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Estúpido Cupido (1976)

Estúpido Cupido poster
Directed by
Régis Cardoso
Genre
telenovela
Country
Brazil
Length
1 season, 160 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Brazilian telenovela follows the romantic entanglements of young people in a small town. It mixes comedy and drama as characters navigate love and relationships in the 1960s.

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What happens

Estúpido Cupido is a Brazilian telenovela produced by TV Globo. It aired from 25 August 1976 to 26 February 1977 at 7pm. Written by Mário Prata and directed by Régis Cardoso, it was the last Globo telenovela recorded in black-and-white, with the exception of the last two chapters, directed by Walter Avancini using the then-new color technology. It was the first telenovela written by Mário Prata. Due to the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Estúpido Cupido debuted exceptionally on a Wednesday. The telenovela was re-aired in Brazil starting in May 1979, at 2:00 p.m. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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