"Os dias eram assim" is a Brazilian telenovela written by Angela Chaves and Alessandra Poggi for Rede Globo. It's an original story and it aired from April 17 to September 18, 2017. The main stars are Sophie Charlotte and Renato Góes.
Synopsis
The story begins on June 21, 1970, end date of the World Cup, which Brazil wins. Amid the celebrations there's a political and social contrast, promoted by the military dictatorship, where Alice and Renato meet and start a love story that lasts for nearly 20 years, going through several historic events.
The doctor Renato is the eldest son of Vera, owner of a bookstore in Copacabana, and has two siblings: Gustavo, who goes out in the streets seeking freedom, and Maria, who uses art as a way of expression and manifestion.
Raised into a conversative family, Alice is the daughter of Arnaldo, a contractor and supporter of the dictatorship who works for the government, and Kiki, who are always in conflict: Arnaldo constantly blames Kiki for Alice's rebellious nature. Alice regularly goes against her parents's wishes and leaves her longtime boyfriend Vitor, her father's right-hand man.
Infuriated by Alice's refusal to marry him, Vitor accuses Renato of subversion, which forces him to run away to Chile. He expects Alice to follow him, but she ends up not going. There, Renato meets Rimena, a fellow doctor, with whom he has a lot in common. After the law of amnesty in 1979, Renato returns to Brazil, where he runs into Alice again, and old feelings resurface.
Trivia
- Working titles for the telenovela were'Em nome do amor' and 'Pra frente, Brasil'.
- Although it was originally scheduled to air in September 2017 as a replacement for Novo mundo, chief director of Rede Globo decided that the show would work better as a 11 o'clock telenovela and transferred it to April 2017 instead of planned Licia Manzo's telenovela 'Jogo da memória'.
- Carol Castro announced that she was pregnant, so she left the project before the filming and was replaced with actress Maria Casadevall.
Cast
Main cast
First phase (1970-1979)
| ACTOR / ACTRESS | ROLE |
|---|---|
| Sophie Charlotte | Alice Sampaio Pereira |
| Renato Góes | Renato Reis |
| Daniel de Oliveira | Vitor Dumonte |
| Maria Casadevall | Rimena Garcia |
| Gabriel Leone | Gustavo Reis |
| Antonio Calloni | Arnaldo Sampaio Pereira |
| Cássia Kis Magro | Vera Reis |
| Natália do Vale | Quitéria 'Kiki' Sampaio |
| Susana Vieira | Cora Dumonte |
| Marco Ricca | Olavo Amaral |
| Marcos Palmeira | Antônio 'Toni' Sampaio |
| Leticia Spiller | Monique Lira Sampaio |
| Carla Salle | Maria Reis |
| Letícia Braga | Fernanda 'Nanda' Sampaio |
| Mariana Lima | Natália Andrade |
| Bárbara Reis | Cátia Andrade |
| Bukassa Kabengele | Josias Andrade |
| Mauricio Destri | Leon |
| Ricardo Blat | Sandoval Freitas |
| Ana Miranda | Dalva Nunes |
| Pedro Chagas | Domingos Nunes |
| Cyria Coentro | Laura Garcia |
| Alfredo Castro | Hernando Garcia |
| Júlio Machado | Marcos |
| Maureen Miranda | Dolores Santana |
Second phase (1979-1984)
| ACTOR / ACTRESS | ROLE |
|---|---|
| Sophie Charlotte | Alice Sampaio Pereira |
| Renato Góes | Renato Reis |
| Daniel de Oliveira | Vitor Dumonte |
| Maria Casadevall | Rimena Garcia |
| Gabriel Leone | Gustavo Reis |
| Cássia Kis Magro | Vera Reis |
| Natália do Vale | Quitéria 'Kiki' Sampaio |
| Susana Vieira | Cora Dumonte |
| Marco Ricca | Olavo Amaral |
| Marcos Palmeira | Antônio 'Toni' Sampaio |
| Leticia Spiller | Monique Lira Sampaio |
| Carla Salle | Maria Reis |
| Mauricio Destri | Leon |
| Julia Dalavia | Fernanda 'Nanda' Sampaio |
| Felipe Simas | Caique Sampaio |
| Mariana Lima | Natália Andrade |
| Bárbara Reis | Cátia Andrade |
| Bukassa Kabengele | Josias Andrade |
| José de Abreu | Ernesto Duarte |
| Konstantinos Sarris | Rudá Sampaio |
| Kíria Malheiros | Esperança Sampaio |
| Luiz Felipe Mello | Valentim Garcia Reis |
| Xande Valois | Lucas Sampaio Dumonte |
| Isabella Koppel | Gabriela Sampaio Dumonte |
| Juliane Araújo | Ive Batista |
| Ricardo Blat | Sandoval Freitas |
| Ana Miranda | Dalva Nunes |
| Izak Dahora | Domingos Nunes |
| Maureen Miranda | Dolores Santana |
| Melissa Vettore | Eunice Amaral |
| João Pedro Zappa | Sérgio 'Serginho' Amaral |
| Nando Rodrigues | Hugo Cabral |
| Rose Abdallah | Magali |
| Mário Mendes | Jeremias Vidal |
Guest stars
First phase (1970-1979)
| ACTOR / ACTRESS | ROLE |
|---|---|
| Caio Blat | Túlio Menezes |
| André Garolli | Father Nuno |
| Bernardo Velasco | Young Rudá Sampaio |
| Alexandre Colman | Young Caique Sampaio |
| Julianne Trevisol | Sara |
| Luca de Castro | Dr. Rubens |
| Paulo Leal | Samuel |
| Maria Assunção | Socorro das Neves |
| Vitor Novello | Pedro |
| Thales Coutinho | / |
| Luz Jiménez | / |
Second phase (1979-1984)
| ACTOR / ACTRESS | ROLE |
|---|---|
| Cyria Coentro | Laura Garcia |
| Felipe Rocha | Julinho Nascimento |
| Carlos Vereza | Dr. Vicente |
| José Loreto | Chico |
| Guilherme Prates | Ben |
| João Vithor Oliveira | Breno |
| Nicola Siri | Daniel Carvalho |
| Bete Mendes | Herself |
| Glória Maria | Herself (voice) |
| Irene Ravache | Herself |
| Tony Ramos | Himself |
| Zeca Camargo | Festival Presenter |
| Bruna Caram | Herself |
| Débora Bloch | Herself |
| Ravel Cabral | Mascarenhas |
| Andressa Lameu | France |
| Bruno Montaleone | Natália's Student |
| Eduardo Parlagreco | Charles |
| Darília Oliveira | Dandara |
| Gustavo Damascena | Pastor Damião |
| Matheus Dantas | Valentim Garcia Reis |
| Maria Carolina Basilio | Gabriela Sampaio |
| Thales Terra | Lucas Sampaio |
| Manu Papera | Esperança Sampaio |
| Bruno Balthazar | / |
| Alexandre Mofatti | / |