O bem Amado (Brazilian Soap opera)

  

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Brazilian cinema 

“O Bem Amado” – guaranteed fun!

Based on the book by Dias Gomes, the movie “O Bem Amado” is a political farce [1] which tells the story of Odorico Paraguaçu, the mayor of a small town called Sucupira

In the early 1960s the author Dias Gomes wrote a fun play [2]. It told the story of Odorico Paraguaçu, a devious and cunning [3] mayor [4]. One of the mayor’s main ambitions was to open [5] a cemetery for the small town of Sucupira. However, oddly enough [6], no one in Sucupira died for a year. To solve this “problem”, Odorico hired [7] a gunman [8] called Zeca Diabo.  In 1973 Dias Gomes adapted his play for television. The soap opera “O Bem Amado” became one of the biggest-ever hits on Brazilian TV. Those who have not seen the soap opera now have a chance to enjoy this political farce. On July 23^rd the movie version of “O Bem Amado” by Dias Gomes opened. In the movie, directed by Guel Arraes,  Odorico is played by Marco Nanini, and José Wilker plays Zeca Diabo. Matheus Nachtergaele plays Dirceu Borboleta, the mayor’s naïve [9] and faithful assistant.  Odorico is also helped by the Cajazeiras sisters, played by Andréa Beltrão, Zezé Polessa and Drica Moraes. Another character is Vladimir (played by Tonico Pereira), who owns the newspaper “A Trombeta”. He is one of the mayor’ssworn [10] enemies.

Matéria publicada na edição de agosto da Revista Maganews.

Áudio – Haley Alcântara

Vocabulary

1 political farce – aqui = comédia política

2 play – peça teatral

3 devious and cunning – aqui = malandro e esperto

4 mayor – prefeito

5 to open – inaugurar

6 oddly enough – curiosamente

7 to hire – contratar

8 gunman – pistoleiro

9 naive – ingênuo

10 sworn enemy – aqui = grande inimigo