Êta Mundo Bom! (2016)

Genre

telenovela

Country

Brazil

Length

1 season, 190 episodes

Rated

10

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor young man raised in the countryside moves to a big city in 1940s Brazil to find his wealthy mother. She is also searching for him but her scheming niece tries to keep them apart to protect her inheritance.

heartfeltnostalgicwhimsicalupbeatsoapydramaticromantic

What happens

The Good Side of Life! (Portuguese: Êta Mundo Bom!) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 18 January 2016 in the 6 p.m. timeslot, replacing Além do Tempo and ended on 26 August 2016, being followed by Sol Nascente. It is written by Walcyr Carrasco and directed by Jorge Fernando. Starring Sérgio Guizé, Flávia Alessandra, Débora Nascimento, Bianca Bin, Eriberto Leão, Elizabeth Savalla, Dhu Moraes, Rosi Campos, Marco Nanini, Miguel Rômulo and Ary Fontoura. Set in the 1940s, The Good Side of Life! examines the life of Candinho (Sérgio Guizé), a young man who was separated from his mother at birth and lives in abject poverty in the fictitious countryside of Piracema. He moves to the city in search of his estranged rich mother (Eliane Giardini) who at the same time is looking for her. But there is an ambitious niece of the desperate mother, Sandra (Flávia Alessandra) who does everything in her power to keep the fortune for herself. The telenovela also marks the return of Carrasco in the 6pm timeslot. It is also the most watched telenovela in that timeslot in nine years having recorded a viewership rating of 27 points. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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