Flora, who became rivals. One of them committed a crime and is lying, there are two versions for the same story.
The series was originally screened as six episodes per week, from Monday to Saturday, with an average running time of one hour. It was Brazil's highest-rated program, often appearing at the top of the daily's IBOPE
ratings. The average audience share for an episode was often between 50 and 60%. Created by writer João Emanuel Carneiro, A Favorita has remained significant in terms of Globo's success and audience share, and also in Brazilian television drama history, tackling many controversial and taboo issues previously unseen on mainstream television in Brazil.
It made history for being the first telenovela where the public did not know who was the villain and who was telling the truth.
Donatela and Flora grew up together. Donatela lost her parents in an accident and ended up being adopted by Flora's family. By the time they were children, the two girls were best friends to the point of starting a country band, “Faísca e Espoleta” (Flash and Fusee). The partnership made a reasonable success at the time, but the career was interrupted after they met friends Marcelo and Dodi, to whom they became engaged. Donatela married Marcelo, Gonçalo Fontini's son, heir of a paper and cellulose corporation, while Flora married Dodi, an unscrupulous man who worked for his friend's father.
However, Donatela and Marcelo's happiness didn't last too long. The couple's first son, Matheus, was kidnapped when he was six months old, never to appear again. Since then the couple started to argue very often. In the meantime, Flora and Dodi split up and she had an affair with Marcelo. She gave birth to Lara, daughter to Marcelo, harming even more his relationship with Donatela and mostly the relationship between the two friends.
In the worst period of the crisis between Donatela and Flora, Marcelo was murdered. He was shot three times with a gun that, according to witnesses, was in Flora's possession. She was arrested and sent to jail for eighteen years. Donatela, despite of not forgiving Flora for the treason and for killing the love of her life, raised Lara with the love of a true mother.
Eighteen years later, after being released from prison, Flora starts trying to prove her innocence, blaming Donatela for the crime she has already paid for. Donatela fears that Flora may want to take her beloved daughter Lara away. Lara becomes the target of the dispute between the two women, who were once friends. While Flora tries to get her daughter back, Donatela will do everything she can to stop her.
Kids
Special Guest Stars
Invited Actors
Invited Actresses
And
album
s: one composed mostly of Brazilian songs (Nacional - "national" soundtrack), one mostly of international songs (Internacional), and a third one, with sertanejo music (a kind of Brazilian country music
).
/ September 22, 2009 - April 16, 2010
/ Telemundo
/ April 20, 2010 - October 25, 2010
/ Domashniy / August 2, 2010 - April 15, 2011
/ Viva
/ December 7, 2009 - July 20, 2010
/ canal 13
/ September 22, 2009 - April 16, 2010
/ Program plus / June 13, 2011 - present
/ TV Vijesti / November 28, 2011 - present
/citizen TV /
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
, first broadcast in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
at Rede Globo
Rede Globo
Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...
from June 2, 2008 to January 17, 2009. During its broadcast, it ranked within the top of the most watched shows in Brazil.
A Favorita storylines examine two friends, Donatela and Flora, who became rivals. One of them committed a crime and is lying, there are two versions for the same story.
The series was originally screened as six episodes per week, from Monday to Saturday, with an average running time of one hour. It was Brazil's highest-rated program, often appearing at the top of the daily's IBOPE
IBOPE
IBOPE was established in Brazil in 1942 and provides the largest collection of information in Brazilian and Latin American markets...
ratings. The average audience share for an episode was often between 50 and 60%. Created by writer João Emanuel Carneiro, A Favorita has remained significant in terms of Globo's success and audience share, and also in Brazilian television drama history, tackling many controversial and taboo issues previously unseen on mainstream television in Brazil.
It made history for being the first telenovela where the public did not know who was the villain and who was telling the truth.
Plot
Donatela and Flora, two friends who became rivals. One of them committed a homicide and pretends to be innocent. There are two versions for the same story. Who, after all, is telling the truth? Donatela or Flora?Donatela and Flora grew up together. Donatela lost her parents in an accident and ended up being adopted by Flora's family. By the time they were children, the two girls were best friends to the point of starting a country band, “Faísca e Espoleta” (Flash and Fusee). The partnership made a reasonable success at the time, but the career was interrupted after they met friends Marcelo and Dodi, to whom they became engaged. Donatela married Marcelo, Gonçalo Fontini's son, heir of a paper and cellulose corporation, while Flora married Dodi, an unscrupulous man who worked for his friend's father.
However, Donatela and Marcelo's happiness didn't last too long. The couple's first son, Matheus, was kidnapped when he was six months old, never to appear again. Since then the couple started to argue very often. In the meantime, Flora and Dodi split up and she had an affair with Marcelo. She gave birth to Lara, daughter to Marcelo, harming even more his relationship with Donatela and mostly the relationship between the two friends.
In the worst period of the crisis between Donatela and Flora, Marcelo was murdered. He was shot three times with a gun that, according to witnesses, was in Flora's possession. She was arrested and sent to jail for eighteen years. Donatela, despite of not forgiving Flora for the treason and for killing the love of her life, raised Lara with the love of a true mother.
Eighteen years later, after being released from prison, Flora starts trying to prove her innocence, blaming Donatela for the crime she has already paid for. Donatela fears that Flora may want to take her beloved daughter Lara away. Lara becomes the target of the dispute between the two women, who were once friends. While Flora tries to get her daughter back, Donatela will do everything she can to stop her.
Cast
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Patrícia Pillar Patrícia Pillar Patrícia Pillar is a Brazilian television and film actress.-Biography:Patrícia Gadelha Pillar was born in Brasília, Distrito Federal to Nuno Pillar and Lucy Gadelha... |
Flora Pereira da Silva, main villain |
| Claudia Raia | Donatela Fontini, Main heroine |
| Mariana Ximenes Mariana Ximenes Mariana Ximenes do Prado Nuzzi, commonly known as Mariana Ximenes is a Brazilian actress.- Biography :... |
Lara Pereira Fontini, Main heroine |
| Deborah Secco Deborah Secco Deborah Fialho Secco is a Brazilian actress.- Television Series :- Films :-Magazine covers:* Uma Magazine, in February 2007.... |
Maria do Céu / Pâmela Queiroz |
| Murilo Benício Murilo Benício Murilo Benício Ribeiro is a Brazilian actor, best known for his film roles in Woman On Top with Penélope Cruz and Amores Possíveis which won the Jury Award for Latin American Cinema at the Sundance Film Festival, and his television roles in O Clone and América.- Career :Benicio's television roles... |
Dodi (Eduardo Gentil) accomplice of Flora, villain |
| Carmo Dalla Vecchia | Zé Bob (José Roberto Duarte) |
| Cauã Reymond | Halley Gonzaga da Silva / Mateus Fontini |
| Thiago Rodrigues | Cassiano Copola Mendonça |
| Taís Araújo Taís Araújo Taís Bianca Gama de Araújo is a Brazilian actress. She was the first black Brazilian actress to be a protagonist in a Brazilian telenovela, Xica da Silva , in Rede Manchete... |
Alícia Rosa |
| Ângela Vieira Ângela Vieira Ângela Regina Vieira is a Brazilian stage and TV actress. She was also previously a ballet dancer.-Theatre:* 1979 - Chapeuzinho quase Vermelho -* 1980 - A História é uma História... |
Arlete |
| Christine Fernandes Christine Fernandes Christine Fernandes Alves is an American Brazilian actress.Born in Chicago, Illinois, to Brazilian parents, Christine moved to Brazil at 4 years old. At 13 she started playing volleyball and became federated. Soon after she began modeling. At 17 she moved back to the United States to attend High... |
Rita Porto |
| Chico Diaz | Átila Mendonça |
| Cláudia Ohana | Cida Copola (Maria Aparecida Marelo Copola) |
| Elizângela | Cilene (Jucilene Maria Gonzaga) |
| Genézio de Barros | Pedro Pereira da Silva |
| Iran Malfitano | Orlandinho (Orlando Queiroz) |
| Leonardo Medeiros Leonardo Medeiros Leonardo Wilson de Medeiros is a Brazilian actor.Before Os Maias , they had worked together in Lavoura Arcaica , a film directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho, based on the homonym novel by Raduan Nassar.His most recent movies are O Veneno da Madrugada, Cabra Cega, Corpo and... |
Elias Filho |
| Mário Gomes | Gurgel (Francisco Gurgel) |
| Paula Burlamaqui | Stela |
| Suzana Faini | Iolanda Marelo Copola |
| Rosi Campos | Tuca (Tereza) |
| Alexandre Schumacher | Norton |
| Aramis Trindade | Clemente |
| Malvino Salvador Malvino Salvador Malvino Ramos Salvador is an actor from Brazil of Rede Globo . Malvino moved from his hometown, Manaus, at 18 years of age for a career as a model in São Paulo. His first role in a Novela , Cabocla he played Tobias, one of the main antagonists... |
Damião |
| Bel Kutner | Amelinha (Amélia Mendonça Gurgel) |
| Clarice Falcão | Mariana Copola Monteiro |
| Emanuelle Araújo | Manu (Manuela Ferreira) girlfriend of Dodi, villain |
| Fabrício Boliveira | Didu (Eduardo Rosa) |
| Gisele Fróes | Lorena Copola Mendonça |
| Giovanna Ewbank | Sharon (Maria do Perpétuo Socorro) |
| Graziella Schmidtt | Tina |
| Jackson Antunes | Leonardo Monteiro (Léo) |
| Jean Pierre Noher | Pepe Molinos |
| Miguel Rômulo | Shiva Lênin Costa |
| Rui Resende | Pereira |
| Selma Egrei | Dulce Porto |
| Raquel Galvão | Melissa |
| Roberta Gualda | Greice Ferreira da Silva |
| Thiaré Maia | Luma |
| Alexandre Nero | Vanderlei |
| Luiz Bacelli | Darcy Queiroz |
| Cleide Queiroz | Antônia |
Kids
| Eduardo Mello | Domênico Copola Monteiro |
| Hanna Romanazzi | Camila Porto |
| Renan Mayer | Tiago Mendonça Gurgel |
| Sofia Terra | Carolina Mendonça Gurgel |
Special Guest Stars
| Nelson Xavier Nelson Xavier Nelson Xavier is a Brazilian actor. He has appeared in 80 films and television shows since 1959. He starred in the 1964 film Os Fuzis, which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.... |
Edivaldo Ferreira da Silva |
| Helena Ranaldi | Dedina |
| Suely Franco | Geralda Queiroz |
| Juliana Paes Juliana Paes Juliana Couto Paes is a Brazilian actress and former playboy model. She became nationally-known in telenovelas and modelling. She also starred a local version of the musical The Producers, as Ulla.-Biography:... |
Maíra (dropped from the cast to act in Glória Perez's Caminho das Indias) |
Invited Actors
| Ary Fontoura | Silveirinha accomplice of Flora, villain |
| Mauro Mendonça | Gonçalo Fontini |
| Milton Gonçalves Milton Gonçalves Milton Gonçalves is a Brazilian actor. He worked in many telenovelas, including A Cabana do Pai Tomás, Irmãos Coragem, O Bem Amado, O Espigão, Pecado Capital, Sinal de Alerta, O Pulo do Gato, Baila Comigo, Partido Alto, Mandala, Araponga and Felicidade... |
Romildo Rosa |
Invited Actresses
| Lilia Cabral | Catarina Copola Monteiro |
| Giulia Gam Giulia Gam Giulia Gam is an Italian-born Brazilian actress. Granddaughter of a Dane, she became famous in Brazil after performing the young Jocasta Silveira in the soap opera Mandala and since then started a meteoric career in television, despite being one of the most seminal thespians of Brazil. Giulia's... |
Diva Palhares (Rosana Costa/Kato /Miranda) |
And
| José Mayer as "Augusto César" |
| Glória Menezes Glória Menezes Nicelde Soares Magalhães, known as Glória Menezes, is a Brazilian actress.- Filmography :* A Favorita - Irene*A estranha Clementine - Clementine... as "Irene" |
| Tarcísio Meira Tarcísio Meira Tarcísio Magalhães Sobrinho, usually known as Tarcísio Meira is a well known actor in Brazil. He was one of the first actors to work in the most popular Brazilian channel Globo.... as "Copola" |
Soundtracks
A Favorita has released three official soundtrackSoundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s: one composed mostly of Brazilian songs (Nacional - "national" soundtrack), one mostly of international songs (Internacional), and a third one, with sertanejo music (a kind of Brazilian country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
).
- Nacional soundtrack
- "É o Que Me Interessa" - LenineLenineLenine may refer to:*Lenine , Brazilian singer-songwriter*Lenine, Crimea, a town in the Kerch Peninsula*Lenine Raion, one of the 25 regions of Crimea...
(Flora's theme) - "Amado" - Vanessa da MataVanessa da MataVanessa da Mata - with full name Vanessa Sigiane da Mata Ferreira - is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian MPB singer, songwriter...
(Lara and Cassiano's / Lara and Halley's theme) - "Sou Dela" - Nando ReisNando ReisNando Reis is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and lead singer of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais...
(Lara's theme) - "Não Vou Me Adaptar" - - Arnaldo AntunesArnaldo AntunesArnaldo Antunes , is a writer and composer from Brazil. He began as a member of the band Aguilar e Banda Performática in the late 1970s. For most of the 1980s he was a member of the rock band Titãs. After 1992 he had six solo albums. Since 1992 he has been an award winning poet, but he was first...
& Nando ReisNando ReisNando Reis is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and lead singer of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais...
(Didu's theme) - "Quantas Vidas Você Tem?" - Moska (Rita and Didu's theme)
- "Fala" - Ritchie (Augusto César's theme)
- "Tudo Passa" - Túlio Dek (Halley's theme)
- "Pa'Bailar" - BajofondoBajofondoBajofondo is a "Río de la Plata" based music band consisting of eight musicians from Argentina and Uruguay. The band, which refers to itself as a "collective of composers, singers and artists", was formerly called "Bajofondo Tango Club", but shortened the name to "Bajofondo" after they felt their...
(opening theme) - "Mulher Sem Razão" - Adriana CalcanhottoAdriana CalcanhottoAdriana Calcanhotto is a Brazilian singer/composer. Her melancholic songs are often categorized as belonging to the MPB genre...
(Donatela and Zé Bob's theme) - "Morena dos Olhos d'água" - Chico BuarqueChico BuarqueFrancisco Buarque de Hollanda , popularly known as Chico Buarque , is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet...
- "O Tempo Vai Apagar" - Zé RenatoZé RenatoZé Renato is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist....
(Rita's theme) - "Me Abrace (Abrázame)" - Camila & Wanessa Camargo (Stela's theme)
- Internacional soundtrack
- "Viva La Vida" - ColdplayColdplayColdplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...
(general theme) - "Bottle It UpBottle It Up"Bottle It Up" is a song written and recorded by Sara Bareilles. The song was produced by Eric Rosse. It was the second single of her album Little Voice. The song was also featured in a Rhapsody commercial....
" - Sara BareillesSara BareillesSara Beth Bareilles is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She achieved mainstream success in 2007 with the hit single "Love Song", which brought her into the number one spot on the Billboard Pop 100 chart. She has sold over 1 million records in the United States alone and has been...
(Dedina and Damião's theme) - "I'm YoursI'm Yours (Jason Mraz song)"I'm Yours" is the first single released by Jason Mraz from his third studio album We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. The song was originally released on a limited edition EP called Extra Credit as a demo in 2005 to promote his second studio album Mr. A–Z. It was performed in his 2004 and 2005...
" - Jason MrazJason MrazJason Thomas Mraz , also known as Mr. AZ and Mr. Raz, is an American singer-songwriter. Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy ", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, "Mr. A-Z", in 2005, that Mraz achieved...
(Cassiano's theme) - "Carry You HomeCarry You Home"Carry You Home" is the third single from James Blunt's second studio album, All the Lost Souls. The single was released on March 24, 2008. The song peaked at #20 on the UK Singles Chart. The song had already debuted at #173 in September 2007, solely on download sales of the album All The Lost Souls...
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(Augusto César's theme) - "Love is NoiseLove Is Noise"Love Is Noise" is a song by English alternative rock band The Verve and is the second track on their fourth album, Forth. It was released as the first single from the album on August 3, 2008 as a digital download, with the physical release on August 11, 2008 in the United Kingdom...
" - The VerveThe VerveThe Verve were an English rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboardist Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space... - "That's Not My NameThat's Not My Name"That’s Not My Name" is the third single by British duo The Ting Tings from their debut studio album We Started Nothing. Vocalist Katie White states that the song was written "with me ranting about my frustrations with the record industry." The song was originally released as a double A-side with...
" - The Ting TingsThe Ting TingsThe Ting Tings are an English music duo comprising Jules de Martino and Katie White . They formed in December 2007 while based at Islington Mill Studios in Salford...
(Alícia's theme) - "BlameBlameBlame is the act of censuring, holding responsible, making negative statements about an individual or group that their action or actions are socially or morally irresponsible, the opposite of praise. When someone is morally responsible for doing something wrong their action is blameworthy...
" - Tiago IorcTiago IorcTiago Iorc is a Brazilian musician, singer-songwriter and recording artist. In 2007, his debut acoustic single "Nothing But a Song" reached a nation-wide audience after being featured on a popular Brazilian soap opera. The attention toward his voice and music got him his first record deal and led...
(Halley's theme) - "FidelityFidelity"Fidelity" is the quality of being faithful or loyal. Its original meaning regarded duty to a lord or a king, in a broader sense than the related concept of fealty. Both derive from the Latin word fidēlis, meaning "faithful or loyal"....
" - Regina SpektorRegina SpektorRegina Ilyinichna Spektor is a Russian American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her music is associated with the anti-folk scene centered in New York City's East Village.-Early life:...
(Lara's theme) - "Sweet About MeSweet About Me"Sweet About Me" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi from her debut album, Lessons to Be Learned . Co-written with and produced by Xenomania, it was released in April 2008 as the album's lead single. The song was used in commercials for Sure and Dove Bodywash in Europe, as...
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(location theme) - "Baby When the LightBaby When the Light"Baby When the Light" is a song from 2007 by the French DJ David Guetta. It first appeared on Guetta's Pop Life album and features vocals by singer Cozi Costi...
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(Orlandinho's theme / nightclub theme) - "Pumpkin SoupPumpkin SoupSide B has no music, but an etched print instead.-Music video:The music video for "Pumpkin Soup" was directed by Kinga Burza and sees Nash in an over-sized novelty world inhabited by giant cats and bright colours, and is titled as by "Little Red Productions", a reference to the final track of Made...
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(location theme) - "Young FolksYoung Folks"Young Folks" is the first single from Peter Bjorn and John's third album, Writer's Block . The single features Victoria Bergsman of The Concretes as a guest vocalist.-Reception:...
" - Peter Bjorn and JohnPeter Bjorn and JohnPeter Bjorn and John are a Swedish indie rock band, formed in Stockholm in 1999 and named after the first names of the band's members: Peter Morén , Björn Yttling and John Eriksson .They are best known for the 2006 single "Young Folks", which... - "MonsoonMonsoonMonsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea...
" - Tokio HotelTokio HotelTokio Hotel is a pop rock band from Germany, founded in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz, drummer Gustav Schäfer and bassist Georg Listing...
Broadscast International
/ TelefeTelefe
Televisión Federal S.A., best known as Telefe and later as TLF, is an Argentine television network. Formerly known as Canal Once , a state-run network, it was privatised and established as Telefe in 1989, when and News Corporation took over the channel...
/ September 22, 2009 - April 16, 2010
/ Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
/ April 20, 2010 - October 25, 2010
/ Domashniy / August 2, 2010 - April 15, 2011
/ Viva
Viva
Vive, Viva and can refer to:-Arts and entertainment:*Viva , a Warhol "superstar"*Viva La Vida, an iconic artwork by Frida Kahlo, the title meaning...
/ December 7, 2009 - July 20, 2010
/ canal 13
Canal 13
Canal 13 is the name of six Central and South American television stations:* Canal 13 , television network from Buenos Aires, Argentina* Canal 13 , television network from Santiago, Chile...
/ September 22, 2009 - April 16, 2010
/ Program plus / June 13, 2011 - present
/ TV Vijesti / November 28, 2011 - present
/citizen TV /