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Tieta (1989)

Tieta poster
Genre
telenovela
Country
Brazil
Length
1 season, 197 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman returns to her conservative small hometown after many years away, shaking up the community with her modern attitudes and secrets. The story follows her clashes and connections with family, old flames, and local hypocrites.

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What happens

Tieta is a 1989 Brazilian telenovela, produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It originally aired between 14 August 1989, and 30 March 1990, spanning 196 episodes. It was TV Globo's 41st primetime telenovela, preceded by O Salvador da Pátria and followed by Rainha da Sucata. It was based on Brazilian writer Jorge Amado's 1977 novel of the same name, and was written by Aguinaldo Silva, Ricardo Linhares and Ana Maria Moretzsohn. It was directed by Reynaldo Boury, Ricardo Waddington and Luiz Fernando Carvalho, under general direction by Paulo Ubiratan. In June 2012 it was released on DVD by Globo Marcas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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