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Bambolê (1987)

Bambolê poster
Directed by
Wolf Maya
Genre
telenovela
Country
Brazil
Length
1 season, 174 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Brazilian telenovela is a romantic drama set in the 1920s about a woman caught between two men. It adapts the novel Chama e Cinzas and follows her struggles with love and family obligations.

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What happens

Bambolê is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by TV Globo from 7 September 1987 to 25 March 1988, in 173 chapters. It substituted Direito de Amar and was succeeded by Fera Radical, being the 34th "novela das seis" (six o'clock novela) shown by the station. Based on the novel Chama e Cinzas by Carolina Nabuco, the telenovela was written by Daniel Más, with collaboration from Ana Maria Moretzsohn. It was directed by Wolf Maya, who also served as general director, along with Atílio Riccó, Ignácio Coqueiro, and Marcelo de Barreto. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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